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KWS Saat

KWS Saat is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand KWS Saat rather than just read about it. In short: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA (ISIN: DE0007074007) is a European independent and family-owned company based in Germany that focuses on plant breeding, with breeding and distribution activities in about 70 countries.

Key takeaways

KWS Saat belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect KWS Saat to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of KWS Saat from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA (ISIN: DE0007074007) is a European independent and family-owned company based in Germany that focuses on plant breeding, with breeding and distribution activities in about 70 countries. KWS is one of the largest seed producer worldwide. The product range includes seed varieties for sugar beet, corn, cereals and vegetables. KWS stands for Klein Wanzlebener Saatzucht, which means seed breeding from Klein Wanzleben. The company's original headquarters were in Klein Wanzleben, an East German town located near the city of Magdeburg. Since 1945, the company is headquartered in Einbeck, Germany. Its main markets are in Europe, North and South America as well as Asia. In 1954, the company went public on the Hamburg-Hannover Stock Exchange and has been on the SDAX list of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since June 2006. In addition, the shares are listed in the Nisax20 index of shares in Lower Saxony.

History In 1838 the Kleinwanzleben Zuckerfabrik (Kleinwanzleben Sugar Refinery) was founded as a stock company. In 1856 the majority of its shares were acquired by the sugar beet grower and farmer Matthias Christian Rabbethge, one of the pioneers of the German sugar industry. In the same year he and his then future son-in-law Julius Giesecke founded a general commercial partnership (OHG). In 1885 the Rabbethge & Giesecke OHG became a joint stock company (Aktiengesellschaft) under the name Zuckerfabrik Klein Wanzleben formerly Rabbethge & Giesecke Aktiengesellschaft (AG). The first international branch of KWS was established in 1900 in the Ukrainian town, the largest sugar beet growing region in the world at the time. In 1920 the company began to expand its business into corn, fodder beet and potato breeding. In 1937 it was changed into Rabbethge & Giesecke AG because the Reichsnährstand did not want any anonymous investors in the agriculture and forestry sector. After the Second World War the company was relocated to the Lower Saxonian city of Einbeck which has been its headquarters since then. To this end, the most experienced employees and their families were brought to Einbeck in the British zone together with their families in a well-organized military action before the first Soviet occupation troops reached Klein Wanzleben on July 1, 1945. Thanks to the leading sugar beet variety “Kleinwanzlebener E”, the company quickly returned to success and began to reactivate its foreign relations. Following the relocation to Einbeck, KWS focused on the breeding of sugar beet, corn, rapeseed, sunflower, cereals and potatoes. In the years directly after the war, the company became an important supplier to the West German sugar beet industry. In 1946 a rescue company was established under the name Rabbethge & Giesecke Saatzucht GmbH. The foundation of this rescue company was necessary in order to continue the Western activities of the original joint stock company, which was still based in Klein Wanzleben. In 1951 the two companies were merged and took the title Kleinwanzlebener Saatzucht formerly Rabbethge & Giesecke AG and expanded its breeding program to include corn, oil and protein plants, including rapeseed and sunflowers. Since 1963 it has established subsidiaries in Europe, North and South America, Asisa and North Africa. In 1975 it was changed into KWS Kleinwanzlebener Saatzucht AG formerly Rabbethge & Giesecke and then finally reduced to KWS SAAT AG in 1999. In spring 2015, KWS SAAT AG was renamed the European stock corporation KWS SAAT SE. At the beginning of July 2019, KWS completed a transformation of its legal form into KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA.

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Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with KWS Saat

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what KWS Saat claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to KWS Saat before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about KWS Saat ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of KWS Saat

In research: KWS Saat appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses KWS Saat in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: KWS Saat is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1856 establishments in the German Confederation, Biotechnology companies of Germany, Companies established in 1856, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for KWS Saat outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study KWS Saat in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what KWS Saat means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain KWS Saat out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

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Why does KWS Saat matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study KWS Saat?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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