MoonBiotech and Syngenta signed a cooperation agreement to launch a new phase of cooperation in the development of transgenic traits

Recently, MoonBiotech and Syngenta Group signed a cooperation agreement to explore new insecticidal and insect-resistant genes based on MoonBiotech's huge microbial strain resource library, growing genome sequence library and functional gene element library, providing a "gene engine" for the cultivation of excellent germplasm resources.

Following the signing of the project cooperation agreement in 2021, the two sides have once again increased capital investment, expanded the scale and quantity of research and development, and opened a new phase of the trait gene exploration project based on microbial diversity to speed up the cracking of the "genetic code" of the seed industry.

Seeds are the "chips" of agriculture and matter to national food security. At present, biological breeding technology has become the strategic focus of all countries in the world to seize the commanding heights of science and technology and enhance the international competitiveness of agriculture. China is the world's second largest seed demand country, the central document in 2023 for the first time to accelerate the pace of biological breeding commercialization, the central document again proposed in 2024: accelerate the revitalization of the seed industry, improve the joint research and development and application cooperation mechanism, increase the key core technology research, accelerate the selection and promotion of the production of urgently needed independent excellent varieties. All these indicate that our country has entered the stage of expanding and accelerating the industrialization of biological breeding.

In order to promote the rapid improvement of scientific and technological innovation ability of China's seed industry, China's biological breeding is gradually developing to the enterprise. In order to grasp the development opportunities of the domestic seed industry, it has become a general trend to combine the strong and complementary advantages between production, university and research institutes and different enterprises. MoonBiotech is an industry-leading platform technology company for microbial discovery and bio-manufacturing, and has established a complete microbiome industrialization technology system from microbial discovery, screening, transformation to application. After nine years of technological innovation and industry deep cultivation in the field of biological agriculture, MoonBiotech has grown into a domestic leader in the direction of new generation biopesticides, biological bactericides, and trait gene discovery. Syngenta is a global agricultural company dedicated to the development and commercialization of innovative technological solutions to increase crop yield and productivity. MoonBiotech has established close ties and cooperation with Syngenta. As early as 2021, MoonBiotech and Syngenta have signed an agreement, the two sides for the first time to explore a new generation of biotechnology traits to cooperate and promote the seed industry "chip" innovation.

The two sides jointly opened a new phase of the active gene exploration project based on microbial diversity, and will further deepen cooperation through MoonBiotech's microbial strain resource bank, gene element library, high-throughput screening platform and leading synthetic biology technology platform. Combined with Syngenta's advantages in trait development and precision breeding technology, transfer flux and speed of the domestic leading biological breeding traits rapid integration platform, to help the seed industry run out of the "China speed", enabling agricultural new quality productivity.

This cooperation is another milestone in the process of MoonBiotech accelerating the commercialization and industrialization of biological resources. In the future, MoonBiotech will explore the application potential of more biodiversity, and contribute microbial strength and biological innovative solutions to the Chinese seed industry's "bending overtaking".