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Crop Science Lab
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A lab that grows and studies crops in the field to develop crops resistant to drought and cold.
AboutAbout the lab
Crop science: growing in the field, learning from the field.
The Crop Science Lab studies how well food crops such as wheat, rice, and maize grow and yield in fields and paddies.
By developing crops that withstand environmental stresses such as drought and cold damage, the lab aims to contribute to world food production and local agriculture.
Members grow the crops themselves, from sowing or planting to harvest, and build up growth surveys and sample analyses over the course of each year.
The lab does not stop at "research for research's sake"; it places importance on returning its results to farming sites.
Key terms
- Experimental field (hojo)
- A paddy or field where crops are grown. It is a place where crops are actually cultivated and studied for research.
- Environmental stress
- Environmental conditions that hinder crop growth, such as drought, low temperature, and waterlogged soil.
- C4 crop
- A crop, such as maize, that has a mechanism for photosynthesizing efficiently even in hot, dry places.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to raise the productivity of major food crops grown under environmental stresses such as drought and cold damage. Under field conditions, it investigates how the environment relates to crop morphogenesis, photosynthetic production, and nutrient dynamics.
*Illustrative imageMaking wheat tolerant to drought
Global warming is putting the world's major wheat-producing regions under threat of drought. The lab measures related traits in the field, such as root development and photosynthesis in leaves and ears, to help improve the drought resistance of wheat.
*Illustrative imageHigh-yielding rice for cold regions
The lab studies traits that raise rice productivity in cold, high-latitude regions, where response to day length and a short growing season are constraints. Working with rice research institutes, it provides information useful for breeding high-yielding varieties.
*Illustrative imageMaize in cool Hokkaido
Maize, a C4 crop, is adapted to dry tropical environments, so raising its productivity in cool Hokkaido is a major challenge. The lab investigates the mechanisms that raise productivity from both the cultivation and physiology perspectives.
*Illustrative imageSustainable agriculture and the environment
The lab also studies sustainable agricultural systems that ease environmental stress itself. In sustainable farming with reduced inputs, it comprehensively examines how to improve crop productivity.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Crop Science Lab are faculty and students in the doctoral, master's, and undergraduate programs.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorJunichi Kashiwagi
- Assistant ProfessorTaiken Nakashima
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Report an errorAbout the images
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: “Wheat fields in Rokugo, Furano” 掬茶 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Making wheat tolerant to drought: “Dryland wheat in this conventionally tilled field pulls up easy with shallow roots that have not developed in the current drought conditions. ( )” USDA NRCS Texas / Public domain (cropped)
- High-yielding rice for cold regions: “Rice Fields in Mukawa, Hokkaido 01” ノボホショコロトソ / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Maize in cool Hokkaido: “Corn field - panoramio” pakku / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Sustainable agriculture and the environment: “Field with mixed intercropping of oat and rye” W.carter / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Crop Physiology Lab): “Cypripedium marcanthum var. rebunense” ほくなん / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Plant Pathology Lab): “Culture of soil fungus Thanatephorus cucumeris (anamorphic Rhizoctonia solani)” Tashkoskip / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Horticultural Science Lab): “Furano Vineyard” MaedaAkihiko / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Floriculture and Green Space Planning Lab): “Kushiro river01” 欅 (Keyaki) / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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