YAMAMOTO Sota

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Division： Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands
Main Research ：Initiative 2 "Study on nature-inspired technologies and institutions"
Project Title：Origin, distribution, dispersal and usage of tropical crops

Research Theme：　

1. Ethnobotany of genus Capsicum (especially C. frutescens)
2. Plants used in traditional alchole producing process (koji etc.)
3. Domestication

 

References：　

• Yamamoto, S., and Nawata, E. 2005. Capsicum frutescens L. in Southeast and East Asia, and its dispersal routes into Japan. Economic Botany. 59: 18-28.
• Yamamoto, S., and Nawata, E. 2009. Use of Capsicum frutescens L. by the indigenous peoples of Taiwan and the Batanes Islands. Economic Botany. 63: 43-59.