June 28, 2012
Syngenta enters barley breeding collaboration with Intergrain
A barley breeding collaboration has been entered between Syngenta and Intergrain Wednesday (June 27).
The collaboration will enable Syngenta and InterGrain to exchange germ plasm to develop innovative integrated solutions for barley growers across the world. Syngenta will gain exclusive global commercialisation rights for all new barley varieties developed, and exclusive rights to commercialise existing varieties in the InterGrain portfolio outside Australia.
"At Syngenta, we are building on the strength of our broad portfolio to realise untapped technology potential for the benefit of the grower," said John Atkin, Syngenta COO. "This collaboration will enable us to share our complementary assets and capabilities and to develop innovative crop-based agronomic solutions that will offer unparalleled quality and yield for barley growers across the world."
InterGrain Board Chairman, Dale Baker, said "This initiative is good news for Australian barley growers as it integrates the breeding and commercialisation expertise of the two companies and combines two complementary germ plasm pools. This will increase productivity and enable InterGrain to retain its position as the leading barley breeding company in Australia."