Yield10 Bioscience Begins 2020 Field Test Program to Evaluate Novel Yield Traits in Camelina and Canola
“We are pleased to report that our field trial contractors completed planting at all of the sites planned for our 2020 Field Test Program,” said Dr.
A summary of the 2020 Field Test Program:
- Camelina/C3004: C3004 is a trait designed to increase seed yield that has shown promise in previous greenhouse and growth chamber experiments.
- Camelina/CRISPR E3902: E3902 is a CRISPR genome-edited trait designed to boost oil content. This line demonstrated positive results in 2019 field tests.
- Camelina/CRISPR C3007: C3007 is a CRISPR genome-edited trait designed to boost oil content. This is the first season of field testing the trait.
- Camelina/C3014 and C3015: Yield10 has designed a novel trait and reprogrammed Camelina to produce PHA biomaterial as a third seed product. This is the first season of field tests for the trait.
- Canola/C3004: C3004 is a trait designed to increase seed yield. This is the first season of field testing the trait in canola.
- Canola/C3003: Yield10 will grow 14 new canola/C3003 commercial quality lines for seed bulk up in the field in 2020 that the Company plans to field test in 2021. C3003 is a seed yield trait.
In the field tests of its novel traits in Camelina and canola, Yield10 is monitoring key agronomic and growth parameters of the plants throughout the growth period. Yield10 also plans to evaluate seed yield, oil content, PHA content and/or other parameters of the traits as appropriate after seed harvest. The field tests are designed to generate data on the performance of the novel traits under field conditions and to advance the development of the traits toward commercialization. The program will also generate field grown seed for subsequent field studies.
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