Last update: July 4, 2025
News
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New PD has arrived (Ms. Hiyori Namie)
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The laboratory structure for the 2025 academic year is as follows:
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The team includes a Professor, an Associate Professor, an Assistant, and a specially appointed Associate Professor. There is also one postdoctoral researcher (PD).
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As for graduate students, there are 3 doctoral course (DC) students, 6 second-year master’s course (MC2) students, 5 first-year master’s course (MC1) students, and 4 fourth-year undergraduate students.
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In addition, there are 3 research assistants and 1 administrative assistant.




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Member photo (2024)

Upcoming presentations
Nodules influence soil-to-legume transfer of cesium
Kazuki Murashima, Nao Okuma, Hayato Maruyama, Toshihiro Watanabe, Takuro Shinano
IPNC, July 22-25, Porto
Crosstalk between Sulfur and Phosphorus Deficiency Responses in Rice
Ikue Yamada, Hayato Maruyama, Toshihiro Watanabe, Takuro Shinano
IPNC, July 22-25, Porto
Introduction of our lab.
International presentations
Predicting soil Radiocaesium Uptake and Dynamics using Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy(MIRS) Jumpei Iwai, Gerd Dercon, Magdeline Vlasimsky, Franck Albinet, Hayato Maruyama, Takuro Shinano EGU, May 3-6, Vienna Microbiome-Metabolome Network Analysis Unveils Strain-Specific Phosphorus Acquisition Strategies in Wheat Holobionts Hayato Maruyama, Tomoha Imai, Yushiro Fuji, Yasunori Ichihashi, Toshihiro Watanabe, Takuro Shinano Rhizosphere 6, June 15-19, Edinburgh The Role of Carbon in the Rhizosphere Takuro Shinano 24th Latin American Congress of Soil Science, June 24-27, Sant Cruz
Recent publications (2025)
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Cohort Study reveals the Effects of Various Sustainable Agriculture Methods in Mandarin Orange Orchards in Japan. Fujiwara, F., Okano, Y., Takata, D., Maruyama, H., Arakawa, R., Kobayashi, N., Kumaishi, K., Narukawa, M., Nose, Y., Isawa, T., Shinano, T., Miyazawa, K., Nihei, H., Ichihashi, Y.
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Can we use the addition of stable 133Cs to evaluate the uptake risk of the radioequivalent 137Cs by crops? Eguchi, T., Shinano, T., et al. STOTEN Click どんな論文→クリック
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Effect of different light conditions on the growth response of sugar beet to NaCl. Obama, R., Kumagai, K., Maruyama, H., Shinano, T. and Watanabe, T.Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 71(2)113-121. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/00380768.2024.2422097?needAccess=true どんな内容→クリック
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Enhanced CO2 removal and improved carbon budget by enhanced rock weathering: A field experiment in Hokkaido, Japan. Yang, Y., Kosaka, G.,Uchibayashi, H., Zhu, Y., Kuramochi, K., Shinano, T., Watanabe, T., Maruyama, H., Hamamoto, S., Nakao, A. and Toma, Y. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10705-025-10414-8
Laboratory introduction Click to open File (in Japanese)
Contact
Laboratory of Plant Nutrition,
Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University
N9 W9, Kitaku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan 060-8589
Located in south wing of Faculty of Agriculture
Prof. Takuro Shinano
(S280: TEL +81-11-706-4170)
Assoc. Prof. Toshihiro Watanabe
(S277: TEL +81-11-706-2498)
Assist. Prof. Hayato Maruyama
(S228: TEL +81-11-706-3845)
Student room
(S227 : TEL +81-11-706-3845)
Who want to study in our lab
We welcome you to participate in our lab.
BS, MS, PhD are welcome.
We also accept laboratory guidance.
If you have any interest, please contact one of the staff member by e-mail(Member).