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Irresistibly attractive-Pheromones

Yu-Cheng Su
2021.01.07
When a chemical substance acts on the same species to change or stimulate certain behaviors, it is called "pheromones", while those act on different species are called "allelochemicals". The use of pheromone can be used as a tool for monitoring, sampling and investigating the population dynamics of...
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Endophytes and their application as biostimulants in Taiwan

Chieh-Chen Huang
2020.10.07
Plant biostimulants include diverse microorganisms and active metabolites that conduct beneficial effects on plants and improve their capability to face adverse environmental conditions. As one of the emerging issues in agriculture is the decreasing productivity in both quality and quantity of...
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The treasure of mud volcanoes

Chienyan Mark Hsieh
2020.10.07
Taiwan government has promoted the ten-year program (2018-2027) for reducing chemical pesticide usage by half, so the R&D and commercialization of biopesticides have played an important role, meanwhile, the R&D and commercialization of biofertilizers also have played an important role in...
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A Full Range of Customized Services from ATRI Agro-Microbial Plant in Taiwan

Hsiu-Fen Lin
2020.07.08
Beneficial Microorganisms has been used to fight plant diseases in agriculture for centuries and drawn more attention because consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about food safety. It has been suggested that in an era of rapid climate change with anticipated increases in crop pests and...
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Main strawberry varieties in Taiwan

Hsiu-Fen Lin
2020.04.01
“Feng Hsiang豐香” Strawberry ( Taoyuan No. 1 ) The “Feng Hsiang” has become the most popular strawberry grown in Taiwan ever since the introduction from Japan in 1985, renamed in 1990 and extended by Taoyuan District Agricultural Research and Extension Station (for more than three decades). It...
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