{"id":3409,"date":"2023-05-11T08:54:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T08:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/?p=3409"},"modified":"2025-10-09T11:19:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T11:19:00","slug":"speed-breeding-field-crops-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heliospectra.com\/nl\/blog\/speed-breeding-field-crops-in-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Snel fokken van veldgewassen in het Midden-Oosten"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-745518381\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-265937034\" class=\"col medium-2 small-12 large-2\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\" style=\"background-color:rgb(0, 167, 109);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-314360440\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>Cereals<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-314360440 {\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(0,0,0);\n}\n#text-314360440 > * {\n  color: rgb(0,0,0);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-265937034 > .col-inner {\n  border-radius: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-1975613333\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2133487215\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-color:#00a76d;border-width:0px 0px 0px 5px;margin:0px 0px 0px -15px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-3262387234\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #193330;\">\u201cFood security in the Middle East is extremely important in a region that imports up to 90% of its fresh food.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3262387234 {\n  font-size: 1.15rem;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-69585401\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1640263986\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #193330;\"><strong>Mark Tester, Professor of Bioscience at KAUST<\/strong><\/span><br><span style=\"color: #193330;\">King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is located on the Red Sea coast in Saudi Arabia. To address global challenges related to food, water, energy and the environment, KAUST conducts curiosity-driven and goal-oriented research. A new speed breeding program was started in late 2018 in their research greenhouse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #193330;\">Problem:<\/span><br><span style=\"color: #193330;\">In Saudi Arabia, growers must daily tackle challenging environmental conditions in the desert region. The KAUST plant science department works to develop plants with enhanced tolerance towards environmental stress while establishing sustainable agricultural systems for growers and field farmers. The KAUST speed breeding program will enable accelerated crop research and the breeding of new more resistant crop varieties with seed selection and improvement of genetics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #193330;\">Solution:<\/span><br><span style=\"color: #193330;\">Heliospectra\u2019s fully adjustable ELIXIA LED grow lights have proven successful in accelerating harvest cycles and increasing yield in several speed breeding programs around the world. The choice of which lighting solution to install was easy. KAUST turned to Heliospectra to light up four of their eighteen plant growth rooms. Each plant growth room has its own, independent system for controlling temperature, irrigation, photoperiod, lighting and humidity and Heliospectra\u2019s ELIXIA LED grow lights, reducing the time from seed to harvest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #193330;\">Results:<\/span><br><span style=\"color: #193330;\">Instead of the traditional method of breeding field crops in 4 to 5 months per cycle, KAUST can now speed breed in 6 to 8 weeks per cycle for many plant species. This is helping KAUST researchers to introgress traits from wild relatives as well as neo-domestication for the Center for Desert Agriculture\u2019s program focused on species growing in highly saline conditions. The ELIXIA grow lights are also being used to manipulate light quality to greatly improve success rates of grafting for more difficult species.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-small align-equal\"  id=\"row-1298025981\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1954128678\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-color:#00a76d;border-width:0px 0px 0px 5px;margin:0px 0px 0px -15px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-178949060\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #193330;\">\u201cSpeed breeding protocols with the integration of LED lighting and other proven technologies ensure propagation of new varieties with rapid advancements and much faster results.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00a76d; font-size: 95%;\"><strong>Mark Tester, Professor of Bioscience at KAUST<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-178949060 {\n  font-size: 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