Research theme for competitive and other funds (2):
2006 - 2008 A study of crabapple breeding based on chemotaxonomic approach
2002 - 2003 Research on crabapple fruit for bioactivity toward human and application as processed food.
Papers (23):
Kenji Sakurai. Characteristics of Indigenous Crops from the Plant Breeding and the Importance of Self-Seed Production System. 2023. 56. 6. 284-289
Kenji Sakurai, Hiroshi Iwanami. Evaluation of Self-fruitfulness with Hand-pollination in Crabapples, Malus spp. The Horticulture Journal. 2023. 92. 1. 30-35
SAKURAI Kenji. The Impact of Recent Heavy Snowfall on Technology and Management at Apple Orchards and the Countermeasures Taken in Akita Prefecture. Journal of Japanese Scientists. 2022. 57. 10. 11-17
Atsushi Nakagawa, Hidekazu Takahashi, Kenji Ueda, Hiromori Akagi, Kenji Sakurai. The diversity of traditional Japanese and Taiwanese eggplant cultivars using SSR markers and fruit characteristics. Acta Horticulture. 2021. 1312. 91-98
Atsushi Nakagawa, Hidekazu Takahashi, Kenji Ueda, Hiromori Akagi, Kenji Sakurai. Genetic Relationship and Introduction Pathways of Eggplant Cultivars Originated in Akita Prefecture. 2021. 20. 4. 379-385