Website：http://www.eppi-catas.cn/
1. Overview
Environment and Plant Protection Research Institute (EPPRI), Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences is a national research institution, established in 1954, with 131 staff in 20 research groups under 6 research centers, including 53 senior scientists, 56 PhD holders, 36 supervisors for master and PhD candidates.
The mission of EPPRI is to seek solutions to the main problems theoretically and economically of important tropical crops and environmental protection in China, committing to develop and extend research achievements in plant protection to the tropical agricultural industry, to promote eco-agriculture in tropical China for environmental protection purposes, and develop international collaboration and exchange in the mandated area.
EPPRI pays more attention to monitor and control of important tropical pests, early warning and controlling of invasive species, bio-control resources research and utilization, innovation and application of tropical plant protection resources. Other high priorities include tropical fruit and vegetable post-harvest storage and transport, ecological agriculture, environmental safety assessment and pollution control, and important pathogen functional genomics research. Besides research activity, EPPRI is committed to provide technical services to farmers in the tropical area.
In the last decades, EPPRI has developed a successful technology to control the coconut leaf beetle by using parasitoids, also use natural enemies to control the important rubber tree pests -- Cerococcusquercus Comstock and six-spotted mite. Testing, monitoring and control technology of important rubber tree leaf disease have been developed. The emergency prevention and the control technology of invasive spiral whitefly were also invented.
2. Contact Information
Research Office: Tel: +86-898-66969233
Fax: +86-898-66969211
E-mail: hzs23304892@vip.163.com
Address: No. 4 Xueyuan Road, Longhua District, Haikou, Hainan, 571101, P. R. China
3. Research Areas
The EPPRI is mainly engaged in the basic and applied research on pests & disease detection and control for major tropical crops including rubber tree, cassava, oil palm, sugarcane, banana, mango, litchi, longan, coconut, areca nut, melon and vegetables, etc., on agricultural environment protection and pollution control, ecological or circular agriculture, and environmental impact assessment and risk analysis.
There are eight areas for EPPRI studies: (1) Monitoring and control of tropical important pest, (2) Early warning and controlling of invasive species, (3) Bio-control resources research and utilization, (4) Innovation and application of tropical plant protection resources, (5) Tropical fruit and vegetable post-harvest storage and transport, (6) Ecological agriculture, (7) Environmental safety assessment and pollution control, and (8) Important pathogen functional genomics research.
4. Main Achievements
EPPRI has accomplished over 90 achievements at national and ministerial level, 26 national patents authorized, and preparation and revision of 41 agricultural industry standards for Ministry of Agriculture and 13 for Hainan Province, and over 1500 scientific articles and 30 monographs published.
In the last decades, the coconut leaf beetle has caused big damage to coconut industry in Hainan. Parasitoids of Asecodes hispinarum Bouek and Tetrastichus brontispae Ferriere were introduced to solve this problem. A companion predator release technology was developed specially. These technologies helped to reduce direct economic losses of more than 56 million RMB and made the environment much better, as was awarded a special prize by Hainan Provincial Department of Science and Technology.
Environment and Plant Protection Research Institute (EPPRI), Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences is a national research institution, established in 1954, with 131 staff in 20 research groups under 6 research centers, including 53 senior scientists, 56 PhD holders, 36 supervisors for master and PhD candidates.
The mission of EPPRI is to seek solutions to the main problems theoretically and economically of important tropical crops and environmental protection in China, committing to develop and extend research achievements in plant protection to the tropical agricultural industry, to promote eco-agriculture in tropical China for environmental protection purposes, and develop international collaboration and exchange in the mandated area.
EPPRI pays more attention to monitor and control of important tropical pests, early warning and controlling of invasive species, bio-control resources research and utilization, innovation and application of tropical plant protection resources. Other high priorities include tropical fruit and vegetable post-harvest storage and transport, ecological agriculture, environmental safety assessment and pollution control, and important pathogen functional genomics research. Besides research activity, EPPRI is committed to provide technical services to farmers in the tropical area.
Besides pests of rubber tree, control studies were also made on important diseases of rubber tree, such as Corynespora leaf fall disease (clfd), collectrichum leaf disease, and powdery mildew. For these three diseases, the genetic diversity has been found and molecular detection techniques have been used. A test product named Bao Ye Qing for the control of the diseases was developed. Achievement of this project was awarded the first prize by Hainan Provincial Department of Science and Technology in 2012.
