Department of Plant Stress Science

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Plants are exposed to a range of negative growth factors such as atmospheric, soil, and biotic stresses. These problematic environments for plants must be controlled to achieve stable food production. The educational and research subjects of this division are to 1) find novel genes adapted to these stress environments, 2) develop stress tolerant plants, and 3) control stress environments, by using the diversity found in plant genomes and genes.

Fig.1: Diversity in barley spikes

Fig.2: Influx (green) and efflux (red) transporter of silicon, a beneficial mineral for helping plants to overcome biotic and abiotic stress

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Plant Genetics and Physiology

【Academic staff】
Prof. SAKAMOTO Wataru
Assoc. Prof. MATSUSHIMA Ryo
Asst. Prof. OKEGAWA Yuki

【keyword】Photosynthesis; Organelle structure and development; Chloroplast; Light

Signaling Mechanisms

【Academic staff】
Prof. HIRAYAMA Takashi
Assoc. Prof. MORI Izumi
Assoc. Prof. IKEDA Yoko

【keyword】Environment; Stress response; Phytohormones; Signal transduction

Plant Cytomolecular Biochemistry

【Academic staff】
Assoc. Prof. SUGIMOTO Manabu
Asst. Prof. RIKIISHI Kazuhide

【keyword】Rice; Wheat; Transposon mutagenesis; Crop; Mineral stress

Plant Stress Responses

【Academic staff】
Prof. MA Jian Feng
Assoc. Prof. YAMAJI Naoki
Assoc. Prof. MITANI Namiki

【keyword】Mineral stress; Nutrition; Transport; Crop

Plant Molecular Physiology

【Academic staff】
Prof. KATSUHARA Maki
Assoc. Prof. SASAKI Takayuki
Asst. Prof. UTSUGI Shigeko

【keyword】Aquaporins; Salt stress; Water transport; Aluminum stress; Malate transporter; Acidic soil

Molecular Virology

【Academic staff】
Prof. SUZUKI Nobuhiro
Assoc. Prof. KONDO Hideki
Asst. Prof. HYODO Kiwamu

【keyword】Aquaporins; Salt stress; Water transport; Aluminum stress; Malate transporter; Acidic soil

Plant-Insect Interactions

【Academic staff】
Prof. GALIS Ivan
Assoc. Prof. SHINYA Tomonori

【keyword】Plant defense mechanisms; Direct and indirect defense; Insect herbivores

Plant-Pathogen Interaction

【Academic staff】
Prof. KAWANO Yoji
Asst. Prof. FUKADA Fumi

【keyword】Rice, Signaling, plant immunity / Plant pathology, Plant-microbe interaction

Plant-Environmental Microbiology

【Academic staff】
Assoc. Prof. TANI Akio
Assoc. Prof. UEKI Shoko

【keyword】Plant symbiotic bacteria; Methylobacterium; Methylotrophs;
Lanthanides; Virus evolution and systematics

Plant Diversity Analysis

【Academic staff】
Prof. SATO Kazuhiro
Assoc. Prof. SAISHO Daisuke
Assoc. Prof. HISANO Hiroshi

【keyword】Barley; Database; Genome diversity; World barley seed collection

Plant Functional Genomics

【Academic staff】
Prof. TAKETA Shin

【keyword】Morphogenesis; Domestication; Barley; Crop

Integrated Genomic Breeding

【Academic staff】
Prof. YAMAMOTO Toshio
Assoc. Prof. NAGAKI Kiyotaka
Asst. Prof. FURUTA Tomoyuki

【keyword】Centromere; Artificial chromosome; Nucleus; Chromatin

Plant Diversity and Evolution

【Academic staff】
Assoc. Prof. IKEDA Hajime
Asst. Prof. YAMASHITA Jun

【keyword】Wild plant; Database; Evolution; Adaptation; Resources

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