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KWS Saat AG
Institution
Section overview
Description
KWS is the independent seed company for farmers in the 21st century. KWS concentrates on the development of innovative seeds for the needs of a rapidly changing society. KWS sees itself as being part of a team for farmers. KWS is committed to sustainable agriculture.
Activities
- Research
Subordinate institutions
Networks
Coordinated projects
- Accessing the genomic and functional diversity of maize to improve quantitative traits - subproject J
- Collaborative project: Sustainable maintenance of grain maize production by improving classical resistance against the European corn borer – Subproject 3
- Collaborative project: Breeding of locally-adapted varieties using artificial intelligence algorithms - subproject B
- Collaborative project: Data fusion in plant phenotyping using the example of Cercospora leaf blotch in sugar beet. Subproject 4
- Collaborative Project: Development and evaluation of breeding approaches and technical optimization potential for a price competitive Biomethane production from beet in Germany as compared to natural gas; Sub-project 1: Breeding
- Collaborative project: Extension of the oilseed rape gene pool by introgression of effective pest resistance from related species for an effective oilseed rape breeding in future - subproject A
- Collaborative project: GABI COOL 2: Genomics of cool tolerance in maize, part of project 1
- Collaborative project: Implementation of innovative breeding approaches to establish sunflower as a competitive oil and protein crop for the German market - Subproject A
- Collaborative project: Improvement of the system Smart-DDS. Subproject 3
- Collaborative project: Improving fungal resistance in maize by combining genetic and molecular resources using precision breeding. Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Methodological Foundations of Diploid Hybrid Potato Breeding - subproject C
- Collaborative project: RNA-based crop protection technologies for sustainable control of rapeseed flea beetle in canola cultivation - Subproject D
- Collaborative project: Sugar beet of the future: Model- and data-based yield scenarios for a climate-adapted selection in breeding - subproject B
- COMPARATIVE GENOMICS - Comparative genomics between Arabidopsis and Brassica for genes directing seed-specific flavonoid biosynthesis (Part 2)
- Comparison of methods for the development of optimal maize varieties for organic farming
- GABI - BEET PHYSICAL MAP: A Physical Map of the Sugar Beet Genome to Integrate Genetics and Genomics - Beet Physical Map - Subproject 1
- GABI - PLANT-KBBE (Transnational PLant Alliance for Novel Technologies – towards implementing the Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy in Europe) II - Joint project: 'host-mediated gene silencing in phytopathogenic fungi and oomycetes for yield and quality assurance (dsRNAguard). Subproject C
- GABI FUTURE - Collaborative Project: 'Enlightenment initial mechanisms of pollen-embryo genesis for the development of knowledge-based methods for producing homozygous recombinant (GABI Poem)' Project B
- GABI FUTURE Alliance project: 'Biomass production in corn: genomics-based and system-oriented plant breeding for corn to energy' (GABI-ENERGY): Project A
- GABI-BRAIN - Breeding and Informatics - Development and implementation of innovative statistical concepts and comutational tools for integrating genomics research and applied plant - Subproject 5
- GABI-FUTURE - A biochemical network analysis to identify new candidate genes for sugar content: increasing the production of sugar) from sugar beet (betanet.
- GABI-FUTURE-collaborative projects: 'Biometrics and bioinformatics tools for genomics-assisted plant breeding (GABI-GAIN) '(Part Project E)
- Genomics assisted breeding in sunflower for better yield potential, stability and efficiency (SUNRISE), sub-project A
- Haploid maize cells as target for the regeneration of homozygous genome edited maize lines
- Increasing protein use efficiency in bread wheat with innovative breeding research on the MAGIC-WHEAT population WM-800 for effective climate change mitigation in the cereal value chain - KWS
- Joint project: development of energy maize varieties for intercropping with beans - optimization of breeding strategies, subproject 2: implementation of intersections and field trials, variety development
- ÖKO-MAIS Development of maize varieties for organic agriculture
- Plant biotechnology collaborative project: Genetic and Biomarker-based Predictive Breeding of Maize Cultivars - Sub-project C
- PLANT-KBBE-collaborative projects: 'of biodiversity on biomass: integration of innovative genotyping and pheno-typing method for the detection of allelic key for the development of energy mais ideotypen (Cornfed) '- Project D
- SUGAR BEET SEED - Identification of inherent factors determining seed quality, germination efficiency and early seedling vigour of sugar beet by transcriptome and proteome profiling
- SYNBREED A2: Genomic Selection
- SYNBREED A2.1: Implementation of genomic selection in maize
- YelLowSin' - Functional genomic approaches for the development of yellow-seeded, low sinapine oilseed rape
Coordinated projects of subordinate institutions
- Collaborative project: Breeding methodology for exploitation of heterosis in wheat - subproject 6
- Collaborative project: Development of Innovative Seed Treatment Techniques for Cereal Seed Treatment Plants: Avoiding dust emission for a sustainable and ecologically safe crop production - Subproject 3
- Collaborative project: Genetic improvement of resistance to ear fusariosis in early maturing maize by QTL mapping in multi-line crosses – Subproject 2
- Collaborative project: Genomic and proteomic architecture and environmental variability of quality and health related traits in wheat for innovative new wheat varieties and products - subproject 6
- Collaborative project: Identification of donors for effective restoration of male sterility based on cytoplasm of T. timopheevii and molecular characterization of P class PPR gene family as source of candidate genes for restoration - subproject 3
- Collaborative project: Investigation of the genetics of flowering biology in wheat for the effective production of hybrid wheat - subproject 2
- Collaborative project: Regional renaissance of rye and rapeseed aiming at reducing problems in crop and animal production by reevaluation of rye constituents and their use for sustainable production in terms of environment, animal welfare and consumer protection. Subproject 2
- Collaborative project: Rye-based compound feed concepts for minimizing the prevalence of zoonotic agents (Salmonella) in piglet production - subproject D
- Collaborative project: Targeted breeding of winter wheat elite culivars, improved in yield, pathogen resistence, quality and nutrient efficiency by means of the MAGIC-WHEAT population WM-800 - subproject 5
- Collaborative project: The Utilization of virus resistance derived by Hordeum bulbosum for a sustainable barley breeding by the help of 'GenOmics'. Subproject 1
- Collaborative project: Using multiple sensors to optimize rating in crop production – Subproject 2
- Collaborative projects: Structural genome variation, haplotype diversity and the barley pan-genome - Exploring structural genome diversity for barley breeding. Subproject C
- Control of stem rust in rye, Puccinia graminis f. sp. secalis, by breeding resistant cultivars in Organic Agriculture
- development of fungus resistant crops through genetic engineering - activation of plant defense forces
- ERA-Net PlantGenomics - Joint project: 'Securing sustainable production of food and feed (CEREHEALTH, subprojects G).
