In 1973 the government of the Republic of China, in cooperation with some other neighboring nations, established the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center in Tainan, to improve species and culturing methods. More than 10,000 varieties of breeding plants were brought from all over the world for the cultivation and development of new vegetable species which are heat tolerant, high yielding, resistant to insect pests and wind resistant.
早在民國六十二年，我國政府就與亞洲有關國家合作，在台南縣善化鎮設立了「亞洲蔬菜研究發展中心」，從事品種及栽培法的改良；同時，並自世界各地引進育種材料萬餘種，由各科專家通力合作，培育耐高溫、豐產、抗病蟲及抗風的新品種以便推廣。