More than 100,000 olive tree seedlings are ready for planting in Uzbekistan

In the near future, Uzbekistan plans to add to the list of countries that grow olives on an industrial scale and produce olive oil, Narodnoye Slovo reports. In 2010, in the Jambay district of the Samarkand region, on the basis of the Bogbon agro-industrial complex, a laboratory for microclonal propagation of fruit and ornamental trees using the “In vitro” method was created. In a research and production center equipped with modern equipment, more than 30 species of fruit trees atypical for Uzbekistan are cultivated. “Our specialists have prepared more than one hundred thousand olive tree seedlings adapted to local soil and climatic conditions,” says Ilyes Khaidarov, head of the laboratory. — This heat-loving crop is grown mainly in countries with a humid coastal microclimate. However, several years ago, Spanish breeders created the Orbikina olive tree variety, which can withstand frosts of up to 22 degrees. This allowed the farmers of our country, using this experience, to create ...