Akihiro Isoda
Professor
Plant Culture and Breeding
Chiba University
Japan
Biography
He was born in Otsu city, Shiga, Japan. He graduated from Hokkaido University, and got his Dr. degree of Agronomy with the thesis titled “Potential of related species for tuber yield increase in potato plant”. In 1986, he had a job in Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University. His specialty is Crop Science. His main concern is increasing crop production, especially in arid areas. From 1990, he started the researches for analyzing mechanism of drought tolerance and improvement of crop production including soybean, peanut, cotton etc. in Xinjiang, China. Recently, over 8 t/ha of seed yield in soybean was obtained in Xinjiang, showing great possibilities to improve yield capacity of leguminous crops.
Research Interest
Drought tolerance and improvement of crop production including soybean, peanut, cotton etc.
Publications
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Cao, T. and A. Isoda (2008) Dry matter production of Japanese and Chinese high-yielding cultivars in peanut under high planting population in terms of intercepted radiation and its use efficiency, Jpn. J. Crop Sci., 77, 41-47.
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Isoda, A., H. Mao, Z. Li and P. Wang (2010) Growth of high-yielding soybeans and its relation to air temperature in Xinjiang, China, Plant Prod. Sci.. 13, 209-217
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Shahenshah and A. Isoda (2010) Effects of water stress on leaf temperature and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters in cotton and peanut, Plant Prod. Sci.. 13, in press.
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Shahenshah and A. Isoda (2010) Assessment of photochemical reflectance index as a tool for evaluation of chlorophyll fluorescence parameters in cotton and peanut cultivars under water stress condition, Agricultural Sciences in China, in press.
