Oral presentation
Session 1. Global Climate Change and Ecosystems (July 3, 14:30-16:10)
O4 N. Matsumoto. Change in snow mold microflora in eastern Hokkaido, reflections of climate change.
O5 K. Usuki *, T. Hirota, and Y. Iwata. Effect of soil freezing and snow cover on volunteer potato occurrence - relations to climate change.
O6 T. Hirota *, Y. Iwata, M. Nemoto, T. Hamasaki, R. Sameshima, K. Usuki, and M. Hayashi. Decreasing soil-frost depth in eastern Hokkaido and its impact on agriculture in a cold region.
Session 2. Farming Systems and Agro-ecology (July 3, 16:10-17:30)
O9 M. Komatsuzaki *, Y. Mu, Zhaorilgetu, R. Kusumoto, H. Ohta, M. Araki, H. Araki, and J. Miura. Cover crop and no tillage practices enhance the ecological significance of soil biodiversity and carbon sequestration.
Session 3. Adaptive Management of Biodiversity (July 3, 11:10-17:30)
O11 S. Yachi. Theoretical basis for considering biodiversity towards sustainable ecosystem services.
O12 Y. Shirayama. Strategies for monitoring spatial and temporal change of biodiversity and its application for the adaptive management of coastal marine ecosystem.
O13 M. W. Westneat. Encyclopedia of life: web resources for species information, biodiversity research and conservation.
O14 S. Shibata *, N. Osawa, A. Nakanishi, A. Imanishi, Y. Abe, and S. Sakai. Influence of forest management to biodiversity of Satoyama vegetation.
O15 T. Yoshioka. Linkages in forested watershed environments.
O16 Y. Tsubaki *, T. Ueda, and H. Jinguji. Recent decline of dragonflies in countryside of Japan: impacts of climate change?
O18 S. Sakai. The diverse consequences of drought observed in an aseasonal forest of Borneo.
O19 T. Nagata. Warming threatens the ecosystems of large lakes.
O20 K. Kitayama*, N. Imai, S. Kita, and H. Samejima. Adaptive management of Bornean tropical rain forests under global warming.
Session 4. Integrated Farming and Bioenergy (July 4, 14:30-15:50)
O21 R. Nakakubo *, K. Kyoko, H. Araki, and K. Ohmiya. A study on the application of anaerobic digested manure to paddy fields in cold latitudes.
O22 J. Su*, Y. Chen, Y. Chang, K. Chang, I. Yu, and S. Tang. A mesophilic bio-filter reactor for desulfurising biogas from pig farms in Taiwan.
Session 5. "Mottainai" - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Refuse (The 4 R's) (July 4, 14:30-15:50)
O25 S. Onwona-Agyeman *, S. Nakamura, and M. Tanahashi. Effective utilization of biowaste in sustaining agricultural production and environmental conservation.
O27 E. Ishikawa *, K. Nakamura, T. Hutamura, and K. Takamizawa. Ethanol production from enzymatically saccharified lawn.
Session 6. Germplasm Conservation and Uses (July 4, 15:50-17:10)
O28 M. Assefa, B. Feleke, B. Singh *, and S. Gulia. Genotypic variations in the performance of dry bean in the warm climate.
O30 B. Havrland * and H. Ciboh. Precision technologies for sustainable agriculture - programming and use.
O31 J. Hron * and K. Srnec. Agro-tourism in the context with the rural development.
Session 7. Plant Interactions / Interfaces (July 4: 15:50-17:10)
O34 G. V. Subbarao *, O. Ito, T. Ishikawa, T. Watanabe, K. Nakahara, I. M. Rao, T. Ban, K. Masahiro and C.T. Hash. Is there a genetic strategy to control nitrification and N2O emissions from agricultural systems? - Biological Nitrification Inhibition (BNI).
O35 T. Shinano *, A. Sato, M. Osaki, and K. Okazaki. Possibility of rhizosphere regulation by plant root exudates.
Session 8. Governance of Agro-ecosystems and Tradeoffs in Development (July 4, 14:30-17:00)
O36 K. Otsuka. Strategy to realize a green revolution in sub-Saharan Africa.
