Clean water VS. Persevere grape test (source: organizer)

Developed by CH Biotech R & D Co., Ltd. (6534), Persevere improves tolerance to temperature extremes to reduce agricultural losses and ensure food security; it also helps increase the yield and quality of crops. With such a revolutionary product, CH Biotech R & D Co., Ltd. (CH Biotech) wins the Innovation Award - Silver Medal Award in the 2020 Taipei Biotech Awards, following RADIATE, which was granted the Go-Global Award in the 2018 Taipei Biotech Awards.

Founded in November, 2013, CH Biotech is an innovator in the agricultural biotechnology market. CH Biotech meets the new farming demand by regulating plant genes (either accelerating or inhibiting) with environmentally-friendly active ingredients to increase the yield and quality of crops. Adopting a business model of innovation in Taiwan, manufacturing in the U.S., and marketing globally that CH Biotech takes pride in, it not only renders remarkable business performances, but also enables CH Biotech to make Taiwan’s agricultural biotechnology research visible in an international arena. 

With global warming, heat, drought, flooding, cold, ultraviolet rays, and salinization are becoming more frequent. How to improve the survivability of crops in weather adversity is a new topic facing the agricultural biotechnology industry today.

Focusing on “gene expression - biochemical metabolism - physiological state - cell development - plant growth”, CH Biotech has developed Persevere (US patent number: US8895473; Taiwan patent number: I623266), which improves tolerance to temperature extremes; it allows plants to activate defense mechanisms prior to the occurrence of extreme weather to improve survivability in the event of flooding, cold, heat or drought, thereby increasing the yield and quality of crops and farmers’ income.

Persevere is composed of natural active ingredients. These active ingredients are natural resistant substances in plants and also key signals that link environmental conditions and gene expression of crops, including γ-aminobutyric acid, ascorbic acid, betaine, etc. Persevere is a plant growth regulator which facilitates foliar and reproductive growth of crops. By inducing the gene expression of crops, it improves the tolerance to abiotic stressors (temperature, soil, chemistry, etc.). Persevere is applicable to genetically modified, non-genetically modified, and organic crops.

Persevere obtained a product registration certificate issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in November 2018 and a U.S. trademark registration certificate in December 2019.

As of today, new challenges are facing global agriculture with the frequent occurrence of extreme climates and constantly increasing requirements for food quality. People need next generation technologies to solve current problems. CH Biotech’s Persevere adapts crops to new climate, making it a game changer that not only has market potential, but is expected to contribute to the stable supply of global food.