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Israeli firm to transfer India-based crop breeding programme to Foragen Seeds

NRGene, an Israeli genomics artificial intelligence (AI) company, on Monday signed an agreement with Indian seed genetics startup Foragen Seeds to transfer its India-based

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Israeli firm to transfer India-based crop breeding programme to Foragen Seeds
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15 Feb 2021 8:33 PM IST

Hyderabad: NRGene, an Israeli genomics artificial intelligence (AI) company, on Monday signed an agreement with Indian seed genetics startup Foragen Seeds to transfer its India-based, eight-year-old crop breeding programme of maize, rice and chilli-pepper to the latter.

This agreement is to advance the field breeding programme of elite seed development and product commercialisation in India. NRGene has carried out broad molecular breeding projects for the Indian market. The germplasms and breeding materials will significantly help in developing a robust commercial product pipeline suited to the various climate zones in India and other tropical and sub-tropical countries.

"We look forward to see our elite germplasm commercialised and cultivated across India, providing Indian farmers with extra yield and quality," said Dr Gil Ronen, Chief Executive Officer of NRGene. This new move brings in extensive R&D capabilities, including broad molecular breeding, mapping of complex traits, segregation of the actual breeding population and developing DNA markers for those traits.

"By using the NRGene's genomics software solution, new varieties could be developed by significantly reducing their time-to-market lag," said K Anil Kumar Reddy, Managing Director and Co-founder of Foragen Seeds.

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