Welcome to our HP!!

6~8th Nov. 2023

Dr. Kataoka had a presentation as invited speaker in SOILREM 2023 in China.

18th~25th Oct. 2023

Two doctor course students visited my labo. from University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

26~28th JUNE, 2023

Mr. Tareq and Ms. Nakano had a presentation in soil sequrity conference in Korea.

23th Mar. 2023

Congratulations on the graduation!

Ms. Nakano graduated and got the bachelor of Environmental Sciences.

4th Dec. 2022

Yamaguchi has won the good presentation award in Arid land research center.

1st Oct. 2022

Waleed joined our labo as post doctoral research fellow!

• W Asghar, KD Craven, R Kataoka, A Mahmood, N Asghar, T. Raza, (2024) The application of Trichoderma spp., an old but new useful fungus, in sustainable soil health intensification: a comprehensive strategy for addressing challenges, Plant Stress, 100455
• MTB Salam, A Mahmood, W Asghar, K Ito, R Kataoka (2024) Phytomicrobiomes: A Potential Approach for Sustainable Pesticide Biodegradation, Applied Sciences 14 (7), 2740
• Md. Tareq Bin Salam, Ryota Kataoka (2023) Changes in the Endophytic Bacterial Community of Brassica rapa after Application of Systemic Insecticides, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 15306.
• Asghar, W.; Kataoka, R. (2023) Fungal volatiles from green manure-incorporated soils promote the growth of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and mediate antifungal activity against Fusarium oxysporum in vitro, Plant and Soil
• Asghar, W.; Kataoka, R. (2022) Different Green Manures (Vicia villosa and Brassica juncea) Construct Different Fungal Structures, Including Plant-Growth-Promoting Effects, after Incorporation into the Soil. Agronomy, 12, 323.
• Ito K, Kataoka R, Katayama S, Kiyota H, Mahmood A, Kikuchi T, Sato T, Sakakibara F, Takagi K (2022) Isolation of a novel endophytic Bacillus strain capable of transforming pentachlorophenol and structure determination of pentachlorophenol phosphate using single crystal X-ray diffraction, JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY, 70, 3, 770–776
• Waleed A and KATAOKA R (2021) Green manure incorporation accelerates enzyme activity, plant growth, and changes in the fungal community of soil,  Archives of Microbiology, Accepted.
• 山口＆片岡  大麦ぬかリサイクル-植物生育促進微生物の培養と利用, 化学工業, 2021,  72 (11)
• Kataoka R, Akashi M, Taniguchi T, Kinose Y,  Yaprak AE, Turgay OC, Metabolomics analyses reveal metabolites affected by plant growth-promoting endophytic bacteria in roots of the halophyte Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, 11813. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms222111813
• Waleed A, Kataoka R, Effect of co-application of Trichoderma spp. with organic composts on plant growth enhancement, soil enzymes and fungal community in soil, Archives of Microbiology, Accepted, 2021.
• Kataoka R Detection of glutamic acid from Piran salts as one of the sources of the umami taste, Salt and Seawater Science & Technology, Accepted, 2021.
• Yamaguchi T, Mahmood A, Ito T, Kataoka R Non-target impact of dinotefuran and azoxystrobin on soil bacterial community and nitrification, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Accepted, 2021.
• Mahmood A, Ito K, Kataoka R, Takagi K.,  Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) degradation by Streptomyces sp. isolated from DDT contaminated soil, Bioremediation Journal, Accepted, 2021.
• Ito K, Takagi K, Kataoka R, Kiyota H., Biochemical characterisation of NADH:FMN oxidoreductase HcbA3 from  Nocardioides sp. PD653 in catalysing aerobic HCB dechlorination, Journal of Pesticide Sciences, accepted, 2020.
• Waleed A, Kondo S, Iguchi R, Mahmood A, Kataoka R, Agricultural utilization of unused resources: liquid food waste material as a new source of plant growth promoting microbes, Agronomy, 2020.
• Ahmad Mahmood, Ryota Kataoka, Metabolite profiling reveals a complex response of plants to application of plant growth-promoting endophytic bacteria, Microbiological Research, 234:126421, 2020.
• Mahmood A., Takagi K., Ito K., Kataoka R. Changes in Endophytic Bacterial Communities During Different Growth Stages of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.), World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 35:104, 2019
• Ito K., Takagi K., Kataoka R., Kiyota H., Iwasaki A. Dissipation, dehalogenation and denitration of chloroaromatic compounds by Nocardioides strain sp. PD653: characterization of the substrate specificity, Journal of Pesticide Sciences, 44, No. 3, 171-176, 2019
• Eduardo K. Mitter, Ryota Kataoka, J. Renato de Freitas, James J. Germida, Potential use of endophytic root bacteria and host plants to degrade hydrocarbons, International Journal of Phytoremediation, 21, 928-938, 2019
• Mahmood A., Iguchi R., Kataoka R. Multifunctional food waste fertilizer having the capability of Fusarium-growth inhibition and phosphate solubility: A new horizon of food waste recycle using microorganisms, Waste Management 94: 77–84, 2019.
• Mahmood A., Amaya R., Turgay OC, Yaprak AE, Taniguchi T., Kataoka R. High salt tolerant plant growth promoting rhizobacteria from the common ice-plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L., Rhizosphere, Vol. 9, Pages 10-17, 2019.

BOOK CHAPTER

• Plant Stress Mitigators: Action and Application, Springer 2023/5/7.
• Alternative strategies to synthetic chemical fertilizers: revitalization of soil quality for sustainable agriculture using organic-based approaches, New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Sustainable Agriculture: Revisiting Green Chemicals, Elsevier, 2022/7/15.
• Priming and Pretreatment of Seeds and Seedlings Implication in Plant Stress Tolerance and Enhancing Productivity in Crop Plants, Springer, 2019/11/01
• Ecophysiology, Abiotic Stress Responses and Utilization of Halophytes, Chapter  8   Halophytic Microbiome in Ameliorating the Stress, Springer, 2019/04/01
• 持続可能な乾燥地農業のために－土壌塩類化防止と塩類土壌修復－第5章塩類集積の防止と塩類土壌修復, 技報堂出版, 2019/02/20