鳥取大学乾燥地研究センター　乾燥地農業領域

The ecological physiology of plants and crops in arid regions and the development of appropriate cultivation techniques

Research studies being conducted at the Laboratory of Plant Eco-physiology includes studying the eco-physiology of plants and crops and development and advancement of cultivation technologies in arid and semiarid areas.
The eco-physiological studies basically focus on the responses of plants and crops to environmental stresses and the associated mechanisms.
Besides, growth and distribution of plants in relation to specific soil conditions of the deserts and the desertified areas are also the study subjects of the laboratory.

Further investigations include identification of specific plants with important ecological functions and/or having potentially economic value with an aim of appropriate agricultural utilization of such plants to obtain maximum production and the economic benefits.

Research topics

1. Study on the root characteristics in relation to salinity and drought tolerance. 2. Relationship between the chemical and physical properties of root cell wall and salt tolerance in plants. 3. Study on the eco-physiology of halophytes with high economic value and development of cultivation techniques. 4. Investigation of vegetation distribution in the desertified areas of China.

International Cooperative Researches

	Name	Institutions	Projects
1	LIU Xiao-Jing	Center for Agricultural Resources Research of the Institute of the Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS	Eco-physiology of the plants in saline-alkaloid soils and utilization of these plants in agriculture.
	FENG Xiao-Hui
2	LIi Xiang-Jun	Hebei Academy of Forestry Science	Study on the eco-physiology of the plants in arid and semiarid regions in China
3	ZHENG Yuan-Run	Institute of Botany of the CAS	Growth responses of tree seedlings with long roots in arid and semiarid areas
4	XUE Xian	Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources,CAS	Salinity tolerant mechanisms of the salt tolerant plants in extremely arid areas
	HUANG Cui-Hua
5	Zahid Hussain	COMSATS Institute of Information Technology	Technology Reclamation of saline-alkaloid soils and development of cultivation techniques in arid and semiarid regions

Domestic Cooperative Researches

	Name	Institutions	Projects
1	KONDO Kensuke	Tottori University	Studies on utilization of saline water for intermitted fertilization management method
2	MATSUURA Asana	Tokai University	Mechanisms of dehydration tolerance of millets
3	SUGIMOTO Yukihiro	Kobe University	Responses of Striga to abscisic acid and their roles in survival strategies
4	SHIMIZU Hideyuki	National Institute for Environmental Studies	Response to ozone of semi-arid plant species under water deficient condition
5	BABA Takashi	Tottori University	Phytoremediation of Saline and Sodic Soil by Salt-loving plant species
6	MATSUZOE Naotaka	Prefectural University of Kumamoto	Possibility of using halophyte Suaeda salsa as a forage crop
7	TSUJI Wataru	Tottori University	Development of cultivation technology for improving the drought tolerance of crops by “hardening” and study on its mechanisms
8	LI Wei-Qiang	RIKEN Yokohama Branch	Effect of ethylene on hormone homeostasis and contribution to drought tolerance in Arabidopsis
9	KASHIWAGI Junichi	Hokkaido University	Exploration of the important traits for improving dehydration tolerance of Wheat

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