Ottawa ON—Agrisoma Biosciences Inc. (Agrisoma) is pleased to announce a technical and patent update on its development program for Resonance® Carinata, including testing of newly developed Carinata varieties and new, proprietary patents related to crop improvement methods.
Specifically, Agrisoma has applied its high efficiency “Doubled Haploid” (DH) technology to create a number of new varietal candidates of Carinata.
This advanced and innovative breeding strategy uses a proprietary tissue culture technology that enables Agrisoma to quickly select the best plant material for the development of new plant varieties.
DH technology has accelerated the selection of new candidates for addition to the current Resonance Carinata products line.
These new varieties are being evaluated for performance in the field in core production zones and represent a significant advance in product development activities.
“Our DH program has accelerated our product development activities and I am excited to announce these technical achievements in our product development and commercialization program.
"We are absolute in our belief that Resonance Carinata will continue to be a superior crop of choice for growers, and one that has an excellent fit across multiple production regions,” said Steven Fabijanski, President and CEO of Agrisoma.
The Agrisoma breeding program is also evaluating new plant varieties that deliver enhanced production characteristics, such as herbicide and disease resistances, that increase growers’ options for efficient and economical Carinata production.
The evaluation of these new varieties has been conducted in Canada, Florida and South America and is part of the company’s on-going work in the commercialization of future high performance varieties.
In addition, Agrisoma and the University of Florida have expanded their technical demonstration of Resonance Carinata across the southeastern region of the USA as an option for winter production of a second crop.
The 2013/2014 winter season was the third year that Resonance Carinata was tested on an increasing scale in the southeast, and this year’s unusual and record cold weather in the southeast showcased the crop’s ability to withstand the most challenging of climates while providing a superior yield of quality grain.
This work forms the basis of the commercial introduction of Resonance Carinata into the southeast United States as a winter rotation crop.
Finally, Agrisoma has been awarded United States Patent 8,546,645, which is a patented technology that will further enable crop improvements in areas such nutrient use efficiency, increased yield and enhanced quality oil and meal.
“Our Carinata development program is based on a suite of proprietary and advanced crop improvement technologies that are yielding a large number of new varieties that allow selection of superior varieties adapted for our key target production regions.
"We have a developed a dominant position in Carinata with the largest Carinata development and testing program in the world enabling us to introduce high performance, well adapted Carinata varieties across multiple production regions” concludes Fabijanski.