NARO (National Agriculture and Food Research Organization) (2017)
Japanese soil inventory. http://soil-inventory.dc.affrc.go.jp/
(November, 2017; in Japanese)
Niimi H (2002) Mechanism and measures of environmental pollution
caused by livestock waste nitrogen in the upland farming belt in
Southern Kyushu (1) Dynamics of nitrogen in upland field applied
with a large amount of slurry barnyard manure. J Jpn Agric Syst Soc
18:161–173 (in Japanese with English summary)
Niimi H, Suzuki T et al (2016) Yield and sustainability of the Japanese
radish-sweet potato double cropping system in combination with
continuous ridge use and organic liquid fertilizer application. Jpn J
Org Agric Sci 8:46–58 (in Japanese)
Nishi H, Morita S et al (2013) Status and changes for 30 years of the
physical and chemical properties of cultivated soils distributed over
Kagoshima Prefecture. Bull Kagoshima Prefectural Inst Agric
Develop 7:47–61 (in Japanese with English summary)
Nishimura T (1996a) Changes in infiltration and ion exchange
subsequent to Gypsum application to a Japanese acid soil.
Trans JSIDRE 184:167–173
Nishimura T (1996b) Effects of application on erodibility of the
Kunigami Mahji soil. Trans JSIDRE 185:99–105
Nishimura T, Toride N (1999) Fundamentals and applications of soil
colloid science (12) hydravlic properties and soil erosion. J Agric
Eng Soc Jpn 67:277–284 (in Japanese)
Nomiyama R, Matsuo N et al (2018) Effects of the roughness of paddy
field after the Kumamoto Earthquake on growth and yield of
soybean. Jpn J Crop Sci 87:176–182 (In Japanese with English
summary)
Obara H, Ohkura T et al (2011) Comprehensive soil classification
system of Japan first approximation. Bull Natl Inst Agro-Environ
Sci 29:1–73 (in Japanese with English summary)
Obara H, Takata Y et al (2016) A new soil map of Japan based on
comprehensive soil classification system of Japan first approximation. Bull Natl Inst Agro-Environ Sci 37:133–148 (in Japanese with
English summary)
Obara H, Nakai M (2004) Available phosphate of Arable Lands in
Japan. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 75:59–67 (in Japanese with English
summary)
Odahara K, Fukushima Y et al (2012) The soil fertility status and
soybean productivity in paddy-upland rotation fields in Japan’s
Chikugo River basin. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 83:405–411 (in
Japanese with English summary)
Ogura J, Yamamoto S, Ikeda A (2002) The origin of the grassland of
Aso region, Kyushu Japan, by microscopic charcoal analysis.
Summ Res Using AMS at Nagoya Univ. 13:236–240 (in Japanese
with English summary)
Ohba K (2004) Climate features. In: Japanese Society of Soil Science
and Plant Nitrition Kyushu Branch (ed) Agriculture and soil and
plant nutrition in Kyushu and Okinawa. Japanese Society of Soil
Science and Plant Nitrition Kyushu Branch, Fukuoka, pp 3–6. (in
Japanese)
Oita Prefecture (2016) Kachikuhaisetubutu no riyosokushin wo
hakarutameno keikaku (The prefectural plan for promoting animal
manure usage)
Okinawa Agricultural Research Center (2015) Reduction of phosphorus
fertilizer for balsam pear on the Jahgaru soil. http://www.pref.
