Ph.D. supervisor, Chief Scientist of the Chinese Academy of Forestry, and Director of the Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry.

Prof. Xu Daping concurrently serves as the Director of the Precious Tree Species Branch of the Chinese Society of Forestry, Director of the Research Center for Tropical Precious Tree Species Cultivation Engineering Technology, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Director General of the National Innovation Alliance of Forestry and Grassland Precious Tree Species Industry, and Deputy Director General of the Guangdong Society of Forestry. He is also the editorial board member of journals such as Forestry Science Research, Journal of Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Guangxi Plants, and World Forestry Research.

Prof. Xu Daping has been engaged in research on tropical plantation cultivation and breeding technology for a long time, focusing on the breeding technology of new varieties of precious tree species, efficient expansion of improved varieties and new varieties, etc. He has successively led 15 key scientific research projects, including national key research and development projects, national science and technology supporting projects, national research projects, forestry public welfare projects, projects funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China, and Guangdong provincial forestry science and technology innovation projects. Breakthroughs have been made in the research fields of selective improved varieties breeding for tropicalplantation, high-efficiency cultivation, growth promotion of precious heartwood, and technology promotion. With his efforts, more than 400 germplasm resources of Dalbergia odorifera, Aquilaria spp. and Santalum album have been saved and preserved. Prof. Xu Daping has published five monographs, obtained 10 national authorized invention patents, published more than 120 academic papers, and obtained multiple awards on science and technology at national, provincial and ministerial levels.

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