Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources
Agroscope researches and breeds plant varieties that produce good yields with less effort and expense and can be cultivated in a more environmentally friendly manner than the varieties currently being grown.
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Arable-Crop Breeding
Fodder Plant Breeding
Agroscope breeds fodder plants for grassland-based animal production. This provides Swiss farmers with high-yielding varieties of grasses and clover for cultivation in temporary-ley mixtures.
Fruit Breeding
Fruit breeding is focused on the development of new apple and apricot varieties.
Genetic Resources
Agroscope bears responsibility at national level for Switzerland’s genetic resources.
Breeding Research
The use of disease-resistant varieties is a sustainable approach for reducing the use of plant-protection products in agriculture. Agroscope provides breeders with the basic requirements of efficient resistance breeding.
Protected Site - Site for Field Trials of Genetically Modified Plants
Agroscope is operating a protected field site at the location Reckenholz (Zurich) to enable field experiments with genetically modified plants in Switzerland. The aim of those experiments is to identify the potential and the limitations of green gene technology.
