Name

AKIYAMA, Hiroko

Position

Senior Researcher
Carbon and Nutrient Cycles Division

Research Interest

Mitigation option of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture fields

Selected papers

(original papers)

Akiyama, H, Hayakawa, A, Sudo, S, Yonemura, S, Tanonaka, T, Yagi, K 2009: Automated sampling system for long-term monitoring of nitrous oxide and methane fluxes from soils. Soil Science & Plant Nutrition, 55, 435-440.
Akiyama, H, Mctaggart, IP, Ball, BC, Scott, A 2004: N₂O, NO, and NH₃ emissions from soil after the application of organic fertilizers, urea and water. Water Air and Soil Pollution, 156, 113-129.
Akiyama, H, Tsuruta, H 2002: Effect of chemical fertilizer form on N₂O, NO and NO₂ fluxes from Andisol field. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 63, 219-230.
Akiyama, H, Tsuruta, H 2003: Effect of organic matter application on N₂O, NO, and NO₂ fluxes from an Andisol field. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 17.
Akiyama, H, Tsuruta, H 2003: Nitrous oxide, nitric oxide, and nitrogen dioxide fluxes from soils after manure and urea application. Journal of Environmental Quality, 32, 423-431.
Akiyama, H, Tsuruta, H, Watanabe, T 2000: N₂O and NO emissions from soils after the application of different chemical fertilizers. Chemosphere - Global Change Science, 2, 313-320.
Akiyama, H, Yagi, K, Yan, X 2005: Direct N₂O emissions from rice paddy fields: Summary of available data. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 19.
Akiyama, H, Yan, X, Yagi, K 2010: Evaluation of effectiveness of enhanced-efficiency fertilizers as mitigation options for N₂O and NO emissions from agricultural soils: Meta-analysis. Global Change Biology, 16, 1837-1846.
Akiyama, H, Yan, X, Yagi, K 2006: Estimations of emission factors for fertilizer-induced direct N₂O emissions from agricultural soils in Japan: Summary of available data. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 52, 774-787.
Cheng, W, Nakajima, Y, Sudo, S, Akiyama, H Tsuruta, H 2002: N₂O and NO emissions from a field of Chinese cabbage as influenced by band application of urea or controlled-release urea fertilizers. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 63, 231-238.
Cheng, W, Yagi, K, Akiyama, H, Nishimura, S, Sudo, S, Fumoto, T, Hasegawa, T, Hartley, AE, Megonigal, JP 2007: An empirical model of soil chemical properties that regulate methane production in Japanese rice paddy soils. Journal of Environmental Quality, 36, 1920-1925.
Cheng, W, Tsuruta, H, Chen, G, Akiyama, H, Yagi, K 2004: N₂O and N₂ production potential in various Chinese agricultural soils by denitrification. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 50, 909-915.
Ding, W, Yagi, K, Akiyama, H, Sudo, S, Nishimura, S 2007: Time-lagged induction of N₂O emission and its trade-off with NO emission from a nitrogen fertilized Andisol. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 53, 362-372.
Hayakawa, A, Akiyama, H, Sudo, S Yagi, K 2009: N₂O and NO emissions from an Andisol field as influenced by pelleted poultry manure. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 41, 521-529.
Hayashi, K, Hayakawa, A, Akiyama, H, Yagi, K 2009: Measurement of ammonia volatilization loss using a dynamic chamber technique: A case study of surface-incorporated manure and ammonium sulfate in an upland field of light-colored andosol. Soil Science & Plant Nutrition, 55, 571-581.
Hoshino YT, Morimoto S, Hayatsu M, Nagaoka K, Suzuki C, Karasawa T, Takenaka M, Akiyama H 2011: Effect of soil type and fertilizer management on archaeal community in upland field soils, Microbes and Environments, 26(4), 307-316
Hosono, T, Hosoi, N, Akiyama, H, Tsuruta, H 2006: Measurements of N₂O and no emissions during tomato cultivation using a flow-through chamber system in a glasshouse. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 75, 115-134.
