Department of Global Agricultural Sciences

Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences at The University of Tokyo

Our staff

Name	Yoichiro Kato
Position	Associate Professor
Department	Institute for Sustainable Agro-ecosystem Services Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Professional Experience & Education	Ph.D. Mar/2007, The University of Tokyo (Agronomy/Crop Physiology) M.Sc. Mar/2004, The University of Tokyo (Agronomy) B.Sc. Mar/2002, The University of Tokyo (Agronomy) • The 8th Young Investigator Award (2009). The Foundation of Agricultural Sciences of Japan • The 13th Research Award for Young Scientists (2008). Japanese Society of Crop Science Apr/2005-Mar/2007: JSPS Research Fellow Apr/2007-Jul/2007: Post-doctoral Fellow, The University of Tokyo Jul/2007-Jul/2013: Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo Nov/2011-Jul/2013: Visiting Research Fellow, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines Jul/2013-Jul/2016: Scientist, International Rice Research Institute Jan/2014-present: Adjunct Professor, The University of the Philippines, Los Banos Jul/2016-Apr/2017: Senior Scientist, International Rice Research Institute Apr/2017-present: Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo
Phone	+81 42 463 1622
Email	ykato@isas.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Disciplines

Agronomy, Crop physiology

Research interests

1. Agronomy on the crop yield stability in low-input sustainable agriculture 2. Agronomy for the efficient water and crop management in direct-seeded rice 3. Physiology on the adaptation to water stress and low soil fertility in rainfed rice 4. Climate change adaptation in crop production in Asia Manzanilla DO, Singh, RK, Kato Y, Johnson DE. (2016) Climate-ready technologies: Combating poverty by raising productivity in rainfed rice environments in Asia. Los Baños (Philippines): International Rice Research Institute. 204 p (available online: http://irri.org/resources/publications/books/item/climate-ready-technologies-combating-poverty-by-raising-productivity-in-rainfed-rice-environments-in-asia) Haefele SM, Kato Y, Singh S. (2016) Climate ready rice: augmenting drought tolerance with best management practices. Field Crops Res. 190, 60-69 Kato Y, Katsura K. (2014) Rice adaptation to aerobic soils: physiological consideration and implications for agronomy. Plant Prod. Sci. 17, 1-12 Kato Y, Yamagishi J. (2011) Long-term effects of organic manure application on the productivity of winter wheat grown in a crop rotation with maize in Japan. Field Crops Res. 120, 387-395