REHOVOT, ISRAEL and PARIS--(Marketwire - January 19, 2011) - Evogene Ltd. (TASE: EVGN) and Biogemma SAS today announced that Biogemma will be advancing a yield and drought tolerance corn trait licensed from Evogene to the next phase of development -- Phase II. A number of candidate genes were evaluated by both companies through a joint, multi-year research and development program, initiated in 2006. Positive genes validated in this stage will be further evaluated and integrated by Biogemma through its corn yield and drought development pipeline.