Organized by

International Society of Root Research (ISRR)
Japanese Society for Root Research (JSRR)

Organizing Committee

Chairperson:
Shigenori Morita (The University of Tokyo, Japan; Vice-president of ISRR)

Vice-chairpersons
Akira Yamauchi (Nagoya University, Japan; President of JSRR)
Hiroyuki Daimon (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan; Vice-president of JSRR)
Jun Abe (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

Chief Secretary
Morio Iijima (Nagoya University, Japan)

Vice-chief secretaries
Katsuya Yano (Nagoya University, Japan: Chief secretary of JSRR)
Akimasa Nakano (National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science, NARO, Japan)

Committee members
Hans Persson (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden: President of ISRR)
Peter W. Barlow (University of Bristol, UK)
A. Glyn Bengough (Scottish Crop Research Institute, UK)
Craig A. Beyrouty (University of Arkansas, USA)
Ivano Brunner (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Switzerland)
Milada Ciamporova (Academy of Science, Slovakia)
Otilia Gasparikova (Academy of Science, Slovakia)
Tomoo Homma (Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan)
Masahiko Ichii (Kagawa University, Japan)
Moriyoshi Ishizuka (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan)
Osamu Ito (Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Japan)
Kazuto Iwama (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Naoki Kachi (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan)
John Z. Kiss (Miami University, USA)
Roger T. Koide (The Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Yukio Kujira (Kanazawa University, Japan)
Alexander Lux (Comenius University, Slovakia)
Kiyoshi Matsuo (National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science, NARO, Japan)
Bobbie L. McMichael (USDA-ARS, USA: Vice president of ISRR)
Masamichi Ohe(Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)
Atsushi Oyanagi (National Agricultural Research Center for Tohoku Region, NARO, Japan)
David Robinson (University of Aberdeen, UK)
Tomoyuki Sassa (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan)
Albert L. Smit (Plant Research International, The Netherlands)
Alvin J.M. Smucker (Michigan State University, USA: Vice-president of ISRR)
Hideyuki Takahashi (Tohoku University, Japan)
Eiichi Tanimoto (Nagoya City University, Japan)
Jiro Tatsumi (Nagoya University, Japan)
Len J. Wade (International Rice Research Institute, Philippines)
Masataka Yamashita (National Agricultural Research Center for Kyushu Okinawa Region, NARO, Japan)

Financially supported by

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (Grant-in Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results, No. 126005)
The Commemorative Association for the Japan World Exposition (1970)
City of Nagoya
Nagoya University

Supported by

Science Council of Japan
Nagoya Convention and Visitors Bureau
Japanese Mycorrhizal Research Society
Japanese Society for Root and Tuber Crops
Japanese Society of Breeding
Japanese Society of Grassland Science
Japanese Society of Plant-Microbe Interactions
Japanese Society of Plant Physics
Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
Society for Phytotechnology
The Botanical Society of Japan
The Crop Science Society of Japan
The Ecological Society of Japan
The Japanese Society for Horticultural Science
The Japanese Society of Plant Morphology
The Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists
The Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology
The Society for Chemical Regulation of Plants

Official agency

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