Investigation of factors and result of trial examination (Outline, the
third edition)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
(MEXT) (2011) Aerial monitoring of radioactive compounds
(Concentration of radio Cs in soil). 2011. https://radioactivity.nsr.
go.jp/ja/contents/5000/4931/24/1940_0830_1.pdf. Accessed on 1
May 2019
Naganoma H, Moroyu H (1983) Index for uplandization degree of
paddy field as the soil microstructure, Studies for Upland cropping
techniques for upland converted from rice paddy fields. Agri Res
Center Tsukuba 1:46–53 (In Japanese)
Naganori Y (1984) II. Soil composition, 2. Mineral component. In:
Yamane I, Hamada R, Yoshinaga N, Asami T, Matsuda Kei-ichiro,
Sakuma T, Kobayashi M, Yumura Y (eds) Soil science. Buneido,
Tokyo, pp 30–43. (in Japanese)
Nakajima M, Cheng W et al (2016) Modeling aerobic decomposition of
rice straw during off-rice season in an Andisol paddy soil in a cold
temperate region, Japan: effects of soil temperature and moisture.
Soil Sci Plant Nutr 62:90–98
Nakajima M, Cheng W et al (2017) Shallow autumn tillage does not
reduce CH 4 emission from an Andisol paddy field in Morioka, a
cold region in Japan. J Agri Meteorol 73:91–98
Nakano K (1978) Changes in soil physical properties of clayey soil by
conversion from ill-drained paddy field into upland field. Bull
Hokurikku Natl Agric Exp Stn 21:63–94 (In Japanese with English
Summary)
Nihei N, Tanoi K et al (2015) Inspections of radiocesium concentration
levels in rice from Fukushima Prefecture after the Fukushima
Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. Sci Rep 5:8653. https://doi.
org/10.1038/srep08653
Nishida M (2016) Decline in fertility of paddy soils induced by paddy
rice and upland soybean rotation, and measures against the decline.
JARQ 50:87–94
Nishida M, Iwaya K et al (2007) Changes in natural 15 N abundance in
paddy soils under different long-term soil management regimes in
the Tohoku region of Japan. Soil Sci Plant Nutr 53:310–317
Nishida M, Sekiya H, Yoshida K (2013) Status of paddy soils as
affected by paddy rice and upland soybean rotation in northeast
Japan, with special reference to nitrogen fertility. Soil Sci Plant Nutr
59:208–217
Ogawa B (1994) Studies on the actual situation of cadmium pollution to
paddy rice in Akita prefecture and its control. Bull Akita Agric Exp
stn 35
Ogura S-I, Suzuki T, Saito M (2014) Distribution of radioactive cesium
in soil and its uptake by herbaceous plants in temperate pastures
with different management after the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear
Power Station accident. Soil Sci Plant Nutr 60:790–800
Ohyama N (1982) Decomposition and accumulation of some kinds of
organic matters applied to the paddy field and their effects on
growth of rice plant. Tohoku Agric Res 30:57–72 (in Japanese)
Ohyama N, Satoh T et al (1983) Relationship between amount of
manure and nitrogen application effecting on rice yield. Tohoku
Agric Res 33:49–50 (in Japanese)
Oikawa K, Arai S (1996) Occurrence of rhizoctonia rot on tubers of
Chinese yam in the crop-rotation field based on the Chinese yam
(Dioscorea opposite Thumb. cv. Nagaimo). Ann Rept Plant Prot
North Japn 47:55–58 (in Japanese)
Saigusa M, Matsuyama N (1998) Distribution of allophanic Andosols
and non-allophanic Andosols in Japan. Tohoku J Agric Res 48:75–
83 (In Japanese.)
Saito T, Ohkoshi S et al (2012) Effect of potassium application on root
uptake of radiocesium in rice.KUR Research Program for Scientific
Basis of Nuclear Safety, pp 165–169
Saito T, Takahashi K et al (2015) Effect of application timing of
potassium fertilizer on root uptake of 137Cs in brown rice.
