Current projects

Diversity and ecology of fungal endophytes in Taiwan 

Fungal endophytes are fungi inhabit in plants without causing any symptoms. Recently, plant microbiome becomes one of the most important field in biodiversity studies due to the high diversity and the close interactions with plants. Taiwan is located at the boundary of subtropics and tropics with the large differences of elevation which results in the diverse plant communities. Hence, the high diversity of endophytes can be expected. To preserve endophyte diversity in the forests and to understand the relationships among endophytes, plants and environments, we will examine the endophyte diversity in various vegetation types at different altitudes in Taiwan, conduct ecological analyses and compare to the current fungal database following by the systematic analyses to discover the new fungal species in Taiwan. Furthermore, this project aims to construct the endophyte database of Taiwan as the fundamental resource for future agricultural and biomedical research. 

Previous projects

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