News on Potato Varieties and Seed from Sweden

Project Oppotunity CRISPR-Cas field trials for late blight resistant starch potatoes in Sweden and Denmark, 2025.
October 21, 2025
Oppotunity conducts NGT Field Trials and Potato Seed Multiplication of starch potatoes with improved late blight resistance
Project Oppotunity completed the first CRISPR-Cas field trials of starch potatoes bred for late blight resistance, with test plots in Sweden and Denmark. Early results indicate stronger disease resistance and a very promising path to resilient crops.
European Commission's positive conclusion on continued use of CRISPR for a competitive and green future.
May 07, 2021
Swedish Starch industry pleased with European Commission's positive conclusion on the use of CRISPR
On 29 April 2021, the European Commission published a study into new genomic techniques and the consequences of the European Court of Justice's July 2018 judgment.
HZPC ends participation in HZPC Sverige Ab
August 27, 2014
HZPC ends participation in HZPC Sverige Ab
HZPC has decided to end its participation in HZPC Sverige AB (Sweden, Billdal). Reason for the decision is insufficient profitability, caused by the slow modernization of the Swedish Seed potato market
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September 10, 2010
BASF Plant Science identifies case of low level comingling in Amflora fields in Sweden
BASF Plant Science identified extremely small quantities of Amadea potatoes in Amflora fields planted in Northern Sweden during the course of the regular in-house quality controls.
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La CE confirma el cultivo ilegal de una patata transgénica en Suecia
September 06, 2010
La CE confirma el cultivo ilegal de una patata transgénica en Suecia
La Comisión Europea (CE) ha confirmado hoy el cultivo de una variedad de patata genéticamente modificada no permitida por la UE en campos de Suecia y ha pedido explicaciones a la compañía responsable, la alemana BASF. El portavoz comunitario de Sanida...
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