Vericlone
tissue technologies Inc.
There is
nothing more graceful than the elegance of blooming orchids. Flowering orchids
are the most sought after potted flower plants. There is something mysteriously
positive about orchids that make them so popular not only amongst florists, but
the common masses too. Everybody wants orchids; in weddings, at events, in
their homes and so on.The global volume of floriculture production is growing
at a constant rate of ten percent per year. With horticulture techniques
advancing at an unfathomable rate, production costs have gone down
substantially thus leading to a rise in the orchid produce.With about 1,000
genera and about 30,000 species, orchids are known to be among the most evolved
flowers.
Growing
orchids is a business covering around eight percent of the world floriculture
trade which holds the potential to alter the landscape of an economy. The
current advanced technology in genetics permits us to produce crops with high
yield, disease resistance and optimum nutritional content beneficial for our
people and economy.
The Vericlone
laboratory specializes in R&D of orchid plant micropropagation through
embryogenesis, and commercial production of in-vitro tissue culture orchid
plantlets, focusing on the cymbidium and dendrobium varieties. Our laboratory
operates in a 2000 sq. ft area in Pune. It is fully equipped to comply with
global standards of quality and control. As we proactively contribute to the
new biotechnological revolution using new tissue culture techniques, we have
developed our own specific methods, laboratory and nursery protocols, which
enable us to produce high–quality, pest and disease-free plants with
practically complete field establishment.
Talking about
the orchid production in India, it won't be wrong to say that India is a
significant producer of orchid among other known countries across the globe.
Despite exports being the highest motivators for Indian flower cultivators, the
domestic market is also on the uphill. With about 1,300 species of orchids,
India constitutes about ten percent of the world's orchid flora. The north-east
region of India has the highest representation of orchid genera.
Tissue culture
techniques have made it possible for floriculturists to produce large-scale multiplication
of exquisite and rare hybrid of orchids. This has led to becoming one of the
top ten cut flowers. Being the outbreeders that they are, the propagation of
orchids using seeds leads to the production of heterozygous plants. Therefore
regeneration protocols from various vegetative parts of plants need to be
followed. The prime advantage of using the micropropagation technique is that
one can cultivate more than one variety of a particular plant in a short span
of time. Orchid micropropagation has shown spectacular development in the
recent past but implementation of micropropagation is believed to be restricted
due to problems like exudation of phenolics from explants, transplantation to
field and somaclonal variation
Backed up with
an expertise of thirty years, at Vericlone we understand the importance of
adopting the best practices and hence have adopted the tissue culture
technology only to fabricate optimum quality products.
The lab is solely dedicated to the
micropropagation of orchid, pomegrenate, banana, sugarcane and syngonium,
spathiphilum and anthurium ornamental plants.
Our flowers
and saplings are supplied to farmers and flower growers pan India. Our dealers
proactively ensure that the entire demand and supply chain takes place
smoothly. They provide end-to-end technical assistance and complete end-to-end
solutions at every leap.
As we move
towards our goal of becoming leaders in the horticulture industry, we look at
achieving sustainable growth for everyone involved in the production, supply
and consumption process. Our vision provides a framework for the road ahead and
influences every aspect of our business by creating a foundation to accomplish
sustainable quality growth. We seek to make a qualitative difference to the national
agricultural output by adopting the most advanced technology in plant tissue
culture.
Please write us at: contact-us@vericlone.in
Hrishikesh Sherikar
