W.Atlee Burpee Company has picked up an undisclosed stake in Indus Seeds, a Bangalore based producer and exporter of seeds. The financial details of the deal remain undisclosed.
Incorporated in 2003, Indus Seeds produces and exports seeds of Hybrid Tomato, and other vegetables, including Chilli, Bittergourd, Bhindi, Bottlegourd among others, to Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Thailand, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan.
It has an in-house production capacity of about 5 acres under green houses and 20 acres under open field conditions with breeding research stations located in Bangalore, Nelamangala and Mysore in Southern India.