Agriculture companies apply life science technologies to improve crop productivity, sustainability, food security and agricultural efficiency. The sector spans plant science, genetics, breeding and biotechnology-driven farming innovations.
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Browse 53 UK agriculture life science companies below.
Pheromone-based insect monitoring and biorational pest management products
Russell IPM is a UK manufacturer of pheromone-based insect monitoring and control systems, biorational pesticides, and biological crop protection products for agriculture,…
AI-guided CRISPR platform developing precision-bred crop varieties
Phytoform Labs is a plant biotechnology company combining artificial intelligence and CRISPR-Cas gene editing to accelerate the development of novel crop traits. Its platform…
Pluripotent stem cell lines for cultivated meat production
Roslin Technologies is a biotech company developing and commercialising animal pluripotent stem cell lines for the cultivated meat industry. Its iPSC and ESC lines, covering beef,…
Microbial and enzyme products for environmental biotechnology applications
Biological Preparations is a UK developer and manufacturer of bio-based products using microbial, enzyme, and plant extract technology. Its formulations address cleaning,…
International centre of excellence in plant science and microbiology
The John Innes Centre is a research institute conducting fundamental, strategic and applied research in plant science and microbiology. The centre studies plant and microbial…
Plant-based molecular farming platform for bio-identical collagen production
LeafyColl is a biotech developing a molecular farming platform for the scalable, plant-based production of bio-identical human collagen and other specialty proteins. The system…
Culturing microbial dark matter to discover novel antimicrobials and bioactives
Bactobio is a biotechnology company using synthetic biology, next-generation sequencing, and machine learning to culture the vast majority of environmental microbes that have…
CRISPR-based Guided Biotics platform for precision microbiome modulation
FOLIUM Science is a biotech developing a patented CRISPR-Cas platform that selectively silences genes in target bacteria to modulate animal and food microbiomes without disrupting…
Sustainable chitosan biopolymer from Scottish crustacean shellfish waste
CuanTec is an industrial biotechnology company manufacturing high-specification chitosan from crustacean shell waste sourced from the UK fishing industry. Its proprietary process…
Bacteriophage platform for targeted bacterial crop disease management
Greenleaf Bio is a biotech developing engineered bacteriophage-based crop protectants against bacterial plant pathogens. The platform combines synthetic biology, phage…
Microalgae-based omega-3 producer using whisky co-products
MiAlgae is a company that grows omega-3-rich microalgae by upcycling nutrient-rich co-products from whisky distillation, offering a fish-free alternative to fishmeal for…
Interdisciplinary institute studying the regulatory systems of plant development
Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University is a research institute studying the regulatory systems underlying plant growth and development. The Laboratory combines experimental…