Sejet Plant Breeding

Industry

CEA & horticulture, Seeds & genetics

Topics

Hybrid seeds & crop breeding

Role

Producer — “…ams, and collaboration with processing firms to ensure variety quality and suitability for farmers and future…”

Parent / group

DLG Group (75%) and Novo Holdings (25%)

Why it is bioeconomy

Sejet Plant Breeding is a Danish company focused on the development of improved crop genetics and plant breeding for sustainable agriculture.

Found via

Enza Zaden; [Rubric] Denmark · seeds

Not yet cited as a supplier in a graded solution.

• 2024-06 Latest status: In June 2024, Novo Holdings acquired a 25% minority stake in Sejet Plant Breeding from DLG Group to support business scaling and technology investment. ↗ ↗ ↗
• 2026-06-22 Ny aftale skal accelerere udviklingen af robuste hvedesorter | Maskinbladet
  Sejet Planteforædling is partnering with Healthycrop on a three-year program to develop new wheat varieties with improved resistance to Septoria and rust, leveraging Healthycrop’s NGT-1 technology to accelerate breeding and reduce fungicide needs for European …
• 2026-06-30 Har hænderne i vejret over første hestebønnesort fra Sejet
  Sejet Plant Breeding has developed its first pea/horse bean variety, SJ Gaia, which is now ready for field trials and has generated strong interest in Denmark and across Europe (Sweden, England, Estonia, Poland, and Germany).
• 2026-08-28 EU paves the way for the future of agriculture – new technologies approved
  Sejet Plant Breeding is highlighted as a key player in developing disease-resistant crop varieties (notably wheat ‘SJ Salk’) through DLG Group’s plant-breeding efforts, leveraging New Genomic Techniques to reduce crop protection needs and boost resilience and …
• 2025-10-23 Ny direktør for Sejet Planteforædling – Birger Eriksen går på pension efter 38 år | DLG Group
  Sejet Planteforædling får ny direktør, Troels Nørgaard, fra 1. januar 2026, efter Birger Eriksen går på pension efter 38 år. Eriksen forbliver som Senior Advisor, mens Sejet fortsætter sin stærke ledelse og markante position i dansk og europæisk …
• 2026-06-17 EU baner vej for fremtidens landbrug – nye teknologier får grønt lys | DLG Group
  Sejet Planteforædling, owned by DLG Group in partnership with Novo Holdings, is investing in plant breeding to develop new varieties that resist disease and reduce the need for plant protection, using new genetic techniques (NGT) to accelerate this goal, with …
• 2026-02-10 Optical Sorting to meet all capacity needs — Westrup - seed cleaning equipment
  Sejet Plant Breeding transitioned from manual defect removal to a fully automated optical cleaning process using the Optica Mini by 3U Vision, improving product purity, reducing manual labor, and increasing production flexibility with a future-proof setup that …

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Partners & deals 1

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