Board members

President: Dr. Hideyoshi Toyoda (Area of expertise: Systematic crop protection engineering, Applied electrostatic engineering), Professor emeritus, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan.
Recent contributions:
1) Toyoda, H.; et al. Electric field screen; Principles and applications; Toyoda, H. Ed.; Nobunkyo Production, Tokyo, Japan, 2015, pp. 1-238.
2) Toyoda, H. et al. Phytoprotection science and technology: comprehensive approaches to crop protection; Toyoda, H., Ed.; RAEFSS Publishing Department, Nara, Japan, 2015, pp. 1-299.
3) Toyoda, H. et al. An illustrated manual of electric field screens: their structures and functions; Toyoda, H. Ed.; RAEFSS Publishing Department, Nara, Japan, 2019, pp. 1-112.

Vice-president: Dr. Shin-ichi Kusakari (Area of expertise: Plant pathology, Plant protection science) Former director of Research Division, Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences Research Center of Osaka Prefecture, Osaka, Japan; Incumbent, Osaka Prefectural Plant Quarantine Association.
Recent contributions:
1) Kusakari, S. et al. High voltage electric fields have potential to create new physical pest control systems. Insects, 2020, 11, 447 (PDF-36).
2) Kusakari, S. et al. Electrostatic insect repulsion, capture, and arc discharge techniques for physical pest management in greenhouses. Agronomy, 2023, 13, 23 (PDF-51).

Secretary General: Dr. Yoshinori Matsuda (Area of expertise: Environmental electrostatic engineering, Phytoprotection science and technology), Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Kindai University, Nara, Japan.
Recent contributions:
1) Matsuda, Y. et al. Use of pulsed arc discharge exposure to impede expansion of the invasive vine Pueraria montana. Agriculture, 2020, 10, 600 (PDF-39).
2) Matsuda, Y. et al. Turkestan cockroaches avoid entering a static electric field upon perceiving an attractive force applied to antennae inserted into the field. Insects, 2021, 12, 621 (PDF-45).
3) Matsuda, Y. et al. Physical methods for electrical trap-and-kill fly traps using electrified insulated conductors. Insects, 2022, 13, 253 (PDF-47).
4) Matsuda, Y. et al. Target-size-dependent application of electrostatic techniques for pest management in greenhouses. Agronomy, 2023, 13, 125 (PDF-52).

Secretary: Dr. Kunihiko Shimizu (Area of expertise: Breeding, Rising seedling, Seedling production), Vilmorin-Mikado Co. Ltd., Chiba, Japan.
Recent contributions:
1) Shimizu, K. et al. Use of a pair of pulse-charged grounded metal nets as an electrostatic soil cover for eradicating weed seedlings. Agronomy, 2023, 13, 1115 (PDF-54)
2) Shimizu, K. et al. Use of electric discharge for simultaneous control of weeds and houseflies emerging from soil. Agronomy, 2022, 11, 861 (PDF-40)

Secretary: Dr. Koji Kakutani (Area of expertise: Pharmacognosy, Plant cell technology), Professor, Pharmaceutical Research and Technology Institute, Kindai University, and Anti-Aging Centers, Higashi-Osaka, Japan.
Recent contributions:
1) Kakutani, K. et al. A simple electrostatic precipitator for trapping virus particles spread via droplet transmission. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 2021, 18, 4934 (PDF-43).
2) Kakutani, K. et al. Selective arcing electrostatically eradicates rice weevils in rice grains. Insects, 2021, 12, 522 (PDF-44).
3) Kakutani, K. et al. An electrostatic pest exclusion strategy for greenhouse tomato cultivation. Horticulturae, 2022, 8, 543 (PDF-48).
4) Kakutani, K. et al. A simple and safe electrostatic method for managing houseflies emerging from underground pupae. Agronomy, 2023, 13, 310 (PDF-53).

Secretary: Dr. Teruo Nonomura (Area of expertise: Fungal phytoinfection mechanism, Plant protection science and technology), Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, and Agricultural Technology and Innovation Research Institute, Kindai University, Nara, Japan.
Recent contributions:
1) Nonomura et al. Digital microscopic analysis of conidiogenesis of powdery mildew pathogens isolated from melon leaves. Phytoparasitica, 2015, 43, 517-530 (PDF-22).
2) Nonomura et al. Quantitative analysis of the lifelong production of conidia released from single colonies of Podosphaera xanthii on melon leaves using electrostatic techniques. Austral. Plant Pathol., 2019, 48, 297-307 (PDF-33).
3) Nonomura, T. et al. Electrostatic spore-trapping techniques for managing airborne conidia dispersed by the powdery mildew pathogen. Agronomy, 2022, 12, 2443 (PDF-50).
4) Nonomura et al. Hyperparasitic fungi against melon powdery mildew pathogens: quantitative analysis of conidia released from single colonies of Podosphaera xanthii parasitised by Ampelomyces. Agronomy, 2023, 13, 1204 (PDF-55).

Secretary: Dr. Yoshihiro Takikawa (Area of expertise: Bryopathology, Plant pathology), Associate professor, Plant Center, Institute of Advanced Technology, Kindai University, Wakayama, Japan.
Recent contributions:
1) Takikawa, Y. et al. Exclusion of whiteflies from a plastic hoop greenhouse by a bamboo blind-type electric field screen. J. Agric. Sci. 2020, 12, 50-60 (PDF-34).
2) Takikawa, Y. et al. Body water-mediated conductivity actualizes the insect-control functions of electric fields in houseflies. Insects, 2020, 11, 561 (PDF-38).
3) Takikawa, Y. et al. Developing a phototactic electrostatic insect trap targeting whiteflies, leaf miners, and thrips in greenhouses. Insects, 2021, 12, 960 (PDF-46).
4) Takikawa, Y. et al. Unattended trapping of whiteflies driven out of tomato plants onto a yellow-colored double-charged dipolar electric field screen. Horticulturae, 2022, 8, 764 (PDF-49).

Secretary: Mr. Takahiro Sonoda (Area of expertise: Precision machining technology, Processing of metalic products), Executive managing director, Sonoda Seisakusho Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
Recent contributions:
1) Sonoda, T. et al. Dveloping a phototanic electrostatic insect trap targeting whiteflies leafminers, and thrips in greenhouses. Insects. 2021, 12, 960 (PDF-46).
2) Sonoda, T. et al. Use of electric discharge for simultaneous contorl of weeds and houseflies emering from soil. Insects. 2020, 11, 861. (PDF-40)

Advisers

Technical Adviser: Mr. Kazumi Osamura (Area of expertise: Electrical engineering), Technical development unit, Panasonic Environmental Systems and Engineering Co., Ltd., Osaka 564-0062, Japan.
Medical Adviser: Dr. Takeshi Takami (Area of expertise: Cardiovascular Medicine), Department of Internal Medicine, Clinic Jingumae, Nara, Japan.

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