Professor Piyada Tantasawat, Ph.D.
School of Crop Production Technology
Institute of Agricultural Technology , Suranaree University of Technology
Prof. Piyada Alisha Tantasawat
Contact: +66(0)-4422-4276
piyada@sut.ac.th
Education
- Ph.D. (Plant Breeding), Cornell University, USA
- B.Sc. (Horticulture) (First-Class Honours), Kasetsart University, Thailand
Area of Expertise
- Disease resistant and abiotic stress tolerant varieties are crucial for sustainable crop production. We focus on breeding of economic crops e.g., mungbean and orchid for disease resistance, and cassava for drought and salt tolerance using various biotechnological tools and conventional plant breeding.
Current Research
- Breeding of Dendrobium orchid for resistance to black rot via mutagenesis
- Development of molecular markers linked to powdery mildew and leaf spot resistance and pyramiding multiple resistance genes in mungbean
- Breeding of cassava for drought and salt tolerance by in vitro selection
Selected Research output/Publication
- Khairum A, Poolsawat O, Pornbungkerd P, Tharapreuksapong A, Wong- kaew S, Tantasawat PA (2018). Effects of culture media on Phytophthora palmivora growth, α-elicitin production and toxicity to Dendrobium. Not Bot Horti Agrobo 46: 630-638.
- Chen T, Tantasawat PA, Wang W, Gao X, Zhang L (2018). Population structure of Chinese southwest wheat germplasms resistant to stripe rust and powdery mildew using the DArT-seq technique. Cienc Rural 48(4): e20160066
- Tantasawat PA, Lunwongsa K, Linthaisong T, Wirikitgul P, Campatong N, Talpolkrung N, Tharapreuksapong A, Poolsawat O, Khairum A, Sorntip A, Kativat C (2018). Genetic diversity of water primrose (Ludwigia hyssopifolia) in Thailand based on morphological characters and RAPD analysis. Phyton-Ann Rei Bot A 87: 162-170.
- Khajudparn P, Poolsawat O, Tantasawat PA (2018). Genetic studies in mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek]. Legume Res DOI: 10.18805/LR-392.