Why use doubled haploid plants in plant breeding?
Fytagoras has a great track record in the development of DH plant production protocols for notoriously difficult species. But why is it important to make doubled haploid plants? Doubled haploids (DH) are valuable tools in plant breeding programs, as they enable the rapid production of pure homozygous lines from heterozygous plants. To use DH in […]
Watermelon Doubled Haploids
A Genetically Pure Plant From A Single Haploid Cell In plant breeding, adding desirable traits to stable varieties is very labour-intensive and time-consuming, especially in slow-growing varieties. Techniques that can speed up this process are highly desirable. Reproductive cells, gametes, contain only half of the genetic material of the parent plant and are therefore extremely […]
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Our News Letter From May 2020
Our latest newsletter has arrived! Recently, Fytagoras has made some major progress in the field of Doubled Haploid Technology, Seed Analysis Technology and Extraction Technology. If you have any questions regarding this letter, don’t hesitate to contact us. We would be glad to discuss the topics with you in more detail.
First Doubled Haploid Tomato Plants Delivered to Customers
Last year Fytagoras started her service to produce doubled haploid tomato plants for breeding companies. Many seed companies approached Fytagoras, and several projects were initiated to produce doubled haploid plants, i.e. homozygous plants which by nature show a pure genetic background. Production often started with a limited number of lines to evaluate the responsiveness of […]
Promising Results in Application of Pulsed Radio Frequency on Seed Quality Improvement
A scientific paper was published recently, describing the effects of pulsed radio frequency on seed quality. The download of this paper is available in the following link The main conclusions of the researchers were: Presowing treatments with pulsed radio frequency is a promising, non-invasive, non-chemical and environmentally friendly method that may be used to improve […]
Tomato Doubled Haploid Plant Production
In plant breeding, the addition of desired properties to stable varieties is very labor-intensive and time-consuming, especially with slow growing species. Therefore techniques that speed up the breeding process are highly valued. As the gametes, the reproductive cells, only contain half of the genetic material (chromosomes) of the parent plant, they are excellent for the […]
Fytagoras Starts Coorporation with Chinese Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Fytagoras is proud to have entered into a partnership with the Jilin Academy for Agricultural Sciences (JAAS) in the field of industrial cannabis. A Fytagoras delegation consisting of Prof. Dr. B. van Duijn, Dr. H. Korthout, Dr. Y. Zhou and Drs. F. van Horssen, was present at the signing of the formal cooperation agreement and […]
Green = Not Just Beautiful
Lecture by Bert van Duijn from Fytagoras at the trade fair Aalsmeer: The indoor air quality highly affects the wellbeing of human beings. In the living, working and teaching environment the indoor air quality in general is poor. Plants could offer relatively cheap and easy applicable solutions for these problems. In the lecture, remarkable results […]
Fytagoras on Seed Meets Technology
Fytagoras attended the Seeds meets Technology trade fair in Zwaagdijk from 25-27 September. A prototype of the Seed Respiration Analyzer (SRA) was presented. The SRA is a measuring instrument with which respiration of seeds can be measured in order to subsequently relate these data to seed quality. A prototype of the SRA is at Fytagoras […]