Bulletin of FFPRI, Vol.13 No.3 (No.432) September 2014

Table of Contents

Original article

• Can converting slash-and-burn agricultural fields into rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) plantations provide climate change mitigation? ：A case study in northern Laos(PDF:1,213KB)
  • KIYONO Yoshiyuki, FURUYA Naoyuki, FUJITA Naoko,SATO Tamotsu, MATSUMOTO Mitsuo, Soukanh BOUNTHABANDID and Somchay SANONTY  
• Drought and salt stress tolerance of ozone-tolerant transgenic poplar with an antisense DNA for 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase(PDF:2,652KB)
  • KOGAWARA Satoshi, MOHRI Takeshi, IGASAKI Tomohiro, NAKAJIMA Nobuyoshi and SHINOHARA Kenji 
• Strength properties of small clear specimens of kuri (Japanese chestnut, Castanea crenata) —Bending strength, compressive strength parallel to grain, shear strength parallel to grain, and compressive strength perpendicular to grain—(PDF:881KB) [in Japanese with English abstract]
  • IDO Hirofumi, MIURA Sachiko, NAGAO Hirofumi and KATO Hideo  

 ■ Special Feature
 Study methods for measuring radio cesium contamination in forests

Research record

• Guidance for methods assessing radiocesium dynamics in tree, wood, soil and stream water in forest ecosystems(PDF:6,824KB) [in Japanese with English abstract]
  • TAKAHASHI Masamichi, KAJIMOTO Takuya, TAKANO Tsutomu, IKEDA Shigeto and KOBAYASHI Masahiro
• Methods for assessing the spatial distribution and dynamics of radiocesium in tree components in forest ecosystems(PDF:16,953KB) [in Japanese with English abstract]
  • KAJIMOTO Takuya, TAKANO Tsutomu, SAITO Satoshi, KURODA Katsushi, FUJIWARA Takeshi, KOMATSU Masafumi, KAWASAKI Tatsuro, OHASHI Shinta and KIYONO Yoshiyuki
• Methods for assessing the spatial distribution and dynamics of radiocesium in forest soils(PDF:2,562KB) [in Japanese with English abstract] 
  • IKEDA Shigeto, KANEKO Shinji, AKAMA Akio and TAKAHASHI Masamichi
• Methods of assessing radiocesium runoff from forested watersheds(PDF:1,094KB) [in Japanese with English abstract] 
  • KOBAYASHI Masahiro, TSUBOYAMA Yoshio, SHINOMIYA Yoshiki and IKEDA Shigeto