Tissue culture & young plants project
OUR VISION
PICO Tissue Culture and Young Plants project envisions being perceived internationally and in the Arab world, as the best quality supplier of a wide portfolio of young plants including indoor and outdoor plants, bedding plants, flowering pot plants and food crops.
OUR MISSION
The tissue-culture plants quality is a main constituent of the final plant’s quality. However, weaning and rooting of plants in plugs after tissue-culture is just as important.
PICO has the facilities, know-how and skilled staff available to wean and root stage 3 tissue culture plants and deliver high quality plants in plugs to the customers.
PICO produces, grows, and sells, young plants, from tissue culture, from cuttings rooted in plugs and from seeds.
Tissue Culture Project
Venturing into the field of plant micro propagation under sterile conditions, PICO developed its high tech tissue culture lab in the late 90s. PICO Tissue Culture Lab is considered as one of Egypt’s most advanced tissue culture projects with a production capacity of 7 million plants annually including fruits, cut flowers, cut foliage, pot flowers and pot plants, that can be supplied directly from the laboratory as “ex agar” (washed) plants.
First to Market
Plants are produced in a relatively short time
Uniform
Guarantee consistent productivity suitable for starting material
Wholesome
Disease free plants
Quality Controlled
Quality guaranteed by solid quality control professional and procedures
Only in PICO
Sole producer of sophisticated and unique varieties
PICO Tissue Culture Lab is the sole agent of unique varieties propagated by PICO’s highly advanced propagation protocols acquired through the cooperation and knowledge exchange with international tissue culture labs and greenhouses.
PICO was first to pioneer the propagation of Fatsia Japonica internationally by using its extensive research and develop methodology and capabilities.
Timely provision of products at desired dates and quantities
PICO Tissue Culture Lab enables its valued customers to set their desired delivery dates and required product quantities through the selection of strong and high specification mother seedlings by TC Lab professionals.
Propagation of Food Crops using direct somatic embryogenesis protocol
With somatic embryogenesis protocol, PICO guarantee’s virus and disease free food in addition to mutation ratio reduction.
Provision of early production, soil disease resistant and high salinity Rootstock fruits
Italian expertise is utilized by PICO professionals to propagate early varieties, that are disease resistant and with high salinity
PICO is an agent and representative of
BANANA
High-quality clones of Grand Nain virus-free
DATE PALM
Barhi – Medjool – Malakaby – Gandella – Sakoty – Shamyia
ROOTSTOCKS
Peach, Palm and Apple
Calathea
Spathiphyllum
Cordyline
Syngonium
Philodendorn
Caladium
Bromelia
Euphorbia
Hydrangya
Gardenia
Bromelia
Double Impatiens
Impatiens New Guinea
Gerbera
Begonia
Single Varieties
Breeze Velvet
Breeze Red Improved
Breeze Rosy
Breeze Dark Bronze
Decorative Varieties
Chrystal Misty Purple
Chrystal Lovely
Chrystal Aubergine
Chrystal Vanilla
Chrystal Fresh White
Chrystal Smile
Chrystal Sunny
Multiflora Varieties
Barcelona Jogger Yellow
Pamplona Jogger
San Remo Runner Bronze
Tarragona Jogger
Cyclamen
Halios-scarlet Red
Latinia-victoria
Light Pink with Red Eye
Magenta Flame
Pure White Early
Halios-Purple
Rose with Purple eye
Halios-Salmon
Orchid
“Phalaenopsis Varieties”
Mini Roses
Bari
Bergamo
Cabo San Vito
Monte Cristella
Moscow
Roma
Sunnybeach
