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Research Highlights(2013)

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• Program A : Environment and Natural Resource Management
  • Establishment of an implementation methodology for an afforestation/ reforestation clean development mechanism project targeting small-scale farmers
  • QTL for total spikelet number per panicle is detected on chromosome 7 in the genetic background of Indica-type rice cultivar
  • Gene discovery of SPIKE -A unique gene from a rice landrace increases grain yield of Indica-type cultivars-
  • Hydrological impacts of full-dyke system in flood-prone rice granary areas in the Mekong Delta
  • Effects of no-till maize cultivation after leguminous hairy vetch cropping on fertilizer saving and nitrogen leaching
  • Identification of the fatty acid and the fatty acid methyl ester as the new nitrification inhibitors
  • Analysis of the secretion mechanism of the biological nitrification inhibitors from sorghum root
• Program B : Stable Food Production
  • Laboratory manual for studies on soybean rust resistance
  • Enhancement of porosity and aerenchyma formation by nitrogen deficiency in rice roots (Oryza sativa L.)
  • Direct application of Burkina Faso phosphate rock is highly effective on lowland rice cultivation
  • Rice seed priming improves germination speed, germination uniformity, and seedling emergence
  • Pathogenicity of Rice Blast (Pyricularia oryzae Cavara) Isolates from Cambodia and its geographical distribution
  • Novel blast resistance genes from a landrace rice variety in Myanmar
  • Identification of RNA-binding protein that regulates growth, senescence, and stress tolerance in rice
  • Development of stress-tolerant rice plants without growth defect using Oshox24 promoter
• Program C : Rural Livelihood Improvement
  • Evaluations of genetic diversities and population structures of Laotian two small-sized fishes using microsatellite DNA markers
  • Local farmers employ bat guano to overcome soil acidity in a semi-mountainous area of Lao PDR
  • The effectiveness of introducing organic vegetable cultivation to the small-sized dairy farms in the semi-arid regions, China
  • Potassium deficiency in fertilizer budget for crop production in China
  • Renin and chymase inhibitory activities of edible lichen, Sulcaria sulcata and Lobaria kurokawae
  • Bio-Ethanol Production from Oil Palm Trunk Fiber.
  • Net energy balance of ethanol production from sap squeezed from old oil palm trunks
  • Production of binderless particleboard and compressed lumber using oil palm trunk as a feedstock
  • Selective logging criteria to ensure healthy seed production for dipterocarp species that depend their pollination on strong flyer insects
  • Digestibility of animal-based and plant-based diets in the tropical sea cucumber, Holothuria scabra
• Program D : Information Analysis
  • Limited Si-nutrient status of rice plants in relation to plant-available Si of soils, nitrogen fertilizer application, and rice-growing environment across Sub-Saharan Africa

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