Assistant Professor Arak Tira-umphon, Ph.D.
School of Crop Production Technology
Institute of Agricultural Technology , Suranaree University of Technology
Asst. Prof. Arak Tira-umphon, Ph.D.
Contact: +66(0)-4422-4358
arak@sut.ac.th
Education
- Ph.D (Plant Biotechnology), Toulouse University (INP/ENSAT), Toulouse, France
- M.Sc (Horticultural Breeding), Kasetsart University, Thailand
- B.Sc (Horticulture), Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Area of Expertise
- Plant Breeding
- Plant Physiology and Biotechnology
- Horticultural Crop Production Technology
- Vegetable Crop and Seed Technology
Current Research
- Conventional and Molecular Breeding of Melon
- Tissue Culture for productively Local Vairiety of Orchid and New Orchid Breeding by mutation Technique
- The Expert System for Decision Support for Melon Production
- Organic Seed Village of Lettuce
- Water Meal Production with Hydroponics
Selected Research output/Publication
- Jia-ju, Lu., Ahmad, Ali., Er-qi, He., Guo-qiong, Yan., Tiraumphon, Arak and San-Ji, Gao. (2019). Establishment of an open, sugar-free tissue culture system for sugarcane micropropagation. Sugar Tech. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-019-00758-1
- Nitwatthanakul, N., Tira-umphon, A. and Tiengtum, P. (2018). Factors affecting to callus formation in ovule culture of melon (Cucumis melo L.). In International Forum-Agriculture, Biology, and Life Science Conference. April 6-8, Nagoya, Japan. Pp 70-75.
- Rittiram, J., Nitwatthanakul, N. and Tira-umphon, A. (2018). Effects of shaded net color on yield and quality of lettuce in hydroponics system. Agricultural Sci. J. 49: 1 (Suppl.): 85-87.
- Chaphimai, W., Nitwatthanakul, N. and Tira-umphon, A. (2018). Effect of cultural condition and seed source on quality and yield of lettuce in hydroponic. Agricultural Sci. J. 49: 1 (Suppl.): 88-91.
- Nakmai, A., Nitwatthanakul, N., Daorueang, P., Nonkhuntod, J. and Tira-umphon, A. (2018). Effect of green-house and substrate media type on fruit quality of melon. Agricultural Sci. J. 49: 1 (Suppl.): 106-109.
Patent
Jiaju L., Tira-umphon A., Shifu L., Yufei Z., Fanzhi L., Zhenxue Z., and Xiangyong L.,Net photosynthetic rapidly determinate system for a whole plantlet in vitro. Patent Number: ZL 2013 2 0823127.4, December 16th, 2013.