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【JIRCAS Mail Magazine No.2 (July 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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●Debrief Meeting on the Collaborative Research for Sugarcane Improvement between JIRCAS-KKFCRC, Thailand

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2016/r20160627

●Cowpea germplasm database focusing on grain quality-related traits is now ready for access

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2016/r20160629

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■Introduction of new technologies and research highlights
【Research Highlights (International agriculture, forestry and fisheries research information) Fiscal year 2014】
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●Improvement of land use efficiency and drought resistance with a maize-soybean intercropping system in Northern Mozambique
http://www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/english/publication/highlights/2014/2014_A05.html

●Extraction of gully erosion-affected areas by image analysis of high spatial resolution satellite data
http://www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/english/publication/highlights/2014/2014_A06.html

●Sorgoleone release determines the hydrophobic-BNI capacity in sorghum root systems
http://www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/english/publication/highlights/2014/2014_A07.html

●Low night temperature inhibits fertilization and consequently reduces fruit set in ‘Monthong’ durian
http://www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/english/publication/highlights/2014/2014_B05.html

●Variation at the Pup1 locus within the genus Oryza predates domestication
http://www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/english/publication/highlights/2014/2014_B06.html

●Identification of QTL for efficient root elongation under a wide range of nitrogen concentrations in a rice variety with an Indica-type genetic background
http://www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/english/publication/highlights/2014/2014_B07.html

●Direct Saccharification Technology From Lignocellulosic Biomass
http://www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/english/publication/highlights/2014/2014_C05.html

●Impacts of the oil palm development program in Indonesia on small scale farmers
http://www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/english/publication/highlights/2014/2014_C06.html

●Methods to establish transfer zones of forest reproductive materials in Peninsular Malaysia
http://www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/english/publication/highlights/2014/2014_C07.html

●Extraction of p-hydroxybenzoic acid, a promising raw material for plastics, from oil palm biomass
http://www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/english/publication/highlights/2014/2014_C08.html

●Production and trade of major crops in Myanmar
http://www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/english/publication/highlights/2014/2014_D01.html

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■Guidance publications
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●JARQ (Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly) Vol.50 No.3 July. 2016
-REVIEWS-

〇Crop Science
▲DNA Marker-Assisted Selection Approach for Developing Flooding-Tolerant Maize
▲Development and Adaptability of Individual Packaging Containers for Strawberries

〇Agricultural Environment
▲Greenhouse Gas Sink-Source Functions of Grassland Ecosystems

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

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