NARO Research Prize 2023

The NARO Research Prize is awarded annually to outstanding research achievements with high social, economic and academic impacts from among the major research of the previous year, in order to raise motivation of the research staff and facilitate the revitalization of various research initiatives at NARO.

Awardees of NARO RESEARCH PRIZE 2023

1. Development of high-amylose rice flour for porridge jelly suitable for nursing care food

ASHIDA Kanae
Division of Food Function Research, Institute of Food Research, NARO

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https://www.naro.go.jp/laboratory/brain/english/press/stories/160418.html

2. SOP series for the promotion of NARO style direct sowing in dry fields

FURUHATA Masami
Technology Application Research Team, Tohoku Agricultural Research Center, NARO
YASUE Hiroyuki
Strategic Planning Headquarters, NARO HQ
MATSUNAMI Toshinori
Division of Crop Rotation Research for Lowland Farming, Tohoku Agricultural Research Center, NARO
KAMMURI Hideaki
Division of Crop Rotation Research for Lowland Farming, Tohoku Agricultural Research Center, NARO
SHINOTO Yoshiya
Division of Crop Rotation Research for Lowland Farming, Tohoku Agricultural Research Center, NARO
TAKAHASHI Wataru
Research Promotion Office, Tohoku Agricultural Research Center, NARO
YAMAGUCHI Hiromichi
Research Promotion Office, Central Region Agricultural Research Center, NARO
FUJIMOTO Hiroshi
Division of Hilly and Semi-Mountainous Area Farming Research, Western Region Agricultural Research Center, NARO
OKAMOTO Tsuyoshi
Research Promotion Office, Western Region Agricultural Research Center, NARO
TAKAHASHI Hiroyuki
Division of Hilly and Semi-Mountainous Area Farming Research, Western Region Agricultural Research Center, NARO
SASAKI Yutaka
Research Promotion Office, Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, NARO

3.Development and dissemination of comprehensive control method for sweet potato foot rot disease

KOBAYASHI Yuki
Research Promotion Office, Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, NARO
KOBAYASHI Akira
Division of Field Crop and Vegetable Research, Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, NARO
SHIMA Takeo
Division of Field Crop and Vegetable Research, Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, NARO
INOUE Hiroyoshi
Division of Field Crop and Vegetable Research, Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, NARO
NOMIYAMA Koji
Division of Crop Pest Control Research, Institute for Plant Protection, NARO
MITSUNAGA Takayuki
Division of Crop Pest Control Research, Institute for Plant Protection, NARO
OKADA Yoshihiro
Division of Field Crop and Vegetable Research, Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, NARO
KAWATA Yukari
Division of Field Crop and Vegetable Research, Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, NARO
NIIMI Hiroshi
Division of Field Crop and Vegetable Research, Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, NARO
SAKAIGAICHI Takeo
Division of Field Crop and Vegetable Research, Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, NARO
SUEMATSU Keisuke
Division of Field Crop and Vegetable Research, Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, NARO
KAWABE Masato
Division of Field Crop and Vegetable Research, Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, NARO
YOSHIDA Shigenobu
Division of Crop Pest Control Research, Institute for Plant Protection, NARO
ARAKAWA Yusuke
Research Promotion Office, Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, NARO

4. Development of an AI app "HeSo+" for diagnosing disease potential in fields against soil-borne diseases

YOSHIDA Shigenobu
Division of Crop Pest Control Research, Institute for Plant Protection, NARO
NOGUCHI Masako
Division of Crop Pest Control Research, Institute for Plant Protection, NARO
SEKIGUCHI Hiroyuki
Division of Crop Pest Control Research, Institute for Plant Protection, NARO
NOMIYAMA Koji
Division of Crop Pest Control Research, Institute for Plant Protection, NARO)
OCHI Sunao
Division of Crop Pest Control Research, Institute for Plant Protection, NARO
SATO Erika
Division of Crop Pest Control Research, Institute for Plant Protection, NARO
TAZAWA Junko
Division of Vegetable Research, Central Region Agricultural Research Center, NARO
YAMAUCHI Norihito
Division of Vegetable Research, Central Region Agricultural Research Center, NARO

5. Highly sensitive detection of invasive alien species golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei) by environmental DNA analysis

ITO Kenji
SHIBAIKE Hiroyuki
YOSHIMURA Yasuyuki
Division of Agroecosystem Management Research, Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO

Press Release
https://www.naro.go.jp/english/laboratory/niaes/press/goldenmussels/index.html

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