okinawa.jp/arc/_userdata/fukyu/2015/shido27_02.pdf (December,
2017; in Japanese)
Okinawa General Bureau (2017) Annual report on agriculture, forestry
and fisheries in Okinawa in fiscal year 2016. http://www.ogb.go.jp/
-/media/Files/OGB/Nousui/area-gaiyo/201708/h28_honban_all.pdf
(May 2019; in Japanese)
Okinawa Prefectre (2014) Sugarcane cultivation guidelines, p 12 (in
Japanese)
Omija T, Higa E et al (1995) Soil erosion and conservation of coral
community on the Okinawa Islands. J Jpn Soc Irrig Drain Reclam
Eng 63:267–272 (in Japanese)
Onaga K, Gibo S (1984) Special soil of Japan—special soil of Okinawa
(Mahji, Jahgaru). J Jpn Soc Irrig Drain Reclam Eng 52:517–524 (in
Japanese)
Onaga K, Komesu R, Arakaki A (1999) The outline of red soil low and
erosion control measure in Okinawa. Sci Bull Fac Agric Univ
Ryukyus 46:71–82 (in Japanese)
Onaga K, Yoshinaga A, Shimo M (1994) Infiltration characteristics of
Kunigami maaji—in relation to soil erosion. Sci Bull Fac Agric
Univ Ryukyus 41:269–277 (in Japanese)
Ono T et al (1998) Effects of organic materials-application by blending
on sweet Pepper’s growing in summer and autumn. Kyushu Agric
Res 60:48 (in Japanese)
Ootuka N, Fukuda K et al (1994) Osmotic desalting effect of fresh
water artificial flooding and application of lime (gypsum) to paddy
in which seawater had flowed. Kyushu Nogyo Kenkyu Seika joho
9:485–486 (in Japanese)
Oshima I (2010) Administration for groundwater management in the
Kumamoto area. J Groundwater Hydorol. https://doi.org/10.5917/
jagh.52.49 (in Japanese with English summary)
Oshiro K, Hamakawa K (1980) Soils and improvements in Okinawa.
Shinpousyuppan, Naha, pp 89–118 (in Japanese)
Ota Y, Kawana N (2001) Outline of the topography and geology of the
Nansei Islands. In: Machida H, Ota Y, Kawana T, Moriwaki H,
Nagaoka S (eds) Regional geomorphology of the Japanese Islands,
vol 7 Geomorphology of Kyushu and the Ryukyus. University of
Tokyo Press, Tokyo, pp 26–31. (in Japanese)
Otaki N (1997) Grassland and human activity. Ichinomiya Choshi
(History of Ichinomiya town, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan) 10.
Ichinomiya Cho, Kumamoto, pp 42–46. (in Japanese)
Otsuka A, Matsumura M et al (2010) The 2008 overseas mass
migration of the small brown planthopper, Laodelphax striatellus,
and subsequent outbreak of rice stripe disease in western Japan.
Appl Entomol Zool 45:259–266
Pinheiro J (1997) Characterization of three andosols of the Azores
archipelago (Portugal) showing different types of indurated horizons. Suelos Volcanicos Endurecidos, III Simposio Internacional,
pp 116–120
Saeki Y, Aimi N et al (2006) Diversity and geographical distribution of
indigenous soybean-nodulating bradyrhizobia in Japan. Soil Sci
Plant Nutr 52:418–426
Saeki Y, Nakamura M et al (2017) Effect of flooding and the nosZ gene
in bradyrhizobia on bradyrhizobial community structure in the soil.
Microbes Environ 32:154–163
Saeki Y, Shiro S et al (2013) Mathematical ecology analysis of
geographical distribution of soybean-nodulating bradyrhizobia in
Japan. Microbes Environ 28:470–478
Saeki Y (2018) Yuyo biseibutsu 1- Chisso kotei saikin In: Toyota K
(ed) Dojyo-biseibutsugaku (Soil microbiology). Asakura-shoten,
Tokyo, pp 51–74
Saga Prefecture (2016) Sagaken ni okeru kachikuhaisetubutu no
riyosokushin wo hakarutameno keikaku (The prefectural plan for
promoting animal manure usage in Saga) https://www.pref.saga.lg.
