History of the Research Institute
Head
- Dr. Jiro Sugi
- Mr. Tadao Fujimori, Managing Director, Akatsuka Garden Co.,Ltd.
- Dr. Tadashi Matsumoto
- Dr. Hitoshi Kunoh
- (present) Dr. Tomio Nishimura
History
| 1966 | Research of tissue culturing of Orchids (Cymbidium) launched |
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| 1967 | Stem meristem culturing (also known as growth point culturing) of Cymbidium met with success, and mass production of Orchids started |
| 1969 | Rooms for research of tissue culturing constructed |
| 1971 | Stem meristem culturing of other Orchids such as Cattleya, Dendrobium and Vanda also succeeded, and their mass production started |
| 1978 | Mass production of several other ornamental plants (Nephrolepis exaltata cv. Bostoniensis, Alocasia, Spathiphyllum, Syngonium) began |
| 1986 | Mass production of Rhododendron began |
| 1989 | Mass production of Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) began |
| 1994 | "The Institute for Biological Process Research" founded with expanded cultivation rooms |
| 2000 | Began production of medicinal plants Collaborative research with Mie University and Toyama Prefectural University succeeded in isolating the R-5 strain of antimicrobial endophytic actinomycete from Rhododendron. The results were published in a scientific paper and applied for international patents. |
| 2001 | Held FFC World 2001 in Yokohama and Tsu city |
| 2002 | Scientific paper on antimicrobial endophytic actinomycete AOK-30 isolated from Mountain Laurel researched together with Mie University was published in the journal "Actinomycetologica". |
| 2003 | The novel technique of plant disease biocontrol using endophytic actinomycetes received US Patent No. 6,544,511 B2 |
| 2004 | The above technique received Japanese Patent No. 3629212 |
| 2005 | New building of the Institute for Biological Process Research completed Awarded "Poster of the Year" by the Society for Actinomycetes Japan Held the 2005 International Forum on FFC Technology in Nagoya |
| 2006 | An actinomycete which promotes sprouting of roots is isolated and a patent is pending on research and development of a plant life stabilizing agent which depends on FFC Ceramics as a carrier. Official commercial sponsor of the 1st Anti-aging International Symposium & Exposition in Tokyo AISET 2006. Two research staff members received the "Hamada Award" for young researchers at the 2006 meeting of the Society for Actinomycetes Japan |
| 2007 | Awarded "Poster of the Year" by the Society for Actinomycetes Japan |
| 2008 | Reported in both poster and oral presentations in the 14th International Symposium on the Biology of Actinomycetes held in Britain Mass propagation of Titanbicus (Hibiscus "Taitanbicus") commenced |
| 2009 | Held International Forum on FFC Technology in Tokyo Research of tissue culturing of Lenten Rose (Helleborus. x hybridus) initiated |
| 2011 | FFC Ace Ver. 2 developed |
| 2012 | Mass propagation of Lenten Rose commenced Research of tissue culturing of Peruvian Lily(Alstroemeria spp.) initiated |
| 2013 | Mass propagation of Peruvian Lily commenced |
| 2014 | FFC Pairogen drink series redesigned and improved |
