Research Director

Sota Fujii

Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Assistant Professor

Outline

Principle of crop breeding, is the utilization of natural variations that has been accumulated massively during long history of life. This genome-wide study is designed to reveal genetic factors hindering interspecies-hybridization, and to comprehensively understand the molecules determining species identity. The project eventually aims at the ‘Extension’ of usable genetic resources in breeding programs via manipulation of the interspecies-barriers.