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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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Artist's impression of different types of pollen, images extracted from scanning electron microscopy images

12 June 2025

Single pollen nuclei sequencing provides better profiling of meiotic recombination

KeyGene’s advanced protocols & smart bioinformatics + Ultima Genomics sequencing platform for better understanding DNA recombination in meiosis.
Photo of the Biomek i7 Dual hybrid workstation with the integrated Echo acoustic liquid handler for automated sample processing

5 June 2025

Automated high throughput workflow developed for plant exome analysis

KeyGene, Twist Bioscience and Beckman Coulter Life Sciences developed an ultra-high throughput workflow for plant exome analysis

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
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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.