O40 T. Hayashi *, K. Masuda, and M. Yamamoto. Measuring economic and CO2 impacts of bio-ethanol production in Hokkaido, Japan.
Session 9. Sustainable Pest Management (July 5, 15:00-16:00)
O42 S. Tanaka. Locust outbreaks and studies on phase polyphenism.
O43 A. R. Chittenden. An introduction to integrated pest management.
Session 10. Bridging the Gap between Sustainability Science and Ecology (July 5, 16:00-17:00)
O44 O. Saito. Promoting collaboration between sustainability science and ecology.
O45 Y. Kawata. Towards the progress of biological resource management in Japan.
O46 D. Leary. Nanotechnology in agriculture: the emerging international debate on the need for regulation.
Session 11. "Satoyama"- Human and Nature Interrelationships (July 5, 17:00-18:00)
O47 R. J. Mason. A sustainable ecosystem? Japan's Shirakami Sanchi World heritage area.
O48 C. Kuo*, C. Lai, and Y. Shiau. An integrated platform for sustainability on multifunction paddies.
Poster presentation
Session 1. Global Climate Change and Ecosystems
P2 Yukiyoshi Iwata*, Shuichi Hasegawa, Shinji Suzuki, Kazunobu Kuwao, Manabu Nemoto, Masaki Hayashi, and Tomoyoshi Hirota. Change of snowmelt infiltration in the frozen agricultural field with climate change.
P3 T.Hishinuma*, H.Kurishima, C.Yang, T.Tabata, K.Suzuki, Y.Genchi. Life cycle assessment of greenhouse gases emission from different manure treatment system for corn silage production using fallow land: case study of dairy cattle manure treatment at Yamada town.
P4 Watanabe, Y.*, Tobita, H., Kitaoka, S., Kitao, M., Maruyama, Y., Uemura, A., Utsugi, H., Choi, D.S., Sasa, K., Funada, R. and Koike, T. Changes in wood structure in seedlings of oak and alder growing under combinations of elevated CO2 concentration and high nitrogen loading.
P5 Makoto WATANABE*, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Hideyuki MATSUMURA, Yoshihisa KOHNO and Takeshi IZUTA. Growth responses of 6 Japanese forest tree species to ozone under different nitrogen loads.
P6 Ryu, K.*, Shibata, H., Watanabe, M., Takagi, K, Nomura, M and Koike, T. A brief history of larch plantation in northern Japan with special reference to environmental change.
Session 2. Farming Systems and Agro-ecology
P7 P. Merino *, O. Del Hierro, A. Artetxe, N. Gonzalez-Lopez, and M. Pinto. Livestock methane emission: a regionalised inventory from the Basque Country.
P8 Hiroyuki Tsuji*, Yasuo Ohshita. Disturbing the transmission of soybean dwarf disease virus by spring sown winter wheat living mulch in Hokkaido soybean production.
P9 Tomoko SUGITO*, Sohei KOBAYASHI, Osamu NAGATA and Takuro SHINANO. Effect of tillage system (conventional, reduced, and zero) on the initial growth of winter wheat in central Hokkaido, Japan.
P10 Hideto Ueno*, Yuzuru Miyoshi, Yoichi Yamashita, Fuminori Kanke, Takanori Oomori, Naohiro Fukuda. Effects of Mulching with No-Woven Fabric Sheet Made of Cotton Wastes on Growth of Vegetables.
P11 Yasuyuki Miyauchi*, Sanae Sawanobori, Satoshi Fujita, Makie Kikuchi, Yasushi Kijima. The Potential of Organic Gardening Program at University.
P12 Kaori Sonobe*, Taiichiro Hattori, Ping An, Wataru Tsuji, Anthony Egrinya Eneji, Kiyoshi Tanaka and Shinobu Inanaga. Silicon maintains effective leaf photosynthesis and stomatal conductance in water-stressed sorghum.
P13 Youji NITTA*, Akinori KAMIYAMA, Toshiaki MATSUDA, Satoshi NAKAMURA, Yusuke GOTO, Eiichi INOUE, Kazuhiko NARISAWA, Yasurou KURUSU, Hiroyuki OHTA, Shigeru CHONAN, Atsushi TOYODA, Tasuku KATO, Hisashi KOBAYASHI, Masakazu KOMATSUZAKI and Tatsuo SATO. High Potential of Sweet Sorghum as a Bio-Fuel Production and a Bio-Remediation in the Suburbs of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area.
