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JIRCAS Mail Magazine No. 73 (Jan 2026)
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■ Latest Topics
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● Senior Researcher ISEKI Kohtaro Receives Best Research Award at the International Symposium on Tropical Root and Tuber Crops
Dr. ISEKI Kohtaro, Senior Researcher in the Biological Resources and Post-harvest Division, received the Best Research Award at the “International Symposium on Tropical Root & Tuber Crops for Nutrition, Agri-food Systems, Resilience, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability,” held in Thiruvananthapuram, India, from November 17 to 21, 2025.
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2025/r20260105
      
● JIRCAS participated in various events at COP30 (held in Belém, Brazil)
From November 13 to 15, 2025, JIRCAS participated in various events at COP30 (held in Belém, Brazil) and introduced its research and collaborative activities. 
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/reports/2025/r20251225

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■ New Technology and Research Results from JIRCAS
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● High water-use efficiency and associated accumulation of leaf metabolites in Erianthus arundinaceus
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2024_c05

● DNA markers for assisted selection of cassava resistant to cassava mosaic disease (CMD)
https://www.jircas.go.jp/en/publication/research_results/2024_c06

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