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April 11, 2012
April 11, 2012
KeyGene strengthens its patent portfolio on KeyPoint Mutation Breeding
KeyGene announces today that it has completed another important step towards the realization of Sequence Based Breeding in vegetable and field crops by strengthening its strategic patent position. The company’s innovative business strategy is based on the application of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies to significantly improve molecular plant breeding by detection of genomic variation at the sequence level. As part of this strategy, KeyGene has substantially invested in the development of proprietary applications for NGS platforms in plants, including its KeyPoint® Mutation Breeding (MB) methodology, which enables high-throughput mutation detection in M1 and M2 mutagenized and natural populations.
April 5, 2012
INCOTEC and KeyGene join forces to develop and apply DNA-SNP technology for seed testing
INCOTEC, the world’s largest independent seed processing company providing solutions and services to the global seed industry, and KeyGene, one of the world’s leading Agro Biotechnology companies specialized in molecular plant genetics, announce their strategic collaboration on DNA based Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNP)- technology.
March 20, 2012
Today Bioseed Research India Pvt. Ltd., a leading research and hybrid seed development company, which is 100% owned by the Indian company DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd. (DSCL), and KeyGene, an integrated technology and trait research company established in the Netherlands, announce a strategic partnership to discover new traits for increasing crop yields in South and South East Asia. Under this partnership both companies will make joint investments and will initially focus on the development of abiotic stress tolerant crop varieties.
February 13, 2012
PhenoFab plant research facility of German-Dutch consortium receives an investment of Food Future
The companies LemnaTec (Germany) and KeyGene® (the Netherlands) have received a major investment for their joint PhenoFab® R&D facility of Food Future. Food Future is an INTERREG project of the European Union, stimulating and supporting international and innovative cooperation between companies in North Rhine Westphalia (Germany) and East Netherlands. The investment is meant for the development of new methods in the field of digital 3D imaging of crops growing on a robotized conveyor belt.
Januari 11, 2012
KeyGene reaches important milestones in its KeyPoint Mutation Breeding program
KeyGene® has invested successfully in novel approaches to create targeted mutations in specific genes, in order to generate plant material that can directly enter commercial breeding programs. KeyPoint® MB (Mutation Breeding) is designed to help breeders optimally exploit the strengths of random mutagenesis. Using newly developed techniques, KeyPoint MB singles out individual carriers of specific point mutations, amongst thousands of mutagenized seedlings. Starting from any (elite) line, KeyPoint MB delivers new alleles in a few months, for immediate use as breeding or production material.
September 12, 2011
KeyGene and Wageningen UR launch new R&D facility for next generation high throughput DNA sequencing
Today Wageningen UR (University & Research centre) and KeyGene announce the start of a joint DNA sequencing facility with so-called second and third generation DNA sequencers with accompanying ICT and bio-informatics infrastructure. The facility is founded thanks to a 1.7 million Euro investment with the financial support of the CAT-AgroFood of Wageningen UR, an initiative of the Dutch government (ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture & Innovation), the Province of Gelderland and Wageningen UR. The facility will be accessible to other parties, such as breeding companies, universities and hospitals and will belong to the top DNA research facilities in Europe.
September 1, 2011
Lantmännen SW Seed and KeyGene to collaborate on molecular breeding of Field Crops
Lantmännen SW Seed, an international plant breeding company with its head office in Svalöv, South Sweden, has recently signed a service agreement with KeyGene, a technology based company from the Netherlands, to accelerate their Oilseed rape and wheat breeding programs to meet the requirements of the future market. This will especially benefit the winter oilseed program within SW Winter Oilseed AB.
June 14, 2011
NCGR and KeyGene in agreement to boost genome sequence assemblies.
Today, the NCGR Sequencing Center and KeyGene announced they have entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement that will enable NCGR to market and execute sequence-based physical mapping projects using the proprietary KeyGene® Whole Genome Profiling (WGPTM) technology.
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