About Us
History Timeline
| 1914 | Establishment of the Institute for Agricultural Research by Ohara Farmer’s Association Founder Magosaburo Ohara (  more in Japanese)First director Mantaro Kondo ( more in Japanese) |
| 1915 |  Photo of the founding members of the Institute for Agricultural Research (Front row from the left: Ayanosuke Kawamata, Mantaro Kondo, Magosaburo Ohara, Kiyoshi Hara, Shigeru Osugi, Chiaki Miyake. Third person in back row from left: Rakuzan Koyama ( more in Japanese)) |
| 1918 |  Early photo of the Institute for Agricultural Research South view of the institute (front to back: flowers and ornamental plants, fruit trees, research buildings) |
| 1929 | Institute was renamed to Ohara Agricultural Research Center |
| 1951-1952 | Institute becomes affiliated with School of Agricultural Science, Okayama University |
| 1953 | Renamed to Institute for Agricultural Biology (First director: Dr. Yoshikazu Nishikado; more in Japanese) with 5 divisions: Applied Entomology, Biochemistry, Plant Genetics, Plant Pathology and Plant Physiology. |
| 1960 | Establishment of Division of Micrometeorology |
| 1963 |  Panoramatic view of the institute |
| 1966 |  Panoramatic view of the institute Establishment of Division of Biological Water Quality Science |
| 1970 | Establishment of Division of Weed Science |
| 1979 | Establishment of Barley Germplasm Center |
| 1988 | Reorganized and renamed to Okayama University Research Institute for Bioresources, including Division of Gene Expression, Division of Biological Mechanistic Analysis, Division of Response to Environment, Division of Life Cycle Analysis (Division of Visiting Foreign Scholar), and Barley Germplasm Center |
| 1997 | Establishment of Barley and Wild Plant Resource Center Closing Division of Life Cycle Analysis (Division of Visiting Foreign Scholar), and Barley Germplasm Center |
| 2003 | Institute structure reformed to Division of Functional Development and Regulation and Division of Environmental Response Analysis, with 15 research groups (closing Division of Gene Expression, Division of Biological Mechanistic Analysis, Division of Response to Environment) |
| 2004 | Transformation of Okayama University to an independent corporation under National University reform The 90th anniversary of the Institute |
| 2010 |  Panoramic view of the current institute Reformed/renamed to Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University Designated as nationwide “Joint Usage/Research Center” |
| 2014 | Celebrating 100 years from IPSR establishment as Ohara Institute for Agricultural Research |
| 2015 |  New Advanced Plant Research Building was opened on June-3 |
| 2016 |   Magosaburo Ohara relief and Rakuzan Koyama monument were unveiled on Feb-4 |
| 2021 |  Renewal of the new IPSR homepage was completed on April-1 |
