Ottawa, Ontario, USA
May 13, 2013

Agrisoma Biosciences Inc. (Agrisoma) is pleased to announce the commercial launch of Resonance® AAC A110, the company’s highest yielding Brassica carinata variety to date. Performance trials of this next-generation variety showed that Resonance AAC A110 delivered an average yield improvement of 7% over the existing Resonance Carinata variety, AAC A100. Agrisoma is the world leader in commercializing elite lines of Carinata, a plant whose oil profile is uniquely suited for biojet and biodiesel fuel production.

“We have proven the viability of Resonance Carinata as a sustainable source of biofuel and are now concentrating our efforts on increasing its yield of uniform, high quality oil. Resonance AAC A110 is a result of this focus,” said Patrick Crampton, Vice President Business and Product Development for Agrisoma. “The yield improvement offered by Resonance AAC A110 results in even more oil being grown per acre planted, further bolstering the value proposition for Resonance Carinata to become the leading industrial oilseed crop for the biofuel industry.”

Trials conducted last year with Resonance AAC A110 demonstrated yield results as high as 44 bushels per acre and an improved meal profile, compared to the A100 line. Resonance AAC A110 has the same seeding rates, crop inputs and costs the same to produce, treat, clean and deliver to growers as Resonance AAC A100.

Resonance Carinata is a vigorous crop with a highly branching growth pattern and large seed size. It delivers excellent harvestability with good lodging and shatter resistance. As demonstrated by its commercial performance in the field in 2012, it is an extremely resilient crop, performing well under a variety of abiotic stresses, from drought to excessive moisture. As such, Resonance Carinata is ideally suited to the semi-arid growing conditions commonly found in the brown soil zone regions of southern Saskatchewan and Alberta.

“For these geographies, Resonance Carinata is an oilseed option that offers less production risk than canola while still delivering a strong return,” explained Crampton. “As well, cereal growers who want to lower their farm risk by diversifying their crop rotation now have a profitable oilseed option that will thrive in this soil type and under these climatic conditions.”

Agrisoma Biosciences Inc., a Calyx Bio-Ventures Inc. (TSX-V: CYX) majority owned subsidiary, is an agricultural biotechnology company using its proprietary Engineered Trait Loci (ETL) technology to commercialize a suite of industry-leading oil quality and crop improvement traits for use in energy feedstock crops. For further information about Agrisoma, its technology, collaborations and partnerships, please visit: www.agrisoma.com.

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Published: May 13, 2013