jp/kiji00351259/3_51259_23991_up_x50o6jle.pdf (May, 2019)
Saigusa M, Shoji S, Takahashi T (1980) Plant root growth in acid
Andosols from northeastern Japan: 2. Exchange acidity y1 as a
realistic measure of aluminum toxicity potential. Soil Sci 130:242–
250
Saito B (1964) Arsenic concentration of paddy soils. Abs Ann Meet Jpn
Soc Soil Sci Plant Nutr 10:A30 (in Japanese)
Sameshima-Saito R, Chiba K, Minamisawa K (2006) Correlation of
denitrifying capability with the existence of nap, nir, nor and nos
10 Kyushu and Okinawa Regions
363
Japanese soil inventory. http://soil-inventory.dc.affrc.go.jp/
(November, 2017; in Japanese)
Niimi H (2002) Mechanism and measures of environmental pollution
caused by livestock waste nitrogen in the upland farming belt in
Southern Kyushu (1) Dynamics of nitrogen in upland field applied
with a large amount of slurry barnyard manure. J Jpn Agric Syst Soc
18:161–173 (in Japanese with English summary)
Niimi H, Suzuki T et al (2016) Yield and sustainability of the Japanese
radish-sweet potato double cropping system in combination with
continuous ridge use and organic liquid fertilizer application. Jpn J
Org Agric Sci 8:46–58 (in Japanese)
Nishi H, Morita S et al (2013) Status and changes for 30 years of the
physical and chemical properties of cultivated soils distributed over
Kagoshima Prefecture. Bull Kagoshima Prefectural Inst Agric
Develop 7:47–61 (in Japanese with English summary)
Nishimura T (1996a) Changes in infiltration and ion exchange
subsequent to Gypsum application to a Japanese acid soil.
Trans JSIDRE 184:167–173
Nishimura T (1996b) Effects of application on erodibility of the
Kunigami Mahji soil. Trans JSIDRE 185:99–105
Nishimura T, Toride N (1999) Fundamentals and applications of soil
colloid science (12) hydravlic properties and soil erosion. J Agric
Eng Soc Jpn 67:277–284 (in Japanese)
Nomiyama R, Matsuo N et al (2018) Effects of the roughness of paddy
field after the Kumamoto Earthquake on growth and yield of
soybean. Jpn J Crop Sci 87:176–182 (In Japanese with English
summary)
Obara H, Ohkura T et al (2011) Comprehensive soil classification
system of Japan first approximation. Bull Natl Inst Agro-Environ
Sci 29:1–73 (in Japanese with English summary)
Obara H, Takata Y et al (2016) A new soil map of Japan based on
comprehensive soil classification system of Japan first approximation. Bull Natl Inst Agro-Environ Sci 37:133–148 (in Japanese with
English summary)
Obara H, Nakai M (2004) Available phosphate of Arable Lands in
Japan. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 75:59–67 (in Japanese with English
summary)
Odahara K, Fukushima Y et al (2012) The soil fertility status and
soybean productivity in paddy-upland rotation fields in Japan’s
Chikugo River basin. Jpn J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 83:405–411 (in
Japanese with English summary)
Ogura J, Yamamoto S, Ikeda A (2002) The origin of the grassland of
Aso region, Kyushu Japan, by microscopic charcoal analysis.
Summ Res Using AMS at Nagoya Univ. 13:236–240 (in Japanese
with English summary)
Ohba K (2004) Climate features. In: Japanese Society of Soil Science
and Plant Nitrition Kyushu Branch (ed) Agriculture and soil and
plant nutrition in Kyushu and Okinawa. Japanese Society of Soil
Science and Plant Nitrition Kyushu Branch, Fukuoka, pp 3–6. (in
Japanese)
Oita Prefecture (2016) Kachikuhaisetubutu no riyosokushin wo
hakarutameno keikaku (The prefectural plan for promoting animal
manure usage)
Okinawa Agricultural Research Center (2015) Reduction of phosphorus
fertilizer for balsam pear on the Jahgaru soil. http://www.pref.
