texas 1998 headquarters frisco texas u.s. key people michael totora president and ceo products agricultural biologicals biostimulants slogan based on nature . built on science . website agricen.com agricen is a plant health biotechnology company headquartered in frisco texas usa that produces microbially derived biochemical products for the agriculture turf and ornamental plant markets . contents 1 history 2 products 3 initiatives 4 references 5 external links history edit agricen was founded as advanced microbial solutions ams in 1998 . 1 in july 2012 agricen entered a strategic partnership with loveland products inc. a provider of crop input products and part of publicly traded company agrium inc. as part of the agreement loveland products acquired an ownership position in the company . the company s name was changed to agricen in early 2013 . 2 in august 2014 agrium through loveland products acquired a controlling interest in agricen . 3 products edit agricen s products which are manufactured in denton texas are derived from natural microorganisms and their biochemical byproducts through an industrial fermentation process . three of the company s products accomplish lm extract powered by accomplish pba and titan xc are distributed by loveland products . 4 three additional products soilbuilder soillife and nutrilife are agricen s proprietary brands . the products are marketed as biological and biochemical fertilizer catalysts that increase nutrient availability and enhance nutrient use efficiency . extract pba is specifically marketed for use in crop residue breakdown and nutrient release . in published university research agricen s product technology has been shown to help ameliorate salt stress in plants 5 reduce nitrous oxide emissions associated with nitrogen fertilizers 6 and positively influence plant secondary metabolism . 7 initiatives edit agricen is a founding member of the biostimulant coalition 8 a non profit group formed to address regulatory and legislative issues involving biological or naturally derived additives and similar products for plant nutrition . references edit company overview of agricen . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved 29 may 2014 . cho hanah 25 february 2013 . frisco based advanced microbial solutions changes name to agricen . dallas morning news . retrieved 20 august 2013 . blog calgary s agrium buys agricen . calgary herald . 26 august 2014 . retrieved 7 september 2014 . nutritional biological catalyst . loveland products . retrieved 14 september 2014 . yildirim e taylor ag spittler td 2006 . ameliorative effects of biological treatments on growth of squash plants under salt stress . scientia horticulturae . 111 1 1 6 . doi 10.1016 j.scienta .2006.08.003 . calvo p watts db ames rn kloepper jw torbert ha 2013 . microbial based inoculants impact nitrous oxide emissions from an incubated soil medium containing urea fertilizers . j environ qual . 42 3 704 712 . doi 10.2134 jeq2012 .0300 . ali mb mcnear dh 2014 . induced transcriptional profiling of phenylpropanoid pathway genes increased flavonoid and lignin content in arabidopsis leaves in response to microbial products . bmc plant biology . 14 84 . doi 10.1186 1471 2229 14 84 . home page . biostimulant coalition . retrieved 20 august 2013 . external links edit official website loveland products agrium inc. retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title agricen & oldid 725110010 categories biotechnology companiescompanies based in frisco texas navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 june 2016 at 16 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view