Laboratory of Forest Bioresource Technology
Research Theme
Our research group aims to develop technologies pertaining to increased production and/or new utilization of woody biomass, non-timber forest products and resources, including their conversion to value-added functional materials. Our research and education cover the underlying sciences for those technologies: especially, fundamental sciences on clarification of interaction and mass balance among biotic communities in forest.
Current research activities
- Cultivation, breeding, and molecular phylogenetic analysis of basidiomycetes
- Clarification of symbiotic mechanism between forest plants and fungi
- Clarification of ecological characteristics of forest plants and its application to restoration of forest vegetation
- Clarification of ecological characteristics of forest microorganisms and exploration of their function
- Development of unused, non-timber forest resources
- Monitoring woody biomass-derived components in their biodegradation processes
- Clarification of the role of lignin in plants
- Development of novel materials/useful substances from agroforest biomass resources
Members
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ProfessorTAMAI Yutaka
Degree D. Agr. Specialty Physiology and Ecology of Mushrooms, Utilization of Forest By-products, Utilization of Mycorrhiza. Charge (US) Department of Forest Science | Forest Bioresource Technology Charge (GS) Division of Agriculture | Frontiers in Environmental Sciences | Unit of Forest Resource Utilization Research Theme Physiology and Ecology of Mushrooms, Utilization of Forest By-products, Utilization of Mycorrhiza
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Associate ProfessorKODA Keiichi
Degree D. Agr. Specialty Wood Chemistry Charge (US) Department of Forest Science | Forest Bioresource Technology Charge (GS) Division of Agriculture | Frontiers in Environmental Sciences | Unit of Forest Resource Utilization Research Theme Wood Components Chemistry, Chemical/Biochemical Conversion of Forest Biomass