公司沿革与基洛纳基地
AgriForest 生物技术公司 1984 年创立于加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省奥肯纳根地区基洛纳, 起初为当地果园主提供组织培养矮化果树砧木。公司由加拿大农业与食品生物科技行业内的研究型团队发起, 创立之初就将植物组织培养 (micropropagation) 作为核心技术路线, 用以替代传统扦插、压条等容易带病、整齐度低的繁殖方式。经过四十余年积累, 苗圃目前占地约 12 英亩, 拥有配套的组培实验室、温室驯化区和冷藏出货区, 已成为北美规模较大的组织培养植物供应商之一。
主营业务与品种范围
公司在保留矮化果树砧木这一传统项目的同时, 已将组培品种扩展到荫生树、观赏灌木、玫瑰、铁线莲、紫丁香、萨斯卡通浆果 (Saskatoon berries)、哈斯卡普 (Haskap) 与蓝靛果类、营养保健植物等。年产组培苗超过一百万株, 通过批发渠道直接面向加拿大与美国北部的苗圃、果园、园艺中心及商业种植户。
组织培养技术与质量优势
AgriForest 的组培苗与常规繁殖苗相比具备五项核心优势: 保证无病原; 根系更发达、无根腐问题; 分枝更密、株型更饱满; 移栽后长势更旺; 成活率更高。公司专门设立研究开发部门, 持续试验新品种的组培工艺, 同时与加拿大食品检验局 (CFIA) 体系下的种苗生产规范保持一致, 出货前每一批都经过病虫害与品种真实性双重核查。
批发渠道与客户群
公司批发部 (AgriForest Wholesale Division) 服务对象包括苗圃、园艺中心、商业果园和家庭种植大户。订单可使用在线订购单 (Order Form) 提交, 同时支持电话与电邮询价。客户主要分布在加拿大草原三省、BC 省内地、安大略、魁北克、大西洋省份, 以及美国上中西部、新英格兰、北太平洋西北部和落基山地区。客户在选品种时会得到品种来源 (加拿大萨斯喀彻温大学育种项目、Lidia R. Delafield Stuart 的 Berries Unlimited 系列、日本和波兰系列) 与授粉搭配的书面建议。
近年荣誉与产业合作
2009 年公司在不列颠哥伦比亚省创新理事会 (BCIC) 主办的农业技术商业化 (CAT) 竞赛中获奖, 获得十万元资助; 2019 年获加拿大—BC 省农业创新计划拨款, 用于生产无病榛子种苗; 2022 年获基洛纳商会商业卓越奖 (Kelowna Chamber Business Excellence Award) 农业卓越奖 (Excellence in Agriculture); 2023 年再次入围基洛纳商会商业卓越奖年度技术革新 (Technology Innovator of the Year) 与商业卓越奖两项提名, 同年获得国家研究理事会 (NRC) 共 18.8 万加元的咨询与拨款支持, 用于种苗创新项目。
Company History and the Kelowna Facility
AgriForest Bio-Technologies was founded in 1984 in Kelowna, in British Columbia’s Okanagan region. Its original mission was to supply tissue-cultured dwarf fruit tree rootstocks to local orchardists. From a research-driven start in plant micropropagation, the nursery has grown into a roughly twelve-acre operation with dedicated tissue culture laboratories, acclimatization greenhouses and cold-storage shipping facilities, and is now one of the larger tissue culture plant suppliers in North America.
Product Range and Core Business
Alongside the original dwarf fruit tree rootstocks, the catalogue now covers shade trees, ornamental shrubs, roses, clematis, lilacs, Saskatoon berries, Haskap and honeyberry selections, and nutraceutical plants. Annual production is over one million tissue-cultured plants, sold wholesale to nurseries, orchardists, garden centres and commercial growers across Canada and the northern United States.
Tissue Culture Technology and Quality Advantages
Compared with conventionally propagated stock, AgriForest tissue culture plants are guaranteed disease-free, develop a more fibrous root system free of rot, branch more densely, grow more vigorously after transplanting and establish with a higher survival rate. An in-house research and development department continually trials new varieties for tissue culture, while production stays aligned with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) framework, with every shipment checked for pathogen status and varietal trueness-to-type.
Wholesale Channels and Customer Base
The wholesale division serves nurseries, garden centres, commercial orchards and farm operations. Orders can be placed through the Order Form on the website, and pricing and availability are also handled by phone and email. Customers span the Canadian Prairies, interior British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada, together with the U.S. Upper Midwest, New England, the northern Pacific Northwest and the Rocky Mountain region. Buyers receive written guidance on variety origin (including the University of Saskatchewan breeding program, Lidia R. Delafield Stuart’s Berries Unlimited selections, and Japanese and Polish lines) and pollination pairing.
Recent Awards and Industry Partnerships
AgriForest received CAD 100,000 and third place in the 2009 BC Innovation Council Commercialization of Agricultural Technology (CAT) competition. In 2019 the company received funding from the Canada-BC AgriInnovation Program to produce disease-free hazelnut plants. It accepted the Excellence in Agriculture award at the 2022 Kelowna Chamber Business Excellence Awards and was a 2023 finalist in both the Technology Innovator of the Year and overall Business Excellence categories. Also in 2023, the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) provided CAD 187,980 in advisory services and funding for crop innovation.
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