Development of pollen dispersal prevention act against allergy to pollen caused by plant with utilizing fungus.

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24658148
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Forest science
• Research Institution: Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
• Principal Investigator: KUBONO Takanori 独立行政法人森林総合研究所, 森林微生物研究領域, 領域長 (80353671)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ICHIHARA Yu 森林総合研究所, 関西支所, グループ長 (10353583) ; SAKAGAMI Hiroki 九州大学, 連合農学研究院, 助教 (40604822)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 花粉症 / 菌類 / 活用 / マツ科 / カバノキ科 / シラカバ / ヤマハンノキ / カワラハンノキ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Ascomycetes fungi, using Sydowia japonica , in order to prevent allergy to pollen of the birch family trees and pine family trees has become a problem to residents of the metropolitan area, it was carried out vaccination test using this fungus. In the inoculation test using this fungus mycelium mass of activity which had been cultured in rice bran, wheat bran medium, were not infected with black pine and red pine of male flowers. On the other hand, male flowers that do not bloom in the "wounded inoculation" is generated in the birch family trees, birch, is re-isolated this fungus from Shirakabai and tile alder, was confirmed pathogenicity.

Free Research Field

樹病学