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.”

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