Press Releases 2024
Agroscope
Wheat from a New Breeding Method: Agroscope Searches for Fungal Resistances in Field Trial
Agroscope is launching a field trial with winter wheat bred using a new method. Researchers are hoping to find new disease resistances that are useful for further breeding. The Federal Office for the Environment has given the go-ahead for the trial, for which approval is compulsory.
First Swiss Field Trial with CRISPR/Cas9-Modified Barley
Agroscope has been granted approval by the Federal Office for the Environment for a field trial with spring barley. The focus is on a barley gene that has been disabled by new breeding techniques. The trial, which will be launched in spring 2024 on the Protected Site in Zurich-Reckenholz and will run for three years, aims to determine whether yields can be increased in this manner.