Sexual Breeding
The company has Base Populations for improvement and a genetic reserve of more than fifteen species, among them Jequitibá Rosa (Cariniana legalis), Jacarandá da Bahia (Dalbergia nigra) and Ipês (Handroanthus sp.), icons of the Brazilian forests.
Starting from Base Populations composed of dozens of families from diverse origins, the characteristics of these populations will be monitored to identify superior individuals, progenies and provenances to obtain genetic information from the populations or set of materials.
Symbiosis’ genetic improvement program will continuously produce improved materials that will feed the company's plantations, focusing on the species health, volumetric gain (height and diameter), form and quality of the wood, collecting, setting and perpetuating new favorable gene combinations.
Cloning
hrough the cloning achieved by vegetative propagation techniques, such as cutting, grafting and micropropagation, it is possible to leverage the desirable characteristics of superior individuals, selecting and multiplying them until new individuals from the improvement programs stand out.