Biotecnología para el desarrollo y sostenibilidad agroindustrial del Noroeste Argentino

CASTAGNARO, A. P.; FILIPPONE, M. P.; NOGUERA, A. S.; PERERA, M. F.; VELLICE, G. R.; MAMANI, A.; ONTIVERO, M.; ARIAS, M; RACEDO, J.; GARCIA, M.G.; PAZ, N. ; DIAZ, M.E.; SENDIN, L.N.; PARDO, E.M.; ORCE, I.G.; ROCHA, C.M.L.; SEPÚLVEDA TUSEK, M.; MARTINEZ ZAMORA, M.G.; SALAZAR, S.M.; DANTUR, K.I.; RIGANO, L.; TORRES, P.; CHALFOUN, N.R.; MARANO, M.R.; VOYNOV, A.A.; PLOPER, L. D; DIAZ RICCI, J.C.

Basic and Applied Genetics

SOCIEDAD ARGENTINA DE GENÉTICA

Lugar: Buenos Aires; Año: 2011 vol. 22 p. 1 - 5

1666-0390

In 1994, a group whose aims were both scientific research and technological development was set up. This team was inspired by the increasingdemand of the agro-industrial sector in the North West of Argentina. Besides financial considerations inherent to the productive process, socialand environmental issues were borne in mind when research had to be carried out. The conceptual premises of scientific work were the study,preservation and a judicious use of biodiversity; equally important was the relentless search for phytosanitary management alternatives whichwere friendly to both humans and the environment. Thus, in 1997, the first National Program of Strawberry Genetic Breeding in Argentina startedat INSIBIO (CONICET-UNT), Tucumán. This Institute coordinated this program on a national level. Thanks to an agreement between INSIBIOand the Estación Experimental Agroindustrial Obispo Colombres (EEAOC), in 2002, the EEAOC?s Biotechnology Department, a Unit Associatedto INSIBIO, was founded. One of the main goals of this department was both to develop and adapt technologies to support institutional ongoingprograms which intended not only to increase productivity but also to confer more sustainability to those agro-industries related to sugar andalcohol, soybean and citrus. And most importantly, a new scientific and technological team constituted by professionals working with other groupsfrom different research centers nationwide came into existence. Their common goal has been the improvement of agro-industrial productiveprocesses in order to help build a society which is fair and equitable for both the present and the future.