J Radioanal Nucl Chem 303:1585–1587
Sato T, Kaneta Y et al (2003b) Effect of soil physical properties on
soybean nodulation and N 2 fixation at the early growth stage in
heavy soil field in Hachirougata polder, Japan. Jpn Soil Sci Plant
Nutr 49:695–702
Sato T, Shibuya K (1991) One time application of total fertilizer at
nursery stage in rice culture. Rep. Tohoku Br. Crop Sci Soc Jpn
34:15–16 (In Japanese.)
Sato Y, Yamanaka S and Takahashi M (2003a) Evidence for Jomon
plant cultivation based on DNA analysis of chestnut remains. Senri
Ethnol Stud 63:187–197
Sato T, Yoshimoto S et al (2007) Effect of hairy vetch planting on
changes in soil physical properties and soybean early growth in a
heavy clayey soil field. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 78:53–60 (in
Japanese)
Sato T, Yoshimoto S et al (2011) Effect of planting with leguminous
green manure plant hairy vetch on growth and yield of succeeding
crop soybean in a heavy clay soil field converted from paddy field.
Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 82:123–130 (in Japanese)
Sekiya K (1982) Characteristic and productivity of orchard soil. In:
Chiba T (ed) Soil management and fertilizer application on orchard.
Hakuyusha, Tokyo, pp 38–43. (in Japanese)
Shiono H, Saito H et al (2016) Shallow tillage in autumn reduced
methane and nitrous oxide emissions from a paddy field with
incorporated rice straw in a cold region of Japan. Jpn J Soil Sci
Plant Nutr 87:101–109 (in Japanese with English summary)
Shoji S, Ito T et al (1985) Properties of nonallophanic Andosols from
Japan. Soil Sci 140:264–277
Shoji S, Takahashi T et al (1988) Properties of Spodosols and Andosols
showing climosequential and biosequential relations in southern
Hakkoda, northeastern Japan. Soil Sci 145:135–150
Shoryuji River land improvement district (1998) Operation and
maintenance scheme drawing in Shoryuji River land improvement
district (in Japanese)
Sumida H, Kato N, Nishida M (2002) Fate of fertilizer nitrogen and
compost nitrogen in long-term experiments on gray lowland soil in
a cool region. Bull Natl Agric Res Cent Tohoku Reg 100:49–59 (in
Japanese with English summary)
Sumida H, Kato N, Nishida M (2005) Depletion of soil fertility and
crop productivity in succession of paddy rice-soybean rotation. Bull
Natl Agric Res Cent Tohoku Reg 103:39–52 (in Japanese with
English summary)
Takahashi T, Toriiyama K (1999) Role of iron oxides in change in soil
microstructure with drying and reducing treatments. J Jpn Soc Soil
Phys 78:35–43 (In Japanese)
Takahashi T, Shoji S, Sato A (1989) Clayey Spodosols and Andosols
showing a biosequential relation from Shimokita Peninsula, northeastern Japan. Soil Sci 148:204–218
Takakai F, Kikuchi T et al (2017a) Changes in the nitrogen budget and
soil nitrogen in a field with paddy–upland rotation with different
histories of manure application. Agriculture 7:39
Takakai F, Nakagawa S et al (2017b) Net greenhouse gas budget and
soil carbon storage in a field with paddy–upland rotation with
different history of manure application. Agriculture 7:49
Takakai F, Takeda M et al (2010) Effects of preceding compost
application on the nitrogen budget in an upland soybean field
converted from a rice paddy field on gray lowland soil in Akita,
Japan. Soil Sci Plant Nutr 56:760–772
Takeda A, Tsukada H, Nakao A et al (2013) Time-dependent changes
of phytoavailability of Cs added to allophanic Andosols in
laboratory cultivations and extraction tests. J Environ Radioact
122:29–36
6 Tohoku Region
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third edition)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
(MEXT) (2011) Aerial monitoring of radioactive compounds
(Concentration of radio Cs in soil). 2011. https://radioactivity.nsr.
