De Lier (The Netherlands) – Dümmen Orange, leading breeder and propagator, kicked off the start of the construction of its new Breeding Technology Centre (BTC) for flower research. With the centre, Dümmen Orange centralizes facilities (labs and offices) for all fields of technology that will speed up breeding and selection processes to enable customers worldwide to access superior products.
Dümmen Orange and the construction companies involved, gathered for a festive moment on 9 May 2018 at the office of Visser & Smit Bouw in Rotterdam to celebrate the official start of this unique project. It took Dümmen Orange several months to get to this point. After thorough research and evaluation, the construction companies were selected for their knowledge and experience with similar constructing high-tech buildings.
The new Breeding Technology Centre will be the world’s largest laboratory for flower research. The laboratory will consist of three floors with a total size of 4,000 m2, and harbors facilities for scientist and supportive staff in the fields of phytopathology, genetics, genomics and plant physiology. The research program focusses on traits that bring added value to the product chain like resistances, improved shelf life and improved yield. It will make use of technologies that increase the efficiency of the breeding programs through molecular breeding, efficient trait evaluation and genetic diversity analyses. As well as of technologies that bring speed to market through optimal crossing and life cycle reduction.
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