The Future of Potatoes: True Seeds, Hybrid Breeding and a New Commercial Era
马铃薯的未来：真正的种子、杂交育种和新的商业时代
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- 来源：
- seedworld
- 类型：
- 前沿资讯
- 语种：
- 英语
- 原文发布日期：
- 2025-04-30
- 摘要：
- Today, Solynta is entering a bold new chapter: moving from innovation to implementation, from research to real-world impact. Solynta has developed a proprietary hybrid breeding platform that brings precision, speed, and resilience to potato cultivation. Its hybrid TPS varieties offer consistent performance, higher yields, and robust resistance to key threats like late blight, drought, and heat. This level of genetic control has long been common in crops like corn and tomatoes — but achieving it in potatoes is a significant scientific milestone. Now, with a strong foundation of elite parental lines and a growing pipeline of hybrids, Solynta is shifting gears to commercialize its innovations at scale. We have identified several essential resistance genes, and incorporated those in our breeding activities,” said Edwin van der Vossen, Solynta head of research & development. “Many of our newest NON-GMO varieties now have a very high tolerance to late blight. Currently, we are continuing to focus on new traits that will provide additional beneficial characteristics to the future potato varieties. That is the big advantage of our non-GMO hybrid potato breeding technology: we can quickly breed new varieties, very focused and data-driven. Our focus will be on developing new varieties, that are tailored to specific regional climatical zones and fit the market demands”.Peter Poortinga, Solynta CEO. Photo: Solynta. TPS also offers flexibility in how it’s used: direct sowing, transplanting seedlings, or replanting harvested tubers, depending on local needs. This adaptability makes Solynta’s technology suitable for a wide range of environments — from large-scale commercial operations to smallholder farms.
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