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AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
is important for the improvement of plant and animal health, to find new
environmental friendly methods for pest control and eradication, to stimulate
the production of healthy food and to provide legal protection to agro-industry.
These efforts will also support human wellbeing in general and protect our
environment for future generations, especially by solving problems related to
difficult climate conditions, to low quality or contamination of soil and to
control pests and diseases.
The
research in this group is focused on four areas: resources utilization, crop
biotechnology, crop protection and animal and aquaculture biotechnology. Unique
natural resources of
Thailand such as mushroom, endophytes and plant biodiversity
are being searched for beneficial utilization.
The major areas in crop
biotechnology are plant tissue culture, marker-assisted selection, genetic
engineering and functional genomics, which are recently applied to several crops
such as rice, cassava, rubber, ornamental and medicinal plants.
In addition, modeling and
simulation of environmental effects on plant growth and development have been
established. For plant protection, the knowledge needed to identify plant
pathogens using molecular markers as well as gene technology-based entomology
has recently expanded progressively. Shrimp biotechnology is a main issue to
assist farmers in shrimp cultivation, viral diagnostics and breeding programs.
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Group Members : |
Assoc.Prof.
Jarunya
Narangajavana |
Assoc.Prof.
Kanyaratt
Supaibulwattana |
Asst.Prof.
Punchapat
Sojikul |
Asst.Prof.
Siripong
Thitamadee |
Dr.
Napassorn
Punyasuk |
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Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics |
Plant Physiology and Agri-Biotechnology |
Plant molecular biology |
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- Functional genomics study in cassava to improve starch quality and quantity for industrial applications
- Biochemical and molecular genetics related to latex yield and stress response of rubber tree
- Epigenetics control: Implications for plant improvement
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Genotypic and phenotypic responses of plant
under environmental stresses
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Mutation-based study on plant phenotypic and
genotypic expressions
- Plant tissue culture for quantity and quality
improvement of crop plants |
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Plant-based Vaccine Development
- Plant Molecular Genetics
- Plant Biotechnology |
- Testing for bacterial or viral pathogens as causative
agents of Acute Hepatopancreatic Degeneration
Syndrome (AHDS), a newly emerging shrimp disease,
in Thailand
- Study of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) translocation
into circulatory system of the pacific white shrimp by
oral feeding |
- Physiology and molecular biology of plant
under environmental stresses
- Plant metal homeostasis
- Hydroponics technology
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