Farm Progress: Major Plant Breeding Investments Continue

Inari, based in Cambridge, Mass., is all about applying powerful gene-editing tools to make desired changes in plants and unlock unprecedented yield potential, spokespersons say. Recently, the company announced a major collaboration with Beck’s.

Ponsi Trivisvavet, CEO at Inari, says pushing the boundaries of what’s possible to address current and future challenges requires these types of arrangements. She believes Inari’s novel predictive design and advanced multiplex gene-editing technology, coupled with the breeding program at Beck’s, will produce tangible results.

Read more in Farm Progress.

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