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National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) is one of research agencies in Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF). Institute of Crop Science belongs to NARO conducts research on the breeding of rice, wheat, barley, soybean, sweet potato and industrial crops such as sesame, and on the development of new technologies for breeding. Research activities also cover the understanding of basic mechanism of agronomic and physiological traits regarding crop-quality, photosynthesis, and productivity. Institute of Crop Science aims to improve the self-sufficient ratio of Japan through these research efforts.

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Institute of Crop Science was originally founded in 1961 as Agricultural Experiment Center affiliated with MAFF, Japan. NARO Institute of Crop Science (NICS) was established as an incorporated administrative agency in 2001. NARO has been promoting 22 research-programs, and the director general of NICS manages the two research-programs for “Breeding of staple crops and development of basic technologies” and “Development of high quality agricultural products”. The former program involves 6 research projects of rice, wheat, barley and soybean. The later program involves 4 research projects of potatoes, sugar cane and miscellaneous cereals. NICS is organized by 3 research divisions of rice, field crop, and wheat and barley. About 70 researchers conduct research at NICS.

Director General

Koh-ichi Kadowaki, Ph. D.
Institute of Crop Science
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

ORGANIZATION

organization Rice breeding Utillization Rice Yield Physiology Rice Biotechnology Animal Feed Rice Breeding soybean Breeding and Utillization Sweetpotato Breeding and Utillization New Crops Breeding and Utillization Wheat and Soybean Gene Regulation Wheat Breeding and Utillization Barley Breeding and Utillization

Access


    Nearest Railway Station
  • Ushiku Station on the JR Joban Line
  • Midorino Station on the Tsukuba Express Line
    • Local Buses
  • From Ushiku Station on the JR Joban Line, take a Kanto Tetsudo bus bound for Yatabe Shako, Tsukuba Daigaku Chuo, Tsukuba Daigaku Byoin, or Tsukuba Center and get off at Norin-Danchi Chuo bus stop(about 25 min).
  • From Midorino Station on the Tsukuba Express line, take a Kanto Tetsudo bus bound for Norin-Danchi Chuo and get off at Norin-Danchi Chuo bus stop(about 10 min).
    By Car
  • Five kilometers eastward from Yatabe IC of Joban Expressway

Research Activities

NARO promotes 22 research programs, and the director general of NICS manages 2 research programs for “Breeding of staple crops and development of basic technologies” and “Development of high quality agricultural products”. These two research programs contain more than 10 projects.

    Research　Projects

  • Rice breeding and quality research for the development of suitable varieties for the food industry

    • 　　（Rice Breeding Utillization） [PDF 199KB]

  • Physiological and genetic research on rice yield and temperature stress

    • 　　（Rice Yield Physiology） [PDF 59KB]

  • Development and utilization of genetic technology for improving　productivity of rice

    • 　　（Rice Biotechnology ）[PDF 107KB]

  • Breeding of animal feed rice for low-cost production of grain and whole crop silage

    • 　　（Animal Feed Rice Breeding） [PDF 153KB]

  • Soybean breeding for high yield and quality, and development of utilization technology

    • 　　（Soybean Breeding and Utillization） [PDF 127KB]

  • Sweet potato breeding for high quality and labor-saving cultivation

    • 　　（Sweetpotato Breeding and Utillization） [PDF 98KB]

  • Breeding of miscellaneous cereals

    • 　　（New Crops Breeding and Utillization） [PDF 114KB]

  • Molecular biological and genomic approaches for improvement of wheat and soybean traits

    • 　　（Wheat and Soybean Gene Regulation） [PDF 324KB]

  • Wheat breeding for high quality and yield and development of utilization tecchnology

    • 　　（Wheat Breeding and Utillization） [PDF 122KB]

  • Barley breeding for high quality and yield and development of utilization technology

    • 　　（Barley Breeding and Utillization） [PDF 249KB]

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