BEIJING, July 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Origin Agritech
Ltd. (NASDAQ: SEED) (the "Company" or "Origin"), an agriculture
technology company, announced today that it has entered into an
exclusive rights agreement with Biology Research Institute of
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences for its drought resistant
GMO trait (Chinese patent number: ZL02127187.9, US Patent Number:
US7323339B2).
The licensing agreement gives Origin exclusive global rights to
the GMO trait for the full term of the patent. The drought-tolerant
corn has been approved for production trials from China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Affairs (the fourth stage in the five stage process to receive its
bio-safety certificate). Furthermore, Origin has already
successfully converted its elite corn hybrids into drought
resistant traits.
The trait has expressed excellent performance under water stress
conditions through the whole growing period. Multi year experiments
have shown the yield of drought tolerance corn is 9.2-16.2% higher
than non-GMO corn under water stress conditions. Under irrigated
conditions, the GMO enhanced corn increases water use efficiency by
33-47%.
Dr. Gengchen Han, Origin Agritech's Chairman, said, "We are very
excited to expand our GMO trait portfolio. We believe that drought
resistance will be a major area of focus as the effects of climate
change come to the forefront of the world's attention."
About Origin Agritech Limited
Origin Agritech Limited, founded in 1997 and headquartered in
Zhong-Guan-Cun (ZGC) Life Science Park in Beijing, is a leading Chinese agricultural
technology company. In crop seed biotechnologies, Origin Agritech's
phytase corn was the first transgenic corn to receive the
Bio-Safety Certificate from China's Ministry of Agriculture. Over the
years, Origin has established a robust biotechnology seed pipeline
including products with glyphosate tolerance and pest resistance
(Bt) traits. For further information, please visit the Company's
website at: http://www.originseed.com.cn
or http://www.originseed.com.cn/en/. The company also
maintains a twitter account for updating investors on company and
industry developments, which is @origin_agritech.
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Contact:
Joe Ramelli
Phone: (310) 845-6238
Email: joeramelli@originseed.com.cn
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