-On track for commercial launch of first herbicide tolerant Camelina variety as early as 2025
-First field tests of stacked herbicide tolerant winter Camelina underway
-Recent positive field tests demonstrate stacked herbicide traits in spring Camelina
-Herbicide tolerance in Camelina supports large acreage production of low-carbon intensity feedstock oil for the biofuel market
WOBURN, Mass., Oct. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq: YTEN) ("Yield10" or the "Company"), an agricultural bioscience company, today announced recent advancements toward enabling weed control for Camelina cultivation and supporting grower adoption of the crop for production of low-carbon intensity feedstock oil for the biofuel market.
Control of broadleaf weeds is essential for the rapid adoption and success of commercial crops in North America. Yield10 is establishing a leadership position in the development of herbicide tolerant ("HT") Camelina to drive broad acceptance of the crop by growers. The Company is developing Camelina with tolerance to a broad leaf herbicide, which has been used safely in commercial crop production for over 25 years. In addition, Yield10 is developing an herbicide package for Camelina, incorporating tolerance to over-the-top application of broadleaf herbicide as well as tolerance to soil residual Group 2 herbicides, which are commonly used to control weeds in cereal crops.
"The Yield10 team is making significant progress toward our goal of launching elite herbicide tolerant Camelina for producing feedstock oil for the biofuels market," said Kristi Snell, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer of Yield10 Bioscience. "We aim to facilitate the seamless integration of Camelina with current weed control and crop rotation practices of major crops in order to enable the planting of Camelina on large-scale acreage. This winter, we anticipate that our program will achieve another important milestone as we conduct field tests of stacked HT winter Camelina for the first time. We will also continue to execute on seed scale-up and regulatory activities in support of the planned commercial launch of our elite HT and stacked HT Camelina varieties."
Development of commercial quality herbicide tolerant Camelina. Broad-spectrum herbicides have been used to protect seed yield by controlling broadleaf weeds.
Yield10 has demonstrated tolerance to over-the-top spray application of a commonly used broad leaf herbicide in its E3902 HT Camelina in three cycles of field testing. Additional field test data is being collected and grain and protein meal samples analyzed to support the use of HT Camelina meal in livestock feed. Throughout 2023, Yield10 has conducted seed scale-up activities that will continue in the contra season in Chile. Yield10 is building seed inventory for a planned commercial launch of HT spring Camelina as early as 2025.
Last year, Yield10 filed a request for Regulatory Status Review ("RSR") with USDA-APHIS Biotechnology Regulatory Services ("BRS") for Yield10's broadleaf HT Camelina under the Sustainable, Ecological, Consistent, Uniform, Responsible, Efficient ("SECURE") Rule. A response from the agency is pending.
Earlier this year, one of the manufacturers of the herbicide submitted a label amendment to the Environmental Protection Agency to allow use of their broadleaf herbicide on Camelina.
Development of commercial quality stacked HT Camelina. Yield10 is developing elite Camelina varieties with a robust weed control package based on tolerance to a broad leaf herbicide application as well as to soil residues of Group 2 herbicides ("IMI"/imidazolinones and "SU"/sulfonylurea).
Yield10 recently announced it demonstrated tolerance to over-the-top spray application of the commonly used broad leaf herbicide as well as tolerance to Group 2 herbicide in its spring E3902 stacked HT Camelina. Yield10 plans to conduct seed scale-up activities in contra season in Chile for this variety.
Yield10 researchers have developed candidate stacked HT winter Camelina. Yield10 is testing stacked HT winter Camelina in field tests for the first time this winter.
Earlier this year Yield10 filed an RSR with USDA-APHIS (BRS) for Yield10's stacked HT Camelina under the SECURE Rule. A response from the agency is pending.
About the SECURE Rule
The SECURE Rule was published on May 18, 2020 and represents the first comprehensive revision of APHIS' biotechnology regulations since 1987. The revisions enable APHIS to regulate organisms developed using genetic engineering for plant pest risk with greater precision and reduce regulatory burden for developers of organisms that are unlikely to pose plant pest risks. Once a specific plant developed through genetic engineering is found not to require regulation, new varieties of the plant containing the same genetic modification would similarly not be regulated. Camelina plants containing herbicide resistance traits are subject to labeling under EPA regulations.
About Yield10 Bioscience
Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. ("Yield10" or the "Company") is an agricultural bioscience company that is leveraging advanced genetics to develop the oilseed Camelina sativa ("Camelina") as a platform crop for large-scale production of sustainable seed products. These seed products include feedstock oils for renewable diesel and sustainable aviation biofuels; omega-3 (EPA and DHA+EPA) oils for pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and aquafeed applications; and, in the future, PHA bioplastics for use as biodegradable bioplastics. Our commercial plan is based on establishing a grain contracting business leveraging our proprietary elite Camelina seed varieties, focusing on the growing demand for low-carbon intensity feedstock oil for biofuels and omega-3 oils for nutritional applications. Yield10 is headquartered in Woburn, MA and has a Canadian subsidiary, Yield10 Oilseeds Inc., located in Saskatoon, Canada.
