Introduction to TTDI

1. The Thai
Tapioca
Development
Institute
Under the Patronage of HRH
Princess Maha Chakri Sirinthorn
TTDI
www.tapiocathai.org

2. TTDI (HUAY BONG)

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our mission
• To increase productivity through new and better
high yield varieties
• To continue research for better varieties.
• To promote research on wider uses of tapioca.
• To Build Mealybug Parasitoid Centre
• To provide the public with information and knowledge of
tapioca products.
• To develop human resources.
ABOUT TTDI

4. TAPIOCA INDUSTRIAL
PRODUCTS IN EVERYDAY LIFE
Glu-
cose
Syrup
Medi-
cine
Glue
Citric
Acid
MSG
Paper
food
Animal
feed
Paper
Textil
e
Ply-
wood
Bio
Degra
dable
Ethanol
TAPIOCA
STARCH
TAPIOCA
CHIPS
AND
PELLETES

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Promote R&D on Tapioca
• varieties improvement
• production + harvesting technology
• usage of tapioca + starch
(establishment of Starch Research Unit)
Distribute high yield varieties to farmers
free of charge
ABOUT TTDI

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• Propagate new high yield Varieties for farmer
• Transfer Technology + Know how
• Develop new high yield varieties :
Huay bong 60
Huay bong 80
Huay bong 90
• Produce Anagyrus lopezi to control the
Infestation of Pink cassava mealybug
what we do
ABOUT TTDI

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Research, Propagate and Distribute
new elite high yield varieties to farmers
OUR HELPING HANDS
THROUGH THE YEARS
• More than 70 million stalks distributed
• 30 % increase in yield and root starch content
• New high yield varieties now cover
98 % of growing areas

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INCREASE
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Yield (ton/hectare) % Starch Content
Yield and Starch content increase
30
%
PRODUCTIVITY

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Control outbreak of Pink cassava mealybug
within 2 years
• Innovative mass rearing of A.lopezi Parasitoid
• Huay Bong mass rearing facilities regarded as
the largest one in the world
OUR HELPING HANDS
THROUGH THE YEARS

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PINK CASSAVA MEALYBUG

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This invader destroys cassava
plantations and related industries
PINK CASSAVA MEALYBUG
(Phenacoccus manihoti)
Vicious Attack
• Their bodies are covered with a powdery wax
layer, protecting them from chemicals and all
organisms, except A.lopezi wasp
• One pink cassava
mealybug can self
reproduce 500 times
every 30 days
• A single mealybug can produce at least
18,000,000 new mealybugs in 90 days

15. THE HERO: Anagyrus lopezi
Save the Tapioca crop and related industries from huge loss
• Attacks only pink cassava
mealybug
• Was introduced in early 70’s to
West Africa to control pink
cassava mealybug, and
successfully controlled within 6
years
• 500 pairs of Anagyrus lopezi were
imported in 2009 from Benin and
Pink cassava mealybug
sucessfully controlled within 2
years

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Biological control of the cassava mealybug
in Africa 6th. Oct. 2009 Bangkok, Thailand
Anagyrus lopezi De Santis (Hymenoptera:
Encyrtidae)
(=Epidinocarsis, =Apoanagyrus)
Biological control of the pink
cassava mealybug

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HUAY BONG
MASS REARING FACILITY

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Extending longevity at 15oC

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Development of World’s first
Non-GMO Waxy Tapioca
OUR HELPING HANDS
THROUGH THE YEARS

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THAI WAXY TAPIOCA
TTDI CIAT entered into agreement to research &
develop waxy tapioca
Planting 16,000 F2 seeds at TTDI-Huaybong
2009…
Identification and Selection by Kasetsart
University at TTDI-Huaybong
2010-2013
2008…

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WORLD’S FIRST NON-GMO
WAXY CASSAVA VARIETIES

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WAXY
TAPIOCA STARCH

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OUR
ORGANIZATION
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20
40
60
80
100
%Amylose
Maize
Hylon V
Hylon VII
Rice
High
amylose
Wheat
High
amylose
Potato
Low
amylopectin
starch (LAPS)
High
amylose
Pea
Waxy
Tapioca
Maize Rice Wheat Potato Pea Tapioca
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80
60
40
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%Amylopectin
Waxy Waxy Waxy Waxy
Pea
BIODIVERSITY :
COMPOSITION OF VARIOUS STARCHES

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OUR
ORGANIZATION
CONTACT US
TheThaiTapioca
Development Institute
15th Floor Lumpini tower
Rama4 Bangkok 10120
Phone: (662) 679-9112-6
Fax : (662)-679-9117
ttdi@tapiocathai.org
www.tapiocathai.org

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