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Vegetable and Floriculture Lab
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The lab studies floral scent analysis, mass propagation of wild orchids, and genome editing.
AboutAbout the lab
Toward new varieties of flowers and vegetables
The Vegetable and Floriculture Lab studies the analysis of floral scent compounds, the mass propagation of wild orchids, and the development of new vegetable and flower varieties through genome editing.
The lab is currently running a project to develop new varieties of heat-tolerant tomato and disease-resistant chili pepper.
The lab's website introduces the team of Associate Professor Kang, "Kang Lab, Floriculture Biotechnology."
Key terms
- Genome editing
- A technology that rewrites targeted parts of an organism's genetic information to change the traits of a crop.
- GC-MS
- An analytical instrument that separates volatile components, such as scent compounds, by type and determines what is contained and in what amounts.
- Tissue culture
- A method of growing parts of a plant on a sterile medium to produce plants with identical characteristics.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab works on the analysis and metabolic mechanisms of scent compounds in ornamental flowering plants, the mass propagation of wild orchids, and the development of new vegetable and flower varieties through genome editing. Currently, under the Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS), it is building a breeding foundation for heat-tolerant tomato and disease-resistant chili pepper, targeting Indonesia.
*Illustrative imageBreeding tomato and chili pepper for the tropics
Under SATREPS, the lab is building a breeding foundation for chili pepper and tomato in Indonesia, to rapidly produce disease-resistant and heat-tolerant varieties through molecular breeding and genome editing.
*Illustrative imageMass propagation of wild orchids
The lab works on building a foundation for the mass propagation of high-value wild orchids by examining tissue culture conditions.
*Illustrative imageAnalysis of floral scent compounds and related genes
The lab analyzes the scent compounds of wild chrysanthemum flowers using solid-phase microextraction and GC-MS. It also searches for and analyzes the function of genes involved in secondary metabolites, and aims to apply the results to ornamental cultivars to breed and develop new varieties.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Vegetable and Floriculture Lab consist of faculty, postdoctoral researchers, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, research students, and exchange students.As of 2026
- ProfessorNaoya Fukuda
- Associate ProfessorSeungwon Kang
- Assistant ProfessorSatoko Nonaka
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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: “Plant tissue culture of Violces” 22Kartika / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Breeding tomato and chili pepper for the tropics: “Mirci ready in the field” Bhaskaranaidu / Public domain (cropped)
- Mass propagation of wild orchids: “Plant micropropagation in laboratory” Viktor Husak / CC0 (cropped)
- Analysis of floral scent compounds and related genes: “HP 6890 Gas chromatogram-mass spectrometer used on CSI” NSEasternShoreChemist / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Crop Science Lab): “Tomato cultivation in France (2)” Mouh2jijel / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Plant Genetic Information Analysis Lab): “The budding Seedling” Martin Stübler / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Plant Breeding Lab): “Cucumis melo - Диня - Український сорт Забавка” Zenon Sych / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Fruit Tree Production and Utilization Lab): “Fruitboomgaard in Zetten, in de streek de Over-Betuwe” Cultureel Gelderland / CC0 (cropped)
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