Cibus announces 2023 Field Trial results for rice, canola

Cibus announced that the Company is moving forward in the next step of commercialization of its developed traits. Rice – HT1 & HT3 traits – First transfer of customer seeds complete: 2023 field trial results have confirmed that rice herbicide tolerance, HT, traits, known as HT1 and HT3, met or exceeded performance expectations when evaluated with proposed commercial herbicide application rates. This important step in commercial development has led to the first transfers of customer seeds containing the HT1 and HT3 traits. Additional transfers of both HT traits to seed developers are in progress and this will enable a broad offering of rice hybrids and varieties in the US and international markets in the coming years. Cibus expects to have field scale demonstrations of the HT rice traits in the US Mid-South in 2024 and expand to other geographies in 2025. Canola – Pod Shatter Reduction trait – Carrying commercial momentum into 2024: Cibus also reported that its canola Pod Shatter Reduction trait in seed developer genetics performed well and on par with the best available in the industry. Concurrent with the positive field trial results, seed developer lines containing the PSR trait were transferred to multiple companies in 2023 and further transfers are planned in 2024. This important development continues to enable production and testing of seed developer PSR hybrids in 2024, leading to first hybrid sales as early as 2025. Meanwhile, Cibus expects the first field results of its PSR trait in WOSR in the United Kingdom later this year.