Creating Next-Generation Data-Driven Breeding Technologies
The Department of Crop Design Research pioneers innovative breeding technologies that address the challenges of climate change and labor shortages. The department advances both Smart Breeding technologies, which improve the efficiency of conventional breeding through genomic and phenotypic data, and Crop Design technologies, which identify optimal trait combinations and the genes required to achieve them. Through research on rice, soybean, wheat, barley, and other major crops, the department strengthens the scientific foundation of future crop breeding in Japan.
non-destructive evaluation of crop performance
(Japan's Only Facility Registered with the International Plant Phenotyping Network
https://www.plant-phenotyping.org/)
to streamline the selection of crossing parents
for new cultivar development
