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JIRCAS Research Projects
Africa rice farming system
"Africa rice farming system"
Development of sustainable rice cultivation and food production system in Africa
We will create new technologies and knowledge that will lead to increased rice production, a key crop in the region, and improved nutrition for the people, with the aim of building a sustainable food production system with resource utilization, centered on rice cultivation.
Africa upland farming system
"Africa upland farming system"
Development of soil and crop management technologies to stabilize upland farming systems of African smallholder farmers
Our activities aim to develop and disseminate stable and sustainable land and cultivation management technologies for small-scale farming systems in the African savanna areas, where the natural environmental conditions are very different.
Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) Projects
Project on establishment of the model for fertilizing cultivation promotion using Burkina Faso phosphate rock


In Burkina Faso, there are 100 million tons of phosphate rock underutilized due to its low quality. Effective utilization of this PR resources must contribute to increasing agricultural productivity.
Fertility sensing and variety amelioration for rice yield (FY VARY) project


Madagascar is one of the largest rice producers in Africa with a per capita rice consumption twice as high as that of Japan. We will develop rice production techniques to realize high yield even under low fertility conditions and evaluate the impact that adopting such techniques has on local farmers' income and nutritional status.
Research Activities and Results of JIRCAS Projects
TICAD8 Official Side Event “Managing African Soil for Food Security and Environmental Sustainability”
- Opportunities and Challenges of Agronomy to Solve Low Fertility/Nutrient Bottlenecks -
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Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (/bərˈkiːnə ˌfɑːsoʊ/ bər-KEE-nə FAH-soh; French: [buʁkina faso]) is a landlocked country in West Africa around 274,200 square kilometres (105,900… (More)Benin
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Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar (/ˌmædəˈɡæskər/ ; Malagasy: Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Malagasy: Repoblikan'i Madagasikara [republiˈkʲan madaɡasˈkʲarə̥… (More)Mali
Mali
Mali
Mali
Mali
Mali
Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique (/moʊzæmˈbiːk/ or /mɔːzæmˈbiːk/), officially the Republic of Mozambique (Portuguese: Moçambique or República de Moçambique, pronounced: [rɛˈpublikɐ… (More)Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique (/moʊzæmˈbiːk/ or /mɔːzæmˈbiːk/), officially the Republic of Mozambique (Portuguese: Moçambique or República de Moçambique, pronounced: [rɛˈpublikɐ… (More)Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique (/moʊzæmˈbiːk/ or /mɔːzæmˈbiːk/), officially the Republic of Mozambique (Portuguese: Moçambique or República de Moçambique, pronounced: [rɛˈpublikɐ… (More)Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique (/moʊzæmˈbiːk/ or /mɔːzæmˈbiːk/), officially the Republic of Mozambique (Portuguese: Moçambique or República de Moçambique, pronounced: [rɛˈpublikɐ… (More)Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique (/moʊzæmˈbiːk/ or /mɔːzæmˈbiːk/), officially the Republic of Mozambique (Portuguese: Moçambique or República de Moçambique, pronounced: [rɛˈpublikɐ… (More)Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique (/moʊzæmˈbiːk/ or /mɔːzæmˈbiːk/), officially the Republic of Mozambique (Portuguese: Moçambique or República de Moçambique, pronounced: [rɛˈpublikɐ… (More)Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique (/moʊzæmˈbiːk/ or /mɔːzæmˈbiːk/), officially the Republic of Mozambique (Portuguese: Moçambique or República de Moçambique, pronounced: [rɛˈpublikɐ… (More)Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique (/moʊzæmˈbiːk/ or /mɔːzæmˈbiːk/), officially the Republic of Mozambique (Portuguese: Moçambique or República de Moçambique, pronounced: [rɛˈpublikɐ… (More)Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique (/moʊzæmˈbiːk/ or /mɔːzæmˈbiːk/), officially the Republic of Mozambique (Portuguese: Moçambique or República de Moçambique, pronounced: [rɛˈpublikɐ… (More)Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique (/moʊzæmˈbiːk/ or /mɔːzæmˈbiːk/), officially the Republic of Mozambique (Portuguese: Moçambique or República de Moçambique, pronounced: [rɛˈpublikɐ… (More)Mauritania
Mauritania
Mauritania /mɔːrɪˈteɪniə/ (Arabic: موريتانيا Mūrītānyā; Berber: Muritanya or Agawej; Wolof: Gànnaar; Soninke: Murutaane; Pulaar: Moritani; French: Mauritanie… (More)Mauritania
Mauritania
Mauritania /mɔːrɪˈteɪniə/ (Arabic: موريتانيا Mūrītānyā; Berber: Muritanya or Agawej; Wolof: Gànnaar; Soninke: Murutaane; Pulaar: Moritani; French: Mauritanie… (More)Mauritania
Mauritania
Mauritania /mɔːrɪˈteɪniə/ (Arabic: موريتانيا Mūrītānyā; Berber: Muritanya or Agawej; Wolof: Gànnaar; Soninke: Murutaane; Pulaar: Moritani; French: Mauritanie… (More)Mauritania
Mauritania
Mauritania /mɔːrɪˈteɪniə/ (Arabic: موريتانيا Mūrītānyā; Berber: Muritanya or Agawej; Wolof: Gànnaar; Soninke: Murutaane; Pulaar: Moritani; French: Mauritanie… (More)Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire
