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【JIRCAS Mail Magazine No.3 (October 2016)】
Published by Japan International Research Center for Agricultural
Sciences (JIRCAS)
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en
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■Latest topics
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●IRRI-JIRCAS-NARO Joint Symposium "Towards Achieving Sustainable Rice
Production in Asia"

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2016/r20160909

●President Iwanaga attends 2nd CGIAR System Council Meeting

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2016/r20160929

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■Events, seminars, workshops, and other information
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●JIRCAS International Symposium 2016 "Legumes improve our livelihood!"

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/symposium/2016/jircas_intl_symp2016

date:December 2,2016
place:U Thant International Hall, UNU (5-53-70, Jingu-mae, Shibuya-ku,
Tokyo)
price:free
Registration: 9:30
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■Introduction of new technologies and research highlights
【Research Highlights (International agriculture, forestry and fisheries
research information) Fiscal year 2015】
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●Horse manure can replace half the amount of conventional chemical
fertilizer application without any yield loss in West Java Highland
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_a01

●Guideline for tackling the decrease in forest resources using the CDM
programmes of activities
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_a02

●High-yielding and stable rice varieties in the flood plains of Upper
Volta River in Ghana
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_b01

●Improving the drought tolerance of a Brazilian soybean variety using
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_b02

●Discovery of genes related to leaf senescence during long-term dry stress
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_b03

●Late transplanting caused by water shortage leads to yield reduction in
plot-to-plot fields in Central Laos
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_c01

●Techniques for collecting black soldier fly eggs year-round for use as
a promising feed material for fish culture
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_c02

●Specific tree species preferred for use as firewood in Central Laos
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_c03

●A Laotian tree database including useful varieties in secondary forests
after slash-and-burn agriculture
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_c04
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■Guidance publications
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●JARQ (Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly) Vol.50 No.4 October. 2016
-REVIEWS-

〇Biotechnology
▲Recent Progress in Molecular Studies on Storage Root Formation in
Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas)

〇Irrigation, Drainage and Reclamation
▲A Method for High-Quality Citrus Production Using Drip Fertigation and
Plastic Sheet Mulching

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/jarq/50/4

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