The JSRR
JSRR’’s 20th Anniversary Symposiums of Root Research in Asia
The Latest FrontierFrontiersDate: November 6th (Sun.), 2011
Venue: Yayoi Auditorium, The University of Tokyo,(Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
Sponsored by the Japanese Society for Root Research (JSRR)

Table of ContentsProgram1

Symposium mixer

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Date and venue

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Important dates

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Organizing committee

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Invitation

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Guest lecturers

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About JSRR

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Registration fee

2Registration

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Poster session (full-size)

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Abstract submission

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Poster session (mini-poster)

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Poster preparation

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Language

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Mini-poster preparation

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3Access

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Organizing committee e-mail: root20@jsrr.jp
http://www.jsrr.jp/20th.htm

The JSRR
JSRR’’s 20th Anniversary Symposium

The Latest Frontier
s of Root Research in Asi
aFrontiers
Asia
November 6th, 2011 (Sun.)
Yayoi Auditorium, The University of Tokyo
Sponsored by the Japanese Society for Root Research

ProgramModerator: Prof. Akira Yamauchi (Nagoya University, Japan)
09:3011:45
Morning session
09:30–09:45
Opening remarks
Shigenori Morita (The University of Tokyo, Japan; Founder of JSRR)
09:45 Dr. Jun Abe (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Keynote lecture: The necessity of root research in Asia*
10:25 Prof. Yowhan Son (Korea University, Korea)
Root biomass and respiration for Korean forests *11:05 Dr. Xiaojing Liu (Chinese Academy of Science, China)
Adapting mechanism of cotton roots to saline soil *12:00–13:50

Lunch and Poster session

12:30–13:10
13:10–13:50

Poster session core time A
Poster session core time B

14:00–17:00
Afternoon session
14:00 Dr. Xiyin Zhang (Chinese Academy of Science, China)
Water and nutrient management in crop rootzone profile for efficient water use *14:40 Dr. Amelia Henry (International Rice Research Institute, Philippines)
Root traits associated with major drought yield QTLs *15:20 Prof. Anan Polthanee (Khon Kaen University, Thailand)
Agricultural problems caused by waterlogging in Northeast Thailand *16:00 Commentator's commentary
Dr. Roel Suralta (Philippine Rice Research Institutite, Philippines)
16:15 Comments from Moderator
Prof. Akira Yamauchi (Nagoya University, Japan)
16:30–16:45
Closing remarks
Prof. Jiro Tatsumi (Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan; President of JSRR)* The tiles of the invited lectures are tentative.
Onsite registration: November 5 (Sat.)–6 (Sun), 2011
Symposium mixer: November 5 (Sat.), 2011; 17:30–20:00
Domestic meeting and anniversary celebration ceremony will be held on November 5, 2011.
1The JSRR
JSRR’’s 20th Anniversary Symposiums of Root Research in Asi
aThe Latest Frontier
Frontiers
Asia
Sponsored by the Japanese Society for Root Research (JSRR)

Date and Venue
Date: November 6th (Sun.), 2011
Site: Yayoi Auditorium, The University of Tokyo (Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
Notice: Participants from some countries may need a visa to enter Japan. The organizing
committee is not responsible for arranging visas or handling immigration affairs.

Organizing Committee:Shigenori Morita (Chair; The University of Tokyo)
Jun Abe (The University of Tokyo)
Hiroyuki Daimon (Osaka Prefecture University)
Toshifumi Murakami (National Agricultural Research Center for Tohoku Region, NARO)
Mizue Ohashi (Hyogo Prefecture University)
Atsushi Oyanagi (National Institute of Crop Science, NARO)
Akira Yamauchi (Nagoya University)

Guest lecturers
Dr. Amelia Henry (International Rice Research Institute, Philippines)
Dr. Xiaojing Liu (Chinese Academy of Science, China)
Prof. Anan Pothanee (Khon Kaen University, Thailand)Prof. Yowhan Son (Korea University, Korea)
Dr. Roel Suralta (Philippine Rice Research Institute, Philippines)
Dr. Xiyin Zhang (Chinese Academy of Science, China)

Registration fee and expenses
Participation in the symposium will be free of charge.
However, the poster presenters (full-size poster) will be charged 2,000 yen per poster for theexpense of the poster panel.
The symposium mixer costs 3,000 yen per person.
The fee for the full-size poster and mixer should be paid in cash (Japanese yen) at theregistration desk.

Poster session (full-size)
The organizing committee has issued a call for poster presentations. Scientists who study
plant roots and/or related subjects (for example, plant nutrition, soil microorganisms, waterstress, etc.) in Asian countries are invited to present a poster in this symposium.
The presenter must stand by his/her poster for presentation during the poster session. Thepresenters will be charged 2,000 yen per poster on site for the expense of the panel.
2See the details in “Important dates,” “Registration,” “Abstract submission,” and “Posterpreparation.”

