Program A : Environment

• Multiple drainage can cancel out the enhancement of methane emission by biogas effluent application in a rice paddy
• Water requirement of ratoon rice is larger in the early growth stage and smaller in the late growth stage compared to transplanted rice
• Effect of conventionally decomposed oil palm trunks on the soil environment
• High-Impact Research BNI-enabled wheat is nitrogen-efficient and maintains productivity
• Discovery of biological nitrification inhibitors in maize roots
• Reduction in nitrogen fertilizer-induced greenhouse gas emissions by BNI-enabled wheat
• Relationship between leaf and stem growths of a tropical timber tree, Shorea leprosula, in the family Dipterocarpaceae
• Teak growth doubles in the Lao Mountains depending on the control of stand density and topographic conditions
• Calculation of rice farmers’ premiums for index-based flood insurance
• African phosphorus fertilizer from indigenous low-grade phosphate rock could replace imported phosphorus fertilizer in rain-fed rice cultivation

Program B : Food

• Identification and validation of a major QTL for primary root length in soybean
• A major and stable quantitative trait locus qSS2 for seed size and shape traits in soybean
• Functional analysis of genes in quinoa using a virus vector system
• Genome sequence of the soybean fungal pathogen, Cercospora kikuchii
• The pathogenicity of Asian soybean rust pathogen in Mexico can be grouped into two broad trends
• Gregarized desert locust females and males encounter just before oviposition in West Africa
• Predicting body growth and body mass index of farmed milkfish in the Philippines from water temperature
• Germ cell cryopreservation to conserve genetic diversity in shrimps
• Increase of rice yield in response to phosphorus fertilizer application can be predicted by soil phosphorus retention capacity
• A model for estimating soil phosphorus availability in diverse tropical ecosystems by deep learning
• Efficient phosphorus application strategy to improve rice yields under cold stress-prone and P-deficient environments
• Meta-analysis for evaluation of fertilizer effect under upland rice cultivation in Africa
• Introducing vegetables upstream of irrigation areas may increase farm income and lead to equitable water distribution

Program C : Information

• Information on the genetic diversity in agronomic traits of Thai Erianthus germplasm under multiple ratooning systems
• High-Impact Research Development of a simple shoot-tip grafting method for virus-free passion fruit