Flowers Group
Contact: Menashe Cohen
Tel: 972-4-6953527, 972-50-396219 menashec@migal.org.il
Agenda
- Know how of the raising blossom yields in orchards
- Improving quality and color in picked flowers;
- Solving virus problem in bulbs;
- Acclimatizing new varieties through model plots.
Ongoing R&D Projects
- Acclimatization of herbaceous perennials requiring cold in the open, and development of formula for their cultivation
- Application of research into Protea plant cultivation and development of decorative branches.
- Technologies for the control of thrips in Iris.
- Development of agro technology to bring forward flowering in peony.
- Development of economic-applicative protocol for the reduction of viruses spreading in reproductive plots of lilies.
- Development of Grevillea branch improvement of its management.
- Development of methods for the production of reproductive material of tulips for export.
- Development of system for rapid reproduction of micro-bulbs through tissue culture for the production of flowering bulbs and pot plants.
- Development of system for rapid reproduction of peony through tissue culture.
- Development of Viburnum tinus as branch of ornamental plant.
- Development of water-saving technique for the production of geophytes and bank plants in lowlands.
- Improving efficiency of utilization of wastewater in blossoming orchards.
- Know how of the influence of harvest height on yield in following year in herbaceous peony.
- Know how of the influence of state of growth on development of wax flower.
- Introduction of Lyocodendron varieties from wild South African stock - management program.
- Technologies for mechanizing Safari Sunset harvesting.
- Development of model farms for the cultivation of Grevillea "Spiderman" in treated sewage water.
- Development of model farm for decorative cultivations during summer season.
- Know how of the physiology of blossoming and reproduction in peony.
- Know how of the response of Lycodendron plant to quantity and spacing of irrigation.
- Know how of the response of Safari Sunset to water allocation and effect of ratio between water and fertilizer under irrigation.
- Technologies for testing geophytes from Central Asia in arid climates.
- Technologies for testing varieties of herbaceous peony.
- Technologies for testing varieties of wax flower under different climatic conditions.