BASF and Cibus Reach Development Milestone in CLEARFIELD Production System

Matt Hopkins Posted by Matt Hopkins|27 January 2009

In a press release, Germany-based BASF and San Diego, CA, US-based Cibus announced that they have reached a significant research milestone for developing CLEARFIELD Production System plants in Brassica winter oilseed rape and in spring canola. Cibus’ patented Rapid Trait Development System (RTDS) was used to enhance the tolerance levels of spring canola plants to BASF’s popular CLEARFIELD herbicides. Data from both greenhouse and field trials show that the new generation of products demonstrates enhanced tolerance levels to CLEARFIELD herbicides. Additionally, the new and improved CLEARFIELD traits will enable canola breeders to develop high yielding hybrids more quickly with greater efficiencies.

Enhanced development will enable a more cost effective hybrid development program to provide farmers with higher yielding, superior performing hybrids for the CLEARFIELD Production System in oilseed rape/canola. BASF anticipates commercializing the new trait as early as 2013.

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