Biological and Environmental Sciences
Biological and Environmental Sciences
Summary
For the Department of Bioresource and Environmental Sciences have conducting comprehensive education and research with the aim of developing human resources who have the theory and technology to efficietly and safely produce food that supports the survival of humankind and to practice agriculture while considering the conservation of the ecological environment.
Faculty members

Hideki Araki
- Position
- Professor
- Research Field
- Agronomy
- ahide (at) yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
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- ・Ecological and physiological mechanisms of tolerance to environmental stresses of crops
・Crop cultivating methods to alleviate negative impacts of environmental stresses

Yasuomi Ibaraki
- Position
- Professor
- Research Field
- Bio-environmental Information Engineering
- ibaraki (at) yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
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- ・Plant image analysis
・Environmental control in plant production

Jun Kobayashi
- Position
- Jun Kobayashi
- Research Field
- Applied Entomology
- koba-jun (at) yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
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- ・The development of genome informatics-based technologies for the utilization and management of insects
・Establishment of insect cell culture system for valuable material production

Masayoshi Shigyo
- Position
- Professor
- Research Field
- Vegetable Crop Science
- shigyo (at) yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
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- ・High efficiency and value added production system in plant factory
・Development of novel vegetable variety suitable for cultivation under global warming effects

Kenji Suzuki
- Position
- Professor
- Research Field
- Meteorology
- kenjis (at) yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
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- ・Observational study on microphysics of preicipitating clouds
・Study on rain/snow associated with agricultural disasters

Tadashi Takahashi
- Position
- Professor
- Research Field
- Crop Science
- tadashit (at) yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
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- ・Physiological and ecological analysis on harvest yield and products quality for crop
・Establishment of sustainable system on crop cultivation with additional value

Yoko Takematsu
- Position
- Professor
- Research Field
- Entomology
- takematu (at) yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
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- ・Biodiversity, taxonomy and nestmate recognition of termites in Asia

Haruhiko Yamamoto
- Position
- Professor
- Research Field
- Environmental Information Science
- yamaharu (at) yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
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- ・Study on measurement and control of the meteorological environment in the biosphere
・Study on occurrence elucidation and disaster prevention of meteorological disasters

Jung-Hee Kim
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Research Field
- Fruit Science
- kim (at) yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
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- ・Studies on various traits and heredity in fruit trees
・Analysis of functional ingredients in fruit trees and its applications

Yuuki Sago
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Research Field
- Protected Horticulture
- sago (at) yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
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- ・Measurement and modeling of plant physiology in plant factory.
・Utilization of unused resources for energy-saving control of greenhouse environment.

Yutaka Taneichi
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Research Field
- Agricultural Marketing
- taneichi (at) yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
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- ・Study on the distribution and consumption of agricultural and livestock products
・Study on Enterprise and Business Administration and food industry

Mitsuru Toma
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Research Field
- Environmental Soil Science
- mtoma (at) yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
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- ・Agricultural use of by-product gypsum
・Amelioration of suboil acidity

Eiji Hosoi
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Research Field
- Applied Animal Ecology
- hosoi (at) yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
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- ・Animal Ecology and Wild Animal Damage Prevention
・Genetic Diversity of Local Animal Populations

Yukiko Yanagi
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Research Field
- Soil Chemistry
- yyanagi (at) yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
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- ・Dynamics of soil organic matter by microorganisms
・Soil formation mechanisms in Akiyoshidai plateau

Atsushi Sakaguchi
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Research Field
- Land Resource Science
- asaka (at) yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
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- ・Study on relation between soil moisture and crop water stress
・Study on automation of upland irrigation

Kazunori Sasaki
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Research Field
- Plant Pathogenic Microbiology
- sasaki (at) yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
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- ・Studies on pathogenicity factor of soilborne plant pathogen
・Comparative genome analysis of plant pathogenic fungi

Ryosuke Mega
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Research Field
- Plant Breeding Science
- mega (at) yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
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- ・Screening traits specific metabolite biomarker based on metabolomics analysis
・Elucidation of the metabolites synthetic pathway and development of genotypes with improved pathway