Cibus, Inc. is an agricultural biotechnology company that develops and licenses gene-edited plant traits. The company's products enable farmers to achieve higher yields and reduce the use of chemicals, such as fungicides, insecticides and fertilizers, and offer sustainable ingredients. it has patented core technology platform, RTDS, a scalable, standardized, end-to-end, semi-automated and high-throughput gene-editing system marketed under the Trait Machine brand name. The company was formerly known as Calyxt, Inc. and changed its name to Cibus, Inc. in June 2023. Cibus, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Cibus and Crystal Crop Protection Team Up to Improve India’s Mustard Crop
Cibus and India's Crystal Crop Protection announced an agreement to develop gene-edited traits in Brassica juncea (mustard), with Crystal Crop holding an exclusive license to evaluate and commercialize the traits in India.
India grows mustard on roughly 8.5 million hectares yet imports more than half its edible oil; Crystal Crop brings a distribution network of more than 14,823 partners across 23 states to commercialize improved seed at scale.
The deal extends Cibus' royalty-licensing model internationally and benefits from India's 2022 determination that gene-edited crops with no foreign DNA fall outside GMO rules, though no financial terms or commercial timelines were disclosed.