Biogya is steadily advancing in the Spanish tomato seed market. The company, of Italian origin, was founded in Tarquinia (Lazio) and is making a strong commitment to Spain through a local breeding programme and a commercial team that has recently been strengthened with the addition of Luis Twose as Country Sales Manager of Biogya in Spain.
Diversity and commercial maturity
“Those who visit the trials arrive with the expectations typical of a new company and leave surprised by the volume and commercial maturity of what they find,” says Twose. The company has a team of breeders with extensive experience and has built, in just a few years, a catalogue that stands out both for its breadth and for the level of development of its materials.
On the one hand, Biogya offers specialties under the Tomatelier brand. Leading operators such as Cooperativa La Palma, Saborum and Casa Ametller are among the partners with whom it develops unique projects, including a bulb-type tomato with anthocyanins and the fondant or ‘Skinless’ tomato, developed together with Casa Ametller. According to Twose, this collaboration with players that prioritise flavour and varietal differentiation is one of the brand’s strongest credentials in the Spanish market.
Tomato portfolio
At the same time, Biogya is developing a local breeding programme focused on cherry, plum, cluster and beefsteak types adapted to Almería, Costa de Granada and Murcia. Within this segment, Aventador stands out — a beefsteak tomato that incorporates IR to ToBRFV.
The company already has five pre-commercial cherry varieties, all with IR to ToBRFV. These include two plum cherry types (BGT 23140 and BGT 23098) with slight ribbing; a red cluster cherry notable for its rachis with an excellent fishbone structure (BGT 23022), high yield and production continuity; a ribbed plum cherry with a strawberry shape (BGT 24021); and a yellow cluster cherry (BGT 21045). All of them share key agronomic traits: vigour, abundant fruit set even at low temperatures, flavour, high resistance to cracking and excellent postharvest performance.
Beyond tomato
Biogya is also expanding its portfolio into courgette crops, with materials featuring resistance to N. Delhi in green and white types, as well as extensive cauliflower catalogues for different cycles and fennel for all transplant windows.
