| Taiwan Agricultural Research institute | |
| Parent: | Ministry of Agriculture (Taiwan) |
| Founder: | Government-General of Taiwan |
| Established: | 1895 |
| Head: | Lin Hsueh-shih (林學詩) |
| Location: | Wufeng District |
| City: | Taichung |
| Country: | Taiwan |
The Taiwan Agricultural Research institute is a research institute in Taiwan under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture.
The Taiwan Agricultural Research institute (TARI) was founded in 1895 by the Government-General of Taiwan during Japanese rule.[1]
TARI began to study watermelon in the 1950s and has developed numerous varieties.[2]
TARI has engaged in significant pineapple breeding since the Japanese colonial period with the Tainung No. 1 being introduced in 1934.[3] The variety Tainung No. 23 (bred from Tainung No. 19 and Tainung No. 21) smells like mangos and is well adapted to Taiwan's environment.[4]
In 2019 TARI released a heat tolerant green onion variety intended to allow farmers in the south of Taiwan to produce green onions in the summer.[5]
Research into the sweet potato at the Chiayi research station began in 1922.[6]
In 1991 the World Vegetable Center (WVC) chose to end its sweet potato research due to high costs and other institutions with a tighter focus coming into existence. The WVC duplicated and transferred its research and germplasm to the International Potato Center and Taiwan Agricultural Research institute.[7]
The institute has developed a bruise resistant variety of strawberry called Tainung No. 1.[8]