Taoyuan District Agricultural Research and Extension Station, Ministry of Agriculture
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Rice Improvements

To develop new cultivars with high quality, high yield, lodging-resistance, and better adaptability to
northern Taiwan. Also to produce high quality and organic rice.
●Released and extended cultivars to farmers for commercial production such as Taikeng No.14,
Taoyuan No.1, Taoyuan Glutinous No. 2, Taoyuan No. 3 and Taoyuan No. 4.
●Extended the cultivation area of Taikeng No. 14 to over 20,000 ha.
●Released an aromatic rice cultivar, Taoyuan No.3, to farmers. This new cultivar has characters of
large grain, translucent appearance, taro-like fragrance, and good-eating quality that has been
cultivated up to 1,000 ha.