Takhli, Thailand
Eurofins Agroscience Services Thailand was established in 2010 and the facility is based in Takhli where field trials are carried out along with laboratory studies focused on insecticides resistance monitoring and one is based in Bangkok in the same offices as Eurofins Product Testing Thailand.
This is the first non-national agroscience CRO to be established in Thailand. Thailand acts as the Asian HQ for Eurofins Agroscience Services activities. Download our brochure here
Services
In Thailand, we are able to conduct following services:
- Field trials of crop protection compounds for bio-efficacy, selectivity, vigor and residual activity
- Field trialing of seed care compounds for bio-efficacy, bio-tonic effect, vigor and yield
- Testing of compounds for household, public health and urban pest control use
- Testing of compounds for storage pest control
- Field studies to determine potential and suitability of crop varieties
- IRM-baselines, pressuring(change in susceptibility) in DBM,Heliothis,Spodopteraand BPH
- Field part of residue studies (OECD GLP if required)
- Ecotox (expertise from EU)
- Regulatory Services
- Project Management
Mosquito Studies
The team in Takhli has recently conducted several LLIN (Long Lasting Insecticide Nets) semi field studies in tunnels with various mosquito species (Aedes, Anopheles and Culex).
Mosquitoes were sourced from the Department of Medical Entomology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University. Furthermore, Takhli has GLP capability - to discuss this further, please contact Jean-Louis Allard.
Cropping capabilities
A wide variety of crops can be grown at the Takhli station and the surrounding area. At the Takhli station, we are able to grow:
- Vegetables - i.e. cabbage, kale, eggplants, chilli, tomato, sweet corn, etc
- Field crops - i.e. maize, cassava, cotton, sugarcane
- Within the rest of Thailand:
- Rice (wet and dry sown) and transplanted
- All vegetables and field crops mentioned above as well as fruit crops, like citrus, mango, durian, grapes etc.
- Plantation crops like oil palm and rubber can be reached in the south
Geography and Climate
Thailand is located at the centre of South East Asia. To the north, it is bordered by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia and to the west by the Andaman Sea. The country covers an approximate area of 513, 120 square kilometres. The north is noticeably more mountainous, the centre predominantly plateau and the south consisting of a narrow strip to the Malay Peninsula.
The Thailand field station is situated at Takhli around 200 kilometres north of Bangkok. The station is situated at the foot of a small hill composed of limestone. Thirty kilometres to the North West of Takhli mainly consists of rice growing areas. To the south, the main crops are sugarcane and maize.
Thailand enjoys a tropical climate that is typically high in both humidity and temperature. The local climate is tropical and characterised by monsoons. Mid-May to September is rainy, warm and cloudy in the south west. In November to mid-March a cool, dry north east monsoon passes through. The south is always hot and humid.
Soil types
Within the region the soil tends to be clay-loam which is a mixture of sand, clay and silt.
Contact information
General and Facility contact: Sujit Chutibhapakorn +66 56 374 563 / +66 8178 60616
Eurofins Agroscience Services Ltd,
98/2 Moo 19,
Tumbol Takhli,
Takhli District,
Nakhon Sawan 60140,
Thailand
