The Swiss Plant Breeding Center (SPBC) is the newly founded, independent competence and innovation center for plant breeding in Switzerland. Its aim is to strengthen Swiss plant breeding and increase breeding efficiency. Its main tasks are to network the players in breeding and research and to transfer new research results into practical breeding programs. The SPBC provides breeders with technical support, know-how and expertise and plays an active role in the planning and implementation of innovation projects. It aligns its services to customer needs, is open to all crop types, cultivation systems and methods, covers broad areas of expertise through network partnerships and is active in the acquisition of customer and third-party funding.
The SPBC acts in accordance with the Swiss Plant Breeding Strategy 2050 and is supported by the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture.