ISSN 1880-6503 SUSTAINABLE HUMANOSPHERE SUSTAINABLE Sustainable Humanosphere BULLETIN OF RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE HUMANOSPHERE KYOTO UNIVERSITY No. 16 September 2020 No. 16 September 2020 No. RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE HUMANOSPHERE SUSTAINABLE PUBLISHED BY KYOTO RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE HUMANOSPHERE KYOTO UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY UJI, KYOTO 611-0011, JAPAN ʻSustainable Humanosphereʼ is a serial publication issued annually by the Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH) of Kyoto University, which aims to provide a report on the ongoing research at our Institute along with new research field of sustainable humanosphere. This journal will be distributed free of charge and prefers to exchange similar articles with scientific institutions and libraries throughout the world. All communications concerning ʻSustainable Humanosphereʼ should be addressed to Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH), Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji 611-0011, Japan. (Email:
[email protected]) Editorial Board Keiʼichi Baba Yoshimasa Kishimoto Hirotsugu Kojima Toshimitsu Hata Rika Kusakabe Takafumi Nakagawa Hajime Sorimachi Kenshi Takahashi Mayu Takeda Soichi Tanaka Hiroyuki Yano CONTENTS Note Wood selection for Japanese wooden Komainu . 1 Suyako Tazuru-Mizuno Flavonoids and lignins: pathway elucidation and modification for improved biomass properties . 3 Pui Ying Lam Recent research activities Computer vision-based wood anatomy . 7 Sung-Wook Hwang and Junji Sugiyama Determination of the cross-linking structure of lignocellulose, and evaluation of anti-viral active substances through biomass convert reaction . 8 Hiroshi Nishimura, Chihiro Kimura, Ruibo Li, and Takashi Watanabe Structure, biosynthesis, and bioengineering of lignocellulose and phenylpropanoid metabolites for future biorefinery . 9 Toshiaki Umezawa, Yuki Tobimatsu, and Masaomi Yamamura Yeast production of plant-derived bioactive prenylated phenolics .