AgFunder News Features Plantik's Mission to Develop Heat-Tolerant Crops
AgFunder News published an in-depth interview with Plantik's CEO and co-founder Ying Shao, exploring the company's innovative approach to developing climate-resilient crops.
The article highlights Plantik's breakthrough in developing heat-tolerant tomatoes through genome editing, achieving in 12 months what traditionally takes five to eight years.
“We made a proof of concept tomato that is tolerant to an increase of seven degrees Celsius of heat, and we achieved that in just 12 months without any associated undesired traits.”
The interview delves into Plantik's unique focus on the "dark genome" - the regulatory regions of plant genetics - and how the company's ATLANTIS platform leverages machine learning and cloud computing to accelerate crop improvement. This technology enables Plantik to translate discoveries across different crop species efficiently.
The feature also discusses Plantik's strategic focus on India, the world's second-largest tomato producer, and the company's expanding partnerships in South and Southeast Asia through the AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator in Singapore.
