"The National University of Kaohsiung (NUK) forged cooperative ties... with the Taiwan Orchid Plantation, an orchid biotech park located in Tainan County, southern Taiwan... to breed high-quality orchid seedlings and boost the competitiveness of Taiwanese orchids on the international market.
... a greenhouse will be built for the use of academia-industry cooperative research projects. The NUK will also install a laboratory in the park to engage in virus tests on orchids in a drive to breed healthy and high quality seedlings... The cooperation is part of the government's national high-tech development program in agricultural biotechnology being carried out by NUK, National Tsinghua University, National Cheng Kung University, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology and the Taichung-based National Museum of Natural Science. The plantation, located in Hobi township and inaugurated at the end of 2004, covered 23 hectares in the first stage of its five-stage construction plan, and is now at the third stage. When all five stages of the plan are completed, the total area of the plantation will cover some 170 hectares. The Tainan county government welcomes orchid breeders, growers and traders, as well as international marketing companies of floral products and related businesses, to set up offices in the plantation." URL : http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/2007/12/18/135339/Orchid-biotech.htm ************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
