The Tropical Agriculture Research Front (TARF) of JIRCAS held its 53rd TARF Public Lecture titled "Learning from Sun Tzu's Art of War: Agriculture Resilient to Diseases" on Wednesday, November 27, 2024, from 19:00 to 20:30 at the Audiovisual Room on the 2nd floor of the Ishigaki City Health and Welfare Center. The event was attended by 47 participants.
The lecture was given by Dr. SAITO Hiroki (Senior Researcher, TARF, JIRCAS). He began with an introduction to the history of crop diseases that have threatened humanity, followed by an explanation of the evolution of pathogens and pathogenicity and the corresponding evolution of plant defense systems, drawing parallels to Sun Tzu's Art of War. He also presented related research findings.
During the Q&A session after the lecture, participants asked questions and shared their opinions on the interesting perspective of comparing crop diseases to Sun Tzu's Art of War, making for a valuable exchange of ideas. The organizers expressed gratitude for the valuable exchange of ideas that took place.