Guest Editorial
This Issue (Vol.19, No1) of the Journal of Arid Land Studies contains the Proceeding of theInternational Conference on Desert Technology IX, held on November 12 – 16 at Touareg Hotel in Douz,Tunisia.
The papers presented at the Conference and published in these Proceedings are divided into 5
categories;
1. Desert energy
2. Stress biology and desert agriculture
3. Soil and water technologies, combating desertification, remote swensing and GIS
4. Desert human and social sciences societies
5. Biotechnology
Within each session, a broad diversity of scientific researches, innovative technologies, newapplications of technologies and important social perspectives were presented. This reflects the multi
disciplinary approach that will be required to address the challenges of sustainable management of desert,
arid and semiarid regions
The draft manuscripts of papers were reviewed by two anonymous reviewers after Conference.
Revised versions of the papers were then resubmitted. If the manuscripts were revised satisfactorily, they
were accepted for publication.
The Conference Editorial Panel acknowledges the vital contributions of the following reviewers;
List of Reviewers
Dr. Yukuo ABE, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Dr. Tetsuharu CHOJI, Toyama National College of Technology, Japan
Dr. Monty C. DOZIER, Texas A&M University, U.S.A.
Dr. Mingyang DU, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan
Dr. Yasuyuki EGASHIRA, Osaka University, Japan
Dr. Hany A. EL-SHEMY, Cairo University, Egypt
Dr. Ahmed GHRABI, Water Researches and Technologies Centre of Borj-Cedria, Tunisia
Dr. Junkyu HAN, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Dr. Toshio HARA, Kyushu University
Dr. Moncef HARRABI, National Institute of Agronomy of Tunis, Tunisia
Dr. Mitsuteru IRIE, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Dr. Yuichi ISHIKAWA, Akita Prefectural University, Japan
Dr. Takashi ISHIYAMA, Chiba University, Japan
Dr. Hiroko ISODA, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Dr. Masakazu ITO, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Dr. Kenichi KASHIWAGI, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Dr. Makoto KATO, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Dr. Yoshiko KAWABATA, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Dr. Kiyokazu KAWADA, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Dr. Toshinori KOJIMA, Seikei University, Japan
Dr. Sanja KUMAR, BRA Bihar University, India
Dr. Taichi MAKI, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Dr. Machito MIHARA, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan
Dr. Hiroaki MOCHIZUKI, Kagoshima University, Japan
Dr. Takahiro MORIO, University of Tsukuba, Japanvii

Dr. Mitsutoshi NAKAJIMA, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Dr. Toru NAKAMURA, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Dr. Ryuzo NISHIMAKI, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Japan
Dr. Mohamed OUESSAR, Institute of Arid Regions, Tunisia
Dr. Masuo OZAKI, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan
Dr. William PAYNE, Texas A&M University, U.S.A.
Dr. Masahiro SAITO, Mie University, Japan
Dr. Tadaomi SAITO, Tottori University, Japan
Dr. Sami SAYADI, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax, Tunisia
Dr. Mary SEELY, Desert Research Foundation of Namibia, Namibia
Dr. Hideyuki SHIGEMORI, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Dr. Sawahiko SHIMADA, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan
Dr. Katsuyoshi SHIMIZU, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Dr. Yutaka SHINODA, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
Dr. Masami SHIRAISHI, Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies, Japan
Dr. S. SINHA, BRA Bihar University, India
Dr. Hideki SUGANUMA, Seikei University, Japan
Dr. Shinji SUZUKI, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan
Dr. Houcine TAAMALLAH, Institute of Arid Regions, Tunisia
Dr. Nobihide TAKAHASHI, Shinshu University, Japan
Dr. Satoru TAKAHASHI, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan
Dr. Hiroyuki TANOUCHI, Forestry and Forest Product Research Institute, Japan
Dr. Hiromichi TOYODA, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan
Dr. Hajime UTSUGI, Forestry and Forest Product Research Institute, Japan
Dr. Robert A. WASHINGTON-ALLEN, Texas A&M University, U.S.A.
Dr. Fumio WATANABE, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan
Dr. Xuncheng XIA, Xinjiang Insititute of Ecology ang Geography, China
Dr. Parida YAMADA, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Dr. Ken YOSHIKAWA, Okayama University, Japan
Under the authority of Editorial Board of the Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies, this issue
was edited by Editorial Board of DT9 Proceedings, consisting of the following members;
Dr. Yukuo ABE, University of Tsukuba, Japan,Dr. Takahiro MORIO, University of Tsukuba, Japan,Dr. Hideki SUGANUMA, Seikei University, Japan,
Dr. Parida YAMADA, University of Tsukuba, Japan,
Dr. Moncef HARRABI, National Institute of Agronomy of Tunis, Tunisia.

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