Institution
Tokyo University of Agriculture
Recent research
- BiologyOpen access
Two idolothripine genera, Bactrothrips and Megalothrips, from Asia between India and Taiwan are studied taxonomically. Ten species of Bactrothrips and four species of Megalothrips are recognized from this area. Among them two species are newly described and one species is recalle...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Tail-degloving and cold storage facilitate primary cell culture from wild-caught rodents
The use of wild rodents as biological resources is hindered by the difficulties of live transport and primary culture contamination caused by skin bacteria. To address this, we developed a "tail-degloving" method to physically remove the contaminated external integument. Using th...
- BiologyOpen access
The succession crisis in Japan’s rural communities has made external growth strategies, particularly corporate farm mergers and acquisitions (M&A), crucial for preserving agricultural resources and maintaining rural land governance. Simultaneously, agribusinesses must pursue Crea...
- Society & Economics
Remarks on “Pair-MERGE as Set-MERGE”: Internal Pair-MERGE of heads reconsidered
Abstract This article points out that any reformulation of Pair-MERGE as Set-MERGE based on Zermelo-Fraenkel Set-Theory with the Axiom of Choices (ZFC) (Omune 2018; Nakashima 2022) faces both conceptual and empirical problems. First, we show that it inevitably violates the Princi...
- BiologyOpen access
Abstract Objective Murraya sumatrana Roxb. (Rutaceae) is a shrub that is native to Bangladesh to Taiwan, and New Guinea, and is used mainly as ornamental trees in these regions. It has long been confused with orange jasmine, M. paniculata , and other species in the genus Murraya...
- Biology
Enzyme Engineering:From Classical Strategies to AI-DrivenBiocatalyst Design
Abstract Nowadays, enzyme engineering has moved from traditional structure-based mutagenesis and directed evolution to data-intensive, AI-assisted design paradigms that involve the rapid discovery and optimization of biocatalysts. Whereas classical approaches relied on rational d...