SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US — Cibus, Inc., agricultural technology company that develops and licenses non-GMO plant traits to seed companies, and Loveland Products, Inc., a subsidiary of Nutrien Ltd., have entered into a US development agreement in which Cibus will provide traits into Loveland’s rice seed genetics.
Under the terms of the collaborative agreement announced Feb. 26, Loveland, based in Loveland, Colorado, US, and Cibus, based in San Diego, California, US, will work toward commercializing herbicide tolerance in rice with a focus on the southern US market, a region with high demand for novel approaches in weed control.
“Loveland Products is constantly striving to bring innovative solutions to the marketplace across the agricultural industry,” said Rob Dunlop, vice president of North America seed at Nutrien, a leading global provider of crop inputs and services based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. “We are excited to collaborate with Cibus to help address some of the most pressing weed management challenges of US rice growers.”
Norm Sissons, senior vice president, Commercial, at Cibus, said, “We are thrilled to work with the Loveland Products and Dyna-Gro teams to deliver new herbicide management options to rice growers. Importantly, our recent results using our Trait Machine to add traits like herbicide tolerance in rice show we can provide collaborators with new traits in their elite genetics on an accelerated timescale.”
