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Plant breeding
Our plant breeding services are delivered through the CropSeed
business unit, which links plant breeders and industry – from
germplasm to commercial seed production.
Our major breeding programmes focus on:
- Arable: wheat, barley, oats, forage brassicas
and forage cereals
- Vegetable: potato, sweet potato and vining
peas
New cultivars are marketed through licensees or joint breeding
partners.
Winter nurseries
We are the foremost New Zealand winter nursery provider.
We have been involved in partnerships with major Northern Hemisphere
plant breeders since 1972. Our services range from single seed planting
to large scale seed multiplications.
More
information about winter nurseries
Doubled haploid barley and wheat production
Double haploids enable breeders to achieve homozygosity from
early generation breeding material of self-pollinating crops. There
are several steps in doubled haploid production and we have developed
suitable techniques over many years. We now provide this as a commercial
service to plant breeders internationally.
If you are interested in sending seed, please contact Richard
Pickering.
More information about doubled haploid production
Partnerships in breeding programmes
We share the benefits of breeding programmes with our partners,
including leading food and seed companies. Partners in specific
programmes share in project planning and monitoring, and ownership
of the intellectual property.
Seed cleaning services
At Crop & Food Research we can clean your seed from all types of contaminants, whether it be crop litter, insect debris, soil, or as is most common, from other seed contaminants.
More information on seed cleaning
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