Water uptake by plant roots is important for plant physiology governing plant water use and productivity. As a common method for root water uptake, root hydraulic conductivity is widely used and defines the intrinsic ability of roots to conduct water across a water potential gradient between the...

Global warming is expected to have serious effects on nature and society. The agricultural. forestry. and fishing industries have faced challenges with the increasing frequency of abnormal climate events. such as Bonding and drought. These climate changes. along with soil degradation. have caused...

Erysiphe species (powdery mildews) on Corylus and Ostrya hosts (Betulaceae subfam. Coryloideae) in Asia and North America are widespread pathogens on these economically and ecologically valuable nut crops. An improved understanding of their phylogeny and taxonomy is of ecological and applied...

The long-term intrinsic water use efficiency (iWUE) of Japanese beech (Fagus crenata), which is widely distributed in northern Japan, was calculated annually from carbon isotope ratios of tree ring cellulose (δ¹³C_TR) from 1907 to 2012 to examine the stomatal response to rising atmospheric CO₂...

The effects of climate change on forest ecosystems take on increasing importance more than ever. Information on plant traits is a powerful predictor of ecosystem dynamics and functioning. We reviewed the major ecological traits, such as foliar gas exchange and nutrients, xylem morphology and...

Hydnum repando-orientale is an East Asian species closely related to H. boreorepandum and H. repandum; all three species produce edible mushrooms. We identified two ecological groups of H. repando-orientale in Japan: a temperate group occurring in Fagaceae-dominated forest at < 1200 m a.s.l. (ROF) and a subalpine group occurring in coniferous forest in highland at > 1900 m a.s.l. (ROC)....

Climate models in Japan predict that the annual mean air temperature and number of consecutive dry days will increase in the future, leading to high seedling mortality rates. Maintaining high survival rates of Cryptomeria japonica seedlings, a commercially important tree species, is therefore,...

These proceedings contain 53 articles on various aspects of persimmon research, including (1) current status of persimmon industry, (2) breeding and genetics, (3) crop management, (4) biotechnology and physiology, (5) disease and pest management, (6) postharvest technology, (7) utilization, and (8) ...

A strain of the fungal genus Mariannaea, isolated from decayed leaves of Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora), was identified to be a new species based on its molecular phylogeny and morphology. Molecular phylogenetic analysis revealed that the fungus belongs to a clade containing M. punicea and...

The Japanese archipelago exhibits a notable difference in snow depth in winter, deep snow on the Sea of Japan side and low snow cover on the Pacific Ocean side. This contrasting pattern has shaped the distribution of infraspecific taxon pairs in a range of woody plants, with taxa found on the Sea...