Poster session (mini-poster)
Asian plant root scientists who live outside Japan and have difficulty attending the symposium
may present a mini-poster (A3 size) free of charge. By October 10, 2011, the organizing
committee will select mini-posters for presentation on the basis of a short abstract and countryof origin; the committee will attempt to maintain a balance regarding country of origin. For
further details, see “Important dates,” “Registration,” and “Poster preparation.”

Language
The official language of the symposium will be English.

Publications
A booklet of abstracts (invited lectures, full- and mini-size posters) will be distributed toparticipants. The abstracts of invited lectures and full-size posters will be reprinted in theJSRR domestic newsletter (Root Research, Vol. 20, No, 4).
The presenters are encouraged to submit a full paper manuscript to Plant Root. The
manuscripts will be reviewed by the journal’s referees for selection. Please see
http://www.plantroot.org/ for the details about the journal.

Symposium mixer (buffet party):- Date: November 5 (Sat.), 2011 (17:30–20:00)- Site: Yayoi Auditorium Annex, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan- Fee: 3,000 yen per person- The 20th anniversary of the JSRR will be celebrated at the mixer.

Important dates:- September 30, 2011 Deadline for mini-poster registration with short abstract- October 10, 2011
Deadline for full-size poster registration
Organizing committee will select mini-posters and informthe corresponding authors.
- October 20, 2011:
Deadline for the submission of abstract file for full-size posters- November 5, 2011

- November 6, 2011

Deadline for mini-poster file submission
On-site registration [17:00-20:00; Yayoi Auditorium Annex]
Symposium mixer [17:30–20:00; Yayoi Auditorium Annex]
Domestic symposium on East Japan earthquike (morning)
Domestic celebration ceremony (afternoon)
Business meeting (lunch time)On-site registration [from 9:00 am; Yayoi Auditorium main building]Symposium [9:30-16:45; Yayoi Auditorium main building]3

Invitation

Prof. Jiro Tatsumi

During the 20-year history of the JSRR, many studies have been
performed on plant roots, contributing new evidence to root scienceand technology. The JSRR has played an important role in enlarging
the international network of root studies as a member of the ISRR inAsia. I look forward to celebrating the JSRR’s 20th Anniversary
Symposium in the coming November. I hope that the root researchnetwork will continue to expand on an international scale,particularly in Asia, and produce many useful results.
Jiro Tatsumi
President of Japanese Society for Root Research
Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology
The Japanese Society for Root Research (JSRR) was founded in
1992, and it has operated for two decades. We are holding aninternational symposium to develop a network of root researchers inAsia in order to advance efforts to secure healthy food, a safe
environment, and peace. Come join us!

Prof. Shigenori Morita

Shigenori Morita
Chair of Organizing Committee
Professor, The University of Tokyo

About JSRR
The Japanese Society for Root Research(JSRR; http://www.jsrr.jp/e/) was establishedin 1992 to enhance plant root research andcommunication among plant root scientists inJapan and elsewhere. Nearly 450 individuals
are registered members of the JSRR.
Over the course of its 20-year history, the JSRR has organized bi-annual domestic meetingsand published the domestic newsletter Root Research. In addition, the JSRR organized
several international symposiums. In particular, the JSRR co-organized the sixth Symposiumof the International Society of Root Research (ISRR) with the ISRR in Nagoya City in 2001.
Three hundred forty-one people from 34 countries participated in this symposium. The
selected papers from the 6th ISRR Symposium were published as a special issue of Plant andSoil (Vol. 255, Issue. 1) and a book (Root: The dynamic interface between plant and the Earth,
Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003).
The JSRR began publishing an open access electronic journal, Plant
Root (http://www.plantroot.org/), in 2007. Plant Root is the onlyinternational journal in the world that specializes in plant root
science.
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Please send the following data via e-mail to root20@jsrr.jpDeadlines:- Full-size poster: October 10, 2011
- Mini-size poster: September 30, 2011
Notice: Participants from some countries may need a visa to enter Japan. The organizing
committee is not responsible for securing visas or handling immigration affairs.
Please consult the Japanese Embassy in your country to obtain information regarding visas
and the necessary arrangements for immigration as early as possible.
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Name:
Title: (Prof., Dr., Mr., Ms.)
Affiliation (Institute etc.):
Country:
E-mail address:
Phone number:Presentation (select one from A–C):
A. I will attend the symposium to present a full-size poster.
(Note that full-size posters will result in a charge of 2,000 yen per poster)(Submit this registration form by October 10, 2011)
B. I cannot attend the symposium, but I hope to present a mini-poster.
(Submit this registration form by September 30, 2011)(Note that Japan residents cannot apply to present a mini-poster)C. I will attend the symposium as a member of the audience.
Do you plan to attend at the pre-symposium mixer?
Yes
No (Note that the mixer costs 3,000 yen per person)

Poster presenters
Title of the poster presentation:

Mini-poster presenters
Title of the mini-poster presentation:
Author(s) name(s), affiliation(s), and the e-mail address of the corresponding author (see theexample below):Sample: Anan Polthanee1, Jun Abe2; 1. Khon Kaen University, Thailand, 2. The
University of Tokyo, Japan (junabe@ae-bio.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
Short abstract (150 words or fewer):=========================

