R&D Department

We are looking for improve, optimize e innovate in our production processes

Our Research, Development and Innovation department was founded in 2009 and has the following objectives to improve and optimize production processes and products in all areas of the nursery, where applied research and experimental development are the main tools used.The main tools used are applied research and experimental development.

research and development

Our R+D+I department seeks to install practices that allow innovation and continuous improvement in processes, people, products and services. This is done in a transversal way in all areas of the nursery, that is, in the vegetable, bare root fruit trees, containerized fruit trees, ornamental and propagation areas. To achieve this, it uses applied research and experimental development as its main tools.

What do we do?

Every year we carry out several tests in the different production units of the company. The purpose of the research conducted is to generate improvements in production processes and products. 

Some of the latest experiments under development are highlighted below:

fumigants

Evaluation of alternative substrate fumigants to methyl bromide.

substrate

Evaluation of different substrates and substrate mixtures for nursery use.

herbaceous cuttings

Evaluation of propagation via herbaceous cuttings of different plant species.

container

Evaluation of different types of containers for use in fruit nursery.

fertilizers

Evaluation of fertilizers and biostimulants for nursery use.

grafted species

Development of various grafted horticultural species.

Testing
Between 2015 and 2021
we have developed
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of which 54% have focused on the vegetable nursery and 46% on the 46%fruit tree nursery.

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Tests and projects carried out with research centers:

Pomaceae Center of the University of Talca (2016-2020):

Importance of initial root volume and plant type (bare root vs. bag) on growth and productivity of cherry cvs. Lapins & Regina.

The objective of the experiment was to prove that plants with a reduced root volume (manual root pruning) do not necessarily have a lower vegetative and productive development in the field. The trial was carried out using cherry plants and was set up in 3 different customer fields, between Graneros and Chimbarongo.

Kapicua (2020):

Incorporation of oxygen nanobubbles to irrigation water in lettuce.

The trial consisted of incorporating oxygen nanobubbles into the irrigation water throughout the development of the crop, for which the supplier came to load a 200 L tank with oxygen once a week, from which water was extracted to irrigate the seedlings. The technology promoted the development of the seedlings.

BASF (2016):

Evaluation of BASF biostimulant products on lettuce.

The trial was set up on lettuce seedlings to evaluate whether the use of 2 BASF products contributed to better plant quality at dispatch.

Center for Engineering Systems (Kipus) of the University of Talca (2015-2016):

Development of an efficient and effective system for counting and recording the quality of apple plants that is semi-manual.

The objective was to develop a prototype that would allow the semi-manual measurement of the neck diameter of apple plants to determine their quality.

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Faculty of Agronomy and Forest Engineering (2012):

Evaluation of treatments to uniform seed germination in vegetable seedling production.

The objective of this research agreement was to evaluate how pre-sowing seed priming or osmo-conditioning can contribute to uniform seedling germination and emergence.

Alliances with research centers

Biofrutales

We are partners of Biofrutales, a breeding research consortium¹.

AGV

We are founding members of the Asociación Gremial de Viveros.

ANA

We are founding partners of A.N.A Chile, a company that manages new varieties of fruit trees.

CEAF

We participate as partners in the CEAF² project.

IANSAGRO

We participate as partners in the IANSAGRO³ project.

¹ Through Biofrutales we contribute to PMG Vides INIA and PMG Cerezos INIA.

²"Development and validation of an innovative service for the identification of fruit species of economic importance through the implementation of a biotechnological technique based on qPCR-HRM".

³"Adaptation of new high-yielding sweet potato Ipomoea batatas L. (Lam) varietal lines as a productive diversification alternative to sugar beet in the Maule Region"..

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Our Team

Cristian Correa

Agricultural Engineer

Head of research

ccorrea@losolmos.cl

Jaime Carrasco

agricultural engineer

R+D+I Assistant

jcarrasco@losolmos.cl

Luis Vidal

Agricultural technician

Research support
and development

lvidal@losolmos.cl

  • 56 72 2712 249 | 56 72 2715 931
    56 72 2713 556 | 56 272 719 718
  • secretaria@losolmos.cl
  • La Orilla, lot A - C, Chimbarongo

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