BioLumic Lighting Up Seed Innovation

新西兰BioLumic创建由光驱动的种子性状平台

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来源：

seedworld

来源地址：

https://www.seedworld.com/europe/2025/04/30/lighting-up-seed-innovation/

资源所属：

马铃薯基因组设计育种

类型：

前沿资讯

语种：

英语

原文发布日期：

2025-04-30

摘要：

BioLumic, a 2025 runner-up in the Seed World Global Innovation Showdown, has created a groundbreaking seed trait platform powered by light. Its technology, which activates traits using short, targeted bursts of UV and visible light, is not only transforming how seeds grow — it’s transforming how seed companies think about innovation. “We’re controlling gene expression with light,” Wargent explains. “We’re activating entire pathways that already exist in the plant, and we’re doing it instantly. There’s no gene editing, no chemicals, and no regulatory delay.” This approach, known as xTrait™ (short for Genetic Expression Trait) technology, taps into photomorphogenesis — plants’ natural response to light that drives development throughout the lifecycle. With Light Signal Recipes™, BioLumic uses brief, precise combinations of UV light as a natural programming language for plants that can boost root mass, increase yield, improve plant immunity and even reduce methane emissions in livestock feed crops. These treatments don’t alter DNA. Instead, they awaken what’s already there.