Research Field：Ethnobotany and Environmental Education Studies
Present Position：Professor of Tokyo Gakugei University
- Department of Environmental Education, Faculty of Education
- Environmental Education Course, Graduate
School of Education
- Division of Study on Structure of Education,
United Graduate School of Education
Present Subjects of Research:
1) Domestication process of proso millet and Indian millets
2) Biological and cultural diversity of millets and vegetables
3) Ecogenetics of genus Rorippa
4) Ecomuseum Japan Village for learning environment
Contributions in English
Contents
1. Original papers
2. Research reports
3. Papers/Posters
4. Memberships of international societies
5. Experiences in field research
6. Lectures/Classes
１. Original papers:
Op2. Mikio Kimata and Sadao Sakamoto. 1972.
Production of haploid albino plants of Aegilops
by anther culture. The Japanese Journal of
Genetics 47(1):61-63.
Op6. Mikio Kimata. 1978. Comparative studies
on the reproductive systems of Mazus japonicus
and M. Miquelii (Scrophulariaceae). Plant
Systematics and Evolution 129(4):243-253.
Op9. Mikio Kimata and Sadao Sakamoto. 1979.
Comparative studies on the population dynamics
of Mazus japonicus and M. Miquelii, Scrophulariaceae.
The Botanical Magazine, Tokyo 92:123-134.
Op12. Sadao Sakamoto, Mikio Kimata and Makoto
Kawase. 1980. An analysis of species of cultivated
millet collected in Halmahera. Senri Ethnological
Studies 7:181-190.
Op14. Mikio Kimata and Sadao Sakamoto. 1982.
Interrelationships between the mode of reproduction
and the habitat of two weedy Agropyron species,
A. tsukushiense and A. humidorum, Gramineae.
Weed Research (Japan) 27(2):182-205.
Op15. Mikio Kimata and Takuo Nakagome. 1982.
Comparative studies on the growth habit and
growth pattern of Coix lacryma-jobi var.
ma-yuen and var. lacryma-jobi, Gramineae.
Bull. Tokyo Gakugei Univ. Sect VI. 34:1-10.
Op16. Mikio Kimata. 1983. Comparative studies
on the reproductive systems of Cardamine
flexuosa, C. impatiense, C. scutata and C.
lyrata, Cruciferae. The Botanical Magazine,
Tokyo 96:299-312.
Op18. Mikio Kimata. 1986. Genecology and
reproductive systems of weedy Mazus species,
M. japonicus and M. Miquelii, Scrophulariaceae.
Bull. Tokyo Gakugei Univ. Sect. VI 38:1-12.
Op23. Mikio Kimata and Fujiko Takei. 1991.
Comparative studies on the life histories
of two weedy Mazus species, M. japonicus
and M. Miquelii, Scrophulariaceae. Bull.
FSI. Tokyo Gakugei Univ. 2: 25-34.
Op25. Mikio Kimata and Sadao Sakamoto. 1992.
Utilization of several species of millet
in Eurasia. Bull. FSI. Tokyo Gakugei Univ.
3: 1-12.
Op33. Kimata, M. and H. Kobayashi. 1996.
The Interspecific Differentiation of Cardamine
flexuosa, Cruciferae, in Japan and Nepal.
Environmental Education Research, Tokyo Gakugei
Univ. 6: 9-21.
Op35. Kimata, M., S.G. Mantur and S. Seetharam.
1977. Cultivation and utilization of small
millets in hill regions, Uttar Pradesh and
Himachal Pradesh, India. Environmental Education
Research, Tokyo Gakugei Univ. 7: 33-43.
Op38. Kimata, M., M. Kanoda and A. Seetharam. 1998. Traditional and modern
utilizations of millets in Japan. Environmental Education Studies, Tokyo
Gakugei Univ. 8：２１−２９.
Op39. Kimata, M., S. Fuke and A. Seetharam.
1999. Some Effects of Parboiling Process
for Small Millets. Environmental Education
Studies, Tokyo Gakugei Univ. 9: 25-40.
Op40. Kimata, M., E.G.Ashok and A. Seetharam. 2000. Domestication, cultivation and utilization of two small millets, Brachiaria ramosa and Setaria glauca (Poaceae), in South India. Economic Botany 54(2): 217-227.
Op41. Kimata, M. and M. Negishi. 2002. Geographical distribution of proso
millet, Panicum miliaceum L. on iodostarch and phenol reactions; with special references to a northern
propagation route into Japanese Islands. Environmental Education Studies,
Tokyo Gakugei University. 12:15-22.
Op45. Kimata, M., T. Kawamura, T. Maeno and S. Endo. 2007. Fatty acid composition of neutral lipids in seed grains of Panicum miliaceum L. Ethnobotanical Note ２：８−１３．
2. Reports:
Rr1. Mikio Kimata. 1983. III-2. Characteristics
of some grain crops, garden crops and weeds,
and methods of cooking grains in Nepal. Fukuda,
I. et al. Scientific Research on the Cultivation
and Utilization of Major Crops in Nepal.
The Japanese Expedition of Nepalese Agricultural
Research, Tokyo. pp.40-58.
Rr2. Ichiro Fukuda and Mikio Kimata. 1983.
III-3. Legumes in Nepal. Fukuda, I. et al.
Scientific Research on the Cultivation and
Utilization of Major Crops in Nepal. The
Japanese Expedition of Nepalese Agricultural
Research, Tokyo. pp.59-72.
