With a strong foundation in agricultural research and development laid during the Japanese era, Taiwanese agriculturalists have been hard at work improving their rice stocks, employing a variety of techniques ranging from mass selection of seeds and the introduction of new varieties, to hybridization and mutation breeding.
台灣水稻育種研究在日據時期奠定基礎，五十多年來，台灣水稻改良技術從簡單的選種、引種，進而利用雜交育種、誘變育種等先進技術，育成的品種多達數百種。