About Us

Sheena Biotech Private Limited (Sheena Seeds) is a fast growing seed company in India providing superior quality seeds of both Hybrid and Research varieties to the farming community.

We are actively involved in seed production of Fruits, Vegetables, Commercial and Cash crops using high quality growth genes at our newly constructed facilities equipped with the latest technology available.

We actively engage Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Scientists with extensive experience and invest in research and development (R&D) efforts to enhance our gene bank and continue to provide seeds that benefit our farming community.

Vision

With our products, we are continuously striving to find solutions to some of the major crop growth challenges in the agricultural landscape of India. Our goal is to aim for excellence and create a distinction for our products in Indian seed industry, while also ensuring technical competitiveness of our products at all times through continuous research.

We strive to achieve and sustain leadership positions in our markets, thus creating value for our customers and employees.

Mission

Our mission is to operate sustainably while addressing challenges faced by the farming community. We are committed to deliver high-quality seeds carrying optimum genetic potential, that aid continuing prosperity of Indian farmers.

Our values help guide us in fulfilling our mission successfully.

SEED - Study, Evaluate, Execute, Develop

S	Study	Conduct studies to explore genetic variations that deliver incremental benefit to existing and new seed varieties.
E	Evaluate	Evaluate newly developed varieties alongside existing crop varieties to ensure quality of every seed delivered to the market.
E	Execute	Speed up time-to-market and support market execution of the latest crop variety to provide the best value to the farming community.
D	Develop	Collect regular feedback from the market to ensure continuous development of our products and processes.

Mandate Crops

Maize, Okra, Chilli, Watermelon, Gourds.

Focus areas

• Gene-enhancement to develop superior recombinants and new product varieties.
• Develop superior trait-specific hybrid varieties in mandate crops.
• Incorporate nutritional qualities to develop resistance to major biotic and abiotic stress factors.
• Introduce and Outsource trait specific novel-gene hybrids.
• Creation of utmost value for Indian farmers facing global competition.

Genetic Resources

• Extensive collection of germplasm to support research of diverse crop varieties.
• Intensive evaluation of germplasm to ensure
  • Defense against input traits such as biotic (living organisms) and abiotic (physical and chemical) stress factors.
  • Sustenance of output traits such as nutritional quality and oil content.

Infrastructure

• Modern, state-of-the-art seed conditioning plant.
• Wide area testing centers representing different Agro-climatic zones
• Well developed research and development farms.

Research and development

• Multi-disciplinary crop improvement teams comprising of plant breeders, entomologists, plant pathologists, Bio-technologists, seed technologists and agronomists.
• Effective gene-enhancement programs to develop trait-specific genetic material.
• Extensive hybridization programs to develop and continuously evaluate high potential hybrids.
• Diverse bio-technology programs that support conventional as well as traditional breeding.

Human resources

• Marketing operations lead by management professionals with 15-20 years of experience in reputable Multi-National Corporations.
• Highly qualified, dedicated and experienced research scientists with international reputation.
• Well qualified and experienced plant breeders, seed technologists for seed production and quality assurance.
• Diverse workforce consisting of experienced as well as young professionals.