IAPPS Region X (NEARC)
Present committee members
Dr. Izuru Yamamoto, Senior Advisor
Dr. Noriharu Umetsu, Senior Advisor
Dr. Tsutomu Arie, a representative of the Phytopathological Society of Japan, the chair of Region X
Dr. Tarô Adati, a representative of Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology
Dr. Hiromitsu Moriyama, a representative of Pesticide Science Society of Japan, the secretary general of Region X
Dr. Rie Miyaura, a representative of The Weed Science Society of Japan
12th Steering Committee of IAPPS Region X (NEARC)
12th Steering Committee of IAPPS Region X (NEARC) was held on May 13, 2022 online.
Agenda
- Report of the financial results for FY2021 and approval of the budget for FY2022.
- The Phytopathological Society of Japan and the Society of Agricultural Chemicals were the official partners of International Year of Plant Health (IYPH2020) established by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN). A certificate merit of the social activities on plant protection from the societies has awarded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan. (An example issued for The Phytopathological Society of Japan is seen below).
- May 12 is determined as the International Day of Plant Health. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan has created a publicity video (English and Japanese versions) of the International Day of Plant Health on BUZZMAFF, the official YouTube channel, with the cooperation of the International Plant Protection Convention Secretariat, FAO.
Video in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nppsmKOUN0
Video in Japanese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcIZUZT3L20
- Arie, T, the chair of Region X, was invited to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, House of Representatives, the Diet of Japan on Mar 24, 2022 to express the opinion as an expert on the revision of the Plant Protection Law and Law for Measures for achievement of Decarbonization and Resilience with Innovation (see photo below).
Video in Japanese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmpdK7ocF1Y
Assuming that there come inquiries about keynote speakers and symposium themes from the postponed IPPC2024 conference in Greece, nominations of candidates was requested. In addition, we started to consider the travel assistance to IPPC2024.
Annual activities related to IAPPS especially to IPM of plant diseases, insects and weeds, and plant regulation (from April 2021 to March 2022)
The Phytopathological Society of Japan (PSJ)
55th Plant-Pathogen Interaction Study Group Meeting, Online; Sep 1–3, 2021
2021 EBC Study Group Workshop, Online; Sep 15, 2021
2021 Kanto District Meeting, Online; Sep 21–22, 2021
2021 Kansai District Meeting, Online; Sep 21–22, 2021
2021 Tohoku District Meeting, Online; Oct 12–14, 2021
2021 Hokkaido District Meeting, Online; Oct 15, 2021
2021 Kyushu District Meeting, Online; Nov 24–26, 2021
20th Phytopathogenic Fungi Study Group Meeting, Online; Dec 11, 2021
30th Fungicidal Resistance Study Group Symposium, Online; Mar 23, 2022
2022 Annual Meeting, Online; Mar 27–29, 2022
The society will start supporting overseas travel of student members from 2023.
Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology (JSAEZ)
66th Annual Meeting, online; Mar 20–22, 2022
29th Annual Research Meeting of the Japan-ICIPE Association, Online; Mar 22, 2022
Pesticide Science Society of Japan
38rd Study Group Meeting of Special Committee on Bioactivity of Pesticides, Online; Apr 23, 2021
40th Symposium of Special Committee on Agricultural Formulation and Application, Online; Oct 15, 2021
38th Annual Meeting of Special Committee on Environmental Pesticide Science, Hyogo and Online; Oct 28–29
35th Annual Meeting of Special Committee on Pesticide Design, Online; Nov 12, 2021
44th Annual Meeting of Special Committee on Pesticide Residue Analysis, Fukui and Online; Nov 17–18, 2021
20th Study Group Meeting of Special Committee on Agrochemical Bioscience, Online; Nov 19, 2021
28th Annual Meeting of Special Committee on Pesticide Regulatory Science, Online; Dec 3, 202
47th Annual meeting, Okayama and Online; Mar 7–9, 2022
The Weed Science Society of Japan (WSSJ)
1st Study Meeting, Kanto Weed Science Society, Online; Jun 21, 2021
2021 Annual Meeting, Chugoku-Shikoku Regional Weed Science Society, Online; Jul 14, 2021
79th Meeting, Kyushu Weed Control Research Society, Online; Aug 25, 2021
2nd Study Meeting, Kanto Weed Science Society, Online; Sep 9, 2021
2021 Study Group Meeting of Weed Utilization and Management in Small Scale Farming, Online; Oct 16, 2021
Study Group Symposium of Alien Plants Monitoring, Online; Oct 23, 2021
2021 Annual Meeting, The Weed Science Society of Kinki, Kyoto; Nov. 28, 2021
16th Study Group Meeting of Herbicide Resistant Weeds, Online; Dec 1, 2021
36th Symposium of Weed Science Society of Japan, Okayama (Online-hybrid); Dec 11, 2021
8th Meeting, The Weed Science Society of Tokai-Hokuriku, Online; Dec 12, 2021
2021 Annual Meeting, Kanto Weed Science Society, Online; Dec 24, 2021
23rd Annual Meeting, The Weed Science Society of Tohoku, Japan, Online; Mar 9, 2022
61st Annual Meeting, Online; Mar 29–30, 2022
Hono-Kai (means, Meeting who are appreciating agriculture)
36th Hono-Kai Symposium, Online; Sep 29, 2021
Japan Biostimulants Association
4th Symposium, Online; Sep 16–17, 2020
Nodai Research Institute
2021-1 Biological Control Group Seminar, Online; Jun 15, 2021
2021-2 Biological Control Group Seminar, Online, Nov 9, 2021
2021-3 Biological Control Group Seminar, Online, Feb 15, 2022
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