Taiwan

A Full Range of Customized Services from ATRI Agro-Microbial Plant in Taiwan

Hsiu-Fen Lin
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
“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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Commercial biopesticide for strawberry

Hsiu-Fen Lin
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain CL3 (BACL3) was screened by Taiwan Agricultural Chemicals and Toxic Substances Research Institute, COA and has been technology transferred to Sinon Corporation. Sinon Co. has developed and registered a suspension concentrate (SC) formulated...
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Advances cultural techniques for effectively reducing strawberry crop loss

Hsiu-Fen Lin
The total strawberry production area in Taiwan is about 550 hectares, with an average yield of 13, 619 kg per hectare. In 2016, around 7,487 tons of strawberries were produced, valued at nearly TWD 1.8 billion (USD 59.3 million). (Agricultural Statistical Yearbook, Executive Yuan Agriculture and...
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The rising star of Photobacterium: Both insecticidal and antibacterial effects

Feng-Chia Hsieh
Photorhabdus luminescens, formerly Xenorhabdus luminescens, is an insect pathogenic gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium of the family Enterobacteriaceae, with the characteristic of forming a symbiotic relationship with Heterorhabditis spp. P. luminescens was isolated from...
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