Dr. Nakagawa Wins Best Poster Presentation Award at the 253rd Annual Meeting of the Crop Science Society of Japan

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Dr. NAKAGAWA Andressa, Researcher in the Crop, Livestock and Environment Division, received the Best Presentation Award (Poster) at the 253rd Annual Meeting of the Crop Science Society of Japan, held online on March 27-28, 2022.

Dr. NAKAGAWA Andressa (Researcher, Crop, Livestock and Environment Division) received the Best Poster Presentation Award for her research titled “Different responses to drought stress and effects of manure application in two tropical forage legumes”, presented at the 253rd Annual Meeting of the Crop Science Society of Japan (CSSJ) held online on March 27-28, 2022.
 
In her award-winning research, Dr. Nakagawa showed that there are interspecific differences in the response to drought of two tropical forage legumes, glycine (Neonotonia wightii) and siratro (Macroptilium atropurpureum). Siratro plants responded to drought with early stomatal closure and a decrease in the percentage of aboveground leaves, whereas glycine plants maintained a nearly constant percentage of leaves and a constant nitrogen concentration in the plant body even under drought conditions. Cattle manure application also reduced the extent to which drought reduced dry matter production in both grass species. The results of this study suggest that the selection of grasses that respond similar to glycine, while actively utilizing compost, may be useful for the production of high-quality forage for small-scale farmers in Mozambique, where forage is in short supply during the dry season.

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Dr. Nakagawa with the CSSJ Best Poster Award Certificate

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