What are you going to do as an Intern in breeding As an intern in breeding at our R&D; station in Tarquinia, Italy, you will work together with onion breeding colleagues locally and internationally. Your main objective during your internship will be to improve and validate novel technologies for digital phenotyping in open-field environment.
To achieve your goal, you will dive into literature and consult your colleagues at Enza Zaden, and you will have access to dedicated devices and softwares. Due to your inquisitive and persistent nature, you will be able to start developing the right breeding attitude and approach, touching with your hands breeding fields and activities. You will be of great value to the breeding colleagues, who will help and supervise you. Assist the Biotech Breeder to execute the testing and implementation of these new technologies for Onion Breeding: - The intern will work closely with the Biotech Breeder to accomplish the breeding goals and with the rest of the Onion Breeding Team. He/She will focus on this specific project as well as actively participate in all tasks related to breeding, testing, and selection.
- Help plan, organize, and oversee field and greenhouse trials.
- Develop an understanding of the culture, morphology, and floral biology of the crop to implement efficient breeding strategy.
- Become familiar with analytical methods for evaluation of breeding material. **Profile**: - You are able to work in open field and greenhouse conditions, for many hours a day.
- Your strong communication skills enable you to cooperate effectively with colleagues and maintain relationships with external contacts.




- Basic training related to plant breeding will be provided.
- You are practical and work in a precise and structured way.
- Speak English fluently.
- Driver license. Our power
Enza Zaden is a vegetable breeding company that develops vegetable varieties. And produces and sells its seeds all over the world. To explain to you properly (and as briefly as possible) what we do, we have created an animation. The goal of our work? Giving everyone worldwide access to healthy and varied vegetables. With more than 2,500 passionate colleagues around the world, we work together every day on tomorrow's vegetables. Would you like to know more about Enza Zaden as an employer? Then look at the Careers & Learning page or check out our page on LinkedIn Compensation:
This activity is reserved for the accomplishment of the University curricular trainship Duration:
Around 200 hrs (possibly covering the period between May to October/November) Expected starting:
May 2025 Interested? More information:
Adele Lamagna, HR generalist, Über uns
- Unsere Mitarbeiter sind die treibende Kraft unseres Unternehmens. Jeder Einzelne trägt aus seinem spezifischen Fachgebiet heraus dazu bei, die Gemüsesorten der Zukunft zu schaffen.- Wir setzen auf Spezialisten und die breit gefächerten Kompetenzen von Menschen mit langjähriger Erfahrung in diesem Bereich. Und die innovative Vision von Praktikanten und Quereinsteigern. Wir schätzen dieses Wissen und diese Erfahrung und investieren daher in unsere Mitarbeiter, indem wir ihnen viele Möglichkeiten zur persönlichen Entwicklung und Weiterentwicklung bieten.- Wirf einen Blick auf unsere aktuellen Stellenangebote und prüfe, ob es eine Möglichkeit gibt, die zu dir passt.

📌 Intern (Tarquinia)
🏢 Enza Zaden
📍 Tarquinia