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Core Technologies and Competencies:
- Efficient and reliable doubled haploid production in barley, wheat, durum wheat, triticale, corn and rapeseed
- Semi automated flow cytometric analysis for selection of high quality DH plantlets and research applications
- Extensive portfolio of molecular markers with superior benefit for plant breeders
- Routine logistics for high throughput marker applications
- Realistic valuation in respect to costs and investments in plant biotechnology and plant breeding
- Excellent know-how in genetics and marker applications
Well-known and with distinguished reputation among plant breeders and academic institutions worldwide
Saaten-Union Resistenzlabor GmbH is a small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) with 45 employees and about 1.4 Mio. Euro annual turnover. The company was founded by seven German plant breeders in 1984. The Deutsche-Saatveredelung Lippstadt-Bremen GmbH, today called Deutsche Saatveredelung AG, joined the group of companions in 1999. In December 2006 an additional facility or tissue culture research and production of doubled haploid (DH) plants was established on the campus of the “Biopark Gatersleben” in direct neighbourhood to the IPK Gatersleben (Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research).
Our task is the provision of service, research and development of innovative technologies to the breeders of our companions in the field of biotechnological supported plant breeding to accelerate the production of improved varieties. Services are also available for industrial and academic third parties (price list on request). Rapeseed, wheat, barley, triticale, corn, fodder grasses and hybrid rye are the most important crops in the laboratory. Doubled haploid production in several of these species is our key technology. Microspore culture, anther culture and wide crosses are routine. 200,000 plantlets of barley, 60,000 plantlets of rapeseed and 30,000 plantlets of wheat are produced per year. Triticale DH production has started recently with an estimated production of 15,000 plantlets per year. This service is available for companies and academic institutions worldwide. Flow cytometric service can also be provided.
The DH production is linked with molecular marker applications, e.g. the selection of donor plants and DH populations in early stages. Molecular marker applications like marker assisted selection of desired alleles, testing for hybrids, genetic distance analysis, marker assisted backcrossing and quality analysis of seed lots are important technologies which are performed in close cooperation within a range of different breeding programs. New markers and resulting technologies are being developed in internal and external R&D projects and financed by our associates, third party customers or by our internal budget.
Gene technology is performed in the framework of R&D projects as ell as in close cooperation with associates, who are active on the orth and South American and Australian seed markets.
Managing Director of the laboratory is Dr. Jens Weyen (with special responsibility for tissue culture), Dr. Joerg Schondelmaier is his representative and Head of the molecular marker department. He is supported by Jutta Foerster, who is responsible for the management of molecular marker projects. Dr. José Orsini is leading the laboratory for genetic transformation. Dr. Heike Schmuths is the responsible group leader at the subsidiary in Gatersleben. At both sites, our technical assistants are accompanied by experienced engineers of agriculture and agro biology.
Detailled information can be found under www.saaten-union-labor.de
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