About the Horticulture Laboratory
The Horticulture Laboratory focuses mainly on the research of horticultural crops and agricultural product processing.
- The research on horticultural crops involves the breeding of new varieties, cultivation techniques, and industry guidance for vegetables, flowers, and specialty crops. The main crops studied include Hibiscus sabdariffa, spiny bitter gourd (Momordica cochinchinensis (Lour.) Spreng.), winged bean, native vegetables, Dendrobium nobile, ferns, Vanilla planifolia, herbs, Hemerocallis citrina, and Bixa orellana.
- The agricultural product processing research focuses on the important characteristic crops in Taitung, using them as raw materials to develop processing techniques, products, and provide industry guidance. The agricultural product value-added sampling center offers farmers a variety of agricultural product value-added services. The main crops studied include rice, millet, pigeon bean, pearl millet, A. squamosa, A. squamosal × A. cherimola, Annona muricata, Hibiscus sabdariffa, spiny bitter gourd, Vanilla planifolia, and Bixa orellana.
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| Spiny bitter gourd (Momordica cochinchinensis (Lour.) Spreng. |
Roselle ʻTaitung No.6-black crystalʼ |
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| Winged bean 'Taitung No.1' | The sterile therapeutic aquatic bottle of Marsilea minute L. |
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| Bixa orellana | Nephrolepis falcata ʻTaitung No.1ʼ |
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| Selective breeding of Dendrobium nobile strains | Dendrobium nobile |
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| Vanilla planifolia |