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We use the most modern and effective combination of technologies available to develop improved plants that help enhance environmental and human health. These technologies include high-throughput screening, advanced plant breeding and precise genetic engineering.

At the genomic level, TILLING® enables Arcadia researchers to discover variation by specifically identifying a "knockdown" or "knockout" of any specific gene. Knockdowns in specific genes produce a reduction of function that is often sufficient to result in a desired trait.

TILLING® was developed in the Basic Sciences Division at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in late 1999.

TILLING® Technology

We are selectively breeding plants for more nutritious, better-tasting, and longer lasting foods by using TILLING® technology to identify genetic variation within a plant's genome. High-carotenoid and increased shelf-life tomatoes are examples of programs underway. Products developed based on this technology are will be classified as non-GMO.