Taiwan is located off the southeastern coast of Asia continent, where the Tropic of Cancer passes through the middle of Taiwan. The various weather phenomena in this island brings the best field trial locations to breed new plant varieties which may overcome climate changes.
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In Taiwan, there are three categories of biopesticides: natural product pesticides, biochemical pesticides and microbial pesticides. All the safety assessment data by the GLP laboratory should be submitted for pesticide registration since July 1, 2018. Currently, a total of 55 biopesticide licenses...
In September 2017, Taiwan government announced a 10-year policy target for reducing the amount of chemical pesticide applied over the fields by half, a series of subsidies for biological control agents is provided for the purpose of reducing the dependence on chemical pesticides. On May 25, 2018,...
In Taiwan, the decomposition of rice straw takes 45-60 days after harvest through simply chopped and mixed with soil without any additives. Taichung District Agricultural Research and Extension Station has developed an effective solution for this issue. The accelerating straw decomposition method...
Silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia argentifolii, also known as the sweet potato whitefly), has a wide host range over 500 plant species, including many agricultural crops such as tomato, cucumber, pumpkin, eggplant and green pepper, etc. When silverleaf whitefly feeds on tomato leaves, might cause...
Fo-Ting Shen
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Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Hsing UniversityJob Title
ProfessorE-mail
ftshen@dragon.nchu.edu.twLatest Submission from Taiwan
Taiwan Seed Products of Fruit and Vegetables
Taiwan B&B Industry News
Biofertilizers and Microbial Pesticides Subsidy for Taiwan's Farmers
Efficient Solutions for Rice Straw Burning Problem
Silverleaf Whitefly Pesticide-free Control!
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