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Improvements of Upland Foods and Special Crops

Taoyuan District Agricultural Research and Extension Station, Ministry of Agriculture


Improvements of Upland Foods and Special Crops

●Developed and released cultivars such as sweet potato Taoyuan No. 1, leafy sweet potato Taoyuan
No. 2, mesona Taoyuan No. 1 , and yam Taoyuan No. 4 for commercial production.
●Released a new sweet potato cultivar, Taoyuan No. 3, with characters of high beta-carotene content,
early maturity, and stable yield.
●Studying the cultural practices in yam, May Chang, noni, and physic nut.
●Conducting germplasm collection, adaptive trials, and processing experiments in medicinal plants and
energy crops.

Sweet potato cultivar Taoyuan No. 1,Sweet potato cultivar Taoyuan No.3,Leafy sweet potato Taoyuan No.2, Fruits and plants of energy crop.physic nut, Mesona cultivar Taoyuan No.1 and Yam cultivar Taoyuan No.4.

May chang plants and fruits and Noni plants and fruits.

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