{"id":490,"date":"2026-03-15T20:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T23:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grupovitaceahijuelas.com\/?p=490"},"modified":"2026-04-13T20:46:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T23:46:01","slug":"vitacea-biotechnology-specialist-conducts-technical-visit-to-grupo-hijuelas-in-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grupovitaceahijuelas.com\/en\/especialista-em-biotecnologia-da-vitacea-realiza-visita-tecnica-ao-grupo-hijuelas-no-chile\/","title":{"rendered":"Vit\u00e1cea biotechnology specialist conducts technical visit to Grupo Hijuelas in Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grupo Vit\u00e1cea Brasil continues to expand its investments in innovation and technology applied to fruit plant production. As part of this drive, agronomist Patr\u00edcia Ulguim, recently joined to the company's team and responsible for the biotechnology area, conducted a technical visit to Grupo Hijuelas in Chile during the first week of March, one of the world's leading enterprises in the production of fruit and ornamental plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the visit, Patr\u00edcia had the opportunity to gain detailed insight into the different stages involved in plant production through advanced propagation systems. The technical itinerary included monitoring of the entire production process, from the selection and maintenance of mother plants, through in vitro establishment, multiplication and rooting phases, to the final stage of plant acclimatisation in a controlled environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beyond micropropagation techniques, the visit also allowed observation of the high level of technology employed in the nursery's operations. One of the highlights was the use of automated systems, including a robot that assists in the transplanting process during one of the production phases, contributing to efficiency gains, standardisation and scale in the production system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another point observed was the rigorous quality control adopted at every stage of plant production. Phytosanitary monitoring and continuous technical oversight ensure a high standard of plant health and uniformity of the plants produced, factors fundamental to the sustainability and productivity of fruit-growing systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The experience provided an important exchange of knowledge and exposure to new working methodologies, which could contribute to the development of technical protocols aimed at large-scale fruit plant production through micropropagation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visit also reinforces Vit\u00e1cea's expansion phase in the fruit-growing sector. The company has been investing in laboratory infrastructure, specialised equipment and technical training, with the aim of developing the Vit\u00e1cea Fruit Growing project, focused on the production of fruit plants with high genetic and phytosanitary standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Patr\u00edcia Ulguim<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patr\u00edcia Ulguim holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), a Master's degree in Science from the Temperate Climate Fruit Growing Post-Graduate Programme at the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), and a PhD in Horticulture from the Post-Graduate Horticulture Programme at S\u00e3o Paulo State University (UNESP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With solid academic training and experience in plant physiology, tissue culture and plant production, Patr\u00edcia has joined Vit\u00e1cea's technical team, contributing directly to the development of technologies and protocols focused on plant biotechnology applied to fruit growing. Her role marks another step for Vit\u00e1cea in consolidating a technology platform focused on innovation, applied research and fruit plant production to a high quality standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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O Grupo Vit\u00e1cea Brasil segue ampliando seus investimentos em inova\u00e7\u00e3o e tecnologia aplicada \u00e0 produ\u00e7\u00e3o de mudas frut\u00edferas. Como parte desse movimento, a engenheira agr\u00f4noma Patr\u00edcia Ulguim, rec\u00e9m-integrada \u00e0 equipe da empresa e respons\u00e1vel pela \u00e1rea de biotecnologia, realizou na primeira semana de mar\u00e7o uma visita t\u00e9cnica ao Grupo Hijuelas, no Chile, uma das empresas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sem-categoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grupovitaceahijuelas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grupovitaceahijuelas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grupovitaceahijuelas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grupovitaceahijuelas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grupovitaceahijuelas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grupovitaceahijuelas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":492,"href":"https:\/\/grupovitaceahijuelas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions\/492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grupovitaceahijuelas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grupovitaceahijuelas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grupovitaceahijuelas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grupovitaceahijuelas.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}