The Evolution of Plant Breeding: RTDS™ versus other

The Evolution of Plant Breeding: RTDS ™ versus other technologies
1850
1900
Plant Breeding
Mutagenesis
Since prehistoric time, humans have
selectively bred plants for
characteristics such as yield, and
disease resistance. In the early 20th
century, plant breeders realized that
Mendel's findings on the non-random
nature of inheritance could be
applied to seedling populations
produced through deliberate
pollinations. Breeders continue to
routinely use deliberate pollinations
to predict and follow the frequencies
of different plant characteristics.
Traditional breeding methods can
take up to 15 years to develop a new
trait.
Used by scientists since the early
1900s, mutagenesis is a natural
process whereby changes occur in
genes. Products of traditional
mutagenesis are widely accepted by
consumers but the process involves
random change and is not reliably
predictable. RTDS, on the other
hand, allows precise gene targeting
with predictable and certain
outcomes.
•Non-transgenic
•Non-GMO
•Environmentally friendly
10-15 years to develop a new
•plant
variety with the desired
plant characteristics
•Non-transgenic
•Non-GMO
Natural process,
•environmentally
friendly
•
Can be induced using
chemical or radiation
treatments
•Unpredictable and unreliable
•Random
1930
1950
1970
1990
Marker Assisted
Selection
Transgenically
grown crops
Marker Assisted Selection (MAS) has
been used in the biotechnology
industry since the late 1980s. MAS
does NOT create new traits; it merely
follows genetic characteristics
already in the plants using a clever
form of molecular fingerprinting.
MAS breeding helps plant breeders
with their traditional selections and
movement of traits to other
germplasm pools (e.g. disease
resistance, standability, etc) within a
plant species.
Transgenic engineering takes exotic
genetic material from one species
and inserts it into another.
Transgenic technology can create
new plant characteristics by gene
insertion, but it is a crude
process—like a doctor going into
surgery with a sledgehammer.
•Non-transgenic
•Non-GMO
Natural process,
•environmentally
friendly
•Cannot create a new trait
Cibus' RTDS illustrations are carefully vetted scientific documents and available for reprint by journalists.
These files are property of Cibus LLC and are not to be altered in any way, shape or form.
TODAY
Rapid Trait
Development System
Developed by scientists at Cibus, RTDS is an
all-natural, environmentally safe “smart
breeding tool” that helps farmers grow plants
with traits that produce desired effects. Unlike
transgenic engineering, RTDS derives its
genetic traits from the very same plant species
being altered. In other words, no foreign DNA
is introduced, which means that RTDS carries
none of the health and environmental risks
associated with transgenic breeding.
•Transgenic
•GMO
Unknown consequences from
•transfer
of foreign genetic
•Non-transgenic
•Non-GMO
All-natural, environmentally safe
•“smart
breeding tool”
Concern over unknown
•allergens
produced by insertion
breeding
material from one species to
another
of foreign DNA.
•Environmental issues
•Not precise
None of the health and environmental
•risks
associated with transgenic
Achieves desired results in a short
•timeframe
Develops new traits without the
•insertion
of foreign DNA
•Creates precise changes in genes
•Yields predictable outcomes in plants