Research theme for competitive and other funds (6)：
2020 - 2023 広葉樹導入の足がかりとなる外生菌根菌リソースの探索
2015 - 2018 Ectomycorrhizal fungal community of arbuscular mycorrhizal tree plantation -Ability of soil propagule bank in the introducing broad-leaved tree species-
2010 - 2014 Decomposition of tree fine roots and nutrient dynamics in relation to symbiotic microbes
2011 - 2012 Towards the breeding of effective ectomycorrhizal fungal strains to improve tree performance
2010 - 2011 Microbial diversity in the ectomycorrhizosophere affected of forest formation
2007 - 2009 Interaction between trees and soil microbes during early stages of forest formation
Makoto Shirakawa, Megumi Tanaka. Two new deer truffle species, Elaphomyces marmoratus and Elaphomyces fuscus spp. nov., from a secondary forest in Japan. Mycoscience. 2020
Makoto Shirakawa, Norihisa Matsushita, Kenji Fukuda, Megumi Tanaka. Observation of interactions between root endophytic fungi and rhizosphere bacteria of Pinus densiflora with a dual culture method. Tree and Forest Health. 2021. 25. 2. 69-70
Bacterial communities associated with ectomycorrhizal roots of pioneer dwarf willow in a primary successional volcanic desert
(Eighth International Conference on Mycorrhizas (ICOM8) 2015)
