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Bioenvironmental Control Lab
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A lab that studies plant factory technology by artificially adjusting the environment in which plants grow.
AboutAbout the lab
Adjusting plant environments to explore plant factory technology
The lab specializes in phytotronics, academic research centered on bioenvironmental control technology.
Full-time faculty at the Experimental Bioenvironment Control Center conduct research and teach graduate students about advanced plant production systems such as plant factories.
Research topics include domestic production of medicinal plants, vegetable cultivation using artificial light and LEDs, and plant production for fragrance raw materials.
Because the lab does not belong to an undergraduate school, it accepts students starting in the graduate master's program.
Key terms
- Phytotronics
- A name for academic research centered on technology for controlling the environment of living organisms.
- Plant factory
- A facility that grows plants in a closed space where light, temperature, and other conditions are artificially controlled.
- Sand culture
- A type of hydroponics that uses sand as the growing medium and supplies the required amount of nutrient solution.
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The center's full-time faculty specialize in phytotronics, academic research centered on bioenvironmental control technology. Examples of their research include domestic production of medicinal plants, vegetable cultivation in plant factories, and production of roses as a fragrance raw material.
*Illustrative imageDomestic production of medicinal plants
To produce medicinal plants domestically, the lab works on searching for superior strains, establishing cropping types and cultivation methods, and efficiently monitoring useful components.
*Illustrative imageYear-round, planned production of spinach
In a plant factory with artificial light, spinach is grown at suppressed temperatures under LED light sources in short-day conditions. The lab examines growth, yield, and quality, and explores the optimal light intensity, light quality, and irradiation time, aiming to establish a cropping type.
*Illustrative imageSand culture of vegetables under LED light
The lab carries out sand culture, which uses sand as the growing medium, in indoor cultivation with LED light sources. It aims to keep root conditions constant with simple management and to cultivate in a labor-saving way.
*Illustrative imageRose production as a fragrance raw material
Roses for fragrance are grown in the closed environment of a fully controlled plant factory, and petals are harvested without spraying chemicals. Components are extracted by methods such as steam distillation, and commercial use is under consideration.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorSatoshi Yoshida
- Associate ProfessorToshihiko Eguchi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Medicinal herb garden, Acorn Bank - geograph.org.uk - 2887284” David Hawgood / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Domestic production of medicinal plants: “Medicinal Herbs Poisonous Plants-136-80” David Ellis / Public domain (cropped)
- Year-round, planned production of spinach: “At Stream, which cultivates mulberry hydroponically ( )” Satoshi KINOKUNI / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Sand culture of vegetables under LED light: “Free Vegetable Stand” Paul Ottaviano / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Rose production as a fragrance raw material: “Rose Greenhouse 2” Swamianandabhay / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (Microbial Control of Insect Pests Lab): “Beetle Beauveria cf 2026 Südpfalz” InsektenDoku / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Insect Natural Enemies Lab): “Ladybug eating aphids. ( )” DAVID S. FERRY III from PLANT CITY,FL., U.S.A. / CC0 (cropped)
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