ABAzyne Bioscience Inc. is a Saskatchewan-based Canadian agriculture technology company commercializing ABA Boost, a proprietary analog of the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA). ABA Boost enhances plants’ natural stress-response pathways to improve cold and frost tolerance, reduce reliance on fuel-intensive frost-protection equipment, and improve water-use efficiency in high-value perennial crops such as wine grapes and tender fruit trees. The technology is at Technology Readiness Level 7, with regulatory submissions underway and Canadian distribution partners in place. This project expands ABA Boost’s Canadian field validation to include haskap berry, a commercially important Prairie perennial crop grown primarily in Saskatchewan, alongside wine grapes and tender fruit in BC and Ontario, broadening the product’s addressable market and relevance to Prairie growers.

Environmentally, ABA Boost delivers a rare negative-marginal-cost climate benefit. By reducing growers’ dependence on heaters, wind machines, and over-canopy irrigation during frost events, it eliminates 0.5–1.0 tonnes of CO₂e per acre per protected event. By preventing frost-driven vine and tree mortality, it preserves established perennial carbon sinks and avoids the carbon reversals associated with forced replanting cycles, which can suppress sequestration for 3–5 years per affected acre. This project will complete ABA Boost’s commercialization in Canada, advance formulation development from active ingredient to a stable commercial product, and generate a full, ISO-aligned Life Cycle Assessment quantifying these on-farm environmental benefits.