Luche

themes
 Characteristcs and structure
 Habitat
 Life cycle of the algaes
 Culture and efficiency
 Production
 National and international market
Characteristcs and structure
 talo red algae Cuyo is a thin
sheet foliácea , membranous
consistency , which may have
nerve. (no esta claro)
 It makes photosynthesis and
it has one cell
Charateristsc and structure

 Scientific name: Porphyra

 Common name: luche
 Colour: pink to red
 size: to 10 cm.
habitat
 It´s found in coasts of chile between
Iquique and tierra del fuego.
 It lives in the area of breaking waves.
 It´s distributed all continents from polar
waters to tropical ones including
temperate ones.
Life cycle of Luche
Cultivable o eficiente
 It is very efficient and economical to cultivate Luche in a natural environment,
because you only need sunlight, good water temperatura and suitable
conditions of salinity, in general to surround himself with a clean environment
and environment from which you can eat the microorganisms in suspension in
the water marina, and hot of particulate pollutants. (no esta claro)
Production Cycle Of Pyropia
 Due to its complicated life cycle, the system of cultivation of Pyropia can be
divided into five distinct phases:
-Cultivation of conchocelis.
-Collection of conchosporas.
-Growth in
international market
 China is the main producer of the luche, followed by japan and the
republic of Korea.
 In china two species are cultivated :
-porphyra yezoenziz
-porphyra haitanensis
International market
 Near 90% of these products are exported to international markets and the
remaining 10% is sold in national markets.
National market
 Chile in low consumption is still fight in coast areas
thus there is demand of resource (no se entiende)
 A Korean company started production of "Fight "
Currently, the activities of the Company, have not
yielded the expected results and commercial
production . (no se entiende)
National market
 On the one hand, they have great difficulty obtaining a
fixation of Mass spores " fight " in Las Redes arranged
in the natural environment. Moreover , none have
obtained A sheet of "Fight " organoleptic quality
required by the demanding market . ( no se entiende)