Taiwan Sugar Research Institute
22°57′56.3″N 120°13′13.3″E / 22.965639°N 120.220361°E
| 台糖研究所 | |
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| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1901 |
| Jurisdiction |  Republic of China |
| Headquarters | East, Tainan, Taiwan |
| Parent agency | Taiwan Sugar Corporation |
The Taiwan Sugar Research Institute (TSRI; Chinese: 台糖研究所; pinyin: Táitáng Yánjiūsuǒ) is a sugar research center of Taiwan Sugar Corporation in East District, Tainan, Taiwan.[1][2]
History
The research center was founded in 1901.
Facilities
The research center spread over 387 hectares of land, including 375 hectares of experimental farmland. It contains a series of bio-reactors and downstream processing facilities, such as chromatography columns, membrane separators, spray drier and crystallizer.
Research
The current research TSRI is undergoing is to find new techniques to raise as much sugarcane as possible per area of usable land and to discover new and resistant sugarcane species from disease and pests.