Tian, Daike
Shanghai, China
Topics:
- Understanding germplasm diversity of wild lotus worldwide based on morphological characteristics and molecular evidences
- How to breed, name and register a new lotus cultivar
- Taxonomy and germplasm diversity of waterlilies
Biography:
Principal Investigator and Professor of Chenshan Plant Science Research Center of CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, and Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai. Vice-president of Aquatic Flower Branch of Chinese Society for Horticultural Sciences; life member of Chinese Society for Horticultural Science (CSHS), the board member of Lotus Branch of China Flower Association (LBCFA), life member of International Waterlily & Water Gardening Society (IWGS). Director of Begonia Committee of China. A passionate and energetic botanist, horticulturalist, plant hunter, breeder and research team leader with particular interests in Nelumbo, Begonia, Nymphaea and Saxifraga.
He proposed and founded The Aquatic Flower Branch of Hunan Flower Association (AFBHFA) and is honorary president. He led the development of DUS Test Guidelines for Lotus (Nelumbo) for the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV). He has organized /participated in extensive domestic and international field surveys of plants, and introduced many cultivars. He has delivered over 200 academic and popular science presentations globally.
Daike Tian (Ph.D.), Professor, PI, IWGS International Nelumbo Registrar