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Abstract submission(Invited lectures and full-size poster presenters)
Please submit the abstract and author information sheet as an attached file (MS-Word or RTFfile) in an e-mail addressed to root20@jsrr.jp by October 20, 2011. A MS-Word template of theabstract and information sheet is available at http://www.jsrr.jp/20th/poster.htm
The abstract must fit on one A4 page (printing area: 23 cm x 16 cm) and written in 12 pt Times
font ('New Times Roman' in Windows PC, etc.). This page should include the title (14 pt),author(s) name(s), affiliation(s), and the e-mail address of the corresponding author (12 pt).
Please indicate the presenter using an asterisk (*) to the right of their name.
Sample:Root anatomical responses of kenaf plants to waterlogging
Anan Polthanee1*, Jun Abe2
1. Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, Thailand, 2. AE-Bio, The University ofTokyo, Japan (junabe@ae-bio.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
Japanese presenters may include a brief abstract in Japanese. In such a case, the total
volume of the abstract (English and Japanese) must not exceed one page; the Japaneseabstract must be written after the English text using 10 pt Mincho font.
Presenters of mini-size poster must submit a short abstract (150 words or fewer) typed in theregistration form by September 30, 2011. See “Registration” for details.

Poster preparation(Full-size poster)
Please bring the printed poster to the symposium site.
The poster panels are 115 cm high and 85 cm wide. You may make your poster longer than
115 cm (at most 150 cm) to hang the lower part of the poster from the panel, and you may
display something at the foot of the panel.
We recommend reserving a 20 cm x 10 cm space at the top-left of the poster for attaching or
printing the “poster number.” The organizing committee will provide you with a “posternumber” by October 31, 2011.
Please display your poster on the morning of November 6, 2011 (11:00 am at the latest) andremove it after the poster session (14:00–16:00).
Please note that poster presenters will be charged 2,000 yen per poster on site for theexpense of the panel, and the presenter must stand by their poster and provide presentations
during the poster session. If a presenter does not come to the symposium site, theirpresentation will be considered cancelled and a cancellation charge (2,000 yen) will beapplied.

Mini-poster preparation
Asian plant root scientists who live outside Japan and have difficulty attending the symposium
6may present a mini-poster (A3 size; around 30 cm wide and 40 cm high) free of charge. ByOctober 10, 2011, the organizing committee will select mini-poster presenters on the basis ofa short abstract and country of origin; the committee will attempt to maintain a balance
regarding country of origin.
If you are selected as a presenter, please send a copy of the mini-poster in MS-Word, RTF, orPDF format to root20@jsrr.jp by October 20, 2011. The organizing committee will print the fileon A3 paper and display it in the poster session. The file size must be less than 5 MB per
poster. Do not send paper copies of the poster to the organizing committee.
The poster must be written in English and include the title and author(s) name(s) at the top.

Access to the symposium site
The Yayoi Auditorium is a beautiful building made of wood and glass; it is located at the Yayoi
campus of the University of Tokyo. It is a two-minute walk from the Todaimae Station on theNamboku Line (Tokyo Metro).
From Narita Airport
Route 1: Narita Airport = [Keisei Skyliner (55 min.) or Access Express (70 min.)] => Nippori
Station (日暮里) = [JR Yamanote line (toward Ikebukuro) (15 min.)] => Komagome Station(駒込) = [Namboku Line (5 min.)] => Todaimae Station (東大前)
Route 2: Narita Airport = [JR Narita Express (55 min.)] => Tokyo Station ( 東京 ) [See below
for the transportation from Tokyo Station to the symposium site.]
From Haneda Airport
Haneda Airport = [Tokyo Monorail (20 min.)] => Hamamatsucho Station ( 浜 松 町 ) => [JRYamanote line (toward Ueno) (35 min.)] => Komagome Station (駒込) = [Namboku Line (5min.)] => Todaimae Station (東大前)
From Tokyo Railway Station
Route 1: Tokyo Station (東京 ) = [JR Yamanote line (toward Ueno) (25 min.)] => Komagome
Station (駒込) = [Namboku Line (5 min.)] => Todaimae Station (東大前)
Route 2: Tokyo Station ( 東 京 ) = [Tokyo Metro Maruno-uchi Line (15 min.)] => Korakuen
Station (後楽園) = [Namboku Line (5 min.)] => Todaimae Station (東大前)

Contact address of the Organizing Committee
E-mail: root20@jsrr.jp
Secretary in chief: Jun Abe (Dr.)
Organizing committee for the 5th JSRR Symposium
c/o Laboratory of Crop Morphology and Ecology (Saibai)
AE-Bio, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences,
The University of Tokyo
Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
Phone/Fax +81-3-5841-5045〒113-8657 東京都文京区弥生 東京大学農学部栽培学研究室 阿部淳

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