Rice Seedling Cooperative. Rice biotechnology and reproduction.
- ACTIVITY: seed production.
- LOCATION: Avenida del Mar 1 (46410) Sueca (Valencia).
- CONSTITUTION DATE: 1986.
- CATEGORY: –
- CONTACT: (+34) 961 702 019.
- NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: –
- INCOME: –
- GENERAL DESCRIPTION: seed production of the most cultivated rice varieties in different rice-growing areas of Spain.
- BUSINESS LINES:
- Production and marketing of seeds.
- Bet on R&D.
- INFRASTRUCTURE: varieties produced:
- Albufera.
- Balilla x Sollana.
- Bomb.
- Fonsa.
- Gleva.
- Guadiamar.
- Jsendra.
- Marsh.
- Sarcet.
- Thaibonnet.
- DATA OF INTEREST: The crop area to which you have access through the member farmers of the member cooperatives corresponds to the 40 % of the total Spanish area (47,000 hectares approx.) 23 associated cooperatives distributed in Huesca, Tarragona, Valencia, Seville, Extremadura and Murcia.
TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPLY/DEMAND:
- Obtaining new varieties of rice through own work or agreements with Research Centers.
- Detection of problems in rice farmers.
- Suitability of the different varieties marketed by the cooperative for use in different industrial processes.
COMPLETED PROJECTS
- Development of an industrial disinfection method to control the rice nematode of certified seed, applied to the Bomba variety.
- Development of genomic tools for the improvement of European japonica rice varieties through analysis of genetic diversity associated with agronomic traits. National Plan for Scientific Research, Development and Technological Innovation 2008-2011 / FEDER-MICCIN.
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