Visiting Agenda

Soil Environment & Ecology Group

Institute of Subtropical Agriculture (ISA)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Graduate School of Horticulture

Chiba University

Japan

Time

April 28th- May9th, 2015

Place

Room 1st floor, Meeting room of ISA, CAS

Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Kazuyuki Inubushi(Chiba University)

Attendance

Staff and students in the Soil Environment & Ecology Group, ISA, CAS

Others from College of Resource and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University

(about 20-30 persons)

General:

Prof. Dr. Kazuyuki Inubushi holds a Professorial Chair in soil science, soil microbiology and microbial ecology in Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University. He was studied at International Rice Research Institute, Philippines and worked at Rothamsted Experimental Station, UK. He was awarded in International Society of Soil Science for Excellent Poster Presentation, also in Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, and Oze Award on Wetland Research. His current research interests are global environmental changes in relation to soil science, particularly in Southeast Asian countries. Now, he also is the board member of Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Editor-in-Chief of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition; Regional Editor of Biology and Fertility of Soil.

Schedule

April 28th, 2015 (Tuesday)

16:30 Dr. Xiaohong Wu welcomes at Changsha Huanghua airport and check in hotel (Xingsha Huatian Hotel)

Flight: MF8453 Hangzhou to Changsha

18:30 Dinner and fix the timetable (Prof. Jinshui wu, Dr. Xiaohong Wu, etc.).

April 29th, 2015 (Wednesday)

9:30-12:00 Data check and discussion with Dr Zhenke Zhu

Topic:The distribution and fate of photosynthesized carbon (shoot, root, rhizodeposite and microbial assimilated C) in a paddy soil

12:00-14:30 Lunch time and Rest

14:30-14:45 Welcomes (Prof. Dr Jinshui Wu presides.)

14:45-16:00 Lecture 1:Scientific manuscript preparation and suggestion

(Prof. Dr. Kazuyuki Inubushi)

16:00-17:00 Discussion and lab visiting (Dr Hongzhao Yuan and Dr Xiaohong Wu)

April 30th, 2015 (Thursday)

9:30-12:30 Field tour to Changsha Research Station for Agricultural Environment Observation (Dr. Zhenke Zhu and Dr Xi Li)

12:30-14:00 Dinner

15:00-17:00Data check and discussion withDr Xiaodong Zheng

Topic:

May 1st, 2015 (Friday) --- It’s Labor Day and we have 3-day holiday from May 1st to 3nd.

9:30- go to bank to apply China bank card (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China), Changsha City tour, climb hills and visit museum etc. (Xiaodong Zheng and Tin Mar Lynn to accompany)

May 2st, 2015 (Saturday)

Rest and free time (Some students invite you to taste Changsha special food.)

May 3nd to 4th, 2015 (Sunday-Monday)

Visiting Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences (GIESS)

(Dr. Zheke Zhu accompany)

May 5th, 2015 (Tuesday)

10:00-12:00Data check and discussion with Dr Ziwei Zhao

Topic:Rice nitrogen use efficiency and nitrogen transformation following15N labeling

12:00-14:30 Lunch time and Rest

15:00-16:30Lecture 2:Microbial biomass and diversity in paddy soil

(Prof. Dr. Kazuyuki Inubushi)

16:30-17:00 Discussion

May 6th, 2015 (Wednesday)

9:00-12:00 Data select, outline and main findings confirmation with Dr.Xiaodong Zheng according to the discussion on April 30th

Topic: ???

12:00-14:30 Lunch time and Rest

14:30- Free time

May 7th, 2015 (Thursday)

9:30-11:00Lecture 3:Biochar amended soil affecting greenhouse gas emission(Prof. Dr. Kazuyuki Inubushi)

11:00-12:00 Discussion

12:00-14:30 Lunch time and Rest

15:00-17:00 Data selection, outline and main findings confirmation with Dr. Zhenke Zhu according to the discussion on April 29th.

May 8th, 2015 (Friday)

9:30-12:00 Joint experimental design focus on P dynamics in paddy soils coupled with C and N, next visiting plan and data discussion, etc. (Dr. Zhenke Zhu, Dr Xiaohong Wu, Dr. Yajun Hu etc.)

12:00-14:30 Lunch time and Rest

14:30- Data selection, outline and main findings confirmation with Dr Ziwei Zhao,according to the discussion on May 5th.

Topic:Rice nitrogen use efficiency and nitrogen transformation following15N labeling

May 9th, 2015 (Saturday)

8:30 Leave for the airport (CA1344, Dr. Xiaohong Wu send off)