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-有望最早在2025年将首个耐除草剂的Camelina品种商业上市
-正在对冬季堆叠除草剂耐受性 Camelina 进行首次实地测试
-最近的阳性实地测试表明 Camelina 春季的除草剂特性是堆叠的
-Camelina的除草剂耐受性支持生物燃料市场在大面积生产低碳强度原料油
马萨诸塞州沃本,2023年10月11日(GLOBE NEWSWIRE)——农业生物科学公司Yield10 Bioscience, Inc.(纳斯达克股票代码:YTEN)(“Yield10” 或 “公司”)今天宣布,在为生物燃料市场实现大麻控制和支持种植者采用该作物生产低碳强度原料油方面取得了最新进展。
控制阔叶杂草对于北美商业作物的快速采用和成功至关重要。Yield10正在开发耐除草剂(“HT”)Camelina方面树立领导地位,以推动种植者对该作物的广泛接受。该公司正在开发对阔叶除草剂具有耐受性的Camelina,该除草剂已安全用于商业作物生产超过25年。此外,Yield10正在为Camelina开发一套除草剂,其中包括对过度使用阔叶除草剂的耐受性以及对土壤残留的2组除草剂的耐受性,后者通常用于控制谷类作物的杂草。
Yield10 Bioscience首席科学官克里斯蒂·斯内尔博士说:“Yield10团队在实现我们的目标方面取得了重大进展,即推出耐精英除草剂的Camelina,用于为生物燃料市场生产原料油。”“我们的目标是促进将Camelina与当前主要作物的大麻控制和轮作做法无缝整合,以便能够在大规模的土地上种植Camelina。今年冬天,我们预计我们的计划将实现另一个重要的里程碑,因为我们将首次对堆叠的冬季HT Camelina进行现场测试。我们还将继续开展种子扩大规模和监管活动,以支持我们的精英HT和堆叠HT Camelina品种的计划商业上市。”
开发出具有商业质量的耐除草剂的Camelina。 广谱除草剂已被用来通过控制阔叶杂草来保护种子产量。
在三个现场测试周期中,Yield10已证明可以耐受在其 E3902 HT Camelina 中过度喷洒常用的阔叶除草剂。正在收集更多的现场测试数据并分析谷物和蛋白质粉样本,以支持在牲畜饲料中使用HT Camelina粉。在整个2023年,Yield10一直在开展种子扩大规模的活动,这些活动将在智利的反向季节继续进行。Yield10正在为计划最早在2025年商业推出的HT Spring Camelina建立种子库存。
去年,Yield10根据可持续、生态、一致、统一、负责、高效(“安全”)规则,向美国农业部动植物检疫局生物技术监管服务局(“BRS”)提交了Yield10的宽叶HT Camelina的监管状态审查(“RSR”)申请。该机构正在等待答复。
今年早些时候,除草剂的一家制造商向环境保护署提交了一份标签修正案,允许在卡梅琳娜身上使用阔叶除草剂。
开发商用质量的堆叠式 HT Camelina。 Yield10正在开发精英的Camelina品种,该品种具有强大的杂草控制套餐,其基础是对阔叶除草剂施用以及对2组除草剂(“IMI” /咪唑啉酮和 “SU” /磺酰脲类)的土壤残留物的耐受性。
Yield10 最近宣布,在春季 E3902 堆叠的 HT Camelina 中,它表现出对过度喷洒常用阔叶除草剂的耐受性,以及对 2 组除草剂的耐受性。Yield10计划在智利的反季节为该品种开展种子扩大规模的活动。
Yield10 的研究人员已经开发出候选堆叠的 HT 冬季 Camelina。Yield10将在今年冬天首次在现场测试中测试堆叠的HT冬季Camelina。
今年早些时候,Yield10根据安全规则向美国农业部APHIS(BRS)提交了Yield10堆叠的HT Camelina的RSR。该机构正在等待答复。
关于安全规则
安全规则于2020年5月18日发布,是自1987年以来对APHIS生物技术法规的首次全面修订。这些修订使动植物检疫局能够更精确地监管利用基因工程开发的生物来应对植物害虫风险,并减轻不太可能构成植物害虫风险的生物开发者的监管负担。一旦发现通过基因工程开发的特定植物不需要监管,那么含有相同基因改造的植物新品种同样不会受到监管。根据美国环保局的规定,含有抗除草剂特性的茶花植物必须贴上标签。
关于 Yield10 生物科学
Yield10 Bioscience, Inc.(“Yield10” 或 “公司”)是一家农业生物科学公司,正在利用先进的遗传学来开发油籽 Camelina sativa (“Camelina”)作为大规模生产可持续种子产品的平台作物。这些种子产品包括用于可再生柴油和可持续航空生物燃料的原料油;用于制药、营养保健品和水产饲料应用的omega-3(EPA和DHA+EPA)油;以及将来用作可生物降解生物塑料的PHA生物塑料。我们的商业计划基于利用我们专有的精英Camelina种子品种建立谷物承包业务,重点关注对用于生物燃料的低碳强度原料油和用于营养应用的omega-3油不断增长的需求。Yield10总部位于马萨诸塞州沃本,在加拿大萨斯卡通设有一家加拿大子公司Yield10 Oilseeds Inc.。
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Yield10 生物科学:
Lynne H. Brum,(617) 682-4693,LBrum@yield10bio.com
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