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【JIRCAS Mail Magazine No.5 (April 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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●Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers 2017

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/young_award/2017

●JIRCAS Visiting Research Fellowship Program

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/relations/fellowship

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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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●JEC1, a new variety of Erianthus with higher mechanical harvesting efficiency
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_b07

●Unmasking novel loci for internal phosphorus utilization efficiency in rice germplasm through Genome-Wide Association Analysis
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_b08

●Co-differentiation of blast races and rice varieties in Japan
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_b09

●Characterization of oil-palm trunk residue degradation enzymes from the isolated fungus, Penicillum rolfsii
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_c09

●Identification of factors that promote CSR activities by Indonesian palm oil companies
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2015_c10

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■Guidance publications
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●JIRCAS Newsletter No.80 Feb. 2017

•2p. Foreword: Insect Research at JIRCAS: Toward Stable Agricultural Production
•3p. "Pest and Disease Control" Project and Research on Plant Pests
•4p. Rice Planthoppers in Vietnam
•5p. Development of a Preventive Control Plan for the Desert Locust,Schistocerca gregaria
•6p. Vector Insects of Sugarcane White Leaf Disease
•7p. Parasitic Strategy of Tachinid Flies Attacking Herbivorous Insects
•8p. Development of a Resource Circulation System Using Insects
•9p. JIRCAS TODAY

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/jircas_newsletter/80

●JIRCAS Newsletter No.81 Mar. 2017

•2p. Foreword: International Year of Pulses and JIRCAS International Symposium 2016
•3p. JIRCAS International Symposium 2016 Program
•4p. Keynote Speeches
•5p. Session 1 Legumes in agriculture : Sustainability, environment, and development
•6p. Session 2 Legumes all over the world : Use of the diversity for improvement
•7p. Toward the development of soybean varieties resistant to rust disease
•8p. Session 3 Livelihood with legumes : Value addition and nutritional enhancement
•9p. Session 4 Panel Discussion : Contribution of legume research to the SDGs
•10p. JIRCAS TODAY

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/jircas_newsletter/81

●JARQ (Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly) Vol.51 No.2 April. 2017
-REVIEWS-

〇Biotechnology/Crop Science
▲Cross-tolerance to Thermal Stresses and its Application to the Development of Cold Tolerant Rice

〇Crop Science
▲Improvement in Rice Grain Quality by Deep-flood Irrigation and its Underlying Mechanisms

〇Agricultural Engineering
▲Biochar Amendment of Soils According to their Physicochemical Properties

https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/jarq/51/2

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