Plant Impact Regulatory News (PIM)

Plant Impact Plc

("Plant Impact" or the "Group")

Plant Impact creates International Scientific Advisory Network

Plant Impact Plc, a leader in research and development in crop enhancement to create products that growers can rely on to improve the yield and quality of their crops, announces the creation of a new Scientific Advisory Network. This network will bring together world-renowned academics and foremost authorities on soybean and wheat crop physiology, biostimulants, agchem, biochemistry and formulation chemistry. Together they will act as scientific advisers to the Plant Impact R&D team as part of a collaborative network of experts with diverse industry and specialism backgrounds and a shared goal to help advance innovation in crop enhancement.

Collaborating for results

Plant Impact's success in bringing novel and thoroughly tested crop enhancement products to growers quickly and cost effectively, has in part been enabled by thriving collaborations between Plant Impact scientists and world-leading universities, researchers and academics. This new network replaces the previous Scientific Advisory Board with a dynamic and diverse group, linking each member to a specific Plant Impact R&D team scientist. This approach will help take the company's product pipeline to the next level and maintain a flow of fresh and innovative ideas to help advance crop enhancement globally.

A global academic network focussed on enhancing yields of key world crops: soybean and wheat

Soybean researchers: Professor Larry Purcell, University of Arkansas, USA

Altheimer Endowed Chair for Soybean Research, Dept of Crop, Soil

and Environmental Sciences

Dr Felix Fritschi University of Missouri, USA

Associate Professor of Crop Physiology, Division of Plant Sciences, expert in soybean plant responses to environment and Associate Editor

of Crop Science

Wheat researcher: Dr Matthew Reynolds, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Mexico

Distinguished Scientist and Head of Wheat Physiology, CIMMYT

Biostimulant expert: Professor Patrick Brown, Dept of Plant Sciences, University of

California, Davis, USA

Chair of the Biostimulants World Congress Scientific Committee

Agchem and agbiochem expert: Dr Martin Battersby, Independent Consultant, UK

Ex-Head of R&D Integrated Solutions and Head of Seed Technology at Syngenta

Agchem R&D industry expert: Dr David Evans, Independent Consultant, UK

Ex-Head of Research & Technology, Syngenta International AG

Soil and crop nutrition experts: Professor Steve McGrath, Independent Consultant and Senior Principle Scientist, Rothamsted Research, UK

Head of Sustainable Soils and Grassland Systems Department

Professor Ian Burns, Independent Consultant in Soil Science and Crop

Nutrition

Emeritus Professor at the Crop Centre, Warwick University and

previously Head of Nutrient and Pesticide Dynamics Team at Horticulture Research International

Formulation chemistry experts: Professor Graham Buckton, Independent Consultant, UK

Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Royal Society of

Chemistry. CEO of Pharmaterials Ltd until 2012

Dr Tim Hunter, School of Chemical & Process Engineering, Leeds

University, UK

Lecturer and joint winner of the IChemE Core Chem Eng. Award,

2012

About Plant Impact:

Established in 2003, Plant Impact plc's head office and primary research facilities are at the Rothamsted Centre for Research and Enterprise (RoCRE) in Harpenden, UK (near London). The Group has additional offices in Sao Paulo and Goais Brazil, as well as colleagues based in the USA, Argentina, France and Turkey.

For further information, contact:

John Brubaker, Chief Executive Tel: +44(0) 1582 465 540

Ailish Tracy, Global Communications Manager www.plantimpact.com

Find our Scientific Advisory Network biogs