DSV is co-founder of the start-up: SmartTray GmbH

Added on 03 March 2023

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DSV is co-founder of the start-up: SmartTray GmbH

Deutsche Saatveredelung AG (DSV) is co-founder of the start-up company SMARTtray®GmbH. The company was launched in December 2022 in cooperation with an investor, Pure Nature Energy GmbH, from Lossburg in the Black Forest. SMARTtray® offers innovative technology and services for plant breeding companies worldwide.

In modern plant breeding, so-called SMART Breeding has become increasingly important in recent years. "SMART" here means plant selection using DNA markers and advanced reproduction techniques. In this process, plants are selected on the basis of the genetic information that correspond to the characteristics desired by the breeder. This can be, for example, a particularly high yield or virus resistance.

Until now, the necessary removal of a tissue sample has been the bottleneck in the breeding process.

"SMARTtray®" offers breeding companies many advantages. It is an all-round solution to automate the SMART Breeding process and make it scalable. Thus, breeding new varieties becomes more efficient, more cost-effective and safer as an entire process," explains Dr Zeljko Micic. He developed the technology as laboratory manager at DSV's site in Salzkotten-Thüle. Now he has been appointed managing director of SMARTtray® GmbH.

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