{"id":5593,"date":"2026-02-02T09:09:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T00:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ag.kagawa-u.ac.jp\/english\/?page_id=5593"},"modified":"2026-02-12T12:49:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T03:49:04","slug":"research-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ag.kagawa-u.ac.jp\/english\/research-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Faculty and Graduate School of Agriculture conduct advanced research across a wide range of fields related to food, plants, environment, and life sciences. Our work addresses global challenges in sustainable food production, environmental protection, and biotechnology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Food Production<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Plant physiology and mechanisms of environmental stress resistance for agricultural use<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Growth morphology and ecological physiology related to crop yield<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neural control of animal digestion and feed development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evaluation of feed environments and unused feed resources<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Development of new meat resources<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Agronomic studies on high-yield rice production<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Analysis of mechanisms behind meteorological disasters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Agricultural protection policy and environmental protection technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Business management for regional agricultural development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Growth regulation and breeding of vegetables<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Breeding of kiwifruit and climate-resilient fruit trees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fertility studies of fruit trees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flowering mechanisms and genetic modification of ornamental plants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Breeding and cultivation techniques for strawberries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Physiology of cut flowers for quality and freshness control<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Horticultural Science<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Evaluation of breeding traits in wild fruit tree resources and new horticultural materials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Genetic resources and regulation of flower color in garden plants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Control of color patterns through petal epidermal cell traits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Behavior and ecology of social insects in coastal areas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Environmental and Ecological Sciences<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Physiological ecology and life history of terrestrial plants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles in forest and farmland soils<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Behavioral ecology and environmental adaptation of insects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Material circulation and biological production environments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Material and energy cycles in coastal ecosystems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Element movement during biological production by lower organisms in coastal areas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environmental assessment and material circulation in aquatic ecosystems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biological Molecular Chemistry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Binding properties of algae-derived anticancer compounds and target proteins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chemistry, biosynthesis, and biological activity of tree components<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biosynthesis, stereochemistry, and synthesis of lignin-related compounds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biochemistry and molecular biology of plant development and differentiation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discovery of functional compounds, including rare sugars with anti-aging effects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Physical chemistry and function of amphiphilic compounds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organic chemistry of functional natural compounds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chemical studies on plant functional components<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organic chemistry of sugars, including rare sugars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plant Science<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Biochemistry and molecular biology of plant\u2013microbe interactions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Molecular biology of plant\u2013insect\u2013microbe interactions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Physiology and biochemistry of plant cell regeneration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mechanisms of somatic cell mutation in higher plants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stress tolerance and environmental response mechanisms in plants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plant signal transduction related to stress and immunity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plant genomics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Molecular breeding and functional analysis of useful genes in grasses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rare sugar synthesis and effects on plants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Animal cell culture and enzyme synthesis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Life Science and Biotechnology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Function and biosynthesis of glycoproteins and sugar chains<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Structure and function of enzymes from extremophiles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Regulation of signal transduction by protein phosphorylation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mechanisms of bacterial adaptation to environmental change<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Life phenomena studied using yeast<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enzymatic function and mass production using sugars<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Characterization of basidiomycete mushrooms for applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Breeding and cultivation of edible mushrooms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Molecular analysis of genes and gene regulation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disease control mechanisms related to phosphorylation signaling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Food Science<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Energy-saving emulsion control and food physical properties<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improvement of protein function in foods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Production and analysis of functional powdered foods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sugar crystallization technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Functional food production using anti-allergy components from olive fruits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biosynthetic enzymes of rare sugars<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cellulose-degrading enzymes from microbes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rare sugar synthesis using microbial enzymes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Immunological detection using monoclonal antibodies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Faculty and Graduate School of Agriculture conduct advanced research across a wide range of fields related to food, plants, [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5593","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ag.kagawa-u.ac.jp\/english\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Faculty and Graduate School of Agriculture conduct advanced research across a wide range of fields related to food, plants, [&hellip;]","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ag.kagawa-u.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ag.kagawa-u.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ag.kagawa-u.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ag.kagawa-u.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ag.kagawa-u.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5593"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ag.kagawa-u.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5716,"href":"https:\/\/www.ag.kagawa-u.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5593\/revisions\/5716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ag.kagawa-u.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}