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Hirata Lab
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This lab explores environmentally friendly crop production through green manure crops and no-till cultivation.
AboutAbout the lab
Low-input crop production suited to Hokkaido's fields
Assistant Professor Toshiyuki Hirata studies how to make crop cultivation methods suited to Hokkaido's growing conditions more efficient.
Today's crop production must respond to rising costs caused by fertilizer price increases and water shortages, as well as to fertilizers, pesticides, and greenhouse gases leaving the field.
Aiming for cropping systems that avoid overspending on money and materials and place a small burden on the environment, the lab investigates how to use green manure crops and the effects of no-till cultivation, which grows crops without plowing.
The lab belongs to the Research Farm of the Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere.
Key terms
- Cropping system
- The way a field is used: which crops are grown, in what order or combination, and how
- Green manure crop
- A crop grown not for harvest but to be plowed into or laid over the field to improve soil nutrients and properties
- No-till cultivation
- A method of sowing and growing crops without plowing the field. It helps preserve soil structure and soil organisms
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies how to make crop cultivation methods suited to Hokkaido's growing conditions more efficient. Aiming for low-investment, low-environmental-impact cropping systems, it comprehensively evaluates the effects of green manure crops and no-till cultivation.
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- Assistant ProfessorToshiyuki Hirata
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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: “Hairy vetch cover crop” Cassiville / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Low-environmental-impact cultivation with green manure and no-till: “Corn in Residue with Healthy Soil ( )” USDA NRCS South Dakota / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Botanic Garden Lab (Kato)): “Hokkaido University Museum in Botanic Garden” K. Takeda at Japanese Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Plant Genome Science Lab): “Glycine soja 5” Dalgial / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Hoshino Lab): “Lonicera kamtschatica” Doronenko 08:29, 9 April 2007 (UTC) / CC BY 2.5 (cropped)
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