Last update: May 12, 2025
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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
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
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.
Recent publications (2024)
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Hirotsuna Yamada, Lydia Ratna Runthara, Akira Tanaka, Takuro Kohama, Hayato Maruyama, Wakana Tanaka, Sho Nishida, Tantriani, Akira Oikawa, Keitaro Tawaraya, Toshihiro Watanabe, Shu Tong Liu, Patrick M. Finnegan, Hans Lambers, Takayuki Sasaki, Jun Wasaki. HalALMT1 mediates malate efflux in the cortex of mature cluster rootlets of Hakea laurina, occurring naturally in severely phosphorus-unpoceerished soil. New Phytolotist, 2025, doi: 10.1111/nph.70010
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Kazuki Murashima, Ryota Arakawa, Hayato Maruyama, Toshihiro Watanabe, Takuro Shinano. Evaluation of Functional Components in Fruits of Paprika (Capsicum annuum L.) under Different Nitrogen Concentrations. 2025. The Horticulture Journal (Advance publication) Link
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Sarah Schwieger·Takayoshi Koike. Evgenios Agathokleous ･Judith M. Sarneel, 他39名 2025. Environmental Conditions Modulate Warming Effects on Plant Litter Decomposition Globally. Ecology Letters, 28:e70026
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Hiroshi Uchibayashi, Hayato Maruyama, Toshihiro Watanabe, Yo Toma, Shoichiro Hamamoto, Atsushi Nakao, Kohei Kurokawa, Takuro Shinano. 2025. Impact of basalt application on soil chemical properties and elemental uptake by paddy rice through enhanced rock weathering. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, https://doi.org/10.1080/00380768.2024.2448457
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Kazuki Murashima, Ryota Arakawa, Hayato Maruyama, Toshihiro Watanabe, Takuro Shinano. 2024. Evaluation of Functional Components in Fruits of Paprika (Capsicum annuum L.) under Different Nitrogen Concentrations. The Horticulture Journal (accepted for publication)
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Toshihiro Watanabe, Nozomi Imai, Syuntaro Hiradate, Hayato Maruyama and Jun Wasaki. 2024. Why can Palhinhaea cernua (lycophyte) grow closer to fumaroles in highly acidic solfatara fields? Journal of Plant Research, Link
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Takafumi Mizuno, Daichi Kondo, Hiroto Kasai, Kosuke Kuwabara, Jun Yamashita, Yoshinori Murai, Antony van der Ent, Atsushi Hashimoto, Toshihiro Watanabe. 2024. Concentrations and inter-element correlations of seven essential elements in wild plants of Japan. Ecological Research, Link
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Takuya Nakagawa, Toshihiro Watanabe, Hirokatsu Uchino. 2024. Decay Resistance of Citric Acid Cross-Linked Paper. Journal of Fiber Science and Technology,80(9) 197-203. Link
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Takafumi Mizuno, Daichi Kondo, Hiroto Kasai, Jun Yamashita, Takuro Ito, Yoshinori Murai, Antony van der Ent, Atsushi Hashimoto &Toshihiro Watanabe. 2024. Effects of soil and phylogeny on sulfur and phosphorus concentrations in wild plants on volcanic and non-volcanic soils in Japan. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 70, 424-434. Link
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Okada, R., Kumagai, K., Maruyama, H., Shinano, T., Watanabe, T.* 2024. Effect of different light conditions on the growth response of sugar beet to NaCl. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Link
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Nakamura, T., Osaki, M., Watanabe, T.* 2024. Zero-valent iron reduces cadmium and arsenic accumulation in spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.). Journal of Plant Nutrition, 47, 646-655.
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Kouame, K.P., Agrahari, R.K., Miyachi, T., Kobayashi, Y., Watanabe, T., Nakamura, T., Maruyama-Nakashita, A., Shimizu, M., Koyama, H., and Kobayashi, Y. 2024. Alleviating effect of calcium sulfate on aluminum stress through enhanced malate release with increased gene expression of malate transporter and sulfate transporter. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, https://doi.org/10.1080/00380768.2024.2334278
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Kurokawa, K., Nakao,A., Suzuki, A., Fujimura, S., Shinano, T., Yanai, J. Examination of the reliability of X-ray powder diffraction analysis to determine mineral composition of soils. Soil Science Societyt of America Journal, http://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20757
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Satomi Kanno, Shigeto Fujimura, Junko Takahashi, Chenyu Li, Takuro Shinano, Shin-ichi Nakamura, Nathalie Leonhardt, Jun Furukawa 2024. Rice Na + absorption mediated by OsHKT2;1 affected Cs + translocation from root to shoot under low K + environments. Plant Science, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1477223
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Uchibayashi, H., Shinano, T., Hirata, T. 2024 Nitrogen accumulation and initial growth response in lettuce planted with different periods after hairy vetch incorporation. International Journalist of Pant Biology
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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）.