2021

The humble cucumber is the go-to vegetable because of its versatility – after all who doesn’t love a fresh cucumber in their salads and sandwiches? However, the success of the cucumber has made them ubiquitous – often seen as uninspiring and traditional. But what if we could develop a cucumber that captured the imagination of the consumer who loves vegetables?

The versatile leek is a much loved and highly nutritious vegetable that people love. It can be used as a main ingredient in soups and stews, and is often found in a vegetable mix, adding flavor and texture to many of our favorite meals. But the process of getting it from field to table can be problematic, with delamination of leaves leading to a decrease in production efficiency, increase in labor time and costs, and food wastage.

• BASF is going to take the development of variety-specific cultivation formulas to the next level and accelerate it.
• By applying Hoogendoorn’s IIVO process computer, BASF is able to define the set points of varieties’ growth factors faster and more accurately.

Proven results and high Light Efficiency