Los Olmos Nursery

r&d&i department

We seek to improve, optimize and innovate in our production processes

Our department of Research, Development and Innovation was founded in 2009 and aims toimprove and optimize production processes and products from all areas of the nursery, where applied research and experimental development are used as the main tool.

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 the above, it uses applied research and experimental development as its main tool.

What do we do?

Every year we set up several trials in the different production units of the company. The objective of the research conducted is to generate improvements in production processes and products. 

Here are some of the latest experiments in development:

fumigants

Evaluation of alternative substrate fumigants to methyl bromide.

substrate

Evaluation of different substrates and mixtures of substrates for use in the nursery.

herbaceous cuttings

Evaluation of propagation via herbaceous cuttings of different plant species.

container

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

fertilisers

Evaluation of fertilizers and biostimulants for use in the nursery.

grafted species

Development of various grafted horticultural species.

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

trials
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Trials and projects carried out with research centers:

CENTRO DE POMÁCEAS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE 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 reduced root volume (manual root pruning) do not necessarily have lower vegetative and productive development in the field. The trial was carried out using cherry plants and was set up in 3 different client fields, between Graneros and Chimbarongo.

KAPICUA (2020):

Incorporation of oxygen nanobubbles into 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 in 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.

ENGINEERING SYSTEMS CENTER (KIPUS) OF UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA (2015-2016):

Development of an efficient and effective system for counting and recording the qualities 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.

PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF CHILE, FACULTY OF AGRONOMY AND FORESTRY ENGINEERING (2012):

Evaluation of treatments to make seed germination uniform in the production of vegetable seedlings.

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

Alliances with research centers

Biofrutales

We are partners of Biofrutales, genetic improvement research consortium¹.

AGV

We are founding partners of the Asociación Gremial de Viveros.

ANA

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

CEAF

We participate as associates in the CEAF² project.

IANSAGRO

We participate as partners in the IANSAGRO³ project.

¹ Through Biofrutales we contribute in 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 PCR-HRM».

³«Adaptation of new sweet potato varietal lines Ipomoea batatas L. (Lam), of high yield as an alternative of productive diversification to sugar beet in the Maule Region»..

get to know

Our Team

Cristian Correa

AGRONOMIST ENGINEER

Head of Research

ccorrea@losolmos.cl

Jaime Carrasco

agricultural engineer

R+D+I Assistant

jcarrasco@losolmos.cl

Luis Vidal

AGRONOMIST 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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