Briefing on Rice and Rice Quality Laboratory

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Goal：

Develop new rice varieties and improve cultivation techniques to increase rice yield and quality and reduce production costs. Develop low-carbon, environmentally friendly rice production technology. Strengthen rice quality research and develop rice processing product technology, select varieties with excellent rice quality and good processing suitability, and develop products with diverse and processing characteristics.

Personnel：

2 researchers (1 PhD level, 1 master level), 1 technicians, 2 contracted technician, and 8 temporary personnel.

Facilities and Equipments：

2 two-row rice combine harvesters, 1 rice transplanter, 4 rice mills, 1 broken rice sorting machine, 1 volumetric weight meter, 2 moisture meters, 1 grinding machine, 1 seed counter , 1 whiteness meter, 1 food physical property analyzer, 1 rice tension and pressure tester, 1 rice taste identification team (including freshness meter, cooked rice taste meter, hardness viscometer), 1 taste meter, 1 amylose automatic chemical analyzer, 1 rapid paste viscosity tester, 1 food taste analyzer, 1 near-infrared automatic analyzer

Ongoing Works：

1. Research on rice breeding for low chalky grain ratio and good palatability in response to climate change.
2. Research on low-carbon rice production technology and carbon footprint life cycle assessment of rice production.
3. Establishment of winter wheat and summer rice cultivation system (variety breeding, cultivation management, wet direct seeding technology)
4. Intelligent and precise rice production technology.
5. Establish a rice gene database and molecular marker-assisted breeding technology related to rice quality and resistance to diseases and insect pests.
6. Research on rice quality change trends and development of response strategies under warming and stress.

Future Research Prospect：

1. Breeding of diversified rice varieties and environmentally friendly varieties resistant to diseases and pests.
2. Research and development of smart agricultural net-zero carbon emissions and carbon reduction and carbon sink increase technologies.
3. Research on breeding and cultivation technologies in response to climate change.
4. Improve the food self-sufficiency rate and establish an environmentally friendly rice and grain rotation regional system.
5. A precision breeding system that combines genetic database and molecular marker-assisted breeding.

Recent Research Results：

This laboratory is mainly engaged in rice breeding, cultivation technology research and development and rice quality-related research. 
In terms of breeding, many varieties such as japonica, indica and glutinous rice have been developed, providing an important source of high-quality rice and rice for processing, such as 'Taichung No. 192' (TC192), 'Taichung No. 194' (TC194), 'Taichung Sen No. 197' (TCS197), 'Taichung Sen Waxy No. 2' (TCSW2), etc. Cultivation technology includes labor-saving, efficient and intelligent management, wet and dry direct seeding technology, low-carbon irrigation and management technology research and development. In terms of rice quality, a rice sensory evaluation system, physical and chemical analysis technology, and taste identification instrument applications have been established.