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 FY2019, five researches have been selected and the awarding ceremony was held on September 24, 2019.
Awardees of NARO RESEARCH PRIZE 2020
1. Agricultural decision support system for paddy rice, wheat, and soybean by utilizing high-resolution gridded meteorological data
NAKAGAWA Hiroshi (Division of Climate Change, Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences)
MARUYAMA Atsushi (Division of Climate Change, Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences)
YOSHIDA Hiroe(Division of Climate Change, Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences)
NAKANO Satoshi(Division of Climate Change, Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences)
Agricultural decision support system for paddy rice, wheat, and soybean
2. Practical utilization of agricultural information technology through drone sensing
SUGIURA Ryo (Agricultural AI Research Office, Research Center for Agricultural Information Technology)
3. New green tea cultivar "Seimei" in response to the increasing demand for Matcha and green tea powder in overseas
YOSHIDA Katsuyuki(Department of Research Promotion, Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science)
NESUMI Atsushi(Division of Tea Research, Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science)
OGINO Akiko(Division of Tea Research, Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science)
Link to the Press Release:
Green tea cultivar "Seimei" suitable for Matcha and powdered tea
Link to the Research Paper:
New Green Tea Cultivar 'Seimei' for Sencha, Kabuse-cha, Matcha and Powderd tea
4. A rice gene that confers broad-spectrum resistance to β-triketone herbicides
MAEDA Hideo(Division of Rice Research, Institute of Crop Science)
YOSHIDA Hitoshi(Division of Applied Genetics, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
Link to the Press Release (external link to Saitama University):
A rice gene that confers broad-spectrum resistance to β-triketone herbicides. Maeda et al., Science.
5. Development of the novel microbial fuel cell and the biosensor
YOKOYAMA Hiroshi(Division of Animal Environment and Waste Management Research, Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science)
YAMASHITA Takahiro(Division of Animal Environment and Waste Management Research, Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science)
Link to the Research Paper:
Ultra-low-power energy harvester for microbial fuel cells and its application to environmental sensing and long-range wireless data transmission. Journal of Power Sources 2019.
6. Silver amplification immunochromatography kit for rapid and accurate foot-and-mouth disease virus antigen detection
MORIOKA Kazuki(Division of Transboundary Animal Disease, National Institute of Animal Health)
FUKAI Katsuhiko(Division of Transboundary Animal Disease, National Institute of Animal Health)
NISHI Tatsuya(Division of Transboundary Animal Disease, National Institute of Animal Health)
YAMADA Manabu(Division of Pathology and Pathophysiology, National Institute of Animal Health)
Link to the Research Paper:
Development and evaluation of silver amplification immunochromatography kit for foot-and-mouth disease virus antigen detection,J Virol Methods 2020.
7. Development of reference material containing a defined copy number of target DNA and its application to the production of reference DNA plates for COVID-19
TAKABATAKE Reona(Division of Analytical Science, Institute of Food Research)
KITTA Kazumi(Division of Analytical Science, Institute of Food Research)
MANO Junichi(Division of Analytical Science, Institute of Food Research)
KISHINE Masahiro(Division of Analytical Science, Institute of Food Research)
Link to the Reserach Paper:
Novel bioprinting application for the production of reference material containing a defined copy number of target DNA,Anal. Chem., 2019.
Awardees of NARO RESEARCH PRIZE 2020 Special Recognition Award
Development of management techniques and resistant potato varieties against the white potato cyst nematode, Globodera pallida, and their prompt dissemination through closely coordinated activity by the official control section and the seed potato section
Plant Nematology Group, Division of Agro-Environmental Research, Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center
Potato Breeding Group, Division of Field Crop Research and Development, Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center
1st Business Division, Hokkaido-Chuo Farm, Center for Seeds and Seedlings
Breeding of waxy barley cultivars contributing to expansion of domestic production of food barley
Barley breeding project group
Division of Wheat and Barley Research, Institute of Crop Science
Division of Crop Development, Central Region Agricultural Research Center(Kanto, Tokai and Hokuriku Regions)
Division of Field Crops and Horticulture Research, Western Region Agricultural Research Center(Kinki, Chugoku and Shikoku Regions)
Division of Lowland Farming Research, Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center
Link to the Research Paper:
Breeding of Kirari-mochi: A new two-rowed waxy hull-less barley cultivar with superior quality characteristics, Breed. Sci. 2011.
