Taiwan

Effective Solutions for Bacterial Wilt and Fusarium Wilt Diseases

Hsiu-Fen Lin
The growth of fresh fruits and vegetables are crucial to applying a good control agent to manage the pest during production. The Solanaceae is essential crops for ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat food. Bacterial wilt disease, caused by Ralstonia solanacearum (Rs), is one of the most...
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Taiwan Seed Products of Fruit and Vegetables

Hsiu-Fen Lin
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. Thanks to...
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Taiwan B&B Industry News

Hsiu-Fen Lin
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...
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Biofertilizers and Microbial Pesticides Subsidy for Taiwan's Farmers

Hsiu-Fen Lin
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,...
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Efficient Solutions for Rice Straw Burning Problem

Hsiu-Fen Lin
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...
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