In many ways, the release of new vegetable seed varieties in Australia has been more ‘steady evolution’ than ‘revolution’.

Seeds companies like Syngenta always strive to introduce ‘blockbuster varieties’. Huge advances are not always possible, but our incremental gains consistently deliver genuine benefits for growers.

For those who are willing and able to collaborate on a trial site – working with a seed company as part of a national development program – there are significant advantages.

Seeing and comparing new varieties side-by-side in the pipeline can give an important commercial edge in adopting improved varieties earlier.

In this article, Syngenta Product Development Specialist – Open Field Solanaceae Adam Thomas discusses the benefits for vegetable growers who collaborate with their seed companies to conduct on-farm variety trials.