Potato Germplasm Enhancement Laboratory

Obihiro Univerisity of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
West 2-11, Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan

Hosaka in Andes

(Kazu)Yoshi HOSAKA

Office

Research Building II, Room No. 306
Phone: +81-155-49-5494
Fax:     +81-155-49-5577
E-mail: spudman@obihiro.ac.jp


Research Interest

Potato genetics and breeding, specialized in using primitive and wild potatoes


Education

Ph.D., Plant Breeding and Genetics, Kobe University, March 1985
Master of Agriculture, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Kobe University, March 1982
Bachelor of Agriculture, Horticulture and Agriculture, Kobe University, March 1980


Work Experience

Specially Appointed Professor (April 2013 - present)
Potato Germplasm Enhancement Laboratory, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido
Senior Researcher (April 2010 - March 2013)
NARO Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center, Memuro, Hokkaido
Professor (April 2004 - March 2010)
Food Resources Education and Research Center, Kobe University, Kasai, Hyogo
Manager and Head of Field Production Section (April 2004 - March 2010)
Food Resources Education and Research Center, Kobe University, Kasai, Hyogo
Associate Professor (April 2003 - March 2004)
Food Resources Education and Research Center, Kobe University, Kasai, Hyogo
Manager and Head of Division of Technology (April 2003 - March 2004)
Food Resources Education and Research Center, Kobe University, Kasai, Hyogo
Manager and Head of Division of Technology (April 1996 - March 2003)
Experimental Farm , Kobe University, Kasai, Hyogo
Associate Professor (July 1994 - March 2003)
Experimental Farm, Kobe University, Kasai, Hyogo
Assistant Professor (February 1990 - June 1994)
Experimental Farm, Kobe University, Kasai, Hyogo
Research Associate (August 1988 - January 1990)
Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow (June 1987 - July 1988)
Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Research Associate (May 1985 - May 1987)
Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA


Other Experience

Visiting Researcher (November 3 - 24, 2002)
International Potato Center, Lima, Peru
Visiting Fellow (October 25 - December 25, 1995)
Department of Plant Breeding and Biometry, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Short-term Expert (January 21 - March 15, 1994)
Kasetsart University, Thailand


Membership

The Potato Association of America

Publication Record

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