SOUTH EASTON, Mass., Aug. 5, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:PBIO) ("PBI" and the "Company") today announced that scientists from three separate U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) laboratories have presented data generated through the use of the Company's patented, cutting-edge pressure cycling technology ("PCT") at the American Phytopathological Society's ("APS") 2009 Annual Meeting, being held August 1-5 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. The presentations related to innovative, plant pathology studies of various pathogens that can significantly and adversely affect important food crops, such as strawberries, wheat, peas, lentil, barley, canola, and especially citrus.