Our laboratory is located in Field Science Center, Graduate School of Agriculture, University in Naruko Onsen, Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, which is about 70km north of Sendai. We studying on the development of environmentally friendly crop production technology based on field research.
To maintain and enhance biodiversity around rice fields, we study the effect of the organic farming technology “Winter Flooding Paddy Fields” on biodiversity and physic-chemical properties of soils.
Plant roots are important to organ to absorb water and nutrients from soil. We are developing a new method to measure the growth rate of the roots during cultivation and evaluating its impact on soil carbon dynamics.
Professor: Mizuhiko NISHIDA
Associate Professor: Ryosuke TAJIMA
Staff: Ayako SASAKI
M2: Koetsu ADACHI
M2: Ken SATO
M2: Takumi HASEGAWA
M1: Atsuko SASAKI
B4: Sota KOJIMA
B4: Minori MORI
Kawatabi Field Center, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University