“Halophytes of the Aralkum Saline Desert and Adjacent Drylands

The book was published in March 2024 under the supervision of the Arid Land Research Center (ALRC) and the International Platform for Dryland Research and Education (IPDRE), Tottori University, in cooperation with researchers in Uzbekistan. T...

Prof. Hisashi Tsujimoto wins the Japan Prize of Agricultural Science and the Yomiuri Agricultural Science Prize

We are pleased to announce that Professor Hisashi Tsujimoto, Director of the Center, has been selected as the winner of the 2024 Japan Prize of Agricultural Science/Yomiuri Agricultural Science Prize.The Japan Prize of Agricultural Sciences is the...

Sudanese researchers and international students working at the Arid Land Research Centre were featured on NHK World - Japan.

The Arid Land Research Centre has eight Sudanese researchers and students. Sudan is currently in the midst of a violent conflict and they are worried about the situation in their home country. The article introduces what they are thinking and hopi...

Hidesato Tarutani, belongs to Molecule Breeding research group received the best presentation award at the 14th of the Chugoku regional breeding meeting.

Hidesato Tarutani (Department of Dryland Science, Graduate School of Sustainability Science, Tottori University) and his colleagues were selected for the best presentation award at the 14th Chugoku regional breeding meeting held at Yamaguchi Unive...

Yan Gao, belongs to Plant Cytogenetics research group received the best presentation award at the 142nd annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Breeding.

Gao Yan (Department of Dryland Science, Graduate School of Sustainability Science, Tottori University) and her colleagues were selected for the best presentation award at the 142nd fall meeting of the Japanese Society of Breeding held at Obihiro U...

English book

The International Platform for Dryland Research and Education, Tottori University has been promoting the "Dune Conservation and Utilization Project" (Project Leader: Dai Nagamatsu) as an interdisciplinary research project. We are pleased to presen...

The 27th Colloquium was held.

ALRC has been holding a Colloquium. The purpose of the Colloquium is to share the research information and get suggestions for the research within ALRC.The 27th Colloquium was held online on March 18th, 2022. The details are as below:(1) Title: De...