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Therefore, it is the first prerequisite for the sustainable food supply to human beings to protect and improve the photosynthetic activity of the plants under the ever-aggravating environmental conditions. In this Division, the research effort focus on the promotion of the food production by plants and microorganisms under stressed conditions, the elucidation of the tolerance mechanisms against varied environmental stresses, and the development of novel food resources. Department of Food Environment is open for foreign visiting professors. Department of Functional Food Resources Isolation and identification of physiologically functional factors in foods from animal, plant and microbial origins. Molecular biology on the digestion, absorption, metabolism and physiological effects of functional foodstuffs.