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Yusaku UGA

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Research of plant root system for development of climate-resilient crops🌾. Group leader, NARO, JapanπŸ‡―πŸ‡΅.

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Early morning in the Mekong Delta

05.12.2025 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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National Treasure Matsumoto Castle, in Japan

30.11.2025 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tono, Iwate, Japan

23.10.2025 06:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hachimantai, Iwate, Japan

21.10.2025 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In autumn, many kinds of mushrooms grow in the mountains, but this is the first time I've seen a mushroom that looks like a brain🧠

18.10.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Climate Change in Asia ep. 4: Saving Vietnam's Fields from Rising Water Levels - IMPACTS: Climates Change the World | NHK WORLD-JAPAN Water levels all over the world are rising, with regions at low elevation in particular danger. Vietnam's rice fields have been subjected to floods, endangering production of precious food supplies.

www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

29.09.2025 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our collaborative research with Dr. Kawachi group have been published. PET-CT results suggest that nodules act as dynamic regulators of photosynthates translocation under soil variation in soybean. Congrats, Dr. Miyoshi!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

21.09.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Japanese kerria in greenery of the mountains.

19.04.2025 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Katakuri flowers herald the arrival of spring in the mountainsπŸ‡―πŸ‡΅

12.04.2025 06:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We published a new paper investigating the rice NILs & PYLs with root QTLs to identify which root QTL is important for drought avoidance. Our findings indicate that the QTL for root angle is more critical for drought avoidance than the other root traits.
doi.org/10.3117/plan...

18.03.2025 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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