BULLETIN OF THE

FUKUOKA AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY RESEARCH CENTER

No4

 

CONTENTS

 

1 Preparation of Fermented Fertilizer using Pruned Twigs and Dried Poultry Manure as Raw

Materials.

TAKESHITA Mihoko, Eriko FUKUHARA, Futoshi KOYAMA,

Takeshi ONOUE and Masato ARAK

 

2 Selection of Bad Odor Reduction Microbe for Composting of Pig and Poultry Feces.

ONOUE Takeshi, Yoshitomo KUSAKA, Satoko YAMASHITA,

Tomoko SHIMOKAWA, Minoru MAEDA, Hiroyuki SAITO,

Yusuke NISHIO and Kenichi ASADA

 

3 Reduction of Ammonia Gas Emissions from Broiler Houses by using of Cedar Bark as

Bedding for chickens and to cover manure.

NISHIO Yusuke, Futoshi KOYAMA, Takeshi ONOUE

and Shunsuke HIGUCHI

 

4 Effects of Farm Drain Water Level on Drainage of Field Converted from Paddy.

HIGUCHI Shunsuke, Takeshi ONOUE, Ryo MOCHINAGA, Masato ARAKI

and Kazue MIZUTA

 

5 Control Effect of Powdery Mildew on Strawberry by Duct Dusting for Bacillus subtilis

Wettable Powder.

ISHII Takaaki and Hiroyuki TAKEMOTO

 

6 ‘Chikushi kona 85’, a New Rice Cultivar for Rice Flour with High Resistant Starch

Content.

YAMAGUCHI Osamu, Masafumi ISHIBASHI, Katsunori MIYAHARA,

Takuya WADA, Masao TSUBONE, Takashi INOUE, Takefumi OGATA

and Masayuki MIYAZAKI

 

7 A Simple Evaluation Method for Acid Soil Tolerance in Barley Using

Commercially Available Soil Materials.

HARAGUCHI Yuhi, Takatomo TODOROKI and Hiroomi KAI

 

8 ‘Chikushi-B5’, a New Soybean Cultivar with High Yield Well Suited to Early

Seeding and Mechanical Harvesting.

UCHIKAWA Osamu, Daisuke OGATA, Shigeki MORITA, Hiroyuki URA

and Tomoya HIRATA

 

9 Understanding Flower Bud Differentiation Characteristics in the Strawberry Variety

Fukuoka S6’ and ‘Toyonoka’.

OKU Koichiro, Kimihiro SATO, Nobuyuki KITAJIMA, Koji MIZUKAMI

and Keiko INOUE

 

10 Adaptability to Fukuoka Prefecture of using Bordeaux Mixture to Induce Parthenocarpy in

Cultivation of Japanese Pear ‘Kosui’.

WATANABE Tatsuhiko, Ayumi SETOYAMA, Minoru KUWAHARA

and Kazunori MATSUMOTO

 

11 A New Extremely Early Maturing Satsuma Mandarin Cultivar ‘Hayamikan’.

TOYOFUKU Yukari, Kazunori MATSUMOTO, Minoru KUWAHARA,

Hiroyuki FUJISHIMA, Daijiro YAHATA, Yoshiki OBA, Kosaku USHIJIMA,

Hiroyuki URA, Hidenori OHKURA, Yuichiro HORIE and Koji MURAMOTO

 

12 Effects of Rice Maximum Feeding on Growth and Meat Quality of Hakata Ichibandori

Chickens.

HIRAKAWA Tatsuya, Yusuke NISHIO and Shojirou KASA

 

13 Differences among Meat Quality Grades in Japanese Markets and a Panel-Based Evaluation

of Japanese Black Beef.

HAYASHI Takeshi, Noritaka MASUMOTO and Takeshi BABA

 

14 Whole Crop Silage Rice-Barley Double-Cropping System Using a Direct Harvesting

Method Centered on the Rice Variety “Tachisuzuka”.

TESHIMA Nobutaka, So MIYAKAWA, Takahiko KAKIHARA,

Meguru SHIMOKAWA and Takeshi BABA

 

15 Examination of Proper Measurement Point and Weight Estimation based on Measurement

Value of Simplified Moisture Meter for Roll Bales.

ASAOKA Sohei, Shoichiro YAMAGUCHI and Takeshi BABA

 

16 Effects of Storage Temperature, Packing Form, and Plastic Film Packaging on the

Quality and Stability of Numerisugitake Mushroom cultivar ‘Fukuoka O-N’

NODA Ryo and Hironobu IKEDA

 

17 Quantifying Persimmon Flesh Texture using Crispness Index and Maximum Stress.

MASUMOTO Noritaka, Hiroyuki URA, Ayuko ESHIMA

and Hironobu IKEDA

 

18 Effect of Heating Temperature on the Soil Heat Flux in Chrysanthemum.

RYU Katsutoshi, Kazunao SAEKI, Chisako NAKAMURA

and Osamu IDE

 

19 Carbon Dioxide Treatment Promotes Rooting of Cuttings of the Difficult-to-root

Ornamental Trees Cootamundra Wattle, Olive and Feijoa.

IBI Akihiro and Takuro SUYAMA

 

20 Differences in Freezing Resistance of Citrus Varieties in Nursery Stocks based on Data

Obtained During a Cold Snap in 2016

MATSUMOTO Kazunori, Rei OKUMURA, Ryo SHINOMIYA

and Koji MURAMOTO

 

21 Cutting Time of Flower Stalks, Long-day Treatment and Temperature Control for

Shipping of Potted Oncidium in Spring.

KUNITAKE Toshihiro and Takatoshi MATSUNO

 

22 Effect of Drip Fertigation on Soil Chemical Properties, Yield and Quality of Asparagus.

INOUE Keiko, Takeshi KOGA and Takaaki ISHIMATSU

 

23 New Producing Method of Powdered Tea to Use in Processed Food by Used

Production Line for Sencha.

KOGUMA Mitsuteru, Akihisa SHIGYO and Tetsuya YOSHIOKA