The 3rd JSRR Symposium -

Ideotype of Root System in Rice


held as a mini-symposium in the 2nd Asian Crop Science Conference at Fukui Prefectural University
August 22, 1995

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SCOPE

Rice is one of the most important crop in the world. The concept of shoot ideotype in rice has partly been successful to use for breeding high-yielding cultivars. Can the ideotype of root system, on the other hand, contribute for yield? The purpose of the symposium is provide a forum for accelerating our understanding of rice root system. Invited speakers will review important information about structure and function of root system with reference to genetic and ecological aspects, point out key deficiencies in our knowledge, and suggest view- points leading us to new perspective.

PROGRAM

17:00 - 17:05
Shigenori Morita: Opening Remarks and Introduction to the Symposium

17:05 - 17:25
Jiro Harada: Development of Root System

17:25 - 17:45
Jin Chul Shin: Root - Shoot Relationship in Rice

17:45 - 18:05
Craig A. Beyrouty:
Growth and Distribution of Irrigated Lowland Rice Roots in the United States

18:05 - 18:25
Len J. Wade: Research on Root Systems of Rice at IRRI

18:25 - 18:55
Panel Discussion

18:55 - 19:00
Akira Yamauchi: Concluding remarks

Speakers

Craig A. Beyrouty:
University of Arkansas, USA
Soil chemist, crop ecologist. Studies environmental and management influences on root growth and nutrient uptake of field grown crops. Root dynamics of lowland irrigated rice is the present research topic.

Jiro Harada:
Saga University, Japan
Crop botanist and ecologist. Role of root systems for the growth and yield of rice plants is one of main interests. How to control the development of root systems is present research topic.

Jin Chul Shin:
National Crop Experimental Station, Korea
Crop physiologist, modeller. Experience of rice field experiments for 16 years. Interesting present topic is the influence of rooting pattern on seedling establishment in direct seeded rice.

Len J. Wade:
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines
Agronomist/crop physiologist. 22 years experience in rainfed agricultural research. Interests include root traits for drought resistance, GxE interaction and selection, nutrient x water interaction, establishment and seedling vigour, and crop simulation and risk analysis.

Proceedings

The proceedings of this symposium will be issued from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) to worldwide book markets in 1999. Please contact to a book-dealer for the purchase of the proceedings.

ORGANIZERS

Shigenori Morita, Chairman of the Organizing Committee: President of the Japanese Society for Root Research; The University of Tokyo, Japan
Akira Yamauchi, Vice Chairman of the Organizing Committee : Nagoya University, Japan
Jun Abe, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Craig A. Beyrouty, University of Arkansas, USA
Tadashi Hirasawa, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Yukio Kujira, Kanazawa University, Japan
Young-Woong Kwon, Seoul National University, Korea
Yizhen Li, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China


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