研究室紹介

Tropical Crops and Environment

Research Interests

1. Elucidation of the mechanism of tuber formation and enlargement in tropical yam and its application to cultivation
2. Do leaf hairs contribute to rice productivity? Strategies to improve water use efficiency by imparting leaf hairiness
3. Nitrogen responses of photosynthetic and dry matter production characteristics in wild rice with AA genome
4. Assessing surface water heavy metal pollution and impacts in Southeast and South Asia
5. Visualization and Quantification of Blue-Green Algal Blooming Phenomena in Closed Water Bodies by Image Analysis
6. Elucidation of the mechanism of abnormal water temperature phenomenon in tropical saltwater aquaculture ponds and the actual situation of water quality abnormality and fishery disease as a response to the phenomenon
7. Breeding low-tall Jacaranda varieties for potted plants
8. Research on the development of new mushroom cultivation techniques using waste paper
9. Elucidation of the genetic mechanism of disease resistance in the endangered endemic species Hamatamaboki and development of conservation technology
10. Development of microorganism-derived agricultural materials using waste materials
11. Breeding of superior tetraploid loco-tomato pepper varieties with autogamy
12. Research on insectivory
13. Efforts to eliminate illegal logging
14. Natural Resource Management from the Perspective of Political Ecology
15. Understanding the Diversity of Ants from Tropical Asia
16. Research on Horticulture in Tropical Asia

The Center for Tropical Agricultural Research provides graduate students with research and education in the Asian region. The Center also conducts international cooperation in developing countries, builds networks, collects and preserves specimens and materials, and disseminates the results of its interdisciplinary research and education to society.

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