Camelina sativa

Yield10 Bioscience Announces Achievement of Proof-of-Concept Milestone for Producing PHA Bioplastic in Field Grown Camelina Plants

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Brassicaceae, Yield10 Bioscience, Camelina, Bioplastic, PHA, Biofuels, Chemistry, Camelina sativa

Several Camelina lines were grown in small plots at field test sites in the U.S. and Canada.

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  • Several Camelina lines were grown in small plots at field test sites in the U.S. and Canada.
  • Compared to control plants, the engineered PHA Camelina lines emerged and matured later but once established, exhibited good vigor, branching, flowering and seed set.
  • Yield10 plans to extract the PHA bioplastic from the Camelina seed for product prototyping, sampling and business development.
  • It is truly exciting to reach this milestone in our effort to produce PHA bioplastic in the seeds of field grown Camelina plants, said Kristi Snell, Ph.D., vice president of research and chief science officer of Yield10 Bioscience.

Yield10 Bioscience Announces Collaboration with Rothamsted Research to Develop Advanced Technology for Producing Omega-3 Nutritional Oils in Camelina

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Thursday, November 12, 2020
Fatty acids, Brassicaceae, Crops, Nutrition, Biofuels, Camelina sativa, Camelina, Health, Branches of biology, Omega-3 fatty acid, Polyunsaturated fatty acid

Tailoring seed oil composition in the real world: optimising omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid accumulation in transgenicCamelina sativa .Scientific Reports7 (1),6570 (2017).

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  • Tailoring seed oil composition in the real world: optimising omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid accumulation in transgenicCamelina sativa .Scientific Reports7 (1),6570 (2017).
  • Through independent science and innovation, Rothamsted has made significant contributions to improving agri-food systems in the UK and internationally.
  • The Company is also developing improved Camelina varieties as a platform crop for the production and commercialization of nutritional oils, proteins, and PHA biomaterials.
  • Yield10 assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release or with respect to the matters described herein.

Yield10 Bioscience Announces Start of Field Tests of Winter Camelina Varieties

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Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Brassicaceae, Biofuels, Branches of biology, Non-food crops, Camelina sativa, Yield10 Bioscience, Agronomy, Camelina, Organisms, Doubled haploidy

WOBURN, Mass., Oct. 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:YTEN), an agricultural bioscience company, today announced that it has begun field testing to evaluate the emergence and agronomics of winter Camelina sativa varieties.

Key Points: 
  • WOBURN, Mass., Oct. 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:YTEN), an agricultural bioscience company, today announced that it has begun field testing to evaluate the emergence and agronomics of winter Camelina sativa varieties.
  • Having previously evaluated the Camelina sativa winter varieties in 2019/2020 , Yield10 continues to pursue commercial efforts to leverage its technology in the potential high growth cash cover crop market.
  • The objectives of the study are to determine the seed and oil yield potential of winter Camelina varieties, and to scale up certain plant lines to support conducting larger studies.
  • The field tests will evaluate the best performing wild-type and doubled haploid lines from the 2019/2020 winter season.

Yield10 Bioscience Announces Completion of Harvesting for 2020 Field Test Program to Evaluate Novel Yield and Compositional Traits in Camelina and Canola

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Thursday, October 1, 2020
Brassicaceae, Camelina, Crops, Canola oil, g factor, Mind, Psychology, Yield10 Bioscience, Camelina sativa

Yield10s 2020 Field Test Program is designed to evaluate several novel traits in Camelina and canola, and the Company expects to begin reporting data from the field tests in the fourth quarter of 2020 through early 2021.

Key Points: 
  • Yield10s 2020 Field Test Program is designed to evaluate several novel traits in Camelina and canola, and the Company expects to begin reporting data from the field tests in the fourth quarter of 2020 through early 2021.
  • These field tests are designed to generate agronomic, yield and other data supporting the ongoing development of our traits in Camelina, canola and other commercial crops.
  • A summary of the 2020 Field Test Program:
    Camelina/C3004: C3004 is a trait designed to increase seed yield that has shown promise in previous greenhouse and growth chamber experiments.
  • In the field tests of its novel traits in Camelina and canola, Yield10 monitored key agronomic and growth parameters of the plants throughout the growth period.

Yield10 Bioscience Announces Spring Planting of 50 Acres of Wild-Type Spring Camelina to Support Business Development Plans

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Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Brassicaceae, Yield10 Bioscience, Biofuels, Camelina sativa, Camelina, Agriculture, Applied sciences, Industries

This is a business development activity necessary to gain experience in establishing the value chain for producing Camelina sativa seed at large scale as a source of new crop products.

Key Points: 
  • This is a business development activity necessary to gain experience in establishing the value chain for producing Camelina sativa seed at large scale as a source of new crop products.
  • The successful establishment of spring Camelina at the 50 acre scale is a significant milestone for Yield10 as we continue to advance our business plan for developing Camelina seed products, said Oliver Peoples, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Yield10 Bioscience.
  • Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. is an agricultural bioscience company developing crop innovations to improve crop yields and enhance sustainable global food security.
  • Yield10 assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release or with respect to the matters described herein.