Ivory Coast (/ˌaɪvəri ˈkoʊst/) or Côte d'Ivoire (/ˌkoʊt dᵻˈvwɑːr/; KOHT dee-VWAHR; French: [kot divwaʁ] ), officially named the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (… (More)
Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire
Ivory Coast (/ˌaɪvəri ˈkoʊst/) or Côte d'Ivoire (/ˌkoʊt dᵻˈvwɑːr/; KOHT dee-VWAHR; French: [kot divwaʁ] ), officially named the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (… (More)
Publications
2021
- Murata, Y., Nwuche, C.O., Nweze, J.E., Ndubuisi, I.A., Ogbonna, J.C.. (2021) Potentials of multi-stress tolerant yeasts, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Pichia kudriavzevii for fuel ethanol production from industrial cassava wastes. Process Biochemistry, 8:. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2021.11.014
- Pachakkil Babil , Yamanaka Shinsuke, Girma Gezahegn, Matsumoto Ryo, Tamiru Muluneh, Bhattacharjee Ranjana, Abberton Michael, Muranaka Satoru, Asiedu Robert, Terauchi Ryohei, Takagi Hiroko. (2021) Simple sequence repeat‐based mini‐core collection for white Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata) germplasm. Crop Science, https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20431
2020
- Kwabena Darkwa, Paterne Agre, Bunmi Olasanmi, Iseki Kotharo, Ryo Matsumoto, Adrian Powell, Guillaume Bauchet, David De Koeyer, Satoru Muranaka, Patrick Adebola, Robert Asiedu, Ryohei Terauchi, Asrat Asfaw. (2020) Comparative assessment of genetic diversity matrices and clustering methods in white Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata) based on morphological and molecular markers. Scientific Reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69925-9
- Yu Sugihara,Kwabena Darkwa, Hiroki Yaegashi, Satoshi Natsume, Motoki Shimizu, Akira Abe, Akiko Hirabuchi, Kazue Ito, Kaori Oikawa, Muluneh Tamiru-Oli, Atsushi Ohta, Ryo Matsumoto, Agre Paterne, David De Koeyer, Babil Pachakkil, Shinsuke Yamanaka, Satoru Muranaka, Hiroko Takagi, Ben White, Robert Asiedu, Hideki Innan, Asrat Asfaw, Patrick Adebol, Ryohei Terauchi. (2020) Genome analyses reveal the hybrid origin of the staple crop white Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata). Proceeding of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America (PNAS), 15:. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2015830117
- Ishikwa H, Ikazaki K, Iseki K. (2020) Visual observation of cowpea pod elongation to predict nitrogen accumulation in immature seeds. Plant Production Science, https://doi.org/10.1080/1343943X.2020.1828949
2019
- Iseki, K., Olaleye, O. . (2019) A new indicator of leaf stomatal conductance based on thermal imaging for field grown cowpea. Plant Production Science, https://doi.org/10.1080/1343943X.2019.1625273
- Iseki, K., Matsumoto, R.. (2019) Effect of seed sett size on sprouting, shoot growth and tuber yield of white guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata). Plant Production Science, https://doi.org/10.1080/1343943X.2019.1667835
- Girma, G., Natsume, S., Takagi, H., Matsumura, H., Uemura, A., Muranaka, S., Gedil, M., Spillane, C., Takagi, H., Terauchi, R., Tamiru, M. . (2019) Identification of candidate flowering and sex genes in white Guinea yam (D. rotundata Poir.) by SuperSAGE transcriptome profiling. PLoS ONE, 14:. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216912
- Iseki, K., Olaleye, O. and Ishikawa, H.. (2019) Intra-plant variation in seed weight and seed protein content of cowpea. Plant Production Science, https://doi.org/10.1080/1343943X.2019.1677161
- Wu, W.C., Chien, H.P., Sakurai, T., Muranaka, S.. (2019) Vertical Price Transmission in the Nigeria Cowpea Market. British Food Journal, https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-09-2018-0591
2018
- Iseki K,Matsumoto R. (2018) Non-destructive shoot biomass evaluation using handheld NDVI sensor for field grown staking Yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.). Plant Production Science, http://doi.org/10.1080/1343943X.2018.1540278
2017
- Unachukwu, N.N., Menkir, A., Rabbi, I.Y., Oluoch, M., Muranaka, S., Elzein, A., Odhiambo, G., Farombi, E.O., Gedil, M. (2017) Genetic Diversity and population structure of Striga hermonthica populations from Kenya and Nigeria. Weed Research, http://doi.org/10.1111/wre.12260
- Tamiru, M., Natsume, S., Takagi, Hiroki, White, B., Yaegashi, H., Shimizu, M., Yoshida, K., Uemura, A., Oikawa, K., Abe, A., Urasaki, N., Matsumura, H., Babil, P., Yamanaka, S., Matsumoto, R., Muranaka, S., Girma, G., Lopez-Montes, A., Gedil, M., Bhattacharjee, R., Abberton, M., Kumar, L., Rabbi, I., Tsujimura, M., Terachi, T., Haerty, W., Corpas, M., Kamoun, S., Kahl, G., Takagi, Hiroko, Asiedu, R., Terauchi, R. (2017) Genome sequencing of the staple food crop white Guinea yam enables the development of a molecular marker for sex determination. BMC Biology, 15:. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-017-0419-x
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- Technology Showcase for Sub-Saharan Africa
Focusing on the results of collaborative research conducted by JIRCAS in recent years, we have compiled technologies that can contribute to the development of sustainable food systems, which are expected to be utilized in the Asia-Monsoon region and Sub-Saharan Africa.