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Chemical Environment Lab (Masahide Yamato)
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Research that uncovers the ecology of mycorrhizae, the symbiotic associations between plants and fungi.
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Exploring the unseen symbiosis between plants and fungi.
Prof. Yamato studies the ecological aspects of mycorrhizae, well-known symbiotic associations between plants and fungi.
Focusing mainly on natural ecosystems, the lab has revealed mycoheterotrophy and related traits in plants such as those in the orchid and gentian families.
Its themes also include analyzing communities of mycorrhizal fungi found in forest plants, and identifying and classifying arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
Prof. Yamato belongs to the Faculty of Education (Nishi-Chiba Campus) and also teaches in the Graduate School of Horticulture.
Key terms
- Mycorrhiza
- A symbiotic association formed by plant roots and fungi living together as one unit
- Mycoheterotrophy
- The trait of obtaining some or all of the nutrients needed to live from a symbiotic fungus
- Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
- A group of fungi that enter the roots of many land plants and live in symbiosis with them
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The lab studies the ecology of mycorrhizae, the symbiotic associations between plants and fungi, mainly in natural ecosystems. Recently, it has also become interested in the transfer of carbon between plants via mycorrhizal fungi and the role mycorrhizal fungi play in forest material cycling.
*Illustrative imagePlants that depend on fungi for nutrition
The lab has revealed mycoheterotrophy and related traits in plants such as those in the orchid and gentian families, including traits also found in photosynthetic plants.
*Illustrative imageForest mycorrhizal fungi and their classification
The lab analyzes communities of mycorrhizal fungi found in forest plants. It also works on the identification and classification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
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- ProfessorMasahide Yamato
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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: “Pterospora andromedea (Woodland Pinedrops) - Flickr - brewbooks” brewbooks from near Seattle, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Plants that depend on fungi for nutrition: “Monotropastrum humile” Kuo-Chu Yueh / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Forest mycorrhizal fungi and their classification: “Arbuscular mycorrhiza microscope” Msturmel / Public domain (cropped)
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