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Research Programs

Genomics for Agricultural Innovation

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of agriculturally important genes of soybean and development of DNA markers for soybean breeding
  • Molecular cloning, characterization and marker development of agronomically important genes of Triticeae
  • Genome sequencing of chromosome 6B of bread wheat
  • Development of biomass and forage crops using transgenic technology
  • Development of health promoting transgenic rice (crop)
  • Molecular analysis of growth and photobiology in rice
  • Molecular analysis of rice-microbe interaction
  • Genetic and molecular dissection of quantitative traits in rice and sorghum
  • Development of natural variation resources of rice
  • Development of rice with artificial mutations
  • Rice gene expression profiling
  • Molecular analysis of rice-microbe interaction
  • Genetic and molecular dissection of quantitative traits in rice and sorghum

Agri-Health Translational Research Project

  • Development of medical devices utilizing animal-derived collagen
  • Development of rice-based therapeutic vaccine against Japanese cedar pollen allergy
  • Development of new materials based on silk proteins for regenerative medicine
  • Development of human-animal medicine using transgenic silkworm

Research Program on Innovative Technologies for Animal Breeding, Reproduction and Vaccine Development

  • Animal genomics for innovative breeding technology
  • Development of innovative technology for animal reproduction

Construction of genome information database system for innovation of crop and livestock production

  • Construction of genome information database system for innovation of crop and livestock production

Innovations for Promotion of Basic Research

  • Elucidation of regulatory mechanisms of the antibiotic activity in biocontrol bacterium for the improvement of plant protection
  • Vigna genome project
  • Establishment of a universal and precise mutagenesis system for designing novel crops
  • Pedigree haplotype analysis and breeding applications
  • Development of multiple pest and disease control scheme of strengthening crop resistance induction pathways

Funding Program for Next Generation World-leading Researchers (NEXT Program)

  • Molecular analyses of rice disease susceptibility to design rice plants for durable disease resistance
  • Molecular basis of legume nodule symbiosis for low nitrogen fertilizer agriculture

Creation of essential technologies to utilize carbon dioxide as a resource through the enhancement of plant productivity and the exploitation of plant products

  • Mechanisms of the extreme salt-tolerance of wild Vigna species

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