Akihiro Isoda
Professor
Bioresource Science Course 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
Crop Science, improvement of crop production including soybean, peanut, cotton etc.
Publications
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Inamullah and Isoda, A. (2005) Adaptive changes in soybean and cotton to water stress II. Changes in CO2 assimilation rate, chlorophyll fluorescence and photochemical reflectance index in relation to leaf temperature, Plant Prod. Sci.. 8: 131-138.
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Isoda, A., M. Mori, S. Matsumoto, Z. Li and P. Wang (2006) High yielding performance of soybean in northern Xinjiang, China, Plant Prod. Sci., 9, 401-407.
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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
