Yield10 Bioscience announces key advancements for enabling weed control

Yield10 Bioscience announced key advancements for enabling weed control for Camelina cultivation and for supporting grower adoption of this crop for the biofuel feedstock oil market. "Our team has made substantial progress developing elite herbicide tolerant spring and winter Camelina varieties," said Kristi Snell, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer of Yield10 Bioscience. "The results of our Southern U.S. winter field trials with the single HT trait in our spring Camelina lines as well as recent greenhouse studies on our next generation stacked HT trait package, which includes broadleaf weed control and tolerance to group 2 herbicide soil residues, indicate we remain on track to launch herbicide tolerant Camelina varieties. Our goal is robust weed control enabling growers to plant with confidence on a large scale. In 2023, we look forward to conducting further field testing and seed scale-up activities for our commercial quality HT lines, advancing development of our stacked herbicide tolerant lines, and accelerating our regulatory efforts in support of commercial launch of these important Camelina varieties to supply low-carbon intensity feedstock oil to the biofuels market."