Light Leaf Spot – Enhancing Resistance And reducing Susceptibility with EDiting​

Light Leaf Spot – Enhancing Resistance And reducing Susceptibility with EDiting​ –

Led by the British On-Farm Innovation Network (BOFIN), LLS-ERASED is a three-year £2.5m multi-partner project, funded by Defra’s Farming Futures R&D Fund, which is delivered by Innovate UK.

Light leaf spot is the number 1 disease threat to oilseed rape in the UK. LLS-ERASED aims to tackle that by delivering oilseed rape varieties with significantly reduced susceptibility to light leaf spot, developed using precision-breeding techniques that accelerate the introduction of beneficial traits without introducing foreign DNA. Crucially, the project will move these traits beyond the laboratory and into farmer-led field trials on commercial farms, supported by real-time disease forecasting and decision-support tools.

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