InnerPlant Launches CropVoice™ Insights Platform that “Listens” to Plants Engineered to Signal Fungal Stress

InnerPlant, the seed technology company enabling the earliest detection of stress in crops to make farming more efficient and sustainable, today announces the launch of CropVoice™. The first-of-its-kind insights platform is powered by a network of plots featuring InnerSoy™ - a soybean engineered to signal when under attack from fungus - and gives farmers and agronomists access to stress signals directly from plants, unlocking crop protection strategies with the highest return on investment.

CropVoice™ is rolling out for the 2025 growing season in selected areas of Illinois. Subscribers will receive spray recommendations in response to fungal pressure in a particular coverage area based on signals from InnerSoy™ plants planted in sentinel fields.

“Environmental and pathogenic data are important detection signals but fail to provide proof that plants are actually infected,” explains Randy Shultz, InnerPlant’s Chief Product Officer. “With millions of sensors deployed, InnerPlant is the ONLY company that completes the ‘disease triangle’ by using the earliest physiological responses directly from plants to confirm infection – as it’s happening.”

CropVoice™ signals are tied to the plants’ genetic response to stress, which are detectable four to six weeks before stress is detectable by other scouting methods. This early warning lets farmers take action to spray with confidence and protect yields as shown in the image below.

Benefits from the groundbreaking CropVoice™ network include:

Earliest Warning - Signals are tied to plants’ physiological responses - rather than gathered externally by synthetic sensors - and alert farmers to stress weeks before detection is possible by other scouting methods.

Most Sensors - Each plant in a sentinel plot functions as a biological sensor giving millions of points of data at a much lower cost to deploy.

Straightforward Recommendations - Data from InnerSoy™ fungal sensors is combined with other data sources and processed by powerful algorithms to give growers and agronomists simple “spray/don’t spray” recommendations via the farm management software they already use.

InnerPlant’s CropVoice™ powered by InnerSoy™ +fungus is available for the 2025 growing season in selected areas of Illinois. Those interested in getting more information about network coverage areas or learning how to enroll should visit innerplant.com/cropvoice or email cropvoice@innerplant.com.

About InnerPlant
InnerPlant is a seed technology company that enables the earliest detection of pathogens and other stresses in key crops to make farming universally more efficient and sustainable. The company was founded in 2018 by Shely Aronov and Rod Kumimoto. InnerPlant was recently named one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies in agriculture by Fast Company and was recognized with a Special Mention TIME Best Inventions. For more information visit: innerplant.com.

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Sean Yokomizo

VP Communications

InnerPlant

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sean.yokomizo@innerplant.com