Ginosar Agro

The Ginosar elite-cultivars of disease-free banana plants are the result of decades of stringent professional selection from our mother plantations, located in northern Israel. Our premium clones are famous for their high quality, and the superior pe famous for their high quality, and the superior performance in the field. Ginosar Agro invests 15% of its annual budget in research and development of new varieties and agro-technical methods. Breeding for new varieties and clones is an ongoing process which involves selection of exceptional plants, intensive field testing and commercialization. Field research for improved crop management is in the core of Ginosar Agro's R&D. We conduct research in Israel independently as well as jointly with partners in order to unite forces to get a good quality result in the shortest time. Ginosar- Agro is also dealing with developing commercial vegetative propagation of avocado in tissue cultures. This method has significant advantages over the main methods commonly used today: The Frolich & Platt double grafting method which takes a long time and cost a lot. The second propagation method is from seed. The disadvantage in seed propagation is the lack of uniformity. In vitro propagation is not generally used for cocoa, but research is taking place on the subject to find easier in vitro methods of producing clones. We are studying the field of producing the propagation of cocoa plants using tissue culture micropropagation technology, as well as somatic embryogenesis. The development of somatic embryogenesis systems of cocoa trees has opened a new avenue for vegetative propagation and can give answer for the lack of Cocoa in the world in general and in particular lack of high-quality plants of Cocoa in the manner of taste, stability for environmental conditions and high yield. ...view more