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Thai researchers boost export potential of local durian through innovative ripening inhibition technology

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The National Research Office (NRO), under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation in Thailand, announced it supports the transfer of durian production technology and ripening inhibition technology.

This support is particularly for the local “Lap Lae Durian,” which aims to help export Thai durians to the international market. The move was initiated by Wiparat Dee-Ohng, Director of the NRO, instructing the NRO’s Information and PR team to lead a group of journalists to visit a research project area related to “Knowledge Management and Transferring Durian Production Technology for Commercial Use in Lower Northern regions.”

As part of the project, a team of researchers from Naresuan University, led by Associate Professor DR Peerasak Chaiyprasat, is working to increase the potential and standard of local durian varieties…

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