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Plant Nutrition Lab
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A lab studying plant nutrition to understand how plants adapt to their environment.
AboutAbout the lab
Revealing how plants adapt to their environment.
The Plant Nutrition Lab studies how plants adapt to environmental changes such as temperature, water, and nutrients.
The lab focuses in particular on the roles of inorganic ions and the functions of the cell wall.
Using the actions of signaling molecules such as plant hormones as clues, the lab investigates how separate organs, such as roots and shoots, influence one another.
Its research also makes use of radioisotopes, research nuclear reactors, and accelerators.
Key terms
- Inorganic ions
- Electrically charged particles of inorganic substances. Plants take up inorganic salts as nutrients.
- Cell wall
- The wall that surrounds a plant cell. It forms the boundary between the plant and its external environment.
- Radioisotope
- An element that emits radiation. It is one of the tools used in research.
ResearchResearch themes
Land plants cannot move on their own, so they are constantly exposed to environmental changes such as temperature, water, and nutrients. The lab investigates how plants adapt to their environment, focusing on the roles of inorganic ions and the functions of the cell wall, and aims to put that understanding to use in people's lives.
*Illustrative imageInorganic Ions and Communication Between Organs
When nutrients are scarce, plants activate mechanisms to acquire them; when nutrients are in excess, they activate mechanisms to sequester or detoxify them, thereby maintaining their intracellular state. The lab explores the communication between organs, such as roots and shoots, by looking at the actions of signaling molecules such as plant hormones.
*Illustrative imageCell Walls That Change With the Environment
Inorganic elements such as calcium, boron, and silicon play important roles in building the cell wall. The lab believes that changes in the cell wall in response to the growth environment and the availability of inorganic nutrients reflect the strategies plants use to adapt to their environment, as well as the evolutionary process through which they have acquired new traits.
*Illustrative imageResearch Using Radiation
The lab uses radioisotopes, research nuclear reactors, accelerators, and similar facilities in its research. Radiation is a powerful tool that can yield useful information when used appropriately, but mismanagement can cause problems such as its spread into the environment, so the lab states that it conducts this work with a high level of awareness of these risks.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorJun Furukawa
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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: “Architectural Plants Greenhouse - geograph.org.uk - 2849869” Paul Gillett / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Inorganic Ions and Communication Between Organs: “Roots of a hydroponically-grown plant” Banana patrol / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Cell Walls That Change With the Environment: “Pteridium pinetorum ssp. sibiricum” Anatoly Mikhaltsov / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Research Using Radiation: “Núcleo del reactor nuclear RA-3, «Ciencia ficción», by Luis Gauna Pereira” Gaunper / 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 (Applied Entomology and Zoology Lab): “Parasitoid wasp on Caterpillar” Nikhil More / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Natural Products Chemistry Lab): “Ecological Trail Garden of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and South China Medicinal Plants Garden )” LN9267 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Plant Functional Biochemistry Lab): “Plant Habitat-04 (PH-04) Pepper Seed Planting (KSC-20210408-PH-ILW01 0115)” NASA Kennedy Space Center / NASA/Isaac Watson / Public domain (cropped)
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