Author: OurCrowd

A company has developed new technology that can treat seeds with light to unlock desirable traits. BioLumic founder and Chief Science Officer Jason Wargent tells Brownfield they found it was possible to have plants express desirable traits without genetically modifying them, with very positive results. “We see these initially staggering gains in yield. We really feel like we might have stumbled across a way to hack heterosis if you like, to enhance hybrid vigor beyond any level that we’ve probably ever previously imagined, actually. A whole new doorway for agricultural traits.” Read more...

A company has developed new technology that can treat seeds with light to unlock desirable traits. BioLumic founder and Chief Science Officer Jason Wargent tells Brownfield they found it was possible to have plants express desirable traits without genetically modifying them, with very positive results. “We see these initially staggering gains in yield. We really feel like we might have stumbled across a way to hack heterosis if you like, to enhance hybrid vigor beyond any level that we’ve probably ever previously imagined, actually. A whole new doorway for agricultural traits.” Read more...

CHAMPAIGN, IL / ACCESS Newswire / March 6, 2025 / BioLumic, the world’s only company programming seed traits with light, has launched its first commercial Trait Activation System at Gro Alliance’s seed production facility in Cuba City, Wisconsin. This milestone brings the BioLumic proprietary light-based Genetic Expression Trait (xTrait™) technology to the global seed industry, enabling new opportunities for enhanced crop performance. Read more...