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Evogene & SunGene, a BASF Plant Science company, to collaborate on next generation plant-biotechnology enabling technologies
Collaboration supported by Israel-Germany BioDisc Program

29 Jun 2007 - Evogene Ltd. and SunGene GmbH, a BASF Plant Science company, announced their collaboration to develop next generation enabling technologies for the precise bioengineering of crops. The collaboration is supported under the Israel-Germany BioDisc program by the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology and by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The BioDisc program aims at intensifying contacts between the two countries in areas such as future technologies with high potential.
 
Currently, plant biotechnology provides methods for the introduction of target genes by which a high number of plants have to be analyzed. The goal of this collaboration is to enable the introduction of target genes into plant DNA in a new way by using integration sites that are especially suitable for the insertion of new genes. This will further increase efficiency in plant biotech research and development by reducing the number of plants that have to be analyzed.