Background
Yokota, Akiho was born on June 25, 1948 in Zentsuji, Kagawa, Japan. Son of Taigen and Tokiko (Miyashi) Yokota.
Yokota, Akiho was born on June 25, 1948 in Zentsuji, Kagawa, Japan. Son of Taigen and Tokiko (Miyashi) Yokota.
Bachelor Agriculture, Shimane University, Matsue, Japan, 1972. Master Agriculture, Shimane University, Matsue, Japan, 1974. Doctor Agriculture, University Osaka, Sakai, Japan, 1978.
Research associate University Osaka, 1978-1993, assistant professor, 1993, associate professor, 1993. Postdoctoral fellow Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1988-1989. Chief researcher Research Institute Innovative Technology for Earth, Kizu, Kyoto, Japan, since 1993.
Member American Society Plant Physiologists, Japanese Society Plant Physiologists (councillor since 1992, secretary 1993-1994), Japanese Society Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry (Research Promotion award 1990).
Married Hiroko Yamaoka, April 1, 1974.