Frontiers in Production Sciences
The aim is to develop technology that advances the functional development and use of crops and other botanical resources and ensures the sustainable reproduction of such resources, and to establish effective social, distribution and utilization systems. For example, the course covers the production of food and the like, which are indispensable to human survival, the recycling of various biomass resources, and social science related to the distribution/utilization of products. The creation of new energy from unused cellulosic biomass and the expansion of robotics technology in society are parts of frontier science.
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Frontiers in Production Sciences is comprised of following 4 units.
Units
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Unit of Agricultural Plant Science
The aim is to contribute to new eco-friendly agricultural production based on plant science. Using various organisms including higher plants and viruses as research materials, unknown biological functions are elucidated, through which novel biological functions are developed. Comprehensive education is provided on the flexible ways of thinking that are required for addressing complex biological mechanisms and qualitative/quantitative analytical methods.Faculties in Charge
- KANAZAWA AkiraProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Evolution)
- KISHIMA YujiProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Applied Bioscience | Laboratory of Plant Breeding)
- KUBO TomohikoProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Applied Bioscience | Laboratory of Genetic Engineering)
- YAMAGISHI MasumiAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Cell Biology and Manipulation)
- KOIDE YoheiAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Applied Bioscience | Laboratory of Plant Breeding)
- ONODERA YasuyukiAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Applied Bioscience | Laboratory of Genetic Engineering)
- YAMADA TetsuyaLecturer (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Evolution)
- INUKAI TsuyoshiLecturer (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Cell Biology and Manipulation)
- HATAYA TatsujiLecturer (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Pathogen-Plant Interactions)
- NAKAHARA KenjiLecturer (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Pathogen-Plant Interactions)
- KITAZAKI KazuyoshiLecturer (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Applied Bioscience | Laboratory of Genetic Engineering)
- DWIYANTI Maria StefanieAssistant Professor (Division of Research Innovation and Cooperation | Cooperative Research Group | Applied Plant Genomics)
- Atsumi GoVisiting Associate Professor (Outside organization | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
- OHKI TakehiroVisiting Associate Professor (Outside organization | National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region)
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Unit of Botany and Agronomy
Basic and applied education and research are conducted on the production and protection of food. The production functions of edible and garden crops and various other plants are clarified in crop science and physiology. Pathological, nutritional and microbiological methods are used to develop the production ability of plants under various environmental conditions and to provide education on the efficient use of resources and sustainable production.Faculties in Charge
- SHIMURA HanakoProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Crop Physiology)
- SHINANO TakuroProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Bioscience and Chemistry | Laboratory of Plant Nutrition)
- FUJINO KaienSpecially Appointed Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Crop Physiology)
- SUZUKI TakashiSpecially Appointed Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Horticultural Science)
- AKINO SeishiAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Plant Pathology)
- WATANABE ToshihiroAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Bioscience and Chemistry | Laboratory of Plant Nutrition)
- KASHIWAGI JunichiLecturer (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Crop Science)
- JITSUYAMA YutakaLecturer (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Horticultural Science)
- NAKASHIMA TaikenAssistant Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Crop Science)
- MARUYAMA HayatoAssistant Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Bioscience and Chemistry | Laboratory of Plant Nutrition)
- Noda TakahiroVisiting Professor (Outside organization | National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region)
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Unit of Agricultural Economics
Economic and social scientific methods are used to provide education on problems related to social infrastructure for human survival, including food, resources and the environment. The unit allows students to systematically learn theories related to the development of food systems, food safety, the construction of sustainable agricultural production systems, the formation of eco-friendly recycling-based agriculture, activities and policies to maintain the multiple functions of agriculture/rural villages, and global population/food problems and the like, and the unit cultivates analytical skills.Faculties in Charge
- YAMAMOTO YasutakaProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agricultural Economics | Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Policy)
- HIGASHIYAMA KanProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agricultural Economics | Laboratory of Farm Business Management)
- KONDO TakumiProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agricultural Economics | Laboratory of Agricultural and Rural Development)
- Itabashi MamoruProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agricultural Economics | Laboratory of Agricultural Cooperatives)
- SAKAZUME HiroshiProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agricultural Economics | Laboratory of Food and Agricultural Marketing)
- KOMATSU TomomiAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agricultural Economics | Laboratory of Farm Business Management)
- AIZAKI HideoAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agricultural Economics | Laboratory of Agricultural and Rural Development)
- SHIMIZUIKE YoshiharuAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agricultural Economics | Laboratory of Food and Agricultural Marketing)
- Akahori HirokazuAssistant Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agricultural Economics | Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Policy)
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Unit of Bioproduction Engineering
To build sustainable agricultural production and utilization systems that encompass the environment, humans and society through the study of food production and utilization from the physical aspect, education is provided on food production methods, agricultural product processing/storage methods and the use and management of biomass resources, as well as the analysis of the environment, energy, human labor, food safety, sustainable food supply and material recycling, and the development of new technologies.Faculties in Charge
- NOGUCHI NoboruProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Bioresource and Environmental Engineering | Laboratory of Vehicle Robotics)
- KOSEKI ShigenobuProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Bioresource and Environmental Engineering | Laboratory of Agricultural and Food Process Engineering)
- IWABUCHI KazunoriProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Bioresource and Environmental Engineering | Laboratory of Agricultural Bio-System Engineering)
- KOYAMA KentoAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Bioresource and Environmental Engineering | Laboratory of Agricultural and Food Process Engineering)
- SIMIZU NaotoAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Bioresource and Environmental Engineering | Laboratory of Agricultural Bio-System Engineering)
- OSPINA ALARCON RICARDOAssistant Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Bioresource and Environmental Engineering | Laboratory of Vehicle Robotics)
- Itoh TakanoriAssistant Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Bioresource and Environmental Engineering | Laboratory of Agricultural Bio-System Engineering)