SAN DIEGO, Calif., US and WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Canada — The BrettYoung seed company will use its seed distribution network in the US and Canada to sell Cibus Global’s new canola traits developed through the company’s proprietary Rapid Trait Development System (RTDS).
RTDS is an environmentally safe trait development procedure that will use canola’s natural process of gene repair to effect a precise change in the genetic sequence. By mimicking natural methods in a highly targeted way, RTDS technology avoids the introduction of foreign genetic material into plants. RTDS has been recognized by the USDA as a mutagenesis technique, and is therefore not subject to the regulations applied to transgenic (or GM) crops. Mutagenesis-derived crops and traits are produced around the globe in a number of food categories, including food grains (rice, oats and durum wheat), vegetable oil crops (sunflower, canola and flax), beer ingredients (barley, hops and yeast) and seedless fruits (grapes and citrus fruits).
“Cibus’ initial crop protection trait for canola and oilseed rape has demonstrated significant commercial potential through field trials that yielded successful and robust results,” Cibus Global President Keith Walker said in a press release. “We look forward to introducing its economic benefits to farmers over the next several years, as the first among many such environmentally responsible crop traits we plan to bring to market.”
Cibus 和 Makhteshim-Agan 于 9 月达成了类似的协议。
“This agreement with BrettYoung, along with our recent $37 million Development Alliance with Mahkteshim-Agan, puts in place the commercial infrastructure for a successful launch of our first non-GMO crop traits in both North America and Europe,” Cibus Chairman Stephen Evans-Freke said in a press release..
北美油菜性状市场占地约 1600 万英亩，年性状价值为 $2.4 亿。这一性状将与其他种子合作伙伴一起在欧洲销售；欧洲油菜性状市场在 650 万公顷土地上的年收入为 4.5 亿欧元。据该公司称，Cibus 计划在油菜中开发额外的产量和性能增强特性，包括抗碎性、改进的生物能源原料属性和更健康的油。