go.jp/ja/contents/5000/4931/24/1940_0830_1.pdf. Accessed on 1
May 2019
Naganoma H, Moroyu H (1983) Index for uplandization degree of
paddy field as the soil microstructure, Studies for Upland cropping
techniques for upland converted from rice paddy fields. Agri Res
Center Tsukuba 1:46–53 (In Japanese)
Naganori Y (1984) II. Soil composition, 2. Mineral component. In:
Yamane I, Hamada R, Yoshinaga N, Asami T, Matsuda Kei-ichiro,
Sakuma T, Kobayashi M, Yumura Y (eds) Soil science. Buneido,
Tokyo, pp 30–43. (in Japanese)
Nakajima M, Cheng W et al (2016) Modeling aerobic decomposition of
rice straw during off-rice season in an Andisol paddy soil in a cold
temperate region, Japan: effects of soil temperature and moisture.
Soil Sci Plant Nutr 62:90–98
Nakajima M, Cheng W et al (2017) Shallow autumn tillage does not
reduce CH 4 emission from an Andisol paddy field in Morioka, a
cold region in Japan. J Agri Meteorol 73:91–98
Nakano K (1978) Changes in soil physical properties of clayey soil by
conversion from ill-drained paddy field into upland field. Bull
Hokurikku Natl Agric Exp Stn 21:63–94 (In Japanese with English
Summary)
Nihei N, Tanoi K et al (2015) Inspections of radiocesium concentration
levels in rice from Fukushima Prefecture after the Fukushima
Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. Sci Rep 5:8653. https://doi.
org/10.1038/srep08653
Nishida M (2016) Decline in fertility of paddy soils induced by paddy
rice and upland soybean rotation, and measures against the decline.
JARQ 50:87–94
Nishida M, Iwaya K et al (2007) Changes in natural 15 N abundance in
paddy soils under different long-term soil management regimes in
the Tohoku region of Japan. Soil Sci Plant Nutr 53:310–317
Nishida M, Sekiya H, Yoshida K (2013) Status of paddy soils as
affected by paddy rice and upland soybean rotation in northeast
Japan, with special reference to nitrogen fertility. Soil Sci Plant Nutr
59:208–217
Ogawa B (1994) Studies on the actual situation of cadmium pollution to
paddy rice in Akita prefecture and its control. Bull Akita Agric Exp
stn 35
Ogura S-I, Suzuki T, Saito M (2014) Distribution of radioactive cesium
in soil and its uptake by herbaceous plants in temperate pastures
with different management after the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear
Power Station accident. Soil Sci Plant Nutr 60:790–800
Ohyama N (1982) Decomposition and accumulation of some kinds of
organic matters applied to the paddy field and their effects on
growth of rice plant. Tohoku Agric Res 30:57–72 (in Japanese)
Ohyama N, Satoh T et al (1983) Relationship between amount of
manure and nitrogen application effecting on rice yield. Tohoku
Agric Res 33:49–50 (in Japanese)
Oikawa K, Arai S (1996) Occurrence of rhizoctonia rot on tubers of
Chinese yam in the crop-rotation field based on the Chinese yam
(Dioscorea opposite Thumb. cv. Nagaimo). Ann Rept Plant Prot
North Japn 47:55–58 (in Japanese)
Saigusa M, Matsuyama N (1998) Distribution of allophanic Andosols
and non-allophanic Andosols in Japan. Tohoku J Agric Res 48:75–
83 (In Japanese.)
Saito T, Ohkoshi S et al (2012) Effect of potassium application on root
uptake of radiocesium in rice.KUR Research Program for Scientific
Basis of Nuclear Safety, pp 165–169
Saito T, Takahashi K et al (2015) Effect of application timing of
potassium fertilizer on root uptake of 137Cs in brown rice.
