| Project/Area Number |
12660062
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Plant nutrition/Soil science
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| Research Institution | KYUSHU UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
KAWAGUCHI Sadao Faculty of Agriculture, KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, Associate Professor, 大学院・農学研究院, 助教授 (20091366)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2001
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥1,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000)
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| Keywords | Termite / Soil environment / Fungus garden / Cellulase / Phosphatase / Sub-tropical forest / Enzyme dynamics / Odontotermes formosanus (Shiraki) / 造巣活動 / 亜熱帯林土壌 / セルラーゼ活性 / ラッカーゼ活性 / 担子菌:オオシロアリタケ |
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| Research Abstract |
Termites have an important role in decomposition processes of wood debris, cycle of plant nutrients and amelioration of soil environments in sub-tropical and tropical forest systems.
This project has been carried out in Iriomote Island, Okinawa in order to elucidate 1) the organic components of fungus garden made by higher temite, Odontotermes formosanus (Shiraki), and their dynamics of hydrolytic enzymes, such as cellulase and phosphatase, 2) the processes and the roles bf the soils carried into the wood materials during the wood decomposition, and 3) the enzymatic characteristics of packed soils in the decomposing wood.
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