Pesticides can protect crops from hydrophobic pollutants
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 - 09:20
in Mathematics & Economics
Researchers have revealed that commercial pesticides can be applied to crops in the Cucurbitaceae family to decrease their accumulation of hydrophobic pollutants, thereby improving crop safety. The research group consisted of Fujita Kentaro (1st year Ph.D. student) of Kobe University's Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Academic Researcher Yoshihara Ryouhei (now an assistant professor at Saitama University) and Associate Professor Inui Hideyuki of Kobe University's Biosignal Research Center, Senior Research Scientist Kondoh Yasumitsu, Technical Staff Honda Kaori and Group Director Osada Hiroyuki of RIKEN, and Lead Researcher Haga Yuki and Senior Scientist Matsumura Chisato of Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Environmental Sciences.