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In 2010, the Institute of Plant Science and Resources (IPSR) was approved by Ministry of Education, Sports, Culture and Technology (MEXT) as \u201cJoint Usage\/Research Center\u201d at national level. To promote research of plant genetic resources and stress science, the former department system of IPSR was reorganized to a more flexible unit structure, organized under two research cores and one research center. Each Unit is composed of several independent research Groups that are managed by nominated Group Leaders (PIs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Research Core for Plant Stress Science<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/td>\nBarley and Wild Plant Resource Center<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/td>\nResearch Core for Future Crops<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Atmospheric Stress Unit <\/strong><\/td>\nGenetic resources unit <\/strong><\/td>\nResearch teams<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"\u3000Plant Light Acclimation Research Group<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"\u3000Group of Genome Diversity<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"\u3000Integrative Pan-omics Analytics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"\u3000Group of Environmental Response Systems<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"\u3000Group of Wild Plant Science<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"\u3000Crop Environment Design Research Team<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0 RECTOR program<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Soil Stress Unit<\/strong><\/td>\nApplied genomics unit<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"\u3000Group of Plant Stress Physiology<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"\u3000Group of Genetic Resources and Functions<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"\u3000Group of Plant Molecular Physiology<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"\u3000Group of Integrated Genomic Breeding<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"\u3000Group of Plant resilience research<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biotic Stress Unit<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"\u3000Group of Plant-Microbe Interactions<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"\u3000Group of Plant-Insect Interactions<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"\u3000Group of Plant Environmental Microbiology<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\" \u00a0\u00a0Plant Immune Design Group<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


\n<\/p>\n\n\"Virus\"\n\"Fungus\"\n\"Insect\"\n\"Bacteria\"\n\"Algae\"\n\"Joint\n\"Light\"\n\"Hormone\"\n\"Space\"\n\"Graduate\n\"Mineral\"\n\"Water\"\n\"Ion\"\n\"Africa\"\n\"Rice\"\n\"Crop\"\n\"Plastid\"\n\"Wheat\"\n\"Wild\n\"Nucleus\"\n\"Barley\n\"Barley\n\"Epigenetics\"\n\"IPSR\"\n\"Okayama <\/map>\n

In addition to \u201cBarley and Wild Plant Resource Center\u201d, two Research Cores for \u201cPlant Stress Science\u201d and \u201cFuture Crops\u201d contribute to the main infrastructure of IPSR. The Research Core for Plant Stress Science consists of three research units: \u201cAtmospheric Stress\u201d, \u201cSoil Stress\u201d, and \u201cBiotic Stress\u201d. Barley and Wild Plant Resource Center is further subdivided into two units: \u201cGenetic Resources\u201d and \u201cApplied Genomics\u201d. All units collectively contribute to a large number of collaborative research programs in plant stress and development of plant genetic resources. For details about research conducted in each Research Core, Center, Units and Groups, please follow the links provided in the summary table above.<\/p>\n

For complete list of IPSR academic and research staff members in the groups, click here<\/a>. The faculty members of IPSR are integral part of, and actively contribute to education at Okayama University Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science<\/a>. For details related to Master (MSc) and Doctoral (PhD) course programs available at IPSR, visit our student-related pages here or directly contact the Group Leader(s) associated with the group of your interest. For general information, please contact IPSR office<\/a> staff.<\/p>\n

For more summary information about research in each research group and IPSR, the most recent information brochure can be downloaded here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To see the summary of previous and current research achievements of IPSR, you can download \u201cAnnual IPSR Research Reports<\/a>\u201d from this site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Research Core for Plant Stress Science Barley and Wild Plant Resource Center Research Core for Future Crops Atmospheric Stress Unit Genetic resources unit Research teams \u3000Plant Light Acclimation Research Group \u3000Group of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":126,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-128","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nResearch Groups - Institute of Plant Science and Resources<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rib.okayama-u.ac.jp\/english\/research\/researchgroup-index\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Research Groups - Institute of Plant Science and Resources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In 2010, the Institute of Plant Science and Resources (IPSR) was approved by Ministry of Education, Sports, Culture and Technology (MEXT) as \u201cJoint Usage\/Research Center\u201d at national level. 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