Last Wednesday, the Healthy Crops project, in collaboration with the Bürgeruniversität of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, hosted a public engagement event titled “Strengthening Crops, Securing the Future – Research for Healthy Harvests” at the Haus der Universität in Düsseldorf. The event…

Results from nationwide Indian AICRIP (All India Coordinated Research Project on Rice) field trials show that the genome-edited rice variety Kamala achieves an average yield increase of 19 percent compared to established reference varieties. Kamala is based on an elite rice variety and was developed…

In a recently published study resulting from a collaboration between the laboratories of Bing Yang and Wolf Frommer, with Nora Zöllner as first author, our team investigated the role of sucrose in the virulence of the rice pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, the causative agent of bacterial leaf…

In the current issue of Nature Biotechnology, researchers from the Healthy Crops Project describe how long-read whole-genome sequencing (WGS) can be used to reliably verify that no foreign DNA remains in genome-edited plants. The study shows that long-read WGS is currently the most reliable method…

In a recent publication in the Plant Biotechnology Journal, the Healthy Crops Team describes methods for the safe removal of transgenes from genome-edited rice plants. The study shows that targeted crossbreeding and the use of long-read whole-genome sequencing (WGS) can be used to verify that…

The Healthy Crops project was awarded first place in this year's Bio-Gründer Wettbewerb 2025 (Organic Start-up Competition 2025). The international research team is developing disease-resistant rice varieties that are particularly suitable for cultivation in Africa and Asia. By using modern…

India has announced the release of two genome-edited rice varieties with improved yield and climate resilience, marking a breakthrough in agricultural biotechnology. The genome editing techniques used to develop these lines were partly established by Healthy Crops researchers and successfully…

We are delighted to announce that Wolf B. Frommer, Scientific Leader of the Healthy Crops project, has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in the United States. Election to the NAS is one of the highest honors that can be bestowed upon a scientist, recognizing…

Congratulation to Dr Bing Yang on receiving the James B. Eads Award from the Academy of Science of St. Louis! As an internationally recognized authority in plant genome engineering, Bing has made groundbreaking contributions to CRISPR/Cas-mediated gene editing. His pioneering work in multiplex guide…

Disease-resistant rice varieties created by means of genome editing