EFFICIENCY IN PLANT BREEDING

SMARTtray® is an innovative, non-destructive, high-throughput technology for the cultivation, tissue sampling, DNA extraction and selection of various plant species.

About SMARTtray®

SMARTtray® is an innovative, non-destructive, high-throughput technology for the cultivation, tissue sampling, DNA extraction and selection of various plant species.

It utilizes SMART breeding (Selection with Markers and Advanced Reproductive Technologies), which has become a reliable tool in modern breeding programs to develop new varieties.

The key element of SMARTtray® is to grow plants under fully controlled conditions and sample root tissue from all progenies in a 96-well format, eliminating the need for additional manipulation of individual plants.

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Awards

Seed World U.S.

Top Innovative Product

Euroseeds

InnovActionStage Winners Podium

OWL

Innovation Award Shaping the Future

Advantages

Efficient, cost-saving and space-optimized

✓ More economical breeding process
✓ Miniaturized cultivation area
✓ Minimized sampling time
✓ Lower energy costs

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Versatile, safe and sustainable

✓ Increased process safety
✓ Scalable and modular
✓ User-friendly
✓ Sustainable

Samples in 3 minutes

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Advantages compared to traditional methods

Patents

100% of survey participants recognized significant advantages of SMARTtray® compared to the conventional method

– Result of an acceptance survey as part of product presentations

83% of survey participants are interested in testing SMARTtray® on site

– Result of an acceptance survey as part of product presentations

The three most important advantages of SMARTtray® from the customer's point of view are

Fully automated system
high process control
short sample handling time

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