Researchers

Kazuhiro Shoji

Kazuhiro Shoji

Customer Service Unit, Working and Living Environments Group, Senior Research Scientist, Ph.D. (Agriculture)

Born in Miyagi
Tohoku University, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiba University, Graduate School of Horticulture
[Field of reseach] Plant Factory, Environmental Control, LED

Project

Cultivating plants that are useful for human life By controlling temperature, humidity, light, and CO2 among other environmental factors, he was able to cultivate high added value vegetables and high material value plants. He also proposes efficient use of electrical equipment such as LEDs and heat pumps in plant factories. He hopes that the popularization of urban agriculture will help create a society where energy can be used efficiently.

Research
Reports

  • Surveillance study of the support method to the plant factory by electric power industry. Development trend of plant factory technology in Japan.
    Research Report : V13002
  • Applicability evaluation of the organic electroluminescence in lettuce cultivation, and the effect of the light quality raising seedling using LED on the growth of tomato
    Research Report : V11043
  • Blue LED Light Irradiation of Seedlings Improves Seedling Quality and Growth after Transplanting in Lettuce Plant
    Research Report : V10032
  • Effect of light quality on the polyphenol accumulation of sweet basil
    Research Report : V09030