"The combined suite of technologies making up the EXZACT Presision Technology Platform has been developed in several crop species including Maize, soybean,canola and wheat."
External Collaborations
EXZACT Precision Technology is available and accessible both to the public and private
sectors through a Dow AgroSciences’ licensing agreement. Like the private sector public-sector breeders and scientists have significant opportunities to employ Ezact
Precision Technology in their breeding programs, especially in minor crops.
Sciences has entered into several licensing agreements with partners around the world to
develop targeted gene improvements ranging from deletions, edits and gene insertions
in row, community and specialty crops such as maize, canola, cassava, wheat, tobacco,
tomato and forestry trees.
As an example, the Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) of
the State of Victory, Australia, through its commercial arm, Agriculture Victoria Services
Pty Ltd. (AVS), strengthened a collaborative agreement to improve the performances of
Australian canola varieties. The project uses the EXZACTTM Precision Genome Editing
Technology platform to continue developing new varieties of canola with enhanced
performance designed to benefit farmers in Australia and globally. In addition, AVS will
also use the EXZACTTM Precision Genome Editing Technology platform to enhance the
genetics of crops important to Australian primary producers.
Through valuable collaborative efforts, a variety of improved crop varieties is being
developed with value-adding traits ranging from more-nutritious and insect-resistant
cassava and higher-yielding tomatoes, to oil crops with healthier, improved oil profiles
and crops with improved herbicide tolerance.
Advances in custom ZFN designs, high resolution analytics, novel donor designs, delivery
technologies and genomics will continue to expand the utility of the EXZACTTM
Precision Technology for trait discovery and product development. Benefits of targeting
genes, genomic deletions and edits at desired locations in plant genomes will continue
to be realized, resulting in reduced cycle times and costs for developers while resulting in
improved, high-value crops for the farmer and consumer.
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