Yield10 Reports Herbicide Tolerance in Winter Camelina
Yield10 Bioscience has reported that its proprietary varieties of winter Camelina sativa (camelina) currently in development have demonstrated tolerance to herbicides as expected in US field tests. The company tested winter camelina engineered with tolerance to glufosinate, as well as stacked herbicide tolerant camelina with tolerance to the application of glufosinate as well as tolerance to soil residues of Group 2 herbicides, specifically including tolerance to both imidazolinones and sulfonylureas. Yield10 expects to harvest the winter field test plantings in the summer of 2024 and conduct an evaluation of its seed yield, oil content, herbicide tolerance and overall agronomy.
In November 2023, Yield10 received USDA-APHIS approval for its glufosinate tolerant camelina as well as its stacked herbicide tolerant camelina, allowing for the planting and breeding of these crops in the US. An application to add camelina to a glufosinate label is currently pending with the US EPA.