Address
Yurashuku
Daieicho
Touhaku-gun

Town/City
Tottori

POST/ZIP code
689-2221

Telephone No.
(+81) 858-374211

Fax Number
(+81) 858-374822

Organisational Structure
The Tottori Fruit and Horticultural Crop Experiment Station acreages 19 ha, including volcanic ash soil and sandy soil under sprinkler irrigation. Japanese pear, Nijisseiki, is the main object for research because the greatest production in Japan is obtained in this prefecture.

Elevation
35 m

Annual Rainfall
2018 mm

Hours of Sunshine
1761

Total Radiant Energy
3933 MJ m-2

Humidity
76% (March) - 90% (June)

Commodity
fruit (pears, persimmons, grapes), vegetables (watermelon, Chinese yam, pickled scallion, welsh onion), flowers (tulip, gentian), turf

Discipline
breeding, tissue culture, culture, soil management, nutrition, crop protection

Staff:
Murata, K.
Yoshida, A.
Ikeda, T.
Kitagawa, K.
Toita, S.
Nakashima, M.
Yamamoto, K.
Fujii, S.
Shinohara, Y.
Maeta, H.
Morimoto, Y.
Yamaga, N.
Saito, T.
Takami, T.
Kishimoto, M.
Watanabe, H.
Hayashi, Y.
Sako, I.
Izawa, H.
Tanaka, A.
Yamamoto, R.
Yasuda, F.
Funabara, M.
Shimonaka, M.
Tabira, H.
Yamashita, S.
Kawakami, K.
Morimoto, T.

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