S&W believes that most companies involved in stevia have focused on production, processing, products, or other downstream uses for stevia. In fact, the company has been advised that there is only one stevia plant patent currently in effect in the United States. S&W believes there is an opportunity to revolutionize the industry by developing improved stevia varieties with unique characteristics. Over the last five years, the company's research and development team, headed by Dr. Clinton Shock and using seed lots collected by him in over his forty year career, have tested hundreds of lines of stevia. Recently, Dr Shock's development team has successfully crossed certain lines that have produced improved taste profiles and plant mass (or potential yield) previously unknown with stevia. These new stevia varieties that are superior to current varieties used commercially for production of stevia sweeteners, including improved taste profile, a higher-yield and high Reb A content.
S & W 认为大多数公司所涉及的甜叶菊重点是生产、 加工、 产品或甜叶菊的其他下游用途。事实上，公司获悉只有一个甜叶菊植物专利目前实际上是在美国。S & W 认为还有机会对行业进行革新发展，改进甜叶菊品种。过去的五年中，该公司的研究和开发团队，由博士克林顿休克带领大量收集种子，测试了上百种甜叶菊。最近，博士开发团队已成功跨越某些行业，获得曾经未知的优质口感的甜叶菊。这些新的甜叶菊品种优于当前生产原料甜叶菊，包括改善的口感、高产和高的 Reb 。
The Company believes that there are opportunities to monetize newly patented stevia varieties. These include licensing agreements, royalty-based agreements, or other types of transactions similar to those created by ag-biotech companies.
Mark Grewal, chief executive officer of S&W Seed Company commented, "I am extremely proud of our stevia development team. For the past five years, they have worked to develop varieties of stevia with improved taste profiles, enhanced yield characteristics, and strong commercial viability. I believe our new varieties might have the ability to become industry standards of stevia production."
公司认为有机会通过新专利甜菊品种获利，包括许可协议、 基于版税协议或其他类型的事务类似于ag 生物技术公司那样。S & W 种子公司首席执行官马克格雷瓦尔评论说，"我非常自豪我们甜叶菊的开发团队。过去的五年里，他们已经在开发改善口感和提高产量的甜叶菊以及商业生存能力强的品种。我相信我们的新品种可能有能力成为行业甜叶菊生产标准。
About S&W Seed Company
Founded in 1980, S&W Seed Company is a global agricultural company, headquartered in the Central Valley of California. The company is the largest producer of non-dormant alfalfa seed varieties in the world, with production operations in the San Joaquin and Imperial Valley's of California, as well as in South Australia. The company has worldwide sales and distribution through both a direct sales force as well as dealer-distributors. The company's proprietary varieties are designed to meet the shifting needs of farmers that require high performance in poor and highly saline soil conditions and have been verified over decades of university-sponsored trials. Additionally, the company is utilizing its research and breeding expertise to develop and produce U.S.-based stevia leaf. Stevia is an all-natural, zero calorie sweetener for the food and beverage industry. For more information, please visit www.swseedco.com.
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