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Plant Physiology and Morphology Lab
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The lab investigates the form and function of plants, using electron microscopes among other methods.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring the form and function of plants, with the help of microscopes
The Plant Physiology and Morphology Lab studies the structure and function of plant tissues and cells and how they respond to the environment.
The lab works with a wide range of resource plants, including food crops such as rice, wheat, and maize, as well as forage grasses and wild plants.
Morphology and physiology/biochemistry are the two pillars of its research methods, and the lab has its own scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM).
The lab is also broadly engaged in activities aimed at improving crop productivity and tolerance to environmental stress.
Key terms
- Morphology
- The field that studies living things by observing their shape and structure
- Scanning electron microscope
- A microscope that uses an electron beam to observe the fine surface shape of a sample. Abbreviated as SEM
- Transmission electron microscope
- A microscope that passes an electron beam through a sample to observe the fine internal structure of cells. Abbreviated as TEM
NewsLab news
A master's student received an Excellent Presentation Award at the 261st Meeting of the Crop Science Society of Japan
A master's student received an Excellent Presentation Award at the 260th Meeting of the Crop Science Society of Japan
A researcher's paper was accepted by Scientific Reports and announced in a press release
A master's student received an Excellent Presentation Award at the 257th Meeting of the Crop Science Society of Japan
A researcher received an Excellent Presentation Award at the 257th Meeting of the Crop Science Society of Japan
ResearchResearch themes
The lab combines physiological and biochemical methods with morphological methods to study the structure and function of plant tissues and cells and their responses to various stresses. Its main research themes are metabolite transport in chloroplasts, the intracellular positioning of chloroplasts in C4 plants, the mechanisms of crop responses and tolerance to environmental stress, and the three-dimensional arrangement of plant organelles.
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The members of the Plant Physiology and Morphology Lab are faculty, researchers, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and research assistants.As of 2026
- ProfessorMitsutaka Taniguchi
- Associate ProfessorShiro Mitsuya
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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: “Coleus Leaf Trichomes (hairs on the leaves) via Electron Microscope” Swallowtail Garden Seeds from Santa Rosa, California / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Crop Science Lab): “Farmers in a sweet potato garden” Emmanuel Ssekaggo / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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