Valent BioSciences, Libertyville, Ill., enters into a research agreement with the National Research Council of Canada's Plant Biotechnology Institute (NRC-PBI), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. (Industry News).Valent BioSciences, Libertyville, Ill., enters into a research agreement with the National Research Council of Canada's Plant Biotechnology Institute The Biotechnology Institute is an independent nonprofit organization founded to teach the public about the benefits of biotechnology. It was created in 1998 by the biotechnology industry and is located in Arlington, Virginia. (NRC-PBI), Saskatoon Saskatoon (săskət  n`), city (1991 pop. 186,058), S central Sask., Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. , Saskatchewan. Under the agreement, the two groups will cooperate to investigate agricultural applications of synthetic analogs of abscisic acid (ABA). Valent BioSciences will have the first option to license the NRC NRCabbr. 1. National Research Council 2. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Noun 1. NRC - an independent federal agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants technology for commercial development on a worldwide basis. "The synthetic ABA analogs developed by NRC-PBI could lead to the development of effective tools to allow plants to survive adverse environmental conditions such as drought and extreme temperatures," says Dr. Sue Abrams, principal research officer at PBI PBI protein-bound iodine. PBI abbr. protein-bound iodine PBI, n See iodine, protein-bound. PBI protein-bound iodine. . |
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