Syngenta, Intergrain to Study Barley Breeding Technology

Posted by |27 June 2012

BASEL, Switzerland– Syngenta is collaborating with Intergrain, an Australia-based crop breeding company on barley breeding.

The collaboration will enable Syngenta and InterGrain to exchange germplasm to develop innovative integrated solutions for barley growers across the world.
“This initiative is good news for Australian barley growers as it integrates the breeding and commercialization expertise of the two companies and combines two complementary germplasm pools,” said InterGrain Board Chairman Dale Baker in a statement. “This will increase productivity and enable InterGrain to retain its position as the leading barley breeding company in Australia.”

Syngenta will gain exclusive global commercialization rights for all new barley varieties developed, and exclusive rights to commercialize existing varieties in the InterGrain portfolio outside Australia.

“At Syngenta, we are building on the strength of our broad portfolio to realize untapped technology potential for the benefit of the grower,” said John Atkin, Syngenta COO in a statement. “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.”

Following some 20 years of investment in barley, Syngenta is committed to reinforcing its global leadership in the crop by continuously developing new technologies tailored to the needs of the grower, according to the company.
The primary focus of InterGrain is to provide the Australian grains industry with access to elite varieties and to enable growers to compete effectively in domestic and international markets.