NARO Research Prize 2017

The NARO Research Prize is awarded annually to outstanding research achievements with high social, economic and academic impacts from among the major researches of the previous year, in order to raise motivation of the research staff and facilitate the revitalization of various research initiatives at NARO. For FY2017, seven researches have been selected and the awarding ceremony was held on September 22, 2017.

Awardees

Spring sowing and summer crop planting type of onion adapted in Tohoku and Hokuriku regions

Atsushi YAMASAKI (Division of Field Crops and Horticulture Research, Tohoku Agricultural Research Center)
Hiromichi YAMAZAKI (Division of Field Crops and Horticulture Research, Tohoku Agricultural Research Center)
Katsuyuki KATAYAMA (Division of Farming Systems Research, Western Region Agricultural Research Center)
Takafumi KINOSHITA (Division of Field Crops and Horticulture Research, Tohoku Agricultural Research Center)

Sensory attributes of apple products enhanced with reconstituted ethyl esters that are aroma components of watercored apples

Fukuyo TANAKA (Division of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Central Region Agricultural Research Center)
Keiki OKAZAKI (Division of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Central Region Agricultural Research Center)
Miho TATSUKI (Division of Fruit Production and Postharvest Science, Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science)

Early maturing peach cultivar 'Sakuhime' suitable for cultivation in warm regions

Hideaki YAEGAKI (Division of Fruit Breeding and Genetics, Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science)
Yuko SUESADA (Division of Fruit Breeding and Genetics, Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science)
Yutaka SAWAMURA (Division of Fruit Breeding and Genetics, Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science)
Takashi HAJI (Division of Fruit Breeding and Genetics, Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science)

Lactic acid bacteria additives suitable for high sugar high digestible rice WCS preparation

Masanori TOHNO (Division of Animal Feeding and Management Research, Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science)

Domestic rinderpest vaccine which became international standard

Takehiro KOKUHO (Department of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, NIAH)
Hitomi TAKAMATSU (Department of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Animal Health)
Kazuya TERUI (Department of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Animal Health)

Utilization of ICT in rice field water management

Kousuke WAKASUGI (Division of Facilities and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute for Rural Engineering)

Development of Juvenile hormones (JHs) sensor

Toshimasa YAMAZAKI (Structural Biology Team, Research Center for Advanced Analysis)
Zui FUJIMOTO (Structural Biology Team, Research Center for Advanced Analysis)
Suzuki Rintaro SUZUKI (Structural Biology Team, Research Center for Advanced Analysis)

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