5. Hiroyuki Sato
Okinawa Churashima Foundation RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Research on subtropical plants

Research staff profile

Hiroyuki Sato

Hiroyuki Sato

Area of
expertise		 Horticulture, Plant Breeding
Research
content		 Development of ex-situ conservation techniques of endangered plant species
Creation of floricultural gardening species utilizing wild plants of Okinawa
Study on massive production of useful plants

Background

  • 2013 - Current post at the Okinawa Churashima Foundation Research Institute
  • 2012 - Served at the Ocean Exposition Commemorative Park Management Foundation (Tropical & Subtropical Arboretum)
  • 2012 - Certificate of Horticulture in Environmental Horticulture Chiba University, Japan
  • 2010 - Bachelor of Horticulture in Biological Production Chiba University, Japan

Awards received

  • 2020 Conservation & Cultivation Award, Japan Association of Botanical Gardens

Research papers, Essays, Reports

  • Ken Tokuhara, Hiroyuki Sato, Atushi Abe, Kento Rammitsu, Yuki Ogura-Tsujita, Masahiro Mii. 2024. Seed germination and protocorm development of Platanthera stenoglossa Hayata subsp. iriomotensis (Masam.) K. Inoue (Orchidaceae) in both asymbiotic and symbiotic cultures. Biological Magazine of Okinawa 62: 7-16
  • Ken Tokuhara, Hiroyuki Sato, Atushi Abe, Masahiro Mii. 2023. In vitro optimization of seed germination and protocorm development in Gastrochilus japonicus (Makino) Schltr. (Orchidaceae), Plant Growth Regulation 101: 693-702
  • Ken Tokuhara, Hiroyuki Sato, Atushi Abe, Kento Rammitsu, Yuki Ogura-Tsujita, Masahiro Mii. 2024. Seed germination and protocorm development of Platanthera stenoglossa Hayata subsp. iriomotensis (Masam.) K. Inoue (Orchidaceae) in both asymbiotic and symbiotic cultures. Biological Magazine of Okinawa 62: 7-16
  • Ken Tokuhara, Hiroyuki Sato, Atushi Abe, Masahiro Mii. 2023. In vitro optimization of seed germination and protocorm development in Gastrochilus japonicus (Makino) Schltr. (Orchidaceae), Plant Growth Regulation 101: 693-702
  • Masaharu AMANO, Nao KAWAMOTO, Yumika MINE, Ken TOKUHARA, Hiroyuki SATO, Yuki OGURA-TSUJITA. 2023. In situ seed sowing experiment of Eulophia graminea (Orchidaceae) in Ocean Expo Park, Okinawa. Bull Jpn Assoc Bot Gard 57: 38-42.
  • Aiko SUNAGAWA, Kota INADA, Takeshi HAYAMA, Eriko GUSHIKEN, Hiroyuki SATO, Atsushi ABE, Masaharu AMANO. 2023. Showcase an exhibition of ex situ plants using Paludarium method, in Tropical Dream Center, Ocean EXPO Park, Japan. Bulletin of Japan Association of Botanical Gardens 57: 81-86.
  • Hiroyuki SATO, Eriko GUSHIKEN, Masaru YAMASHIRO, Atsushi ABE. 2021. Effect of air temperature and fertilization level on seedling development of Uraria picta（Fabaceae）in Miyako Island, Japan in establishing a growth technique for ex situ conservation. Bulletin of Japan Association of Botanical Gardens 56: 50-55.
  • Hiroyuki SATO, Eriko GUSHIKEN, Atsushi ABE. 2020. Effect of seed treatment, temperature, soil materials and covering for seed germination and seedling development of Uraria picta （Fabaceae）. Bulletin of Japan Association of Botanical Gardens 55: 48-54.
  • Hiroyuki SATO, Kensei AKAI, Ken TOKUHARA, Hana UMEMOTO, San’ei ICHIKAWA, Atsushi ABE. 2019. Limiting temperature on the survival of Diploprora championii（Orchidaceae） seedlings in Amami-Oshima Island, Japan. Bulletin of Japan Association of Botanical Gardens 54: 13-17.
  • Hiroyuki SATO, Masahiro MII, Yasuhiro IZUMIKAWA, Masatomo MIYAZATO, Toshimitsu SHIMOZI, Koya MINEMOTO, Yoshihiro HANASHIRO. 2015. Conservation of Kalanchoe spathulata, an endangered plant native to Okinawa,through its utilization as the valuable germplasm for breeding of novel horticultural cultivars. Bulletin of Japan Association of Botanical Gardens 50: 126-129.
  • Masako, A., Daisuke, W., Junichi, N., Masao, Y., Masao, Y., Tomohiro, A., Rei, N., Jin, S., Takako, M., Dai, N., Hiroshi, S., Hiroyuki, S., Atuyuki, H., Nobuo, K., So, M., Ikuo, N., Masahiro, M., Rapid identification of a narcotic plant Papaver bracteatum using flow cytometry J Nat Med.2014 Jun 22

Inventions

Registered plant varieties

  • Cut flower type Kalanchoe (ちゅらら/23679, ちゅららダブル/23680, 美ら島ダブルオレンジ/25665, 美ら島ダブルレッド/25666, 美ら島ダブルイエロー/25667, ちゅららピンク/25668, ちゅららダブルピンク1/25669, ちゅららダブルピンク2/25670, ちゅららイエロー/25671, ちゅららレインボー/25672, ちゅららライト/29676, ちゅららマゼンタ/29677, ちゅららパール/29678, （in Japan））

Affiliated academic society

  • The Japanese Society for Horticultural Science
  • Japanese Society for Tropical Agriculture

 

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