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Kazunori Sakamoto

Professor
Environmental Science for Bioproduction
Chiba University
Japan

Professor Agri and Aquaculture
Biography

Prof. Sakamoto was born at Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, Japan. After he had graduated from Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, The University of Tsukuba, he started to work for Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University in 1990. His major fields are Plant Nutrition, Rhizosphere Microbiology and Soil Microbiology. He received Young Soil Scientist Award in 1995.

Research Intrest

Research subjects are Host plant genes involving in the mutual association between soybean and microorganisms. Development of heavy metal tolerance of plant by the inoculation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Biomass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Japanese arable fields. Isolation of plant growth promoting fungi and its practical use.

List of Publications
Watanabe, M., Yamamura, S., Takamatsu, T., Koshikawa, M.K., Hayashi, S., Murata, T., Saito, S.S., Inubushi, K., Sakamoto, K. (2010) Microbial biomass and nitrogen transformations in surface soils strongly acidified by volcanic hydrogen sulfide deposition in Osorezan, Japan. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 56 (1), 123-132
Alam, S.S., Sakamoto, K., Inubushi, K. (2011) Biocontrol efficiency of Fusarium wilt diseases by a root-colonizing fungus Penicillium sp. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 57 (2), 204-212
Okubo, T., Tsukui, T., Maita, H., Okamoto, S., the other authors (20), Sakamoto, K., the other authors (24) (2012) Complete genome sequence of Bradyrhizobium sp. S23321: Insights into symbiosis evolution in soil oligotrophs. Microbes and Environments, 27 (3), 306-315
Sakamoto, K., Ogiwara, N., Kaji, T. (published online) Involvement of autoregulation in the interaction between rhizobial nodulation and AM fungal colonization in soybean roots. Biology and Fertility of Soils

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