Invasive Alien Plants in Asia, Status & Controls
Background and Objectives:
The spread of alien invasive organisms has drastically increased in the past few years due to expanded worldwide trade and travel. Invasive alien plants directly damage the cultivated crops and cause imbalances in agro-ecosystems and also invade as weeds in natural environments - like National Parks. Therefore, the control of invasive alien plants is urgently needed in many countries, and here at NIAES, we have recently started a new national project on the risk assessment of invasive alien species.
Our aims in this NIAES International Symposium are to address the recent situation on the invasion of alien plants/weeds and their environmental risk/impact in different countries, and to discuss collaborative initiatives towards establishing international networks for agro-environmental research.
Tentative Program:
December 13 (Tuesday)
W1 - 1 |
09:00 - 09:30 |
1. International research network on invasive alien plant species
Yoshiharu Fujii, NIAES, Japan |
W1 - 2 |
09:30 - 10:00 |
2. Invasive alien species and their management strategies in insular south Asia
Buddhi Marambe, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
W1 - 3 |
10:00 - 10:30 |
3. Invasive Alien Plant in Tropical Asia, Case study in Thailand
Siriporn Zungsontiporn, Department of Agriculture, Thailand |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
W1 - 4 |
11:00 - 11:30 |
4. Response of Exotic Invasive Weed Alternanthera philoxeroides to Environmental Factors
Liuqing Yu, China National Rice Research Institute, China |
W1 - 5 |
11:30 - 12:00 |
5. Invasive aquatic plants in Japan
Yoko Oki, Okayama University, Japan |
12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch |
W1 - 6 |
13:00 - 13:30 |
6. Soil Environmental Factors Affecting Growth of Invasive Alien Plants
Syuntaro Hiradate, NIAES, Japan |
W1 - 7 |
13:30 - 14:00 |
7. Does biodiversity in Japan protect new invasion ?
Hiroaki Ikeda, NIAES, Japan |
W1 - 8 |
14:00 - 14:30 |
8. Impacts of Invasive Alien Species on Native Biodiversity:
A Case Study on the Impacts of the Exotic Weed Mimosa pigra on the Eastern Sarus Crane (Grus antigone sharpii) in Tram Chim National Park, Dong Thap Province, Vietnam
Tran Triet, Vietnam National University, Vietnam |
W1 - 9 |
14:30 - 15:00 |
9. Identification of invasive genotypes in Lolium multiflorum
Kentaro Ikeda, NARO, Japan |
15:00 - 15:30 |
Coffee Break |
W1 - 10 |
15:30 - 16:00 |
10. Towards a weed risk assessment model for Japan
Tomoko Nishida, NIAES, Japan |
16:00 - 17:00 |
General Discussion
Chairpersons : |
Shunji Kurokawa, Syuntaro Hiradate, Yoshiharu Fujii |
Commentator : |
John A. Silander, University of Connecticut, USA
Tetsukazu Yahara, Kyushu University, Japan |
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For further information about research, please contact :
Yoshiharu Fujii
Biodiversity Division
National Institute for Agro-environmental Sciences
Tel: 029-838-8246
Fax: 029-838-8199
Email: yfujii@affrc.go.jp
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