Dr Binod Prasad Luitel, Senior Scientist in Horticultural Science at the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC), has joined the Potato Expert Panel by Potatoes.News. His research experience includes potato breeding, seed production and cultivation physiology.
According to the biography supplied for his expert profile, Dr Luitel joined NARC’s National Potato Research Program as a research scientist in 2004. He has worked on national and international projects and contributed to the development and release of potato varieties for different agro-ecological conditions in Nepal.
His listed projects include work on climate-resilient and processing potato varieties for food and nutritional security, and improvements to tissue-culture and glasshouse facilities for quality seed production in cooperation with KOPIA Nepal Center.
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He received his PhD in Horticultural Science from Kangwon National University, South Korea, in 2012. His subsequent research experience includes work with institutes under Korea’s Rural Development Administration.
His stated areas of expertise include haploid breeding, tissue culture, cultivation physiology, analysis of functional materials in horticultural crops, and phenotypic and molecular characterisation of plant genetic resources.
Read Dr Binod Prasad Luitel’s expert profile and meet the other members of the Potato Expert Panel.
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