Yield10 Bioscience Announces Successful Evaluation of Emergence and Establishment in Field Tests of Winter Camelina Varieties

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Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Brassicaceae, Branches of biology, Yield10 Bioscience, Biofuels, Organisms, Camelina sativa, Agronomy, Camelina, Doubled haploidy

WOBURN, Mass., Aug. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:YTEN), an agricultural bioscience company, today announced that it conducted field testing during the 2019/2020 winter season to evaluate emergence of winter Camelina sativa varieties.

Key Points: 
  • WOBURN, Mass., Aug. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:YTEN), an agricultural bioscience company, today announced that it conducted field testing during the 2019/2020 winter season to evaluate emergence of winter Camelina sativa varieties.
  • Two wild-type and two double haploid winter Camelina lines developed in-house by Yield10s Canadian subsidiary, Metabolix Oilseeds, were studied in the field test.
  • Our team has developed new double haploid winter Camelina varieties which performed very well in our winter field trial under the extreme winter conditions encountered in Saskatchewan, said Kristi Snell, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer of Yield10 Bioscience.
  • As development of our novel performance traits progresses, we envision deploying our traits in double haploid varieties of both winter and spring Camelina.

Yield10 Bioscience Begins 2020 Field Test Program to Evaluate Novel Yield Traits in Camelina and Canola

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Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Yield10 Bioscience, Brassicaceae, Crops, Camelina, Canola oil, Agronomy, Biofuels, Camelina sativa

Yield10s 2020 Field Test Program is designed to evaluate several novel traits in Camelina and canola and the Company expects to harvest the plants and begin reporting data from the field tests in the fourth quarter of 2020.

Key Points: 
  • Yield10s 2020 Field Test Program is designed to evaluate several novel traits in Camelina and canola and the Company expects to harvest the plants and begin reporting data from the field tests in the fourth quarter of 2020.
  • We are pleased to report that our field trial contractors completed planting at all of the sites planned for our 2020 Field Test Program, said Dr. Kristi Snell, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer of Yield10 Bioscience.
  • Our field tests are designed to generate agronomic, yield and other data supporting the ongoing development of our traits in Camelina, canola and other commercial crops.
  • In the field tests of its novel traits in Camelina and canola, Yield10 is monitoring key agronomic and growth parameters of the plants throughout the growth period.

Yield10 Bioscience Secures Regulatory Permits for U.S. and Canadian Sites and Announces Plans for 2020 Field Test Program in Camelina and Canola

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Thursday, May 14, 2020
Yield10 Bioscience, Brassicaceae, Camelina, Crops, Canola oil, Sustainable technologies, Fuels, Biofuels, Camelina sativa, Sustainable Oils

Yield10s 2020 Field Test Program will evaluate several novel traits in Camelina and canola.

Key Points: 
  • Yield10s 2020 Field Test Program will evaluate several novel traits in Camelina and canola.
  • Yield10 is also developing Camelina as a platform crop for developing and commercializing traits to produce nutritional oils and PHA biomaterials.
  • The 2020 Field Test Program will be our largest to date in terms of the number of traits we will test and the number of field test sites involved in the U.S. and Canada, said Dr. Kristi Snell, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer of Yield10 Bioscience.
  • Our field tests are designed to generate data that will support our ongoing development efforts for our traits in Camelina, canola and other commercial crops.

Yield10 Bioscience Announces Results of 2019 Field Test Program

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Thursday, March 19, 2020
Branches of biology, Yield10 Bioscience, Biology, Brassicaceae, Life sciences, Camelina, Biotechnology, CRISPR, Sustainable Oils, Camelina sativa

WOBURN, Mass., March 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:YTEN), an agricultural bioscience company, today announced the results from field tests conducted in the 2019 growing season in the United States and Canada.

Key Points: 
  • WOBURN, Mass., March 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:YTEN), an agricultural bioscience company, today announced the results from field tests conducted in the 2019 growing season in the United States and Canada.
  • Yield10 also conducted field tests at sites in Canada, where field and weather conditions throughout the season posed a challenge to collecting seed yield data.
  • In 2019 field trials, photosynthetic measurements were taken during the growing season on C3004 Camelina lines at similar developmental stages.
  • The promising field test results associated with our triple genome-edited Camelina are a highlight of our 2019 field test program, as they clearly demonstrate that we can use CRISPR to edit gene targets in the oil biosynthesis pathway in plants to produce an increase in seed oil content, said Kristi Snell, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer of Yield10 Bioscience.

Smart Earth Camelina to Ship First Load of Camelina Oil by Rail

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Monday, February 24, 2020
Retail, Oil, Gas, Agriculture, Energy, Natural Resources, Food, Beverage, Brassicaceae, Crops, Domesticated plants, Agronomy, Biofuels, Camelina sativa, Camelina, Flax

Smart Earth Camelina Corporation is shipping an historic first rail tank car of Camelina oil from the Canadian Prairies to an aquaculture customer in Vancouver.

Key Points: 
  • Smart Earth Camelina Corporation is shipping an historic first rail tank car of Camelina oil from the Canadian Prairies to an aquaculture customer in Vancouver.
  • After almost 20 years of research and development by Smart Earth, Camelina sativa (camelina) is now a viable option for Prairie farmers.
  • The oil profile is similar to flax oil in that it provides nutritious High-Omega oil; but it has greater oxidative stability than flax.
  • Growers interested in a Camelina production contract should visit the Smart Earth website to learn more: https://www.smartearthcamelina.ca/pages/grower-opportunities .