Rr4. Mikio Kimata. 1987. Grain crop cookery
in South India. A Preliminary Report of the
Studies on Millet Cultivation and its Agro-postral
Culture Complex in the Indian Subcontinent.
I:41-55. Kyoto University.
Rr8. Mikio Kimata. 1989. Grain crop cookery
on the Deccan Plateau. A Preliminary Report
of the Studies on Millet Cultivation and
its Agro-postral Culture Complex in the Indian
Subcontinent. II:33-50. Kyoto University.
Rr9. Hisao Kobayashi and Mikio Kimata. 1989.
Millets in Maharashtra and Orissa in India.
A Preliminary Report of the Studies on Millet
Cultivation and its Agro-postral Culture
Complex in the Indian Subcontinent. II:1-9.
Kyoto University.
Rr25. Mikio Kimata. 1992. Environmental education
program in rural ecomusium. Tsukuba Asian
Seminar on Agricultural Education. pp.139-147.
University of Tsukuba.
Rr.37.Kimata, M. ed. 1997, A Preliminary
Report of the Studies on Millet Cultivation
and Environmental Culture Complex in West
Turkestan (1993). FSIFEE, Tokyo Gakugei University.
pp.82.
Rr. Kimata, M. 2000. Teacher education system and environmental education
programs in Japan. The Third UNESCO/Japan Seminar on Environmental Education
in Asian-Pacific Region. Japanese National Commission for UNESCO, Ministry
of Education, Science,Sports and Culture, and Tokyo Gakugei University,
pp. 80-85.
Rr. Kimata, M. 2002. Establishment of the environmental education partnership
network both in the natural and global level. Workshop on Environmental
Education in the New Millenium. Thailand.
3.Papers／Posters
Os16. Mikio Kimata. 1983. Genecology and
reproductive systems of weedy Mazus species,
Scrophulariaceae. US-Japan Science Seminar,
The New York Botanical Garden Cary Arboretum.
Os30. Mikio Kimata. 1989. Geographical distribution
of waxy:non-waxy endosperms and phenol color
reaction in proso millet, Panicum miliaceum
L. With special reference to northern propagation
route to Japan. 4th International Symposium
of Plant Biosystematics.
Os40. Mikio Kimata. 1991. Environmental education
program in rural eco-museum. Tsukuba Asian
Seminar on Agricultural Education.
Os67.Kimata，Mikio and A. Seetharam. 1997.
Processing and utilization of small millets
in Eurasia. pp.112-114. National Seminar
on Small Millets, Indian Council of Agricultural
Research and Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.
Os71.Kimata, M. 1998. Models and activities
of environmental education programs using
the new framework of the kaleidoscope system.
p.110. International Symposium on Common
Agenda of Environmental Education in the
Global Age. Tokyo Gakugei University.
Os72.Kimata, M., Y. Ogawa, T. Nakagome and
H. Shibata. 1998. School district ecomuseum
as an educational field for learning regional
environment. p.111. International Symposium
on Common Agenda of Environmental Education
in the Global Age. Tokyo Gakugei University.
Os73. Kimata, M., E.G.Ashok and A. Seetharam.
1998. Domestication, cultivation and utilization
of two small millets, Bracharia ramosa(L.)Stapf.
and Setaria glauca (L.)P.Beauv. in South
India. p.25. VIIth International Symposium,
International Organaization of Plant Biosystematists.
Os76. Kimata, M. 1999. Environmental education
in Japan: A botanical perspective. Symposium
7.19. Botanical Literacy for the Next Millennium:
What to know and How to know it. XVI International
Botanical Congress - Abstracts p.87.
Os77. Kimata, M. 1999. Domestication of Brachiaria
ramosa and Setaria glauca. XVI International
Botanical Congress - Abstracts.
Os80. Kimata, M. 2000. Domestication process
of korali, Setaria glauca (Poaceae). 41st
Annual Conference, Society for Economic Botany.
Abstracts pp. 14-15.
Os86. Kimata, M. 2002. Establishment of the environmental education partnership
network both in the national and global level. Workshop on Environmental
Education in the New Millenium. Thailand.
Os92. Kimata, M. and Y. Ishikawa. 2004. Mimicry and mixed cropping of Setaria
glauca with Panicum sumatrense or Paspalum scrobiculatum, Ninth International
Congress of Ethnobiology. A58.
Kimata, M., 2012, Domestication and dispersal of Panicum miliaceum L., 13th Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology, France.
4．Memberships of International Societies:
International Organization Plant Biosystematics,
The Society for Economic Botany,
World School Network, Japan and Thailand
Nature Club, GLOBE-Japan, WWF-Japan
Native Seeds/SEARCH, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
5. Experiences in Field Research:
Of2. The Japanese Scientific Expedition
for Nepalese Agricultural Research (1983)
Of3. Kyoto University Scientific Expedition
to the Indian Subcontinent (1985)
Of5. Kyoto University Scientific Expedition
to the Indian Subcontinent (1987)
Of7. Kyoto University Scientific Expedition
to the Indian Subcontinent (1989)
Of9. Tokyo Gakugei University Scientific
Expedition to the West Turkestan (1993)
Others: Thailand, China, Korea, US, EU, Canada, Australia etc. (- present)
6. Lectures/Classes
For Undergraduate Students:
Ethnobotany, Biotope and Conservation of
Plant Genetic Resources, Planning of School
Garden
For Graduate Students (MC):
Environmental Ethnobotany, Integrated Environment Studies, Environmental
Education
For Graduate Students (DC):
Environmental Education Studies
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