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Farmland Information Utilization Lab
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A lab that analyzes information on crops and soil to improve crop production.
AboutAbout the lab
Gathering crop information to improve production.
The Farmland Information Utilization Lab conducts research that collects and analyzes the wide range of information needed for plant production, including crop morphology and physiological traits, yield and quality, soil properties, and weather.
By extracting useful information from the relationships among these factors, the lab aims to contribute to better crop production through improvements in plant breeding, cultivation management, and soil management.
Its activities take place at Togo Field, a large farm of Nagoya University.
Key terms
- next-generation DNA sequencer
- A device that reads the base sequence of DNA. With it, sequence analysis is no longer a limiting factor in research
- breeding materials
- Plants used as material for advancing plant breeding. This lab produces them itself
- ICT
- Information and communication technology. It is expected to become widespread in agricultural settings
ResearchResearch themes
The lab collects and analyzes a variety of information on crops and soil, aiming to contribute to improved crop production. It works in three areas: soil microorganisms, the inheritance of agronomic traits in rice, and the use of ICT in agriculture.
*Illustrative imageSoil Material Dynamics and Microorganisms
The lab collects and analyzes information on the diversity and functions of soil microorganisms, and applies it to improving crop production and conserving soil and the global environment. It is thought that humans have been able to culture less than 1% of all soil microorganisms.
*Illustrative imageInheritance of Agronomic Traits in Rice
With next-generation DNA sequencers, base sequence analysis is no longer a limiting factor. To obtain the information needed for future plant breeding, the lab conducts research while producing its own research materials and breeding materials.
*Illustrative imageUse of ICT in Agriculture
Information and communication technology (ICT) is expected to spread in agricultural settings. To draw out its benefits and turn it into technology that is useful in the field, the lab pursues interdisciplinary research in collaboration with crop science, information engineering, sociology, and other fields.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Farmland Information Utilization Lab consist of faculty and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2024
- ProfessorJun Murase
- Associate ProfessorKazuyuki Doi
- Assistant ProfessorShunsaku Nishiuchi
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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: “Agricultural land” Paolo Neo / Public domain (cropped)
- Soil Material Dynamics and Microorganisms: “Soil Profile Containing an Argillic Horizon” Cjrufe / CC0 (cropped)
- Inheritance of Agronomic Traits in Rice: “Rice Panicle” Ramesh Kunnappully / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Use of ICT in Agriculture: “Precision Farming in Minnesota - Natural Colour” NASA Earth Observatory, Jesse Allen / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Agricultural Informatics Lab): “Attendees from the 93rd Annual Agriculture Outlook Forum check field conditions during a pre-forum field trip to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) (20170222-OCE-PJK-0499)” USDAgov / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Crop Science Lab): “Farmers in a sweet potato garden” Emmanuel Ssekaggo / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Horticultural Science Lab): “Horticulture worker” Slience Suzuka / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Plant Genetics and Breeding Lab): “Two farmers driving a tractor towing a raft loaded with green rice sheaves to be planted in a paddy field surrounded by mist in Vang Vieng Laos” Basile Morin / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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