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Published on 15 February 2024

First Swiss Field Trial with CRISPR/Cas9-Modified Barley

Zurich-Reckenholz, 15.2.2024 - Agroscope has been granted approval by the Federal Office for the Environment for a field trial with spring barley. The focus is on a barley gene that has been disabled by new breeding techniques. The trial, which will be launched in spring 2024 on the Protected Site in Zurich-Reckenholz and will run for three years, aims to determine whether yields can be increased in this manner.