Commercial Production of CORYMBIA Hybrids Prospects for Alternate of Eucalyptus

ICFRE-Forest Research Institute Dehradun has signed license agreement to produce commercially high yielding two Corymbia hybrids; FRI-CH-1 and FRI-CH-2 developed by team led by Dr Ajay Thakur of Institute with Biotechnology companies namely;Almaq Laboratory Latur, Maharashtra, Devleela Biotechs, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Hecure Agro products, Delhi and Srujun Biotech, Nashik, Maharashtra.

FRI will provide tissue culture technology for clonal production and culture bottles for upfront fees. The companies can produce and sell clones to farmers and also provide royalty to iCFRE- Forest Research Institute.

These hybrids are fast growing timber which will be ready in three years for pulp and wood composite industries, five years for plywood and in 10-12 years for timbers in agro-forestry.

On this occasion, Dr Renu Singh, Director,Forest Research Institute said that these hybrids will be a game changer for wood industries which is presently importing timber worth rupees 700 billion annually and also give good return to the farmers under agro-forestry.

She lauded the research efforts of 15 years by the team for development and field validation of these hybrids. Sri Rajdev Surana of Devleela Biotechs and Anil Thakur of Hecure Agro emphasized that they are impressed by the field performance of hybrids. All Licensees were pleased to collaborate in this venture.

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