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Technology innovation for crop improvement

KeyGene is the go-to research company for the development and application of breakthrough technology innovation. We do this for and with our shareholders and other partners, for crop improvement in for instance vegetables, fruits, ornamentals, and industrial field crops.

Technology innovation

We develop and apply breakthrough technology innovation for crop improvement, for and with partners around the globe.

Crop improvement

We use proprietary technology innovation to support partners around the globe to boost their crop improvement.

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10 February 2025

Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf awards guest professorship to Marcel van Verk

Appointment underlines the valuable partnership between the Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS) in Germany and KeyGene.

13 January 2025

CROP Innovation & Business (CropIB) conference in Cologne, March 30- April 1

2025 Central theme: "Tomorrow’s crops: latest trends in the interplay of technological innovations, market developments, business opportunities and societal demands"
Graph showing increased gene expression in a newly identified variant, found thanks to the collaboration of Annogen and KeyGene, using Annogen’s SuRE™ platform and KeyGene’s insights into crop genetics

3 December 2024

Annogen – KeyGene collaboration demonstrates efficacy of the SuRE™ platform to identify gain-of-function in new variants of crops

Joint research on the use of the SuRE™ platform in plants has led to the identification of sequence variants that upregulate important traits in plants.
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Impatiens plants susceptible to downy mildew (left) and resistant ones (right, called Beacon), developed by Ball Horticulture, directly resulting from their collaboration with KeyGene

Accelerated breeding of impatiens resistant to downy mildew

KeyGene supported Ball Horticultural in the USA to reveal, understand and utilize the genetic variation at hand within their germplasm, for accelerated breeding of impatiens varieties resistant to downy mildew.

Hand holding rice ears in the research greenhouse of KeyGene, picture made by Johana Acevedo

Hybrid rice for farmers in India

Experts from KeyGene and Bioseed, DCM Shriram in India, developed rice lines that can be used to breed hybrid varieties that meet the demands of Indian rice farmers.

Microscopy picture by Kitty Vijverberg of a dandelion egg cell

Genetics unraveled crucial to making crop plants produce clonal seeds through apomixis

Thanks to over 15 years of fundamental research at KeyGene, breakthroughs were achieved in understanding and using genes crucial to develop crop plants that produce 'clonal' seeds through apomixis.