Indian seed since the 1990s · DSIR-recognised R&D
Science in every seed.
Surplus in every harvest.
Melbo Life Science breeds and produces hybrid and research seed for paddy, maize, wheat, mustard and pea — and for nineteen vegetable crops. Eighty varieties, each one published with the duration and pack size a farmer actually plans around.
मेल्बो का वादा, फसल पहले से ज्यादा
— Melbo's promise — a bigger harvest than before.
Who we are
A seed company built on three decades of field books
Melbo Life Science Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian agribusiness that develops, produces and markets hybrid and improved seed. The team's experience in the Indian seed industry runs back more than thirty years; the company itself began commercial operations from Bengaluru in 2021, with research based in Hyderabad.
Our strength is breadth with depth. Breeding programmes run in parallel across paddy, maize, wheat, oilseeds and pulses, and across nineteen vegetable crops — so no single season, pest or price swing carries the whole business. Behind it sits in-house research and development recognised by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Government of India, from 2001 onwards.
Seed is produced with selected Indian growers, processed under controlled conditions and tested against the standards of the Seeds Act, 1966 before it reaches a pack. What is printed on the bag — duration, seed rate, pack weight — is what the farmer gets.
From the trial book
Every variety in this catalogue earned its name in a multi-location trial first. The photographs throughout this site are our own field evaluations — not stock images.
See the breeding pipelineField crops
Matched to your season, not to a brochure
The staple acreage, organised the way a farmer decides: by duration. Pick the window you are planting into and the water you can count on.
Paddy
Hybrid and improved rice from 100 to 140 days
Maize
Single-cross hybrids from 65 to 125 days
Wheat
Rabi wheat, 105 to 120 days, 20 kg bags
Mustard
Oilseed mustard, 105 to 125 days
Pea
Early green peas, 70 to 80 days
Vegetable seeds
Nineteen crops, bred for the journey to market
Firmness, shelf life and disease tolerance decide whether a vegetable crop becomes income or compost. Our hybrids are selected on exactly those traits — then published with the fruit weight, length and tolerance we measured.
Tomato
F1 hybrids with firm fruit and virus tolerance
Okra
Five-ridged glossy green pods, YVMV tolerant
Chilli
Dual-purpose hybrids across the pungency range
Brinjal
Bushy, prolific hybrids in oval and round types
Cucumber
Bitter-free F1 types, 35 to 42 days
Bitter Gourd
Long-spindle hybrids with strong vines
Bottle Gourd
Early long cylindrical fruit, 40 to 50 cm
Ridge Gourd
Vigorous vine, 20 to 25 fruits per vine
Variety-level listings are in preparation. Individual pages for each variety — with duration, pack size and field characteristics — will be published once the catalogue content is finalised.
Why Melbo
Four commitments we are willing to be judged on
Farmer first
Every variety is judged by one measure — what it returns to the farmer who plants it. Duration, pack size and field behaviour are published plainly so a grower can choose with open eyes.
Proof before promise
Varieties move from breeding plot to catalogue only after multi-location trials. Our field books, not our brochures, decide what gets a name.
Genetic depth
Breeding programmes run across paddy, maize, wheat, oilseeds, pulses and nineteen vegetable crops, so a season's risk is never carried by a single line.
Seed you can trust
Production with selected growers, controlled processing and testing against the standards of the Seeds Act, 1966 — germination and purity are not negotiable.
30+
Years in Indian seed
Grower networks and breeding experience built since the 1990s.
2001
DSIR-recognised R&D
In-house research recognised by the Government of India.
80
Varieties in catalogue
Across 24 crops in field and vegetable segments.
4
Group companies
Production, multiplication and — next — crop protection.
Research & development
Recognised by the Government of India since 2001
Our R&D centre in Hyderabad, Telangana runs the breeding programmes behind every variety we sell. Sixteen lines are in the pipeline right now — carrying MLB breeding codes, photographed in trial, and not yet released.
Breeding
Parent line development and hybridisation across 24 crops.
Multi-location trial
Candidate lines evaluated across agro-climatic zones before naming.
Seed production
Production with selected growers; processing under controlled conditions.
Quality testing
Germination and genetic purity verified against the Seeds Act, 1966.
Chilli Chanchal
MLB-711
Bitter gourd Jigar
MLB-131
Cucumber Krishna
MLB-811
Radish Dhaval
MLB-88
Field evaluation photographs from Melbo's vegetable trial programme.
The Melbo group
Four companies, one supply chain
Melbo Life Science sits within a group that has been adding capability deliberately — production in Maharashtra, multiplication in Gujarat, commercial and research operations in Karnataka and Telangana, and crop protection next.
Leo Gene Seed Pvt. Ltd.
Pune, Maharashtra
Seed production and processing for western India
Astha Seeds
Vadodara, Gujarat
Seed multiplication and regional distribution
Melbo Life Science Pvt. Ltd.
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Hybrid and research seed — field crops and vegetables
Melbo Chemicals Pvt. Ltd.
India
Crop protection — herbicides and pesticides
Registered Office
BengaluruKarnataka
Head office & commercial operations
Corporate Office
KarimnagarTelangana
Research & development
Branch Office
AmbikapurChhattisgarh
Central India distribution
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