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Crop Science Lab (Fujimoto Lab)
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The lab explores low-input cultivation techniques by studying the roots of Gramineous crops and their rhizosphere microbes.
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Exploring how crop roots interact with microbes
The Crop Science Lab focuses on the roots of Gramineous crops such as rice, sorghum, and barley.
It studies root morphogenesis, physiological functions, responses to the environment, and interactions with the rhizosphere microbes that live around the roots.
The lab also works to clarify the genetic factors and mechanisms that determine these traits, and to understand how the diversity seen among crop species and varieties arises.
Its goals are to breed varieties that adapt well to environmental change and to develop sustainable, low-input cultivation techniques that make use of microbial functions.
Key terms
- Rhizosphere microbes
- Microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi that live in the soil around plant roots and interact with the plants
- Morphogenesis
- The process by which the body or organs of an organism develop into their characteristic shapes
- Low-input
- Growing crops while using as little fertilizer, pesticide, and other inputs as possible
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The lab studies Gramineous crops such as rice, sorghum, and barley, focusing on root morphogenesis, physiological functions, responses to the environment, and interactions with rhizosphere microbes. Based on these findings, it aims to breed varieties that are resilient to environmental change and to develop sustainable, low-input cultivation techniques and materials.
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MembersFaculty
The supervising faculty of the Crop Science Lab are an Associate Professor and an Assistant Professor.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorFujimoto MasaruPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorKoki ChigiraPublications ↗
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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: “Oryza sativa (Asian rice)- Root” Debdas Gain / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Roots and Rhizosphere Microbes of Gramineous Crops: “LPCC-927-Plàntules de sorgo amb arrels adventícies” Miquel Pujol Palol / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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