J Radioanal Nucl Chem 303:1585–1587
Sato T, Kaneta Y et al (2003b) Effect of soil physical properties on
soybean nodulation and N 2 fixation at the early growth stage in
heavy soil field in Hachirougata polder, Japan. Jpn Soil Sci Plant
Nutr 49:695–702
Sato T, Shibuya K (1991) One time application of total fertilizer at
nursery stage in rice culture. Rep. Tohoku Br. Crop Sci Soc Jpn
34:15–16 (In Japanese.)
Sato Y, Yamanaka S and Takahashi M (2003a) Evidence for Jomon
plant cultivation based on DNA analysis of chestnut remains. Senri
Ethnol Stud 63:187–197
Sato T, Yoshimoto S et al (2007) Effect of hairy vetch planting on
changes in soil physical properties and soybean early growth in a
heavy clayey soil field. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 78:53–60 (in
Japanese)
Sato T, Yoshimoto S et al (2011) Effect of planting with leguminous
green manure plant hairy vetch on growth and yield of succeeding
crop soybean in a heavy clay soil field converted from paddy field.
Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 82:123–130 (in Japanese)
Sekiya K (1982) Characteristic and productivity of orchard soil. In:
Chiba T (ed) Soil management and fertilizer application on orchard.
Hakuyusha, Tokyo, pp 38–43. (in Japanese)
Shiono H, Saito H et al (2016) Shallow tillage in autumn reduced
methane and nitrous oxide emissions from a paddy field with
incorporated rice straw in a cold region of Japan. Jpn J Soil Sci
Plant Nutr 87:101–109 (in Japanese with English summary)
Shoji S, Ito T et al (1985) Properties of nonallophanic Andosols from
Japan. Soil Sci 140:264–277
Shoji S, Takahashi T et al (1988) Properties of Spodosols and Andosols
showing climosequential and biosequential relations in southern
Hakkoda, northeastern Japan. Soil Sci 145:135–150
Shoryuji River land improvement district (1998) Operation and
maintenance scheme drawing in Shoryuji River land improvement
district (in Japanese)
Sumida H, Kato N, Nishida M (2002) Fate of fertilizer nitrogen and
compost nitrogen in long-term experiments on gray lowland soil in
a cool region. Bull Natl Agric Res Cent Tohoku Reg 100:49–59 (in
Japanese with English summary)
Sumida H, Kato N, Nishida M (2005) Depletion of soil fertility and
crop productivity in succession of paddy rice-soybean rotation. Bull
Natl Agric Res Cent Tohoku Reg 103:39–52 (in Japanese with
English summary)
Takahashi T, Toriiyama K (1999) Role of iron oxides in change in soil
microstructure with drying and reducing treatments. J Jpn Soc Soil
Phys 78:35–43 (In Japanese)
Takahashi T, Shoji S, Sato A (1989) Clayey Spodosols and Andosols
showing a biosequential relation from Shimokita Peninsula, northeastern Japan. Soil Sci 148:204–218
Takakai F, Kikuchi T et al (2017a) Changes in the nitrogen budget and
soil nitrogen in a field with paddy–upland rotation with different
histories of manure application. Agriculture 7:39
Takakai F, Nakagawa S et al (2017b) Net greenhouse gas budget and
soil carbon storage in a field with paddy–upland rotation with
different history of manure application. Agriculture 7:49
Takakai F, Takeda M et al (2010) Effects of preceding compost
application on the nitrogen budget in an upland soybean field
converted from a rice paddy field on gray lowland soil in Akita,
Japan. Soil Sci Plant Nutr 56:760–772
Takeda A, Tsukada H, Nakao A et al (2013) Time-dependent changes
of phytoavailability of Cs added to allophanic Andosols in
laboratory cultivations and extraction tests. J Environ Radioact
122:29–36
6 Tohoku Region
243
