It's great connecting with you all.
I am Keitaro KOIKE, 1st grade of Science
of Biological Resources．
I will now write a detailed self introduction.
1. Your
name (and nickname), place of origin, and anything that characterizes you.
I am Keitaro KOIKE, please call me Kei.
I am from a small town called Chiryu-city
in Aichi prefecture.
I belong to Shizuoka University of Gifu
United University.
Therefore, I am currently living in
Shizuoka Prefecture.
2. Your
academic field, your doctoral study theme, and the most interesting aspect of
your work at the moment (please describe it in simple terms).
I belong to the Laboratory of Plant
Functional Physiology at Shizuoka University.
My fields of specialization are "Plant Physiology" and "Plant Nutrition".
Tea grows well in acid soils where other crops cannot grow. There are many causes of crop failure in acid soils, the most important of which is aluminum ions (Al3+).
In addition to being harmful to plants, Al3+ bind to P in the soil and cause P deficiency in plants.
Surprisingly, tea grows better with Al and
not worse without P, but we do not know why this is.
The purpose of my research is to determine
the mechanism by which tea grows vigorously in acidic soils.
This research will help create crops that
can grow in acid soils and reduce fertilizer application.
3. Any
food that you had recently and were impressed.
Not so recently, but at the end of last
year, I ate dolphin.
In Japan, there is a long tradition of
eating dolphins, and Shizuoka Prefecture still retains this culture.
The dolphin tasted like meat, not fish, and
I realized again that dolphins are mammals.
There was a slight odor, but the dolphin
was delicious.
Hi Kei. I believe that dolphin meats taste like the whale's one, and is the photo above was what you ate? Was it raw? I saw mayonnaise beside. Does the meat goes well with mayonnaise?
ReplyDeleteHello Prof.Miyake. You are right, dolphin meat and whale meat were similar.
ReplyDeleteThe picture above is what I ate. It is "tareyaki", which is dolphin meat marinated in soy sauce and dried.
"Tareyaki" is a bit like beef jerky, and goes very well with mayonnaise.