Crystal Crop Protection Limited ("Crystal Crop"), an Indian crop solutions company, and Cibus, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBUS) a technology company that uses biology to produce sustainable ingredients and helps farmers grow more food with fewer inputs, today announced an agreement to develop gene-edited traits in Brassica juncea ("Mustard"). Mustard is the oilseed at the heart of Indian cooking, and India grows more of it than any other country, on roughly 8.5 million hectares (21 million acres). Even so, India imports more than half of the edible oil it consumes, roughly 17 million tonnes a year, most of it palm and soybean oil. A better-performing mustard crop could mean more income for the grower and more of India’s cooking oil grown at home.

This agreement extends Cibus’ work in India and demonstrates how Cibus partners with regional seed and crop companies to bring improved crops to the farmers who need them.