The Biological Mission of Galicia is a centre of the Higher Council for Scientific Research located in the civil parish of Salcedo in the municipality of Pontevedra in Spain.

In 1927, the Provincial Council of Pontevedra offered a new location to the Biological Mission, which moved in 1928 first to the La Tablada estate in Campolongo[3] and later to the palace that belonged to Archbishop Malvar in Salcedo, the Pazo de Gandarón, where it has remained to this day.

[4] From 1930 onwards, the institution's activities focused on the genetic improvement of maize, the variety of chestnut trees resistant to dyeing and the promotion in Spain of the English Large White pig breed.

[12] The overall objective of the biological mission is to develop germplasm for agriculture that has lower fertiliser and irrigation requirements, tolerates biotic and abiotic stress and is of higher quality.

At the same time, an attempt has been made to gain a deeper understanding of the genetic processes involved in adaptation and evolution, stress resistance and quality of crop species.