Evaluating
salinity tolerance of rice varieties and soil salinity in coastal
rice-cultivated areas of Cambodia
Sarin Neang*1, Raby Nget2, Kea Kong3,
Khema Srun3, Bros Kak2, Mab Ken2,
Sokhuoch Heng2, Sineng Noeun2, Sodanet Hong2,
Sovanvong Yon2, Akira Yamauchi4 and Shiro
Mitsuya5
(1Department of Agro-Industry, Ministry of
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cambodia, 2Agronomy
Faculty, Royal University of Agriculture, Cambodia, 3General
Directorate of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries, Cambodia, 4Asian Satellite Campuses
Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, 5Graduate
School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan)
The
impact of soil salinity on rice production in farmer fields in
Khon Kaen, Northeast Thailand
Yi Yang*1, Rongling Ye1, Mallika Srisutham2,
Thanyaluck Nontasri3, Supranee Sritumboon3,
Masayasu Maki4, Koshi Yoshida5, Kazuo Oki6,
7 and Koki Homma1
(1Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku
University, Japan, 2Faculty of Food and Agricultural,
Khon Kaen University, Thailand, 3Land Development
Department Regional 5, Thailand, 4Faculty of Food and
Agricultural Sciences, Fukushima University, Japan, 5Graduate
School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan, 6Faculty
of Engineering, Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Japan, 7Institute
of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Drought
tolerance screening and mutation breeding of specialty rice for
rainfed lowland ecosystem
Ace Mugssy L. Agustin*1, 2, Marie Bie S. Natividad1,
Jeremias L. Ordonio1, Pompe C. Sta. Cruz3,
Nonawin B. Lucob-Agustin4, Roel R. Suralta4,
Mana Kano-Nakata2
(1Department of Crop Science, College of Agriculture,
Central Luzon State University, Philippines, 2Graduate
School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan, 3College
of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines
Los Baños, Philippines, 4Crop Biotechnology Center,
Philippine Rice Research Institute, Philippines)
Problems
facing on the prospects of aromatic rice in Bangladesh
Rajesh Chakraborty*1, 2, Tuhin Suvra Roy1
and Jun-Ichi Sakagami2
(1Department of Agronomy, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural
University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2Department of
Biological Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima
University, Japan)
Soil
acidity and pigeonpea sterility mosaic disease are the major
challenges for pigeonpea production in India
Daspute Abhijit Arun*
(Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka)