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Plant Physiology Lab
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The lab studies plant responses to environmental stress with the aim of developing stress-tolerant crops.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring how plants respond and adapt to their environment.
Prof. Kikuchi studies the mechanisms of environmental stress response in higher plants and the production of crops that tolerate stress.
Assistant Professor Oguchi specializes in plant adaptation to the environment and in the development and evaluation of genetically modified forest trees.
In the College of Biological Sciences' lab introductions, the lab is presented as a research group in the fields of plant molecular and physiological sciences and plant biotechnology.
On the lab's website, its members are introduced under the name "Watanabe-Kikuchi-Oguchi Research Group."
Key terms
- Higher plants
- A general term for plants with distinct roots, stems, and leaves, such as seed plants and ferns.
- Environmental stress response
- The reactions plants show to environmental changes that put a burden on their growth.
- Genetic modification
- A technology that gives organisms new traits by artificially adding or replacing genes.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab investigates the mechanisms of environmental stress response in higher plants, aiming to create crops that tolerate stress. It also works on plant adaptation to the environment and on the development and evaluation of genetically modified forest trees.
*Illustrative imageEnvironmental stress response and stress-tolerant crops
The lab works on clarifying the mechanisms of environmental stress response in higher plants and on creating crops that tolerate stress.
*Illustrative imagePlant environmental adaptation and genetically modified forest trees
The lab works on plant adaptation to the environment and on the development and evaluation of genetically modified forest trees.
MembersFaculty
The Watanabe-Kikuchi-Oguchi Research Group consists of faculty, research assistants, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2025
- ProfessorKazuo Watanabe
- ProfessorAkira Kikuchi
- Assistant ProfessorTaichi Oguchi
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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: “Greenhouse at Plants Galore - geograph.org.uk - 4478771” Derek Harper / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Environmental stress response and stress-tolerant crops: “Stressed Crops in Ukraine and Russia (15724)” NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided by Inbal Reshef and information provided by Assaf Anyamba as part of the Global Agricultural Monitoring Project between NASA, USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), and the University of Maryland. More data and information about this joint project is available at Satellite Information for Agricultural Monitoring. / Public domain (cropped)
- Plant environmental adaptation and genetically modified forest trees: “A poplar plantation in Trikala, Greece” G-Lignum / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Plant Molecular Biology Lab): “Watering small tomato plants in a greenhouse” Shixart1985 / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Microbial Ecology Lab): “Alpine Tundra Plants on Grey Mountain ( )” Chris Hunkeler from Carlsbad, California, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Plant Molecular Physiology Lab): “ISS-56 Arabidopsis plants inside the Advanced Plant Habitat (1)” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Energy Biology Lab): “Mixed bacterial biofilm of staphylococci and bacilli 2” SandraG89 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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