At the FlowerTrials , hundreds of new varieties were introduced . This teemingness is enormous , but as long as agriculturalist and ultimately consumer ask for more , stock breeder keep on innovating . That even belong for a relatively minuscule crop like Mandeville , wherein Syngenta introduced no less than twelve new varieties , while simultaneously pull up stakes Dutch grower Piet Kuivenhoven quite proud of indeed .
“ The most awesome thing to achieve as a grower is having the consumer say wow ” , Piet suppose . “ With Mandeville it is specially challenging to get blue leave of absence , more bud and of course of study ever prettier peak . ” Including the growing experience of his father and grandfather , Piet vaunt over 103 years of experience with cultivating this plant . At the same time , Piet is always in for something new , any creation within the assortment can always matter on his exuberance .
That ’s how he stop up refinement the Rio serial in the first place . Back in 2007 Piet visit trial run organised by Syngenta , who sought to broaden the Mandeville securities industry plowshare . Back then the plant life was mostly grown in larger pot size , but Syngenta experimented with grow the plant life in pot sizes as lowly as 10.5 centimetres . Of of course Piet was unforced to strain .
Now , over a decennary after , his enthusiasm hardly decrease . At the same time Cartesian product innovation did not amount to a standstill , on the opposite . For example , until late , and despite being a Mediterranean plant , it easily overdose on sunlight . Now , continuous breeding made this job come to a hitch , whereas flower metre is greatly hold out until first frost .
“ That ’s what the plant life is known for ” , Christine Besson , selling specialiser at Syngenta , adds . “ At the same sentence , negotiating fresh , improved diversity through raising in Mandeville is by no means easy . For a long time , red , white , and pinkish were the only existing colours . Only now , after many geezerhood , we were able to enter raw serial publication ( Rio series , Rio Petite , Rio Grande , and Rio Elegant ) , in a total of twelve new people of color . One of these serial , the Elegant Series , is alone Modern , with colouring that stay vibrant throughout the sunny summer time of year ( seewww.myfavouriterio.com ) . ”
Originating in more southerly land of Europe , Mandeville can be visualize more and more both in northern parts of the continent as well as throughout North America . quite a little size of it 10.5 centimetre is more standard these days , surely due to logistics and economic understanding , but also because new genetics has made cultivation easier .
Piet is always on the spotter , trying to add something new or something limited to his own assortment . “ To me , that stand for reasonableness for work with Syngenta . Every yr I trial about 25 raw Syngenta varieties . This takes time , but when something turns out to be especially interesting , I ’ll be one of the first in line to plunge it into the market . ”
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SyngentaChristine BessonE:[email protected]www.syngenta.com
