San Diego, CA – November 20, 2025 – Symbiotic Systems, Inc., a pioneering agricultural technology firm, has been distinguished with the prestigious ‘Top Plants Growth Solution 2025’ award from AgriBusiness Review. This accolade recognizes the company’s groundbreaking patented innovations in controlled environment agriculture (CEA), which leverage discrete narrowband light technology to dramatically enhance plant compound concentration, nutrient density, and yield while significantly reducing energy consumption.
Revolutionizing Agriculture with Metabolic Crop Management™
Founded in 2012, Symbiotic Systems has dedicated itself to addressing the core challenges within the rapidly expanding CEA market, which is projected to soar from $70.5 billion in 2021 to $270.2 billion by 2032. The company’s proprietary intellectual property, centered around a paradigm they term Metabolic Crop Management™, utilizes precise combinations of narrowband light frequencies and intensities to communicate directly with a plant’s cellular growth and chemistry systems. Unlike traditional grow lights, Symbiotic Systems patents the method for controlling plant metabolic processes, not the hardware itself, aiming to solve the critical issue of profitability within CEA.
“We have patents covering the process to instruct plants at the cellular level on how to grow using discrete narrowband light,” stated Paul Bhola, Founder of Symbiotic Systems. “This distinction underscores the reputation and impact we have built with both partners and peers”.
Tangible Advancements Across Diverse Crops
The company’s innovative approach has yielded remarkable results across a variety of crops, demonstrating significant improvements in output and quality. These advancements offer higher profit margins for growers, plant-based pharmaceutical companies, nutraceutical manufacturers, and terpene producers.
* Medicinal Cannabis: Symbiotic Systems’ technology has demonstrated a remarkable 450% increase in beta caryophyllene concentration. Beta-caryophyllene is a sought-after terpene known for its unique aroma and potential therapeutic properties, making this a significant development for the cannabis sector and supporting the potential for new cannabis products with enhanced profiles.
* Basil: The company achieved a doubling of basil biomass, a 100% increase, while simultaneously cutting energy usage in half. Research supports that specific ratios of blue and red narrow-band LED lighting can significantly impact basil biomass accumulation.
* Tomatoes: Early girl heirloom tomatoes saw a 250% increase in mass per watt and 30% more fruiting sites, all while consuming 20% less energy. Comparative studies using Symbiotic Systems’ Spectrix lights against traditional High-Pressure Sodium (HPS) lights showed more than double the fruit mass and up to three times greater energy efficiency.
A Licensing Model for Industry-Wide Impact
AgriBusiness Review, a publication serving the agricultural sector by showcasing innovative companies and solutions, selected Symbiotic Systems based on subscriber nominations and an independent evaluation panel. The award highlights Symbiotic Systems’ ability to license its patented technologies under a comprehensive model that empowers the market. This approach encourages customers to leverage the company’s worldwide patent protections, positioning Symbiotic Systems’ solutions as an emerging industry standard in agricultural lighting and fostering advancements that can lead to stronger brand differentiation for producers.
Symbiotic Systems aims to contribute to ending food insecurity and enhancing the profitability of the entire CEA industry. The company is actively inviting inquiries from agriculture lighting companies, growers, and partners interested in leveraging their technology to increase crop output and efficiency, and is currently open to investment opportunities.
About Symbiotic Systems, Inc.
Symbiotic Systems, Inc. is a San Diego-based agriculture technology firm founded in 2012 with a mission to grow more food and medicine for less, while improving nutritional and medicinal qualities. Through its patented Metabolic Crop Management™ technology, the company is disrupting the horticultural and CEA markets by providing solutions that increase profitability and sustainability.
