The Kumar Group established plant biotechnology business in the year 1992. KF Bioplants has been established in 1997 as a joint venture between Kumar Gen Tech & Tissue Culture Company (KGTC) and Florist de kwakel b.v., Holland. The company is located at Pune, 150 km south of Mumbai on two locations over 9 HA farm. KGTC is a pioneer in the field of plant biotechnology (plant tissue culture) in India. The company established its presence in India by promoting farmers to produce floriculture crops for the domestic and export markets. The company provided end to end solutions to the growers i.e. from selection of land, infrastructure development, training, planting material, project management and customers. This helped the company grow rapidly and it is today the number one supplier of floriculture planting material in the country.   Florist de kwakel b. v. has over twenty five years of experience in selection, breeding, production and marketing of young gerbera plants. The company is one of the largest breeder and supplier of gerbera plants in the world.   KGTC also has a joint venture company with Van den Bos b. v., Holland for propagation and marketing of flower bulbs in India.   The company is associated under various arrangements with numerous plant breeders, laboratories and companies of global presence such as Hilverda b.v., and Vitrocenter International.