Non-transgenic  canola

Non-transgenic canola

David Sparks Ph.D.
David Sparks Ph.D.
This July, Midwestern fields will  bloom with the first-ever gene edited product to be commercialized: the tiny yellow blooms of SU Canola, a non-transgenic (non-GMO) sulfonylurea (SU) herbicide tolerant canola which is now being grown in over 25,000 acres in the United States. SU Canola was developed by Cibus, the leader in precision gene editing. James Radtke, PhD Senior Vice President, Product Development. "SU canola is tolerant to a class of herbicides. Clarify non-transgenic for us. What is the difference between non-transgenic and GMO? Let me start with transgenic canola. That is canola that has DNA inserted into it from typically another species, a bacteria or something like that. It basically has a piece of DNA that was not there before. In non-transgenic, our technology, we make changes in the DNA of nothing is added nothing remains with the plant that wasn't there to begin with. A change is made but it is made naturally.

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