NARO Research Prize 2015

The NARO Research Prize is awarded annually to outstanding research achievements with high social, economic and academic impacts from among the major researches of the previous year, in order to raise motivation of the research staff and facilitate the revitalization of various research initiatives at NARO. For FY2015, six researches have been selected and the awarding ceremony was held on September 24, 2015.

Awardees

1. Identification of a NAC transcription factor, EPHEMERAL1, that controls petal senescence in Japanese morning glory (Research Paper)

Kenichi SHIBUYA (Division of Floricultural Production and Postharvest Technology, Institute of Vegetable and Floriculture Science, NARO)

2. Sewage purification treatment technology using a carbon fiber support with less greenhouse gas emissions

Takahiro YAMASHITA (Division of Animal Environment and Waste Management Research, Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO)
Hiroshi YOKOYAMA (Division of Animal Environment and Waste Management Research, Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO)
Takashi OSADA (Division of Animal Environment and Waste Management Research, Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO)

3. Construction technology of coastal embankment tenacious to earthquakes and tsunamis that can respond to terrain restrictions

Kenichi MATSUSHIMA (Division of Facilities and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute for Rural Engineering, NARO)
Toshikazu HORI (Division of Facilities and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute for Rural Engineering, NARO)
Mitsuru ARIYOSHI (Division of Facilities and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute for Rural Engineering, NARO)
Kazuhiro UENO (Division of Facilities and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute for Rural Engineering, NARO)

4. Development of powdered food granulation technology by using the aqua-gas binder (Research Paper)

Itaru SOTOME (Division of Food Processing and Distribution Research, Food Research Institute, NARO)

5. Cultivation of sugar cane for feed and TMR utilization technology for the Nansei Islands

Ikuo HATTORI (Division of Livestock and Grassland Research, Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, NARO)
Mitsuru KAMIYA (Division of Animal Feeding and Management Research, Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO)
Takeo SAKAIGAICHI (Crop Development and Agribusiness Research Division, Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, NARO)
Yusuke TARUMOTO (Department of Planning, Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, NARO)

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