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【JIRCAS Mail Magazine No.15 (October 2019)】
Published by Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en
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Dear subscribers,
The 2019 Rugby World Cup is being held in Japan, with the exciting games concluding on November 2.
Around the same time, the autumn foliage (kōyō) front will appear and descend from mountainous areas to the lower regions.

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■Latest topics
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●Bilateral meeting of JIRCAS with Niger President Issoufou Mahamadou

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20190828

●JIRCAS Participates in the Initiative for Food and Nutrition Security in Africa (IFNA) Meeting

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20190829

●Meeting of JIRCAS Pres. Masa Iwanaga and AfDB Governor Akinwumi Adesina

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20190830

●Bilateral Meeting of JIRCAS and Minister Lucien Ranarivelo of Madagascar

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20190830_0

●IRRI Director General Visits JIRCAS

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20190902

●IsDB Agricultural Global Practices Manager Visits JIRCAS

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20190902_0

●JIRCAS Participates in TICAD7 Symposium on “The Power of Boosting Africa for the Future of Food and Agriculture”

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20190903

●TISTR Governor Visits JIRCAS

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20190904

●DOAE (Thailand) delegation visits JIRCAS

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20190910

●MOU on Research Collaboration Concluded between JIRCAS and TISTR

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20190918

●Michigan State University Professors Visit JIRCAS

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20191003_0

●Delegation from Izmir Agricultural Technology Center of Turkey Visits JIRCAS

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20191018

●Ambassador of Colombia to Japan Visits JIRCAS

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20191021

●Delegation from the CGIAR Genebank Platform Visits JIRCAS

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20191021_0

●JIRCAS participates in the “International Workshop on Food Loss and Waste Prevention targeting Southeast and East Asia region”

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2019/r20191022

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■Events, seminars, workshops, and other information
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●JIRCAS International Symposium 2019 “International research collaboration to tackle transboundary plant pests: Contributions to Sustainable Development Goals”

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/symposium/2019/e20191126

●2019 Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers (Japan Award) Announcement of Awardees and 13th Commendation Ceremony

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/event/2019/e20191126

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■Introduction of new technologies and research highlights
【Research Highlights (International agriculture, forestry and fisheries research information) Fiscal year 2018】
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●Improvement of rice grain yield by predicting the optimum sowing period for rainfed rice areas in the Asian monsoon region
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2018_a03

●Ground-penetrating radar can predict the soil depth at which the petroplinthic horizon starts in the Sudan Savanna, West Africa
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2018_a04

●Identification of a quantitative trait locus associated with development of lateral roots in rice employing a genome-wide association study
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2018_b03

●Herbivorax saccincola A7, a novel alkaliphilic and thermophilic anaerobe, effectively degrades xylan-rich lignocellulosic biomass
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2018_c02

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■Guidance publications
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●JARQ (Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly) Vol.53 No.4 October. 2019

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/jarq/53/4

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