LAB LOGA page on LabLog, a review site (not the lab's official page)
Cropping Systems Lab
Machine-translated · View original
A lab that looks at how farmland ecosystems work to think about agriculture that is environmentally friendly and sustainable.
AboutAbout the lab
Building sustainable agriculture from the farmland ecosystem
The Cropping Systems Lab conducts research to comprehensively identify the problems of current agricultural production from the structure and function of farmland ecosystems.
Based on this, the lab does field research to build agricultural production systems that are highly productive and sustainable while protecting ecosystems.
The lab is located at the Experimental Farm of the Graduate School of Agriculture (Kizu Farm) in Kizugawa City.
Undergraduates join the Plant Production Science course in their third year and are assigned to this lab within the course in their fourth year (graduate school: Division of Agronomy and Horticultural Science, Graduate School of Agriculture).
Key terms
- Nitrogen fixation
- The process of converting nitrogen in the air into a form plants can use. It is carried out by microorganisms.
- Short-duration rice
- Rice with a very short growing period. It can be fitted in between vegetable crops.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab identifies the problems of current agricultural production from the structure and function of farmland ecosystems. Its aim is to build highly productive and sustainable agricultural production systems that protect ecosystems.
*Illustrative imageBiological nitrogen fixation in rice
If nitrogen fixation by microorganisms living in rice can be used in cultivation, nitrogen fertilizer can be reduced. The lab has shown that the degree of nitrogen fixation differs by variety and nitrogen level, and is investigating cultivation conditions and evaluation methods that increase it.
*Illustrative imageMaking use of vegetable fields with short-duration rice
The lab is examining ways to fit rice with a short growing period into the gaps between vegetable crops. From both genetic and cultivation perspectives, it investigates the causes of the yield decline and abnormal heading common in short-duration rice, and how to overcome them.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Cropping Systems Lab are faculty and master's students.As of 2025
- Associate ProfessorHiromo Inoe
- Assistant ProfessorYu Iwahashi
VoicesStudent voices
Ratings and reviews reflect the experiences of individual current or former students, not the lab's official views. Whether a lab has reviews, or how many, says nothing about the lab itself.
Students who take part in an interview may receive a thank-you gift worth ¥1,000, regardless of what they say.
Student ratings (0 students)
--
--
--
--
--
--
Student voices answer questions like these
- What's great about this lab?
- What did you learn after joining?
- What's the vibe, and what is the professor like?
- Who is this lab for?
- Where do graduates go?
Your experience can help younger students choose their lab. Your name won't be shown.
Write a lab reviewAnonymous · Your draft is saved if you stopRelatedLabs similar to Cropping Systems Lab
Crop Science LabFaculty of Agriculture, Division of Biological Resource SciencesFood production and the environment, crop productivity and g…
Animal Husbandry Resources LabFaculty of Agriculture, Division of Biological Resource SciencesInterdisciplinary research on livestock production; biologic…
Animal Genetics and Breeding LabFaculty of Agriculture, Division of Biological Resource SciencesGenetics of qualitative and quantitative traits, systems bio…
Microbial Environment Control LabFaculty of Agriculture, Division of Biological Resource SciencesPhysiology and ecology of mycorrhizal fungi; disease ecology…The information on this page is compiled by the LabLog team from the lab's public information and interviews. For corrections or removal requests, please contact LabLog, not the lab.
Report an errorAbout the images
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: “Circular Rice Paddy At Hida Folk Village (30203457)” Mark Bucayan / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Biological nitrogen fixation in rice: “Plant microbiome” Murali Gopal & Alka Gupta / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Making use of vegetable fields with short-duration rice: “Vegetable farm in Kamakura (February 2019)” 妖精書士 / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Crop Science Lab): “Red Rice Paddy field in Japan 005” Flickr user gtknj / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Animal Husbandry Resources Lab): “Longhorn cattle grazing marsh pasture - geograph.org.uk - 1520789” Evelyn Simak / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Animal Genetics and Breeding Lab): “Full Blood Wagyu Bull in Chile” Fernando Hartwig / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Microbial Environment Control Lab): “Fungal mycelium” Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
About LabLog
LabLog is a lab review app for students only. Student members at each university interview students in labs and publish what they say. Student voices can only be read by students who sign up with a university email address. Operated by bestiee Inc.
Learn more about LabLog ↗Search engines and AI may reference the basic lab info and rating summaries on this page and the description of LabLog. Student voices are for student members only. Automated collection by programs (scraping, or input to or training of AI) is prohibited under Article 8 of the Terms of Service. If you need data for research or analysis, please contact us.