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【JIRCAS Mail Magazine No.4 (January 2017)】
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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●JIRCAS International Symposium 2016 "Legumes improve our livelihood!" (Preliminary report)

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2016/r20161130

●2016 Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2016/r20161202

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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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●Forage intake of grazing sheep in Mongolian winter grassland is 20% higher than the UNDP index
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_a03

●Laura Lens Conservation and Management Manual
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_a04

●Map-based cloning of a salt tolerance gene Ncl and its utilization for improvement of salt tolerance in soybean
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_b04

●Development of SSR markers for diversity studies on Yam (Dioscorea) genetic resources
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_b05

●Evaluation of genetic diversity in quality-related traits of cowpea genetic resources for the development of an open access database
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_b06

●Improving the productivity of bean sprouts with slightly acidic electrolyzed water
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_c05

●Construction of “The Traditional Fermented Foods of Thailand” Database
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_c06

●Discrimination of old oil palm trunks to maximize production of fermentable sugars in sap: A promising source of sugars for biofuels and biomaterials
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_c07

●Evaluation of the economic viability of ethanol production from palm sap with low sugar concentration
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_c08
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■Guidance publications
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●JIRCAS Newsletter No.79 Nov. 2016

•2p. Foreword: Achieving Food Security for Japan and the World: Taking on the Challenges under JIRCAS's Fourth Medium to Long-Term Plan
•3p. Our Goal under the Fourth Medium to Long-Term Plan
•6p. Environment and Natural Resource Management
•9p. Stable Agricultural Production
•12p. Value-adding Technologies
•15p. JIRCAS TODAY

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/jircas_newsletter/79

●JARQ (Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly) Vol.51 No.1 January. 2017
-REVIEWS-

〇Biotechnology
▲Toward the Genetic Improvement of Drought Tolerance in Crops

〇Agricultural Engineering
▲Study on Electrostatic Pesticide Spraying System for Low-Concentration, High-Volume Applications

〇Food Science
▲Development and Fundamental Characteristics of a Human Gastric Digestion Simulator for Analysis of Food Disintegration

〇Animal Husbandry
▲Effects of Whole Crop Rice Silage on Meat Quality and Adipokine Gene Expression in Fattening Wagyu Cattle

〇Forestry
▲Social Safeguards in National and Sub-national REDD+ Initiatives: A comparison based on literature review

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/jarq/51/1

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