Yield10 Bioscience, Simplot Partner to Evaluate Gene Editing in Potatoes

By Yield10 Bioscience|30 October 2019

Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. has announced that it has signed a research agreement with Boise, ID-based J. R. Simplot Co., to evaluate three novel yield traits in potato. Under the agreement with Yield10, Simplot plans to conduct research with these yield traits within its research and development program as a strategy to improve crop performance and sustainability. In addition to the three-year, non-exclusive research agreement, Simplot was granted an option to negotiate an exclusive commercial license agreement.

The novel crop yield traits included in the research agreement are C3003, C3004, and C4001. In studies performed by Yield10 in greenhouse or field tests, these traits have shown a range of promising activities such as good agronomic performance, increased photosynthesis, increased seed yield, and/or increased biomass production. In 2019, Yield10 was granted a U.S. patent on C3003.

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“Traits like improved crop yield and performance that Yield10 has discovered are also a key objective for Simplot as we pursue our goals of producing more sustainable crops,” said Susan Collinge, Ph.D., Vice President of Simplot Plant Sciences.

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