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.

31 March 2025
First skin-transplant potato variety obtained plant breeders’ rights
The Board for Plant Varieties has granted plant breeders’ rights to a new potato variety developed using KeyGene’s proprietary 2S1® technique for graft hybrids

26 March 2025
Call for postdoctoral candidates for a Marie Curie fellowship
Opportunity for fresh PhD's to accelerate their career and be part of groundbreaking research that shapes the future of agriculture.

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.
Take a look at our work

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.