Private company

Plant Genetic Systems

Bayer Subsidiary

Plant Genetic Systems (PGS), since 2002 part of Bayer CropScience, is a biotech company located in Ghent, Belgium. The focus of its activities is the genetic engineering of plants.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1982Founded1
  • Industrybiotechnology1
Marc van Montagu and Jozef Schell
Photo: Unknown (VIB-picture), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Plant Genetic Systems (PGS), since 2002 part of Bayer CropScience, is a biotech company located in Ghent, Belgium. The focus of its activities is the genetic engineering of plants.2

Timeline

  1. 1982Founded Founded1

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