The Iwate Prefectural Government set up the
Biotechnology Institute in April 1993 as an organization to intensively promote
basic research on biotechnology common to such industries as the agricultural,
forestry, and fishery industries and the food industry in order to
support/promote research on the application of biotechnology by specialized
testing/research organizations it has set up.
Iwate Biotechnology Research Center uses
facilities and equipment at Iwate Biotechnology Institute to conduct research
on assignments commissioned by the prefectural government.
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Plant
characteristics and safety evaluation laboratory
There are two laboratory rooms with containment and
non-containment greenhouses attached.
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Containment greenhouse
There
are six sealed greenhouses, allowing control of the temperature and humidity to
suit the plants.
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Non-containment greenhouse
There
are two greenhouses Covered with screen panels to prevent entry of insects
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| Mushroom
cultivation laboratory
There is a laboratory for growing shiitake
mushrooms and three culture rooms with different temperatures and humidity. |
Greenhouse
building and glass greenhouse There is an artificial climate room, seed
storeroom, and a glass greenhouse in which experimental plants can be grown
year-round.
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Isolated
field
There are fields surrounded by fences to prevent
intrusion by outsiders and an administrative building
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