b'The Headlines Business | People | Policy | Product | ResearchSubmissions welcome: news@seedworldgroup.comBUSINESS now oversee day-to-day operations of the business. The CIBUS AND GDM ESTABLISH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO DELIVERcompany also announced the appointment of Stephen NEW SOLUTIONS FOR SOYBEAN FARMERS Denys as director of market and product development for Cibus announced a strategic collaboration focused onMaizex Seeds. Denys is a past-president of the Canadian developing and delivering new solutions for challengesSeed Trade Association with deep roots in production faced by soybean farmers. By integrating GDMs soybeanagriculture.genetics with Cibus gene editing technology, this collabo-ration will create trait products designed to address thePOLICYchallenges of soybean seed companies and farmers, theyCANADA HITS PAUSE ON MRL REVIEWS FOR GLYPHOSATEsaid. The federal government has decided to pause the pro-posed increases to Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs), MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS PARTNERS WITH ATP NUTRITION TOincluding for glyphosate. This means there will be no DISTRIBUTE STARGUS BIOFUNGICIDE IN CANADA increases to MRLs until at least spring 2022. It has also Marrone Bio Innovations has entered into a partnershipdecided it will begin consultations on specific provisions with ATP Nutrition of Manitoba to distribute Stargus bio- of the Pest Control Products Act.fungicide on Canadian broadacre crops: primarily canola, dry beans, peas, soybeans and sunflower. These productsPRODUCTrepresent more than 30 million acres in Canada where theUSASK WORKING ON COMMERCIAL SUPPLY OF FAVA BEAN WITHOUT biocontrol market is estimated to be growing at 12-15 perVICINE/CONVICINEcent CAGR. In research just published in the journal Nature Plants, an international team of researchers including USask plant VERCORAS INTRODUCED AS THE FIRST BASF SEED TREATMENT FORscientists have identified a key step in how the plantINVIGOR HYBRID CANOLA also known as the faba bean or broad beanproduces BASF Canada Agricultural Solutions has received registra- the compounds vicine and convicine. In four per cent of tion from Health Canadas Pest Management Regulatorythe worlds population who carry a specific gene, digest-Agency for Vercoras, BASFs first seed treatment foring fava beans can trigger the blood disorder known as InVigor hybrid canola. Vercoras protects against key seedfavism.and soil-borne diseases like blackleg during the critical early season infection period, as well as baseline protec- RESEARCHtion against flea beetles, the company said.JAPANESE RESEARCHERS DEVELOP NEW GENE-EDITING TOOL TO CREATE NON-GM CROPSPEOPLE A new approach modifies the energy-producing parts of MAIZEX SEEDS MAKES NEW LEADERSHIP APPOINTMENTS plant cells and then removes the DNA editing tool so it As part of a succession management plan, Blake Ashtoncannot be inherited by future seeds. The technique was has been appointed general manager of Maizex Seeds.recently demonstrated through proof-of-concept experi-Ashton joined Maizex Seeds in 2016 as controller and willments published in the journal Nature Plants. HELPING YOU TAKE CONTROL THROUGH AUTOMATION PALLETIZERS TAGGERS BIG BAG FILLERS AUTOMATIC BAGGERSwww.ezratek.com T: (204) 331-3000SEPTEMBER 2021 GERMINATION.CA 47'