| | - Generic applicability - Results have been confirmed by testing over 40 plant species of 14 botanical families, including herbaceous monocots (wheat, onion) and dicots (tomato, pepper), as well as grapevines and other fruit trees.
- Treating, Not Breeding - Unlike breeding or transformation, TraitUP™ does not aim at the development of new genotypes, but rather to improve existing ones via the quick and efficient introduction of desired traits.
- Accelerated Solution Development - TraitUP™ platform can introduce a desired sequence of DNA in days, as compared with years or months of classical breeding efforts. This enables introduction of traits to genotypes of choice in a short period of time, and acceleration of functional genomics experiments (introduction of genes for screening based on quick expression).
- Over-sized Genes Introduction - TraitUP™ platform can introduce large or multiple DNA sequences (for expression or silencing) in parallel. For example, it enables the introduction of an entire biosynthetic pathway of the anti-fungal antibiotic Pyrrolnitrin (PRN), as a complete operon. The PRN operon is a 7Kb DNA transcription unit.
- Protection Against Partially Manageable and Non-Manageable Threats - TraitUP™ has proven to provide a protective solution against HLB in Citrus , Xylela in vines, Fusarium and Rhizoctonia in flowers and vegetables, Zebra Chip in potatoes as well as TYLCV in tomatoes. Some of these diseases today have no manageable solution, although the damages to crops are measured in billions of dollars, damages which Morflora’s technology may significantly reduce.
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