Cibus Partners With CIAT to Bring Herbicide-Tolerant Rice Hybrids to Farmers in Latin America

Cibus, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBUS), a leading agricultural technology company specializing in the development and licensing of gene-edited plant traits, today announced a material transfer agreement with Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), an organization which, in collaboration with the Latin American Fund for Irrigated Rice (FLAR), participates in the Hybrid Rice Consortium for Latin America (HIAAL) and is dedicated to the advancement of rice hybrids in Latin America. Through this agreement Cibus will provide its HT3 clethodim herbicide tolerance trait to be introduced into HIAAL's elite rice germplasm.

This agreement marks another significant step in Cibus' goal of enabling delivery of high-performance rice hybrids equipped with advanced rice weed control technology to farmers across Latin America. Cibus and CIAT will focus initially on Cibus' proprietary HT3 herbicide tolerance trait which has demonstrated strong performance in multi-location field trials across multiple seasons in the United States. This trait will enable efforts to accelerate development of new rice hybrids for HIAAL members specifically adapted to address growing challenges posed by herbicide resistant weeds, including weedy rice.