okinawa.jp/arc/_userdata/fukyu/2015/shido27_02.pdf (December,
2017; in Japanese)
Okinawa General Bureau (2017) Annual report on agriculture, forestry
and fisheries in Okinawa in fiscal year 2016. http://www.ogb.go.jp/
-/media/Files/OGB/Nousui/area-gaiyo/201708/h28_honban_all.pdf
(May 2019; in Japanese)
Okinawa Prefectre (2014) Sugarcane cultivation guidelines, p 12 (in
Japanese)
Omija T, Higa E et al (1995) Soil erosion and conservation of coral
community on the Okinawa Islands. J Jpn Soc Irrig Drain Reclam
Eng 63:267–272 (in Japanese)
Onaga K, Gibo S (1984) Special soil of Japan—special soil of Okinawa
(Mahji, Jahgaru). J Jpn Soc Irrig Drain Reclam Eng 52:517–524 (in
Japanese)
Onaga K, Komesu R, Arakaki A (1999) The outline of red soil low and
erosion control measure in Okinawa. Sci Bull Fac Agric Univ
Ryukyus 46:71–82 (in Japanese)
Onaga K, Yoshinaga A, Shimo M (1994) Infiltration characteristics of
Kunigami maaji—in relation to soil erosion. Sci Bull Fac Agric
Univ Ryukyus 41:269–277 (in Japanese)
Ono T et al (1998) Effects of organic materials-application by blending
on sweet Pepper’s growing in summer and autumn. Kyushu Agric
Res 60:48 (in Japanese)
Ootuka N, Fukuda K et al (1994) Osmotic desalting effect of fresh
water artificial flooding and application of lime (gypsum) to paddy
in which seawater had flowed. Kyushu Nogyo Kenkyu Seika joho
9:485–486 (in Japanese)
Oshima I (2010) Administration for groundwater management in the
Kumamoto area. J Groundwater Hydorol. https://doi.org/10.5917/
jagh.52.49 (in Japanese with English summary)
Oshiro K, Hamakawa K (1980) Soils and improvements in Okinawa.
Shinpousyuppan, Naha, pp 89–118 (in Japanese)
Ota Y, Kawana N (2001) Outline of the topography and geology of the
Nansei Islands. In: Machida H, Ota Y, Kawana T, Moriwaki H,
Nagaoka S (eds) Regional geomorphology of the Japanese Islands,
vol 7 Geomorphology of Kyushu and the Ryukyus. University of
Tokyo Press, Tokyo, pp 26–31. (in Japanese)
Otaki N (1997) Grassland and human activity. Ichinomiya Choshi
(History of Ichinomiya town, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan) 10.
Ichinomiya Cho, Kumamoto, pp 42–46. (in Japanese)
Otsuka A, Matsumura M et al (2010) The 2008 overseas mass
migration of the small brown planthopper, Laodelphax striatellus,
and subsequent outbreak of rice stripe disease in western Japan.
Appl Entomol Zool 45:259–266
Pinheiro J (1997) Characterization of three andosols of the Azores
archipelago (Portugal) showing different types of indurated horizons. Suelos Volcanicos Endurecidos, III Simposio Internacional,
pp 116–120
Saeki Y, Aimi N et al (2006) Diversity and geographical distribution of
indigenous soybean-nodulating bradyrhizobia in Japan. Soil Sci
Plant Nutr 52:418–426
Saeki Y, Nakamura M et al (2017) Effect of flooding and the nosZ gene
in bradyrhizobia on bradyrhizobial community structure in the soil.
Microbes Environ 32:154–163
Saeki Y, Shiro S et al (2013) Mathematical ecology analysis of
geographical distribution of soybean-nodulating bradyrhizobia in
Japan. Microbes Environ 28:470–478
Saeki Y (2018) Yuyo biseibutsu 1- Chisso kotei saikin In: Toyota K
(ed) Dojyo-biseibutsugaku (Soil microbiology). Asakura-shoten,
Tokyo, pp 51–74
Saga Prefecture (2016) Sagaken ni okeru kachikuhaisetubutu no
riyosokushin wo hakarutameno keikaku (The prefectural plan for
promoting animal manure usage in Saga) https://www.pref.saga.lg.
jp/kiji00351259/3_51259_23991_up_x50o6jle.pdf (May, 2019)
Saigusa M, Shoji S, Takahashi T (1980) Plant root growth in acid
Andosols from northeastern Japan: 2. Exchange acidity y1 as a
realistic measure of aluminum toxicity potential. Soil Sci 130:242–
250
Saito B (1964) Arsenic concentration of paddy soils. Abs Ann Meet Jpn
Soc Soil Sci Plant Nutr 10:A30 (in Japanese)
Sameshima-Saito R, Chiba K, Minamisawa K (2006) Correlation of
denitrifying capability with the existence of nap, nir, nor and nos
10 Kyushu and Okinawa Regions
363