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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