Lavie Bio Announces Commercial Expansion of Yalos® as Seed Treatment for Soybean

Rehovot, Israel (November 12, 2024) – Lavie Bio Ltd., an ag-biologicals company and a subsidiary of Evogene Ltd. (Nasdaq: EVGN, TASE: EVGN), announced the commercial expansion of Yalos® seed-treatment to soybean, following successful field trials performed in 2024 in the United States. Yalos®, Lavie Bio’s first commercial bio-inoculant product available in the United States and Canada, demonstrated yield increase by more than 5% on average, in soybean.

Yalos® is comprised of two novel microbes that together improve early vigor, biomass, root and shoot development, and nutrient availability. It aims to improve emergence and establishment and increase farm productivity through advanced biological technologies. Currently, Yalos® is sold in North America as a seed-treatment for spring and winter wheat, durum and barley, distributed in Canada by Winfield United and in the US directly by Lavie Bio. As of spring 2025, Lavie Bio intends Yalos® to be commercially available for soybean as well.

Soybean represents an additional 86 million acres in market potential for Yalos® in the United States alone. This expansion more than doubles the potential market for Yalos® compared to markets in which Lavie Bio already operates. 

Throughout the soybean field trial series, Yalos® has repeatedly demonstrated increased crop vigor, improved establishment and plant health, consistently supporting its effective performance. The trials took place in U.S. soybean growing regions, representing different varieties and soil conditions, showing an average increase in soybean yield of more than 5%, a significant improvement in this crop. 

“The addition of soybean to crops effectively treated by Yalos® is a significant achievement,” stated Amit Noam, Lavie Bio’s CEO. “We are very pleased with the results and are excited to bring innovation to soybean growers across North America. With Yalos’® winter wheat positive results, on which we announced earlier this year, and with the current promising results in soybean, Lavie Bio is looking forward to a global expansion of Yalos® into Brazil and European markets in the coming years.” 

About Lavie Bio Ltd.

Lavie Bio, a subsidiary of Evogene Ltd., aims to improve food quality, sustainability, and agriculture productivity through the introduction of microbiome-based ag-biological products. Lavie Bio utilizes a proprietary computational predictive platform, the BDD platform, powered by Evogene’s proprietary MicroBoost AI tech-engine, harnessing the power of big data, artificial intelligence, and advanced informatics, for the discovery, optimization and development of bio-stimulant and bio-pesticide products.

For more information, please visit www.lavie-bio.com.

About Evogene Ltd.

Evogene (Nasdaq: EVGN, TASE: EVGN) is a computational biology company aiming to revolutionize the development of life-science based products by utilizing cutting edge technologies to increase the probability of success while reducing development time and cost. Evogene established three unique tech-engines - MicroBoost AI, ChemPass AI and GeneRator AI – leveraging Big Data and Artificial Intelligence and incorporating deep multidisciplinary understanding in life sciences. Each tech-engine is focused on the discovery and development of products based on one of the following core components: microbes (MicroBoost AI), small molecules (ChemPass AI), and genetic elements (GeneRator AI).

Evogene uses its tech-engines to develop products through subsidiaries and strategic partnerships. Evogene’s subsidiaries currently utilize the tech-engines to develop human microbiome-based therapeutics by Biomica, ag-biologicals by Lavie Bio, ag-chemicals by AgPlenus, medical cannabis products by Canonic and castor varieties, for the biofuel and other industries, by Casterra.

For more information, please visit: www.evogene.com.