Parent institution | Ministry of Agriculture (Taiwan) |
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Founder(s) | Government-General of Taiwan |
Established | 1895 |
Head | Lin Hsueh-shih (林學詩) [1] |
Location | , , |
Website | https://www.tari.gov.tw/english/ |
The Taiwan Agricultural Research institute is a research institute in Taiwan under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture.
The Taiwan Agricultural Research institute (TARI) was founded in 1895 by the Government-General of Taiwan during Japanese rule. [2]
TARI began to study watermelon in the 1950s and has developed numerous varieties. [3]
TARI has engaged in significant pineapple breeding since the Japanese colonial period with the Tainung No. 1 being introduced in 1934. [4] The variety Tainung No. 23 (bred from Tainung No. 19 and Tainung No. 21) smells like mangos and is well adapted to Taiwan's environment. [5]
In 2019 TARI released a heat tolerant green onion variety intended to allow farmers in the south of Taiwan to produce green onions in the summer. [6]
Research into the sweet potato at the Chiayi research station began in 1922. [7]
In 1991 the World Vegetable Center (WVC) chose to end its sweet potato research due to high costs and other institutions with a tighter focus coming into existence. The WVC duplicated and transferred its research and germplasm to the International Potato Center and Taiwan Agricultural Research institute. [8]
The institute has developed a bruise resistant variety of strawberry called Tainung No. 1. [1]
Parent institution | Ministry of Agriculture (Taiwan) |
---|---|
Founder(s) | Government-General of Taiwan |
Established | 1895 |
Head | Lin Hsueh-shih (林學詩) [1] |
Location | , , |
Website | https://www.tari.gov.tw/english/ |
The Taiwan Agricultural Research institute is a research institute in Taiwan under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture.
The Taiwan Agricultural Research institute (TARI) was founded in 1895 by the Government-General of Taiwan during Japanese rule. [2]
TARI began to study watermelon in the 1950s and has developed numerous varieties. [3]
TARI has engaged in significant pineapple breeding since the Japanese colonial period with the Tainung No. 1 being introduced in 1934. [4] The variety Tainung No. 23 (bred from Tainung No. 19 and Tainung No. 21) smells like mangos and is well adapted to Taiwan's environment. [5]
In 2019 TARI released a heat tolerant green onion variety intended to allow farmers in the south of Taiwan to produce green onions in the summer. [6]
Research into the sweet potato at the Chiayi research station began in 1922. [7]
In 1991 the World Vegetable Center (WVC) chose to end its sweet potato research due to high costs and other institutions with a tighter focus coming into existence. The WVC duplicated and transferred its research and germplasm to the International Potato Center and Taiwan Agricultural Research institute. [8]
The institute has developed a bruise resistant variety of strawberry called Tainung No. 1. [1]