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Benjamin Knudsen, BASF
Vice President of Research North America
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Plant breeding and genetics combine gene editing, genomic selection, marker-assisted breeding, phenomics, and AI-driven analytics to develop higher-yielding, more resilient, and disease-resistant crop varieties faster. Halo connects R&D teams with innovators across CRISPR and transformation, genomic-selection pipelines, and breeding programs — from university labs to startups commercializing gene-editing and bioinformatics platforms. Message any of them to explore partnership opportunities.
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51 solutions in plant breeding & genetics
Gene Editing & Transformation
Solis Agrosciences
Precision gene editing: Agrobacterium and protoplast solutions
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and protoplast gene-editing services to turn a genomic vision into market-ready plants.
Texas Tech University
Tissue culture-free regeneration to accelerate gene-edited crops
A synthetic-regeneration approach that grows new shoots directly from wounded tissue, removing the tissue-culture bottleneck.
University of California, Riverside
CRISPR-based disease resistance in rice
CRISPR editing of susceptibility genes to create disease-resistant rice varieties with durable field performance.
Genomic Selection & Bioinformatics
Ploid AI
AI platform for multiomics analysis
Agentic AI letting breeding teams run GWAS, RNA-seq, variant calling, and annotation without specialized bioinformatics staff.
University of Minnesota
GS4PB: genomic selection pipeline for plant breeding
An R Shiny application for complete genomic-selection pipelines — genotype processing through prediction — tailored to breeding programs.
MesoRNA
MSR-seq small non-coding RNA profiling service
End-to-end MSR-seq lab service profiling the small non-coding RNA system at resolution conventional small RNA-seq misses.
Breeding Programs & Cultivars
North Carolina State University
Drought-tolerant turf breeding and genomic pipeline
A turfgrass breeding program using phenomics, remote sensing, and genomics to develop drought-tolerant varieties across sites.
Texas A&M University
Genomics-assisted introgression for peanut pest & disease resistance
Genomics-assisted peanut breeding using marker-assisted selection to improve resistance against pests and diseases.
Oregon State University
Forest biotechnology and gene editing
CRISPR and advanced genetic tools to improve forest tree traits including growth rate and disease resistance.
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6 startups in plant breeding & genetics
NovoBioLabs
Developing nature-derived bioherbicides and adjuvants — lead technologies offer glyphosate-level weed control through sustainable chemistry.
MesoRNA
Characterizing the nucleic-acid molecules today's sequencing misses, using the breakthrough MSR-seq technology for RNA profiling.
AQVA AI
Next-generation aquaculture diagnostics: disease detection, microbiome intelligence, and rapid PCR/LAMP testing for breeding health.
Solis AgroSciences
Plant genetics and trait-development platform accelerating crop improvement for breeders.
EPICS Biotechnology
Gene-editing and biotechnology tools for faster, more precise crop breeding.
Elo Life Systems
Functional-genomics platform developing improved crop traits and plant-based ingredients.
6 academic researchers in plant breeding & genetics
Amy Klocko
Principal Investigator
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Plant geneticist focused on floral biology, using CRISPR-Cas9 to modify key floral genes and assess phenotypes.
Mauricio Antunes
Principal Investigator
Colorado State University
Synthetic biology to program plants for a sustainable economy — engineering traits and pathways for crop improvement.
Penelope Lindsay
Research Associate
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Plant biology, genetics, plant-microbe interactions, and genome editing for crop trait discovery and improvement.
Manoj Sapkota
Principal Investigator
University of Florida
Plant genomics, quantitative genetics, and computational breeding to accelerate genetic gain in crops.
Ronan O'Malley
Principal Investigator
Joint Genome Institute
Researching how plant transcription factors control gene expression and orchestrate regulatory networks via multiDAP and single-cell methods.
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Forrest Wold-McGimsey
Research Associate
Colorado State University
Complementing traditional wheat breeding with gene-editing tools to improve elite wheat varieties.
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