BIOTECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

Mandates:

• To study and promote cyto-technologies for main crops in the target areas
• To study and promote genetic-engineering based on DNA recombinant technology for main crops in the target areas
• To implement non-degree training and degree one (PhD level) on related sections
• To foster cooperation mentioning research and development on crop breeding and genetics under both international and regional levels

Research Activities:

• Exploiting somaclonal variation and embryo manipulation for crop improvement
• Promotion of micropropagation technique to produce clean and abundant seeds
• Implementing DNA recombinant technology on rice, soybean, cotton, maize to produce “biotec crops” met the demand of the country searching for yield, biotic and abiotic stress tolerance (resistance), raising high quality, high nutrition of agricultural products
• Research and development on promoters, reporters, and selectable markers tended to produce “clean DNA” in gene transformation.
• Research and development on target gene constructs for crop improvement
• Bioassay implementation of transgenic plants and GM products
• Carrying out basic research on molecular biology related to genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics
• International projects (themes) are implemented in target sites mentioning biotic and abiotic stress tolerance, nutritional quality, etc…