Got rice? Several topics related to rice root research

I came up with the title “Got rice? ” after recalling the “Got milk? ” advertising campaign. I then checked the phrase “Got rice? ” online and found that this phrase was used by Asian American youth in the 1990s, shortly after the launch of the “Got milk? ” campaign, as a symbol for the cohesiveness of the Asian American cultural identity (Berner, 2003). This finding was interesting. However, I use “Got rice?” in a global sense, given that rice is consumed by people worldwide. In an era of globalization, Japa-nese rice agriculture is said to be at a turning point because of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement. Rice farmers in Japan fear a potentially tremendous increase in rice imports not only from Asia but also even from the United States. Let us delve into the main topics. Although I eat rice daily, I do not think only about rice for my research. However, I was made to think about rice more than usual last year by the following. First, I attended the 11th International Society for Plant Anaerobiosis (ISPA) conference, which was held at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) headquarters in the Philippines in 2013. Root re-searchers and the ISPA share a deep relationship. Indeed, we at Plant Root was involved in the 9t