1. Coconut research mainly engaged in germplasm collection, preservation, evaluation, cultivation of new varieties, developing nutritional values of crop through eco-physiological parameters, high yielding and high efficient planting pattern and marker-assisted breeding technology, coconut tissue culture technology.

2. Oil Palm research mainly engaged in introduction and selection new oil palm varieties; Collection, preservation and identification of germplasm; breeding and propagation of excellent varieties; high-yield cultivation and Industry economics.

3.Oil Camellia research mainly engaged in germplasm collection, evaluation, utilization and high-yield cultivation technology development, especially on introduction and breeding work, Standard Operation Procedure cultivation and Good Agricultural Practice base construction.

4.Peanut research mainly engaged in collecting and preserving peanut germplasm resources in tropical areas at home and abroad. Breeding of peanut cultivars is aimed to get  high yield, characteristics and high resistance varieties.

5.Areca research mainly engaged in basic and applied research,  technology demonstration and promotion of Arecanut germplasm resources collection, preservation, identification and evaluation, new variety selection and breeding, high-yield cultivation technology and Arecanut plantation compound management model.

6.Germplasm resources research largely engaged in tropical palm plants such as date palm and oil crops. It focuses on the collection, preservation, identification, evaluation and innovative utilization of good varieties.

7. Biotechnology research commonly engaged in the analysis and linkage analysis of important agronomic traits of tropical oil crops including; coconut, Areca and oil palm and other tropical palm plants, and the basic and applied basic research on the development of characteristic molecular markers.

8.Plant protection research extensively engaged in the biology, ecology, pathogenesis, disaster mechanism and integrated control technologies of Brontispa longissima Gestro, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Oliver, Opisina arenosella Walker, Tirathaba rufivena Walker. Integrated prevention and control technology，biological characteristics and harm mechanism of yellow leaf disease of Areca, stem bleeding disease of coconut truck rot disease of coconut were controlled..

9.Product processing research principally engaged in the postharvest physiology processing properties, activity evaluation and functional products development, upgrading of traditional food processing, oil processing and oil chemical, multiple utilization of byproducts, standardization system perfection and product quality and safety of coconut, betel nut, oil palm, Camellia oleifera and other tropical oil crops and tropical palm plant.