Study of the technical viability for the installation of a bromeliad bio factory in the Ribeira River Valley

• Grant number: 00/07624-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: January 01, 2001
• End date: July 31, 2004
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Floriculture, Parks and Gardens
• Principal Investigator: Lirio Luiz Dal Vesco
• Grantee: Lirio Luiz Dal Vesco
• Company: Atlântica Assessoria Agroambiental Ltda

Abstract

The proposing company has been re-directing its business activities, and since 1999, has been establishing bases for the installation of a bio-factory/laboratory of bromeliads. The product to be obtained, bromeliad seedlings, will be sold on the internal and external markets. Based on the experiences observed in other countries, notably Cuba and Costa Rica, and considering the competence installed in the area within some Brazilian laboratories - and, furthermore, the research developed together with the Physiology Laboratory of Development and Vegetal Genetics of the Federal University of the State of Santa Catarina -, the intention is to establish the basis for the working of this laboratory/ bio-factory. Bromeliads have been the most sought after ornamental plants over the last decade and the production processes on a large scale, within a laboratory, will give controlled conditions, allowing for the control of the technological processes associated with them. The main commercial applications of the research relate to the establishment of a bio-factory for the production of ornamental bromeliads, as a pilot project for the setting up of a network of laboratories specialized in the processes and products of Brazilian biodiversity. (AU)