Yes, we've been quiet for the past year. There's a fairly long list of excuses.
The important thing is that we're back, and that the blog will begin taking a different direction as we move forward. From the reactions we get to our proprietary breeding during visits from our contract research clients, our breeding team is definitely producing some interesting new products. We are now ready to begin showing some of those projects to the outside world, even though many of them are still developmental. For those of you unable to get to central PA for a visit, this may be your first glimpse into what we are doing. That said, we'd much rather have you visit!
What about contract research (CR) ? We continue to add CR clients and projects. We won't talk about those, of course, but our CR activities continue to be strong. If you have CR needs that can be outsourced to an experienced team of breeders and horticulturists, we should talk. Contact Kelly Uchneat at kellyATgardengenetics.com for more information.
What kinds of CR are we currently providing to the horticultural industries? Everything from contract breeding (product development) to greenhouse research to field research. Comparative field trials to tightly controlled environmental trials in the greenhouses. We are capable of providing small-scale seed production in a variety of crops, in the greenhouse, in the field, or under high tunnels. We are routinely doing this for our own proprietary developments.
G2 has a small TC lab in full operation. Although we keep our TC lab quite busy keeping our potential product releases clean and ready-to-license, we will always be interested in discussing TC-based projects with you. Again, contact kellyATgardengenetics.com for more information.
But I suspect that most of you are interested in our new products-in-development. To protect the future protection of our variety releases, I will only talk about projects, rather than products. If, for example, we were breeding new varieties of oak trees, I could comfortably write about the project and the results we might be seeing. I could not discuss particular selections that we intended to protect and license, nor could I post images of those potential selections.
Project and process --- these are OK to discuss. Product --- we can only discuss these with potential licensees, and then, only under a mutually agreed-upon well-designed confidentiality agreement. Those of you in the trade certainly understand the rules.
It's good to be back !
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SAVE THE DATE !
Independent Plant Breeder's Conference
3 to 5 November 2010
Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA
Co-hosted by Longwood Gardens and GardenGenetics.
For more information: http://www.longwoodgardens.org/PlantBreedersConference.html
