Mechanisation
Vegetable breeding for specific traits, such as robustness, plant architecture, and leaf spacing, contributes to the mechanisation of fruit and vegetable production, including harvesting, sowing, maintenance, pruning, etc.
Upright leaf
Upright and uniform growth in leafy greens.
Leaf & plant architecture
Allowing mechanized leaf pruning.
Robust varieties
Mechanising fruit and vegetable production allows for precise, data-driven breeding, resulting in robust plant varieties that withstand modern automated farming challenges.
Processing-ready
Our range of industry vegetable varieties is bred for efficiency in processing, industry-specific yield windows, robust disease resistance, and excellent internal quality both pre- and post-processing. Many are also well-suited for efficient mechanical harvesting, thereby enhancing productivity for our partners. Solutions supporting mechanisation:
Knox™
Introducing Knox™ – a natural trait that not only delays pinking in fresh cut lettuce, but also prevents pinking on wounded tissue from machine harvesting.
Hydroponics & Plant Factories
A diverse range of hydroponic-friendly leafy vegetable varieties, suitable for various systems.
Teenleaf™ Lettuce
Teenleaf™ Lettuce is the efficient solution for the fresh-cut market: a range of varieties that are mechanically harvestable and suitable for both open-field and high-tech hydroponic cultivation