Saint-Beauzire, France
December 12, 2013
SUNEO® is a new solution for the European Sunflower producers.
This solution integrates Limagrains’s best sunflower genetics, a platform of Orobanche resistance genes and the Clearfield® system.
This “Technology for Yield Protection” solution will enable Sunflower producers to put more emphasis on the potential of LG varieties through a double protection against Orobanche and weed control efficiency, says Joël Bosson, head of Limagrain Europe.
Limagrain Europe has invested with Biogemma (site of Mondonville-31- France) in a research program for Orobanche, a parasite which severely affects millions of hectares in Europe, in order to find a sustainable solution.
Monitoring, understanding resistance mechanisms and breeding for resistance are the main pillars of the research work.
The development of a patented high throughput screening platform (1), serving our breeding since 2012, is allowing progress in exploring genetic diversity of resistance to Orobanche.
SUNEO® will include the latest Orobanche resistance available.
SUNEO® varieties will be available for sowing in Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria in 2014, and in 2015 for other countries including Russia and Ukraine.
LG is the international brand for multi-species of Limagrain. European leader in forage maize for animal nutrition, soft wheat and main actor in sunflower, LG is a brand of Limagrain Europe, Business Unit of Limagrain, specialized in field seeds in Europe.
Limagrain is an international agricultural co-operative group, specialized in field seeds, vegetable seeds and cereal products. Founded and managed by French farmers, the Group is the largest European seed company and 4th largest seed company in the world.
For further information: www.lgseeds-europe.com and on Facebook and YouTube
SUNEO® is a registered trademark of Limagrain Europe.
Biogemma is a leading biotech company in Europe involved in Genomics applied to Field crops. Result of the merger of the Limagrain biotech activity with two other major seed business companies, with the help of two financial growers’ institutions. The company is developing R&D programs with its partners, in field crops (Corn, Wheat, Sunflower and Oilseed rape), focused on yield improvement, biotic and abiotic stresses and specialty grain compounds.
For further information: www.biogemma.com
(1) Orobanche screening platform is a technology protected by patent application EP 13306587.0
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