The objective of breeding research is to develop elite turfgrass cultivars and new technologies in plant biotechnology.
The principal research themes in breeding section will include:
- Collection of turfgrass from national and international for further breeding work
- Development of DNA marker such as RFLP, RAPD and AFLP for the classification of grasses
- Development of zoysiagrass lines for stay-green / resistance to pathogen / tolerance to shade and salt by means of cross-hybridization, selection and mutation methods
- Research on the development transgenic turfgrass containing the genes of interests such as herbicide resistance, pathogen resistance gene, cold/hot tolerance gene.
- Collection and the development of ornamental crops for golf courses and other turfgrass-covered area
- Development of fluorescent turfgrass & tulip plants via genetic transformation
(2003 - present co-work with INVITROPLANT Co., LTD.)
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