Activities
Genetic improvement of rice to secure stable rice production in unfavorable environments : Prof. Yoshiaki Inukai
In addition to the conventional cross breeding and mutation breeding technologies, novel breeding techniques, such as quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis (which identifies QTLs associated with stress tolerance) and marker-assisted selection (MAS) (which can quickly and accurately identify the presence of a specific quantitative trait locus) are now available to breed improved rice varieties with a greater efficiency, thanks to the recent research advancements in the field of agricultural sciences. Novel techniques, such as next generation sequencing (NGS) (which quickly and inexpensively provides genome-wide genetic information on living organisms) and new plant breeding techniques (NBT) (new approach to genome editing) have also been developed. We are using these technologies to achieve genetic improvement of rice with the goal of securing stable rice production in unfavorable environments.
 Research activities for development of new rice varieties with tolerance to environmental stresses |