Questions & Answers
"We have witnessed three economic transformations in the past century. First came the Industrial Revolution, then the Technology Revolution, then our modern era of Globalization. We stand at the threshold of another great change: the age of green economics."
- Ban Ki-Moon,
- Secretary General of the United Nations
"The Anagenesis Trifolia trees are micropropagated in an USDA Certified Laboratory from tissue culture"
- Kyriacos "Sonny" Koutzis
- Co-founder & CEO
"The tree requires 1,200mm of rainfall per annum to be 100% irrigation free. It will survive a drought and id does not die for several years but it will stop growing."
- Kyriacos "Sonny" Koutzis
- Co-founder & CEO
"All the varieties of trifolia are absolutely disease resistant. There are two diseases that can attack it, but we pre-treat all trees to prevent affliction. The trees are also fire resistant."
- Antonis Antoniadis
- Co-founder & Chairman
Trifolia Trees
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What is the IP ownership and corporate history of Anagenesis Trees Corporation?
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Are the trees grown from seeds or saplings? Hybridized? Cloned?
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What is the agronomic history of the tree?
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Do you have a historical report of the plantations in the United States or other locations, i.e. reports on acres and scientific findings?
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On the tree plantation, how far apart are the trees planted?
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Is a 30,000 acre plantation fully covered with trees or does this account for all other needs, including all roads, etc.?
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What is the frost tolerance of the Trifolia?
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After the six cycles of regrowth are over, how much will it cost to replant new trees? Can you provide this on a per-acre basis?
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What happens to the land after the final cycle is completed? Are there any fallback facilities?
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How long will it take to plant 18 million trees?
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In a new location, is it possible to do 20 acres first, as a test, before rolling out the entire 7,000 or 30,000 acres?
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Hybrid tree stock – what is the disease resistance?
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What is the likelihood of the trees being damaged by insects? How would you prevent that? Can the tree become “ill”?
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Termites – are they a problem?
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We need to have a better understanding of the water requirements and the costs for irrigation.
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What is the Latin name of the Anagenesis Trifolia tree?
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Please describe the laboratory used to cultivate for 18 million seedlings.
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What are the waste calorific values of the trees?
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Once the tree is cut from the stump, what is the regrowth like? Some of the pictures show three new stumps coming out of the initial stump? For the next cycle, would there be nine stumps growing? Does this affect the amount of ethanol produced?