P14 Abd El-Shafy A. Nafeh. Proposed technique for optimally sizing a PV/Diesel hybrid system.
P15 Seiichiro Ishii, Junichi Kashiwagi* and Koji Watabe. Temporal and spatial changes in soil fertility under slash-and-burn cultivation in northern Laos.
P16 Toshiyuki Hirata* and Hajime Araki. Changes of soil inorganic nitrogen after short-term cultures of hairy vetch and wild oat cultures under tillage and no-tillage conditions at Sapporo, Japan.
P17 Y. Wang *, S. Traore, and W. Namaona. Water balance analysis approach for improving agricultural productivity in Sub-Sahara Africa.
P18 Araki H*, Y. Nakayama, S. Hane, Y. Hoshino and T. Hirata. Cover crop use in tomato production in Hokkaido, snow cover region.
P19 H. Araki *, A. Nakamura, S. Kawamura, Y. Takahashi, and M. Banno. Effect of methane digested fertilizer on soil chemical properties and rice growth.
P20 M. M. Buri, R. N. Issaka, and T. Wakatsuki. Reducing rural poverty through improved and sustainable rice production technologies: a case study of the “sawah” system in the Ahafo Ano south district in Ghana.
Session 3. Adaptive Management of Biodiversity
P21 A. M. Puste*, K. Jana, P. P. Das, A. Zaman and T. K. Maiti. Development of aqua-terrestrial ecosystem - watershed based sustainable integrated productive system and economic stability for poor to marginal farm communities in Indian sub-tropics.
P22 T. Islam*, E. Fukuda, M. Shiyomi, S. R. Molla, S. Kawai, and M. Tsuiki. The effects of feces removal on spatial distribution patterns of grassland community.
P23 Karaki, T.*, Kondo, T., Watanabe, Y., Kadomatsu, M., Akibayashi, Y., Saito, H., Shibuya, M. and Koike, T. Development of water impermeability and anatomical feature in seeds of Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), an invasive species in Japan.
Session 4. Integrated Farming and Bioenergy
P24 Jongho Seo*, Boncheol Ku, Youngson Cho, Younghwan Yoon, Wonha Yang and Seonghee Lee. Winter Barley - Summer Maize Double Cropping System for Maximum Bio-ethanol Production in Central Region of Korea.
P25 Bon-Cheol Koo*, Young-Hwan Yun, Jong-Ho Seo, Young-Son Cho, Won-Ha Yang, Arvid Boe, Vance Owens. Production of Miscanthus sacchariflorus and Phragmites australis, Compared with Annual Crops.
P26 D. S. Dahiya. New Energy sources could change geopolitics-may serve as a sustainable source of fuel.
Session 5. "Mottainai" - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Refuse (The 4 R's) -
P27 Munehiro EBATO*, Ryuichi UEGAKI, and Madoka SUTOH. Current Status of Compost Production and its Usage in Japan.
P28 Chi-Wen Lin*, Sue-Lin Huang, Chiu-Fen Wu, Tran Dang Thuan. Isolation of a cellulose-degrading microorganism from sugarcane compost.
P29 Afrida*, Yutaka Tamai, Toshihiro Watanabe, Mitsuru Osaki. Screening of Tropical White Rot Fungi for Biobleaching of Acacia Kraft Pulp.
Session 6. Germplasm Conservation and Uses
P30 Fenghong Huang, Qianchun Deng*, Yanxing Niu, Changsheng Liu. Regulation of Alpha-Linolenic Acid in Cold-pressed Chinese Camelina Sativa Oil on Hyperlipaemia of Rats Induced by High Fat Diet.
P31 Thitiporn Machikowa* and Chiraporn Saetang. Breeding for Yield Improvement of Synthetic Sunflower.
