Institute of Agricultural Research

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• Leadership in improving and developing grapevine cultivation
• Fruit genomics
• Optimal use of models for managing and ensuring quality of fruit and vegetables
• Integrated production of fruit, vegetables and livestock
• Identification and formulation of enviro-friendly products
• Post-harvest technologies and processes for fruit and vegetables
• Use of precision agricultural systems for fruit trees
• Use of biotechnological methods to improve specific capacities for animal production
• World leader in the management and production of botanical seeds and potato varieties
• Biotechnological use of plants as food for aquaculture
• Utilization of microorganisms as biocontrolling agents
• Utilization of native flora for phytoremediation
• Creation of more than 170 varieties of alfalfa, barley, broad bean, chickpea, corn, dry bean, garlic, lentil, green bean, oat, onion, pea, potato, red clover, rice, triticale and wheat. Click here to visit the Seed Web Site.

• Two new grapevine varieties registered in 2005
• Differentiation of grapevines and origins of Chilean red wines by molecular markers
• Pesticide reduction on tomatoes using models for integrated management
• Identification of native plant metabolites and formulation for their use as biopesticides
• Fertilization reduction by using localized applications assisted by the geographic information system (GIS)
• Dairy cows used as bioreactors to generate milk protein for industrial applications
• Obtaining herbicide-resistant cereal crops by gene introgression
• Production of native bumblebee queens Bombus dahlbomii for beehive commercialization
• Utilization of sludge from wastewater treatment plants as a fertilizer
• Biological control of fruit tree weevil (Aegorhinus superciliosus) with native entomopathogenic nematodes