| Budget Amount *help |
¥17,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥7,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,800,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Understanding the survival strategies of understory vegetation is critical to maintain forest biodiversity and maximize its functions. The applicants studied the shape of palisade cells and the intracellular arrangement of chloroplasts in more than 150 plant species growing on the forest floor of various vegetation types in various regions of Japan. They found that the palisade cell shape is adapted to the light environment. In other words, most plant species growing on the dark forest floor showed cones in their palisade cells. Furthermore, they identified the gene responsible for forming the cone-shaped cells using a plant species with a genetically stable palisade cell shape.
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