Website:http://www.itbb.org.cn/en/
1. Overview
The Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology (TBBRI) of the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) is a national agricultural research organization, founded in June 2003. It is mainly engaged in biological science and biotechnology researches on economically important tropical crops and dSTIRInctive bioresources. It enjoys a favorable global reputation and currently has 163 academic staff, 82 of whom hold Doctorate degrees while 49 of whom Master’s degrees. Among the academic staff, 67 are Senior Scientists with 20 as principal senior scientists.
Since its inception in 2003, TBBRI has been granted 261 National, Ministerial, and Provincial research projects/programs including 1 National Basic Research Program of China, known as the “973 Program”. To date, the institute has already published 1,649 papers, including 298 peer-reviewed international publications, and 946 Chinese core publications. Furthermore, TBBRI has also published 27 monographs, has been granted 53 different patents, and has won 44 scientific and technical awards.
The Institute has also developed a number of technologies and integrated solutions to positively benefit agricultural sector, farmers, and rural areas in Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Guizhou and Yunnan provinces of China. It provides technical support on cultivation and planting techniques for tropical crops such as sugarcane, papaya, galangal and eaglewood. It also extends its scientific knowledge and technical expertise to the aquaculture industry.
2. Contact Information
Research Office: Tel: +86-898 6698 9226
Fax: +86-898 6698 7152
E-mail: 66989226@163.com
Address: 4 Xueyuan Road, Haikou, Hainan, 571101, P. R. China
3. Research Areas
Research areas of TBBRI are mainly concentrated on the following fields: germplasm and gene resource, crop genetics and breeding, sugarcane biotechnology, tropical biomass energy, natural products chemistry, microorganism resource and utilization, marine biological resources, biosafety of genetically modified plants and winter breeding in Hainan.
4. Major Achievements
The major achievements of the Institute since its inception in 2003 include: during the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, the overall ranking of TBBRI was 27 in the National Evaluation of the Overall Capacity of the Agricultural Science Research Institutions, while it was ranked as number one in the Bioscience field. TBBRI has been granted 261 National, Ministerial, and Provincial research projects/programs including 1 National Basic Research Program of China, known as the “973 Program”, has already published 1,649 papers. This includes 298 peer-reviewed international publications and 946 Chinese core publications. In the past 10 years, TBBRI has been granted 53 different patents, won 44 scientific and technical awards, and published 27 monographs.
Furthermore, TBBRI has led cassavas research to report draft and fine genome sequencing maps of three different genotypes of cassavas, completed the genome sequencing of the banana wilt pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense races 1 and 4, and has made breakthroughs in self-rooting juvenile-type clone of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) and high-quality papaya and application of molecular markers in seedless Litchi.
