Yield10 Bioscience announces key advancements for camelina weed control

In Massachusetts, Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. announced key advancements for enabling weed control for Camelina cultivation and for supporting grower adoption of this crop for the biofuel feedstock oil market.

Control of broadleaf weeds is essential for the adoption and success of commercial crops in North America. The development of herbicide tolerant (HT) Camelina is a crucial element in achieving large acreage adoption of the crop by farmers. Yield10 is focused on the development of HT Camelina to realize the full potential of the crop.

In the 2022 spring growing season, Yield10 demonstrated for the first time that its HT spring Camelina lines were tolerant to application of a commonly used broadleaf herbicide. In the fall 2022/2023 growing season, Yield10 retested its lead commercial candidate HT spring Camelina lines in field trials in the Southern US and the successful results were replicated. These HT spring Camelina lines were also tolerant to the application of a grassy weed control product.

Further seed scale-up and field testing of the Company’s lead commercial HT spring Camelina lines are expected to continue in 2023. A request for Regulatory Status Review (RSR) with USDA-APHIS Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS) for herbicide tolerant Camelina under the SECURE Rule was filed by Yield10 in 2022, and a response from the agency is pending.