- GABI - PLANT KBBE II - Joint project 'ExpResBar': Exploiting genetic variation for resistance to important pathogens in barley. Subproject A
- GABI Future collaborative projects: 'Development of barley lines with increased yield and improved quality seeds under drought stress during the grain filling (GABI GRAIN) Project Part C
- GABI-FUTURE - Joint project: 'extension and application of the GABI-TILLING platform for functional analysis of crop genes (GABI-TILL)' (sub-project G)
- GABI-FUTURE-collaborative projects: 'Biometrics and bioinformatics tools for genomics-assisted plant breeding (GABI-GAIN) '(Sub-project G)
- GABI-MALT - An integrated approach to the genetic and functional dissection of malting quality in barley
- Genome-driven analysis of the wheat/Fusarium pathosystem for healthy food and feed product development, Subproject E
- Genomics-based exploitation of wheat genetic resources for plant breeding. Subproject E
- INNO GRAIN-MALT - Developing drought sustainable genotypes with improved seed yield and quality suitable for malting
- Joint project: Genetic and molecular analysis of the suitability of hybrid rye for biogas production under drought conditions, sub-project 1: Test of biomass and grain power of a genetic divergent sets of hybrid materials and creation of test cross seeds
- Reducing Fusarium toxins in wheat through genomics - guided strategies
Involved in research projects
- Collaborative project: Breeding of oilseed rape with resistance to insect pests favoured by climate change – Subproject 2
- Collaborative project: Breeding of oilseed rape with resistance to insect pests favoured by climate change – Subproject 3
- Combining approaches for phytosynthetic improvement to allow increased sustainability in European agriculture
- Development of cultivation-independent detection methods for Agrobacterium vitis, Pseudomonas savastanoi and Streptomyces scabies
- Development of maize varieties for organic agriculture
- Development of maize varieties for organic agriculture
- Development of methods for PCR-based direct detection of three sugar beet viruses in soil samples and for typing of BNYVV isolates to ensure production of healthy sugar beets for bioenergy production
- Fusarium resistance in maize: Genetic analysis using complementary approaches to mapping and genetic improvement through genomic selection
- GABI-FUTURE - Joint project: 'extension and application of the GABI-TILLING platform for functional analysis of crop genes (GABI-TILL)' (Part D plans)
- GABI-FUTURE - Joint project: 'extension and application of the GABI-TILLING platform for functional analysis of crop genes (GABI-TILL)' (sub-projects E)
- Genomics assisted breeding in sunflower for better yield potential, stability and efficiency (SUNRISE), sub-project B
- Genomics assisted breeding in sunflower for better yield potential, stability and efficiency (SUNRISE), sub-project C
- Genomics assisted breeding in sunflower for better yield potential, stability and efficiency (SUNRISE), sub-project D
- Implementation of the ECPGR European Evaluation Network (EVA) on wheat/barley and vegetable crops (carrot, lettuce and pepper)
- Improving nutrient efficiency in major European food, feed and biofuel crops to reduce the negative environmental impact of crop production (NUE-CROPS)
- Improving plant cell walls for use as a renewable industrial feedstock (RENEWALL)
- Methods compared to the development of improved varieties of corn (population and hybrid varieties) for organic farming
- Modifications of chromosomal centromer function in carrots through CRISPR/Cas-based technology
- Monitoring of pathogenicity in sugar beet cyst nematodes on tolerant sugar beet genotypes to secure provision of raw materials
- Monitoring of pathogenicity in sugar beet cyst nematodes on tolerant sugar beet genotypes to secure provision of raw materials
- Natural substances against bird damage - Development of biological repellents used as seed and bait treatment
- Studies on the sensitivitiy of Rhizocotnia solani isolates against fungicide seed treatment as a point of integrated pest management in sugar beets, part III
- Studies on the sensitivity of Rhizoctonia solani-isolates against fungicide seed treatments as a point of integrated pest management in sugar beets
- Sweet Sorghum : an alternative energy crop (SWEETFUEL)
- SYNBREED A1: Statistical methods for genomic breeding value estimation, classification and performance prediction
- SYNBREED A3: Genomic Performance Prediction
- SYNBREED R1: Immortal biological resources in maize
Contact
KWS Saat AG
Grimsehlstr. 31
37555 Einbeck
Lower Saxony
Germany
Phone: 05561/311-0
Fax: 05561/311-322
Email: info(@)kws.com