Syngenta Vegetable Seeds and Tropic have signed a collaboration to deploy Tropic's Gene Editing induced Gene Silencing (GEiGS®) technology platform. The partnership will explore opportunities to leverage this technology to further strengthen Syngenta's vegetable portfolio.
"As a world leader in vegetable seed innovation, we're always evaluating the latest technologies and tools inside and outside Syngenta that can help us deliver better products to growers. We're excited to partner with pioneering industry players like Tropic on a venture that aims at developing sustainable crop products to tackle current and future threats that farmers face in the field or greenhouse," said Uri Krieger, Global Head of R&D for Syngenta Vegetable Seeds & Flowers.
This alliance will build on Syngenta's toolbox of new breeding technologies and Tropic's game-changing Geigs platform to provide a rapid response tool against newly emerging disease threats which are becoming more prevalent with climate change.
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