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- [Control of Field-Grown Plants Phenomena] Creation of next-generation fundamental technologies for the control of biological phenomena in field-grown plants
※ Affiliations and titles are as of the end of the research activity.
Kiyotaka Okada (Advisor, Ryukoku Extension Center, Ryukoku University)
・Sachiko Isobe
Laboratory Head, Department of Frontier Research, Kazusa DNA Research Institute
・Seiichi Uchida
Professor, Graduate School and Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University
・Tetsuji Kakutani
Professor, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo/National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems
・Hiroshi Kudoh
Professor, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University
・Ken Shirasu
Group Director, Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN
・Seiichi Toki
Head, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
・Keiko U. Torii
Professor, University of Texas at Austin / Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
・Hiroyuki Fukuoka
Deputy General Manager, Plant Breeding & Experiment Station, Takii & Company, Ltd.
・Hiroo Fukuda
Executive Vice President, The University of Tokyo
・Kentaro Yano
Professor, School of Agriculture, Meiji University
・Masahiro Yano
General Coordinator, Research Center for Agricultural Information Technology, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
※Affiliations and titles are as of March 31, 2021.
Study for the flexiblization of sex expression depending on environmental factors in Diospyros genus
Research Director:
Takashi Akagi(Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University)
Elucidating biological networks of plant-microbiota superorganism
Research Director:
Yasunori Ichihashi(Team Leader, BioResource Research Center, RIKEN)
Research Director:
Yoshiaki Inukai(Professor, International Cooperation Center for Agricultural Education, Nagoya University)
Research Director:
Takayuki Ohnishi(Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University)
Crop design for drought stress tolerance by applying chemical genetic approach
Research Director:
Masanori Okamoto(Assistant Professor, Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University)
Establishment of a plant genome editing method without using recombinant DNAs
Research Director:
Shigeo S. Sugano(Assistant Professor, Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University)
Research Director:
Keitaro Tanoi(Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
Research Director:
Aika Terada(Aika Terada(PRESTO was withdrawn on 31st March 2018)
Visualizing plant hormone perception
Research Director:
Shinya Hagihara(Team Leader, Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN)
Development of pollen tube-mediated genome modification technology
Research Director:
Yoko Mizuta(PRESTO Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency)
Research Director:
Nobutoshi Yamaguchi(Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
Research Director:
Kentaro Yoshida(Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University)
Research Director:
Masanori Izumi(Research Scientist, Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN)
Research Director:
Haruhiko Inoue(Principal Researcher, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization)
Research Director:
Takehiro Kamiya(Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
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Yousuke Takaoka(Lecturer, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University)
Research Director:
Yu Tanaka(Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University)
Ecology and bioinformatics for finding “core microbes”: Design of robust plant microbiomes
Research Director:
Hirokazu Toju(Associate Professor, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University)
Mechanisms and applications of plant growth promoting effect by root-inhabiting microorganisms
Research Director:
Kei Hiruma(Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
Molecular analysis of the interspecies-barriers towards extension of breeding programs
Research Director:
Sota Fujii(Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
Use of gene-based phenotype prediction models for simulation-based breeding
Research Director:
Eiji Yamamoto(Researcher, Department of Frontier Research, Kazusa DNA Research Institute)
A shuttle vector system delivering effector genes enhancing the frequency of gene targeting
Research Director:
Ayako Nishizawa-Yokoi(Principal Researcher, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization)
Research Director:
Soichi Inagaki (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo)
A search for root-shoot interaction using a xylem sap peptidomics/ proteomics approach
Research Director:
Satoru Okamoto (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Niigata University)
Development of an RNA-breeding system using photoperiod-sensitivity in rice
Research Director:
Reina Komiya (Science and Technology Associate, Science and Technology Group, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST))
Large-scale omics approach towards biocontrol of pest insects by mixed planting
Research Director:
Yasuhiro Sato (PRESTO Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency)
Research Director:
Ryoji Shinya (Senior Assistant Professor, School of Agriculture, Meiji University)
Research Director:
Akira Mine (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University)
Research Director:
Ryoichi Yano (Principal Researcher, Advanced Analysis Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization / Assistant Professor, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba)
Analysis of molecular basis for root plasticity responsible for plant adaptation to climate change
Research Director:
Takaki Yamauchi (Associate Professor, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University)
Research Director:
Kohji Yamada (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Bioscience and Bioindustry, Tokushima University)
Research Director:
Kaori Yoneyama (Senior Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Ehime University)