Dr. Chieri Kubota, Ph.D, is one of the leading experts in the growth and morphology of grafted vegetable plants and indoor growing system engineering.

She received her Ph.D in Horticulture Engineering in 1994 from Chiba University in Japan. Her current research at the University of Arizona includes; manipulation of plant growth and development by environmental control, value added plant production under controlled environment, long distance transportation and low temperature storage of transplants, and the physiology of grafted seedling for greenhouse crop production. In addition, Dr. Kubota’s efforts to establish the parameters for indoor grown grafted plants are now widely adopted in Japan.