“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 Berggren, secretary of Oppotunity: “I am very optimistic to be able to show to stakeholders in the coming years the power of NGT’s in the field via a modified potato on a plant disease as severe as late blight. We look forward to being able to use this technology soonest.”
Read the full press release here:
https://www.oppotunity.eu/images/presse/englisch/20241130_Press%20release%20Oppotunity_ENZA.pdf