Iranian Company Produces 67 Varieties of Hybrid Seeds
“So far, seven of the 11 varieties under research have entered the market, and 67 different varieties of these products have been registered and received seed certificate,” said Maryam Golabadi, the chairwoman of the board of directors and deputy director of Research and Development of the knowledge-based company and a faculty member of Islamic Azad University’s Isfahan branch.
“Our products include greenhouse cucumbers, greenhouse tomatoes, outdoor tomatoes, greenhouse peppers, watermelons, and melons,” she added.
Noting that the yield of these seeds is much higher than traditional seeds in terms of quality, product uniformity, and harvest rate, Golabadi said, “Of course, the exact amount of yield increase depends on several factors like the type of greenhouse, the ability of the farmer, and farm management.”
“Farmers are fully aware of the superiority of these seeds, and in Iranian greenhouses, there is practically no cultivation of non-hybrid seeds,” she added.
In a relevant development in January, the president of Islamic Azad University’s Alborz branch announced the construction of a 10-hectare fully smart greenhouse to produce hybrid vegetable seeds.
“For the sustainable, comprehensive and continuous development of its knowledge-based, technological and innovative activities in full compliance with Iran’s policies, our university is implementing various plans, including the construction of a 10-hectare fully intelligent greenhouse relying on hybrid seed production in the field of vegetables and greens in the Mahdasht farm by the end of the university's fiscal year with the participation of agricultural and material innovation centers based on completely indigenous knowledge and technology of university faculty members and the creation of five new innovation centers in accordance with the province's comparative advantages with the help of artificial intelligence,” Hossein Kalantari told ANA.
“Biotechnology-related projects for the development of medical, agricultural, and pharmaceutical products, projects related to information technology and artificial intelligence and participation in the creation of intelligent systems and applied software and artificial intelligence, creating a computer game production hub, environmental projects, renewable energy, precious metal extraction, making a creative house for cultural and artistic industries in the Karaj branch, and designing and implementing creative urban elements, luxurious architecture, and recreating urban spaces are among the various other projects underway at this university,” he added.
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