台湾糖业研究所的前身是1922年建立的甘蔗试验苗圃及甘蔗试作场,从事甘蔗栽培试验及甘蔗优良品种的引进与繁殖。1932年规模逐渐扩大,改称为台湾糖业试验所,设于台南市现址,开始奠定各项研究基础。1948年起从属于台湾糖业公司,1973年5月改称为台湾糖业研究所。台湾糖业研究所对发展台湾糖业,负有下列各项研究任务:(1)选育甘蔗新品种,提高单位面积产糖量;(2)缩短甘蔗生长期,改善 The predecessor of the Taiwan Sugar Research Institute is the sugarcane experiment nursery and sugar cane trial site set up in 1922 to carry out sugar cane cultivation experiments and the introduction and propagation of superior varieties of sugar cane. Gradually expanded in 1932, renamed the Taiwan Sugar Institute, located in the site of Tainan City, began to lay the foundation for the study. From 1948 onwards belonging to the Taiwan Sugar Company, in May 1973 changed its name to Taiwan’s sugar Institute. Taiwan Sugar Research Institute has the following research tasks for the development of Taiwan’s sugar industry: (1) Breeding of new sugar cane varieties to increase sugar yield per unit area; (2) Shortening the growth period of sugarcane and improving