Finding new ways to improve crops by developing and using cell and tissue technology in plant breeding
Innovations in cell and tissue culture technology provide exciting new opportunities to improve crops, particularly those that are difficult to regenerate or genetically transform.
While regenerating plants from protoplasts or plant tissue is common in many crop improvement techniques, at KeyGene we have taken the science a significant step further.
We develop groundbreaking plant cell and tissue techniques, such as targeted genome editing and hybrid grafting, to create new crop improvement possibilities.
Rather than the traditional trial and error approach to plant regeneration, which can require significant time and effort to develop protocols that are often less than optimal, we apply more targeted innovation to the protocol development process.
Graft Hybrids
KeyGene’s 2S1® graft hybrid development technology, for example, combines the complex traits of two plant types – adding the epidermis of the first around all other tissues of the second – to create amazing new possibilities for crop improvement.
