{"id":26889,"date":"2024-05-09T15:25:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T21:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/?page_id=26889"},"modified":"2024-05-17T15:18:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T21:18:32","slug":"laboratorio-de-biotecnologia-del-catie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/laboratorio-de-biotecnologia-del-catie\/","title":{"rendered":"Biotechnology Laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"26889\" class=\"elementor elementor-26889\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fcb9fef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fcb9fef\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-621d6b6\" data-id=\"621d6b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47adb1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47adb1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biotechnology Laboratory<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2864ba1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2864ba1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>The Biotechnology Laboratory was established in the early 1980s to develop various biotechnological tools applied to the conservation and use of plant genetic resources of strategic importance to CATIE and its member countries. Since its inception, it has made significant contributions to generating knowledge on the propagation, characterization, conservation, and genetic improvement of tropical crops such as coffee, cacao, banana, plantain, abac\u00e1, roots, tubers, forest species, and ornamentals, among others.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"text-align: center;\">The laboratory offers technical advisory services in various<\/strong> <strong style=\"text-align: center;\">topics<\/strong><span style=\"text-align: center; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Development of micropropagation protocols for different species.<\/li>\n<li>Commercial multiplication of plant varieties, clones, elite plants, or other genetic materials.<\/li>\n<li>Training in coffee somatic embryogenesis, establishment of cell suspensions, and management of embryogenic cultures.<\/li>\n<li>Installation and training in the temporary immersion culture system using RITA\u00ae vessels.<\/li>\n<li>Training in the cryoconservation of seeds and different vegetative propagules using various techniques.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc0d24d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cc0d24d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82c249a elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"82c249a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 6\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Laboratorio-germoplasma-CATIE1-768x513.jpg\" alt=\"Catie, Turrialba. 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important?\nIt is a product that arises from a cross between living plant or animal organisms through sexual reproduction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The creation and distribution of these hybrids aim to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reduce plant production times<\/li>\n<li>Increase production capacity and reduce costs<\/li>\n<li>Improve resistance to diseases such as coffee leaf rust.<\/li>\n<li>Enhance vegetative vigor and high productivity.<\/li>\n<li>Achieve better adaptability to challenging environments.<\/li>\n<li>Offer excellent beverage characteristics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-361eade elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"361eade\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span 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