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Yamori Lab
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The lab studies plant science, uncovering how photosynthesis works to help crops grow better.
AboutAbout the lab
Plant Science Connecting the Field and the Lab
The Yamori Lab studies how crops respond to environmental change, using both physiological ecology and molecular physiology.
It focuses in particular on photosynthesis, aiming to strengthen the ability of crops to produce substances.
Building on this understanding of how crops respond to their environment, the lab also develops cultivation technologies for growing crops efficiently in plant factories.
The lab is located at the Institute for Sustainable Agro-ecosystem Services, a facility attached to the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, in Nishitokyo City.
Key terms
- Physiological ecology
- The study of how the functions of an organism's body work, examined in relation to the environment in which it lives
- Plant factory
- A facility that grows crops by automatically controlling the conditions needed for growth, such as light, temperature, humidity, CO2 concentration, water, and fertilizer
- Mutant
- An individual in which part of a gene has changed, giving it traits different from the original plant. It is used as material for studying gene function
- Compound library
- A set of small molecules (low-molecular-weight compounds) with a wide range of properties, collected together
NewsLab news
Guidance session for the Session B graduate school entrance exam of the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology to be held (10/17)
Enhancing Rubisco through chloroplast genome editing to improve photosynthesis and plant productivity (joint research with researchers inside and outside the university)
Designing plant architecture with light to promote photosynthesis (joint research with Stanley Electric)
Toward rice that withstands "light fluctuations" in the future high-CO₂ environment (joint research with Kobe University)
Selective use of far-red light achieves both yield and quality in plant factory lettuce
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to uncover how crops respond to their environment and to use that knowledge to raise crop productivity. Its work ranges from basic research on the mechanisms of photosynthesis, to screening for compounds that enhance photosynthesis, to cultivation technologies for plant factories.
*Illustrative imageSearching for the Game Makers of Photosynthesis
Nearly all the components needed for photosynthesis have been identified, but how they interact is still poorly understood. Using a soccer analogy, the lab aims to clarify who the game maker is and how each player coordinates with the others.
*Illustrative imagePhotosynthesis Responding to Environmental Change
The light intensity and temperature that plants experience vary greatly with weather and with how leaves overlap. Using wild plants and mutants such as Arabidopsis, rice, and tobacco, the lab investigates how photosynthesis responds to the environment.
*Illustrative imageSearching for Compounds That Enhance Photosynthesis
Using a compound library, a collection of small molecules, the lab examines the effects of each compound with a photosynthesis imaging system. It searches for new compounds that enhance photosynthesis and crop productivity without relying on genetic modification.
*Illustrative imageCultivation Systems for Plant Factories
The lab aims to build models of plant factories that keep environmental impact as low as possible while stably achieving high productivity. It works with lettuce, tomato, medicinal plants, and legumes.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Yamori Lab consist of faculty, researchers, academic support staff, doctoral and master's students, and joint research fellows from companies.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorWataru YamoriPublications ↗
- Project Assistant ProfessorYuchen Qu
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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: “Chemistry of green - Flickr - Robert Couse-Baker” Robert Couse-Baker from Sacramento, California / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Searching for the Game Makers of Photosynthesis: “Cloroplasti dentro cellule vegetali - Chloroplasts inside plant cells” Marco Vinci / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Photosynthesis Responding to Environmental Change: “Arabidopsis Thaliana planted in Laboratory” Jucember / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Searching for Compounds That Enhance Photosynthesis: “IMAGING-PAM Chloropyhll Fluorometer” Felipe Jo / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Cultivation Systems for Plant Factories: “Lettuce in Vertical Farm” Bright Agrotech / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Horticultural Science Lab): “Chrysanthemum flowers, specifically a variety known for its bi-color blooms with striped pink and white petals” Shagil Muzhappilangad / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Plant Pathology Lab): “Leaf with ToMV” RosieScienceGal / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Regional Resource Assessment Lab): “Cambodiaricefarming2” International Rice Research Institute / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Plant Molecular Genetics Lab): “Moss chloroplasts 100× objective” Kelvinsong / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
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