International Phytobiomes Alliance

Name

International Phytobiomes Alliance

Legal name

International Alliance for Phytobiomes Research

Website

https://phytobiomesalliance.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Research Consortium Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Business Associations (81391)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

International Science, Technology & Space Cooperation Organizations (BPADAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Education Sector Coordination, Clusters & Working Groups (EDADALAE), Technical Committees, Working Groups & Expert Panels (BPADANAB), Research, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Partnerships (EDADALAK)

Keywords

• Agricultural research consortium
• Phytobiomes research coordination
• Plant microbiome science
• Sustainable agriculture collaboration
• Soil microbial research

Headquarters

HQ city

Eau Claire

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Sponsorship funding: The Phytobiomes Alliance operates as a nonprofit consortium funded through sponsorship contributions from academic institutions, private companies, and government agencies. Sponsors include universities, agricultural companies, research institutes, and industry partners who provide financial support to advance the alliance's research coordination mission.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The International Phytobiomes Alliance is an international, nonprofit consortium that coordinates phytobiomes research among academic institutions, private companies, and government agencies. It facilitates collaborative research projects, organizes the International Phytobiomes Conference and webinar series, and manages initiatives such as the U.S. Culture Collection Network (USCCN) to advance sustainable production of food, feed, and fiber.

Product overview

The International Phytobiomes Alliance is a research coordination consortium, not a product company. It does not offer commercial products or services. The Alliance facilitates international phytobiomes research coordination, organizes the International Phytobiomes Conference, hosts educational webinars, and manages collaborative research projects among academic institutions, private companies, and government agencies focused on sustainable agriculture through phytobiome science.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Phytobiomes Alliance Sponsorship Program Recurring sponsorship membership program for universities, agricultural companies, research institutes, and government agencies to support the alliance's coordination of international phytobiomes research.
• U.S. Culture Collection Network (USCCN) Administration Coordination of the NSF-funded U.S. Culture Collection Network, facilitating safe and responsible utilization of microbial resources for research, education, industry, medicine, and agriculture.

Quantifiable outcome

• In 2025, the Alliance continued to advance the scientific and technological foundation for phytobiome-based sustainable agriculture

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered featured, core and minor.

• U.S. Culture Collection Network (USCCN)featuredStrategic or Co-development PartnerUSCCN is a featured project of the alliance. The Phytobiomes Alliance leads the NSF-funded USCCN project to facilitate safe and responsible utilization of microbial resources for research, education, industry, medicine, and agriculture. Matthew Ryan from CABI serves as Global Lead for Microbiology.
• Microbes-4-Climate (M4C)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe alliance collaborates with the EU-funded MICROBES-4-CLIMATE Horizon Europe project. One work package liaises with stakeholders and EU projects to help navigate the regulatory environment for microbials. Belén Guijarro Díaz-Otero from INIA-CSIC Spain participates in alliance activities.
• British Society of Animal Science (BSAS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBSAS and the International Alliance for Phytobiomes Research announced a partnership in March 2023 to advance collaborative research in animal science and phytobiomes.
• University of GuelphcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe University of Guelph co-organizes the International Phytobiomes Conference 2026.
• University of WaterloocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe University of Waterloo co-organizes the International Phytobiomes Conference 2026. Trevor Charles from Waterloo serves on the Board of Directors.
• KaryosoftminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKaryosoft presented on their Loci platform for microbial genomics data management during a 2020 alliance webinar. The platform provides smart data management and analytics for microbial genomics data.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• AgGateway: Nonprofit industry consortium that develops standards and workflows for agricultural e-business. Comparable as a membership-funded international coordination organization serving ag-input industry and academia.
• Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust): International nonprofit conserving crop genetic diversity and coordinating genebank standards. Directly comparable as an international research/scientific coordination body for sustainable agriculture.
• CGIAR: Global international agricultural research consortium coordinating international science for food security. Directly comparable as an international nonprofit research coordination body serving academia, governments, and industry across crop science.
• Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR): US nonprofit that funds agricultural research through public-private partnerships. Comparable model as a sponsor-driven research coordination/funding body serving sustainable agriculture.

Broad incumbents

• American Phytopathological Society (APS): Larger, established scientific society for plant pathology. Comparable as a sponsor of the alliance and a broader membership organization serving plant science researchers.
• CropLife International: Global trade association for the plant science industry. Comparable as a larger industry-coordination body whose members overlap substantially with the alliance's sponsor base (Bayer, Syngenta, Sumitomo).
• American Seed Trade Association (ASTA): US trade association for the seed industry. Comparable membership-coordination model serving seed companies and academic partners in crop science.
• Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture: Nonprofit arm of Syngenta focused on smallholder agriculture. Comparable scope and funding profile (single large corporate sponsor) though operating in a different value-chain segment.

Others

• Eversole Associates: Consulting firm providing operational management for the alliance. Comparable as the parent service organization and a closely adjacent entity providing executive services.

Emerging players

• Microbiome Support (EU Project): EU-funded coordination project on food systems microbiome research. Comparable as a publicly-funded international research coordination effort addressing similar microbiome/food-system themes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/phytobiomes
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCuysQnTAMbSGq7rpiB9Yc8g
• Facebookfacebook.com/phytobiomes
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/internationalphytobiomesalliance

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

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