Research

Herbicide tolerant crops

We invest heavily in our own plant breeding programs, and also partner with other leading innovators to bring new technology to Australian farmers.

In 2018, we launched the world-first imidazolinone-tolerant grain sorghum hybrid that features our proprietary ‘igrowth’ trait. More igrowth hybrids will be released over the coming years.

In canola, our new TruFlex hybrids offer canola growers a wider spraying window, extending beyond the current six-leaf stage up to first flowering. We also offer a dual-herbicide tolerant non-GM canola hybrid combining Clearfield and Triazine Tolerant technologies – Hyola CT.

We continue to pursue new technologies that will bring greater flexibility to Australian growers.

Climate change

While the industry has been struggling with drought, Pacific Seeds has been investing in developing traits and exploring management techniques that can help deliver more dependable outcomes in these harsh environments.

Pacific Seeds is also engaged in sorghum heat tolerance research in collaboration with other industry bodies. Pacific Seeds, the University of Queensland and Queensland’s Department of Agriculture and Fisheries have together received $605,000 from the Australian Research Council for a project to look into identifying sorghum genes with improved heat tolerance and incorporating them into new varieties.