Enkhuizen, The Netherlands
October 1, 2019
Tomato seed
Seed enhancer Incotec launched its latest innovative tomato seed upgrading product, X-ray next, at last week’s trade fair Seed meets Technology in Zwaagdijk, The Netherlands. By applying state-of-the art technologies including deep learning, Incotec has further advanced the company’s high-tech X-ray upgrading technology for maximizing the germination potential of a seed lot.
X-ray tomato seed
Incotec first introduced seed upgrading using X-ray technology in 2007. Through digital analysis of a seed embryo image, top-quality seeds are selected. Since then the wealth of data accumulated making the use of deep learning techniques possible. Deep learning is a type of artificial intelligence
Tomato greenhouse
Bruno Hoeltgebaum, Sales Manager: “Our aim is to get the best seeds from any seed lot, generating higher quality seed lot, increasing yield for the growers. Our customers, seed companies, will have an even more effective result, with less seeds discarded, leaving a larger number of seeds in the top range segments and delivering maximal yield. With X-ray neXt, seed selection has never been more efficient.”
About Incotec
Incotec is a leading international seed enhancement company founded in 1968 and part of the Croda Group. Croda summarises its purpose as ‘Smart Science to Improve Lives’. Incotec contributes significantly to the development of sustainable agriculture worldwide by providing key solutions in the business areas of vegetables and field crops. Incotec provides products and services for seed coating, pelleting, seed enhancement and analytical services for genetic analysis and quality inspection around the world. Incotec is headquartered in the Netherlands and has production facilities in many countries around the world including facilities in the USA, Brazil and China. For more information go to www.incotec.com.
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