Become a Commercial Grower

InnovaTree™ Licensing & Commercialization

InnovaTree licensing is managed through the University of Minnesota’s Technology Commercialization Office.

If you have additional questions or would like to learn more about becoming a commercial grower, please contact Adam Bolton, in the University Technology Commercialization Office, by email at [email protected].

If you are interested in learning more about growing InnovaTree, or other NRRI poplars, for large scale projects please contact Jeff Jackson at [email protected].

Hybrid poplars developed by the U of M are protected. Propagation of these trees without a license is prohibited, even if you want to propagate or topwork only one tree.

Man kneeling in greenhouse holding small potted poplar seedling