FUNCTIONS:

The genetics and plant breeding department functions research on genetics and plant breeding on rice and other crops.

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Research on the genome, functional genomics, proteomics, and transcriptomics on rice and target plants; applications of biotechnology, bioinformatics, and quantitative genetics combined with traditional approaches for rice and other plant breeding;
• Utilization of genetic resources such as wild and landraces, creating new gene resources using mutagenesis and tissue/anther/embryo culture for developing new elite varieties;
• Quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis, mapping, and sequencing for target genes; introducing/introgressing desirable genes using the crossing, marker-assisted backcrossing; building standard procedures for rice breeding using traditional methods as well as marker-assisted selection (MAS);
• Biotechnology applications as tissue and cell culture, genetic engineering, gene transformation, gene editing in the plant breeding field;
• Training, technology transfer, cooperation in genetics and plant breeding on rice and other crops.