Session 7. Plant Interactions / Interfaces
P32 Xingzhi Wan*, Jingying Liu, Liping Yang, Yajun Fan, Hongwei Wang, Wei Li, Lei Wang and Ming Luan. Industrial production of pharmaceuticals in plants via transient expression system.
P33 Takuhito Nozoe*, Masaaki Tachibana and Akira Uchino. Effects of the addition of rice straw to paddy soil on the early growths of rice and Gramineous weeds (early watergrass and barnyard grass) in relation to iron (Fe) toxicity.
P34 Norikuni Oka*, Toshihiko Karasawa, Keiki Okazaki, and Masako Takebe. Effects of Arbuscular mycorrhizal host crop history on soybean yield.
P35 G.H. An*, S. Kobayashi, M. Muraki, K. Koinuma, K. Kato, and T. Karasawa. Assessment of arbuscular mcyorrhizal fungi colonization in maize genetic resources towards selection of abundantly colonized genotypes.
P36 M. Kobayashi*, H. Shibata, Y. Kim, T. Satomura, K. Takagi, M. Nomura, F. Satoh, K. Sasa, and T. Koike. Effects of experimental burning on the soil nutrient concentrations in white birch forest in Hokkaido, northern Japan.
P37 Molla Rahman Shaibur*, S. M. Imamul Huq and Shigenao Kawai. Arsenic-Iron Interaction: Effect of Additional Iron on Arsenic-Induced Chlorosis in Hydroponic Rice.
Session 8. Governance of Agro-ecosystems and Tradeoffs in Development
P38 Hisako SEKINE*. Possibility of reduction of carbon dioxide emissions by arable farm at Hokkaido under new Japanese agricultural policy.
P39 S. Raza *, A.S. Hashmi, M. Safdar, M.A. Babar. Population genetics in family Asclepiadaceae: Pakistan.
P40 F. Y. Ng*, K. Sundram, F.K. Yew, and Y. Basiron. The Sustainability Edge of the Malaysian Palm Oil Industry.
P41 Satoshi YOSHINAKA*, Eiichi SHIGA, Kan HIGASHIYAMA. Analysis of Actual Situation of the Sustainable Upland Farming by Fallow Green Manure.
P42 Daisuke Sawauchi*, Kiyotaka Masuda, Tomoaki Nakatani, Yasutaka Yamamoto. Environmental Impact of Agricultural Trade Liberalization: Evidence from the Simulation of a Japan- New Zealand FTA.
P43 Hideo Aizaki*. A Multi-Agent Simulation Analysis to Predict Participants in the Communal Activities Of Rural Resource Management.
P44 Taisuke TAKAYAMA. Analysis Concerning the Farmer's Participation in Management Action of Irrigation Canal.
P45 H. Hosoya* and M. Ohaba. Real time measurement of water absorption of plants using subsurface negative pressure irrigation.
Session 9. Sustainable Pest Management
P46 Tsuji N.*, Saito Y. and Chittenden A.R. How to sustain bamboo plantations in China and Japan.
Session 10. Bridging the Gap between Sustainability Science and Ecology
P47 G. Savatsomboon. Vicious circles of small rice farmers in Thailand through examination of the supply chain.
Session 11. "Satoyama"- Human and Nature Interrelationships -
P48 Hajime MATSUSHIMA*, Kumiko HORIO, Tetsuya KONDO. Landscape evaluation for the ridge of paddy field covered by ground cover plants.
P49 Chih-Wen Wu*, Yun-Ting Chiang. A Empirical Study for Investigating Traceability Systems Incentives on Food Security and Nutrition.
P50 H. Schwalk, M. Pudderlan, W. van den Ende, and A. Oguguo*. Phisically challenged and liveli hood in the traditional african society the zulu family situation.
P51 Nobuhiko Nakao*, Ayako Matsumura, Yasushi Shoji. Conservation of local resources in rural areas through building footpaths.
Session 12. Other topics
P52 Muhammad Ashraf MALIK*, Yousef HAMEED, Mian Muhammad FURQAN. A study to analyze the role of television in nonformal education for the promotion of awareness in peasants of Pakistan.
P53 Mahdi Reyahi Khoram*, Minoo Nafea. Assessment of seasonal variations of Gamasyab River water quality in Nahavand Township, Iran.