“Project Oppotunity has entered into a license agreement with Enza Zaden to use the DMR resistance trait to improve fungal control in various crops.” Project Oppotunity is an agreement of 12 European parties active in starch potatoes who are seriously engaged in getting new breeding techniques approved in Europe. Hans
“Farming and producing more sustainably is not a scientific problem – it’s a regulatory problem” Euroseeds reports that 20 large organizations in the agricultural and food industry express their support of the Commission’s proposal on New Genomic Techniques (NGTs), emphasizing its urgency due to challenges like climate change. The organizations
The EU Commission is to debate the legislation and use of NGT’s (techniques that alter the genome of an organism). This after a study shows their potential to contribute to sustainable food systems and a need to review current policies. The Commission will now start a wide and open consultation
World-leading research in plant breeding made accessible in new company Mariette Andersson and her colleagues are world leaders in their area of research. Since 2014, the research group has successfully developed the new Nobel Prize-winning CRISPR technology into a powerful tool for plant breeding. Mariette, who is also CEO of
SolEdits AB is a newly started company with the mission to make the CRISPR “gene scissors” available as a plant-breeding tool for all stakeholders in the potato industry. The company will improve the properties of commercially interesting potato varieties.
Article by European Seed, read full article here:https://european-seed.com/2019/11/saving-eus-competitiveness-why-crispr-is-so-incredibly-necessary/
Read full article here: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2020/press-release/
Read full article here: https://www.potatopro.com/news/2020/inta-sows-first-potatoes-do-not-oxidize
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