Wheat and barley gene-edited crops poised for trials in the UK but commercial introduction still years away

Richard Halleron | AgriLand | September 12, 2024

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Europe’s first gene-edited wheat and barley crop trials to be held on conventional farms, will soon get underway in the UK.

The work will centre on the use experimental lines, the goal being to gain valuable information about the viability of gene-edited traits in a variety of field conditions.

Direct feedback from farmers will be ascertained with enough grain for testing in real-world food production systems secured.

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The trials, known by the acronym PROBITY (Platform to Rate Organisms Bred for Improved Traits and Yield) are being organised by the British on-Farm Innovation Network (BOFIN) along with a number of partnering organisations.

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