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Katsuya Ohkawa, Associate Professor
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The Pomology Lab works on developing new cultivation techniques for producing high-quality fruit from fruit trees. It also aims to clarify the theory behind these techniques from the standpoint of physiology. Its research fields are located at Matsudo Campus and Kashiwa-no-ha Campus, and at the Forest Environment Horticultural Farm in Numata, Gunma Prefecture. The lab works with many species, including Japanese pear, grape, kiwifruit, Japanese apricot (ume), peach, fig, persimmon, and apple.
Masafumi Johkan, Associate Professor
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The ultimate goal of the Vegetable Horticulture Lab is to develop and establish the techniques required for vegetable cultivation. Its research centers on actually growing vegetables and examining, from physiological and ecological perspectives, how they respond. The lab investigates aboveground environmental factors such as light, day length, air temperature, and CO2 concentration, as well as belowground factors such as soil temperature and nutrient solution concentration.
Hisashi Kokubun, Associate Professor
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The Floriculture Lab studies the genotypes and phenotypes of flowers under the motto “from the field to DNA.” Floricultural crops come in a huge number of species and cultivars, and the demand for new traits in this field never ceases. Believing that collecting and evaluating genetic resources, followed by cultivar improvement (breeding), is essential to meeting that demand, the lab carries out its research with cultivar improvement in mind. It also investigates, at the gene level, the mechanisms by which day length and temperature change the color and shape of flowers.
Hidenori Sassa, Professor
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The Genetics and Breeding Lab studies plants' genetic information and the mechanisms of life. It works with fruit trees such as apple and pear, vegetables such as tomato and cucumber, crops such as barley and potato, and ornamental flowers such as petunia and torenia. In breeding, which produces new cultivars, it is important to clarify the molecular mechanisms behind their characteristics. The lab's research ranges widely, from observation and modes of inheritance, to gene discovery and identification, gene expression, and protein interactions.
Tomoko Igawa, Associate Professor
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The Plant Cell Engineering Lab studies the mechanisms of sexual reproduction in plants and the development of new plants through genetic modification. In particular, it investigates how double fertilization in angiosperms is regulated, using microscopy and molecular biology methods. Work centers on experiments inside the lab, and depending on the research theme it may also include fieldwork. The lab welcomes people from science faculties as well as from horticulture and agriculture faculties.
Hideyuki Takahashi, Project Professor
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The Space Horticulture Lab conducts research on growing plants in the space environment. For people to stay on the Moon or Mars for long periods, technology to grow plants outside Earth as a source of oxygen and food is essential. The lab studies how plants respond to environments very different from those on the ground, such as microgravity, space radiation, and ultraviolet light, and aims to develop cultivars useful for stable food production. The results also form a foundation for technologies for sustainable food production on Earth.
Eiji Goto, Project Professor
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The Plant Environmental Engineering Lab studies environmental control for growing plants efficiently in greenhouses and plant factories. It investigates how plants respond to the environment, from the gene level to the canopy level, to find environments suited to growth. Based on this knowledge, the lab designs new plant production systems such as greenhouses and plant factories. It aims to produce highly functional, high-quality crops efficiently on an evidence basis.
Yukiharu Ogawa, Professor
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The Agricultural Food Engineering Lab studies how food materials change from cooking and processing through to eating and digestion. The lab feeds these findings back into its work and also examines how to optimize the conditions of each operation. In particular, it works on how plant-based foods are digested, using in vitro digestion methods, and on ways to maintain the quality of fresh-cut produce. Both lines of research are carried out in collaboration with research institutions in Japan and abroad.
Toshiyuki Usami, Associate Professor
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The Plant Pathology Lab studies plant diseases caused by filamentous fungi, a group of fungi that includes molds. It investigates the characteristics and genetics of soilborne pathogens such as the fungi causing Verticillium wilt and black root rot, and of airborne pathogens such as those causing cucumber target leaf spot and lettuce brown spot. In recent years, it has also taken up diseases that have become problems in facilities such as plant factories. By clarifying the characteristics of pathogens and the mechanisms by which they cause disease, the lab aims to establish techniques for preventing disease.
Masashi Nomura, Professor
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The Applied Entomology Lab studies the relationship between human activities, including agriculture, and small animals such as insects. Besides insects, the lab has worked with a wide range of animals, including mites such as spider mites and acarid mites, and soil-dwelling animals such as tardigrades. Prof. Nomura studies the life history of insects, pest control, and molecular phylogenetics, centering on Plusiinae (semi-looper moths) of the family Noctuidae. Associate Professor Yasuyuki Cho is also part of the same research group. Students are assigned to individual faculty members.
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