Al Wathba Marionnet LLC

Tissue Cultured Date Palms Al Wathba Marionnet L.L.C. P. O. Box: 41522, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Tel. (971 2) 6661522 Fax. (971 2) 6663850 Email: [email protected] [email protected] INQUIRY FORM DATE PALM IN THE U.A.E. RELATED PARTIES Al Wathba Marionnet LLC" is a leading plant bio-technology company established in Abu Dhabi in 1997, as part of the U.A.E. Offsets program between France and the United Arab Emirates. It is considered to be one of the world's most important producer of Date Palms through plant tissue culture technology. Al Wathba Marionnet owns a laboratory in Al Ain city where it propagates high quality varieties of date palm in mass quantities to satisfy the increasing demand locally and internationally. The strength of Al Wathba Marionnet lies in the good results shown in the fields where hundreds of thousands of its date palms around the world are planted and no genetic or physiological problem has ever been reported. More Info THE PRODUCT Al Wathba Marionnet propagates more than 14 different varieties of date palm with origins from; U.A.E, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Morocco. Additionally, Al Wathba Marionnet looks into the rare varieties of superior quality and propagate those which thrive under the climatic conditions of U.A.E. and the region. Hence, making rare varieties of date palm available to farmers in big quantities and at reasonable costs. Of these rare superior varieties Al Wathba produces: Zamli, Nawader, Ashal Al Hassa, Ashal Khalas, Um Ed Dahan, Mumtaza in addition to the males: Ghannami and Al Sekka. PRODUCTION PROCESS Plants in-vitro propagation, which is generally called tissue culture, holds a group of techniques which have in common the necessity to work in aseptic conditions and to grow, during a variable length of time, pieces of vegetal material on sterile media. In Al Wathba Marionnet laboratory we use the Somatic Embryogenesis technology. Production process spans over three major phases; in vitro propagation phase (laboratory), acclimatization & hardening phase (greenhouse) and growing and maturing phase (nursery). More Info QUALITY FIRST Al Wathba Marionnet dedicate itself on producing high quality date palm trees. This shows clearly in its strict and accurate production protocols and procedures, which are kept updated with the latest developments of tissue culture technology. As part of its commitment in ensuring the genetic constancy and true-to-type state of the trees, Al Wathba Marionnet attaches a great importance to monitor their genetic stability all along the in-vitro process through carrying out genetic finger printing tests. These tests are regularly carried out on random samples of plants at several growth stages by the G.E.V.E.S. "Group for Control and Survey of Varieties and Seeds" which belongs to the French Ministry of Agriculture. FIELD CONFIRMATION The best way to assess the reliability of a technology is to perform plantations in the field, in the same conditions as a real grove, where the dates show up during the season. A continuous follow up on the morphology and fruit characteristics of our plants during the first five years of production is seriously ensured by several independent official parties. These independent parties vary from governmental experimental stations to international research centers all around the world. More Info THE MARKET Until 1997, Marionnet G.F.A. (the mother company) used to supply the markets of different countries in Africa, the Middle East, the Gulf region along with other date palm growing regions in the world, either directly to customers or through agents and distributors. Since Al Wathba Marionnet was established and its laboratory started production, the entire existing marketing network that used to belong to Marionnet GFA was transferred to Al Wathba Marionnet. Presently, our commercial network covers more than 16 countries around the world. ADVISES FOR GROWERS Some advises that are part of our experience in planting and taking care of tissue cultured date palm plants. Considering these instructions, will help obtaining best results in field. More Info Designed & Developed by: eeWebSolutions.com Home l About Us l The Product l Quality First l Date Palm in the U.A.E. l Production Process Field Confirmation l The Market l Advises for Growers l Downloads l Tell a Friend Copyright 2006 Al Wathba Marionnet L.L.C, All Right Reserved.