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Plant Pathology

Molecular biology of plant parasitism and immunity

Staff

Kazuhiro TOYODAProf. Dr. Kazuhiro TOYODA
E-mail: pisatin (please add @okayama-u.ac.jp)
Yoshiteru NOUTOSHIAssoc. Prof. Dr. Yoshiteru NOUTOSHI
E-mail: noutoshi (please add @okayama-u.ac.jp)

Research Topics

Plant pathology is the science that studies plant diseases and aims to improve crop production effectively and safely. One promising approach includes conventional breeding and arable genetic engineering of disease-resistant plants. Plant pathology is therefore a preventive clinical plant science that combines a basic knowledge of physiology, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and many other branches of science.