Breeding Intern

Netherlands

Flowers and plants have a strong emotional value for the people who buy them. Their potential to inspire is endless – They can make our day, brighten up the house, or turn the garden into a paradise.

Dümmen Orange is a leading breeder and propagator of flowers and plants. Our goal is to inspire people and create a better, more beautiful world. We offer an impressive portfolio of crops and varieties to growers, wholesalers and retailers around the world. 

We are looking for a Breeding Intern for our R&D department in De Lier.

Internship content
Dümmen Orange keeps moving! Are you analytically strong, can you report, do you work accurately, and are you studying ecology, biology, or in the agricultural sector? Then we have a fun and very educational internship for you!

Dümmen Orange breeds ornamental crops at several locations in the Netherlands but also abroad. The crops can be divided in bedding plants, tropicals, cut flowers, perennials and bulbs. As a Breeding Intern you will work around different aspects of the breeding process. Most internship projects concern studying flowering plants. Therefore projects on bedding plants and bulbs start depending of the crop in January or March, projects on  perennials start in May, whereas cut flowers  and tropicals projects can start year round. Our projects need an internship of at least 5 months, and can be applied for most education levels: MBO, HBO/BSc, MSc.

Examples:

• Improve seed set and test solutions.
• Develop high throughput phenotyping protocols.
• Analyze selection methods for ornamental traits to improve their heritabilities using new protocols.
• Accelerate the breeding cycle by reducing the seed to seed cycle.
• Study flower development to improve time to flower and flower number.
• Develop new protocols concerning pollination techniques and efficiencies for new crops.

Internship locations in the Netherlands: 

• De Lier and De Kwakel: Cut flowers (a.dehaan@dummenorange.com); Bedding plants (a.koot@dummenorange.com);
• ‘t Zand: Tubers (a.dehaan@dummenorange.com);
• Aalsmeer: Perennials (e.vansambeek@dummenorange.com).

Who are you?

• You are currently following a study in ecology, biology or in the agricultural sector.
• You are eager to learn, dare to take initiative and suggest improvements.
• You are analytically strong, can report on these matters and work accurately.

What do you get in return?
Dümmen Orange has major international ambitions with innovation technology and quality high on the agenda. There is plenty of room for autonomy, personal growth and you are part of an expert team. This allows you to optimally develop as a driven professional in your field. There is a supportive and open working environment where sharing knowledge, collaboration and achieving common goals are very important.

Who are we?
We are a leading international breeder and propagator of flowers and plants. Our breeders enhance characteristics such as colour, fragrance, and shape, as well as less visible traits like disease resistance, higher yield per square meter, and extended vase life. In production locations across Africa and South and Central America we have 330+ hectares of production space at our disposal. Here we set up our mother stock plants and propagate the starting material. Our extensive range of crops and varieties finds its way to growers, wholesalers, and retailers around the world.

With a leading R&D team, a diverse network of our own propagation sites, and over a century of experience in floriculture, we are the trusted source for industry expertise and innovation in floriculture breeding.

The products our industry produces have a strong emotional value for the consumers who buy them. Our purpose is to inspire people and create a better, more beautiful world. Our team of 6,600 dedicated, focused, and passionate professionals works across the globe. Our head office is located in De Lier, Netherlands.

Your application 
Do you dare to bloom and are you ready to take your skills to the next level? Click on the button below to apply for this job. If you have questions about the job, you can contact Jobs.NL@DummenOrange.com

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