Table-11 Latest Results of Research and Development Given High Expectation to
On-Farm Practical Use
| Category | Description | Institutes | |
Technologies responsive to regional needs | Hokkaido | (Cultivation technique) Soil-borne disease prevention technique for potatoes, which adopts the paper-tube style transplanting culture | Hokkaido Agricultural Experimental Station |
| Tohoku | (Cultivation technique) Between-stand sowing technique enabling three croppings in two years of wheat and soybeans in cold areas | Tohoku Agricultural Experimental Station | |
| Kanto | (Cultivation technique) Nematode disease prevention method by crop rotations of radishes, taro potatoes, and green soybeans | Agricultural Research Center | |
| Tokai | (Cultivation technique) Labor-saving harvesting control methods with simultaneous packing of strawberries | Shizuoka Agricultural Experimental Station | |
| Western Japan | (Variety) New variety of Kyoho grape good at pigmentation even in hot districts | Fruits Experimental Station | |
| Kyushu | (Variety) Wheat variety enabling before-rainy season harvesting by early seeding | Kyushu Agricultural Experimental Station | |
| Storage technologies | Fruit storage method of cold temperature and high moisture, enabling freshness to be preserved five times longer than conventional methods | Fruits Experimental Station | |
| Environmental conservation technologies | Disposal method of livestock barn sewage at low running cost by using methane fermentation | Livestock Experimental Station | |
Source: The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Table-12 Results of Genetic Modification Technology Highly Expected to Contribute
to Food and Environmental Problems
| Description | Expected results | Institute or Country |
| Salt-resistant rice | Increased production (Planting in unworkable soil | Nagoya University (Japan) |
| Rice cultivable in alkaline soil | Increased production (Planting in unworkable soil) | Tokyo University and others (Japan) |
| Rice with enhanced photosynthetic capacity | Increased production (Increased yield) | Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan) |
| β-carotene contained rice | Improved malnutrition in developing countries | Switzerland (EU) |
| Rice with low allergens | Improved nutritional aspects of allergic patients | Private company (Japan) |
Source: The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries