Research Theme

Our work is mainly supported by CREST (Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology), through their funding of a project, "Regulation of Iron Nutrition in Plants".
->http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/report/report187/details6.html#ryoiki8

Ph D Theses Completed

2001Studies on genes involved in the biosynthetic pathway of mugineic acid family phytosiderophores.

Master Theses Completed

2002Studies on the ferrous iron transporters in rice.
2001Engineering enhanced tolerance of maize to low iron availability.
2000Cloning of HvMD1, a gene induced by manganese deficiency in barley roots.
1999Analysis of the expression of amino acid transporter genes in plants.
1998Subcellullar localization of the proteins related to iron nutrition in plants.

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