AgIdea and BioHeuris launch a joint platform for agile breeding servicies

AgIdea, a leading company in applied research services with headquarters in Pergamino, Buenos Aires (Argentina); Marshall, Missouri (USA) and Montevideo (Uruguay), and Bioheuris, a biotech startup developing integrated crop management solutions through gene editing and synthetic biology based in Rosario (Argentina) and Saint Louis (USA), announced today a partnership for providing a novel line of services to seed companies. These services will combine in a single platform the rapid advancement of crop generations, and the quick and precise development of improved varieties through CRISPR genome editing and double haploid tools. This platform will allow seed companies and research institutions to accelerate breeding of new crop varieties, speeding access to markets, increasing precision and reducing R&D and regulatory costs.

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Bioheuris partners with GDM to develop crop management system in soybeans using gene editing

Bioheuris, an agbiotech startup that uses synthetic biology and gene editing for improved crop management, and GDM, a leading global soybeans genetics powerhouse, today announced a collaboration agreement to develop high yielding varieties using gene editing technology.

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Argentine companies Gensus and Bioheuris to develop non-GMO herbicide resistant cotton using gene editing

Bioheuris, an agbiotech startup using synthetic biology and gene editing to fight weeds, and Gensus, the Argentine company that produces and markets certified cotton seeds, today announced a partnership to develop herbicide resistance in this crop using CRISPR gene editing.

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