Hou, A, Akiyama, H, Nakajima, Y, Sudo, S, Tsuruta, H 2000: Effects of urea form and soil moisture on N₂O and NO emissions from Japanese Andosols. Chemosphere - Global Change Science, 2, 321-327.
Konohira, E, Yoh, M, Kubota, J, Yagi, K, Akiyama, H 2001: Effects of riparian denitrification on stream nitrate - evidence from isotope analysis and extreme nitrate leaching during rainfall. Water Air and Soil Pollution, 130, 667-672.
Mctaggart, IP, Akiyama, H, Tsuruta, H, Ball, BC 2002: Influence of soil physical properties, fertiliser type and moisture tension on N₂O and NO emissions from nearly saturated Japanese upland soils. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 63, 207-217.
Morimoto S, Hayatsu M, Hoshino YT, Nagaoka K, Yamazaki M, Karasawa T, Takenaka M, Akiyama H 2011: Quantitative analyses of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in fields with different soil types, Microbes and Environments, 26(3), 248-253
Minamikawa K, Hayakawa A, Nishimura S, Akiyama H, Yagi K 2011: Comparison of indirect nitrous oxide emission through lysimeter drainage between an Andosol upland field and a Fluvisol paddy field, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 57(6), 843-854
Nishimura, S, Akiyama, H, Sudo, S, Fumoto, T, Cheng W, and K. Yagi 2011: Combined emission of CH4 and N2O from a paddy field was reduced by preceding upland crop cultivation. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 57(1): 167 - 178.
Nishimura, S, Sawamoto, T, Akiyama, H, Sudo, S, Cheng, W, Yagi, K 2005: Continuous, automated nitrous oxide measurements from paddy soils converted to upland crops. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 69, 1977-1986.
Nishimura, S, Sawamoto, T, Akiyama, H, Sudo, S, Yagi, K 2004: Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from a paddy field with Japanese conventional water management and fertilizer application. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 18.
Nishimura, S, Sudo, S, Akiyama, H, Yonemura, S, Yagi, K, Tsuruta, H 2005: Development of a system for simultaneous and continuous measurement of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide fluxes from croplands based on the automated closed chamber method. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 51, 557-564.
Nishimura, S, Yonemura, S, Sawamoto, T, Shirato, Y, Akiyama, H, Sudo, S, Yagi, K 2008: Effect of land use change from paddy rice cultivation to upland crop cultivation on soil carbon budget of a cropland in Japan. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 125, 9-20.
Shimomura, Y, Morimoto S, Hoshino Ty, Uchida Y, Akiyama H, Hayatsu M 2012: Comparison among amoa primers suited for quantification and diversity analyses of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in soil, Microbes and Environments, 27(1), 94-98
Toyoda, S, Yano, M, Nishimura, S, Akiyama, H, Hayakawa, A, Koba, K, Sudo, S, Yagi, K, Makabe, A, Tobari, Y, Ogawa, NO, Ohkouchi, N, Yamada, K, and Yoshida, N 2011:. "Characterization and production and consumption processes of N2O emitted from temperate agricultural soils determined via isotopomer ratio analysis." Global Biogeochem. Cycles 25(2): GB2008, doi:10.1029/2009GB003769
Yan, X, Akiyama, H, Yagi, K, Akimoto, H 2009: Global estimations of the inventory and mitigation potential of methane emissions from rice cultivation conducted using the 2006 intergovernmental panel on climate change guidelines. Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 23.
Yan, X, Yagi, K, Akiyama, H, Akimoto, H 2005: Statistical analysis of the major variables controlling methane emission from rice fields. Global Change Biology, 11, 1131-1141.

(Book Chapter)

Akiyama H, Uchida Y, Yamamoto A 2011: Mitigation options for methane and nitrous oxide from agricultural soil: From field measurement to evaluation of overall effectiveness , In Understanding Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agricultural Managements, American Chemical Society, 165-178

(Award)

The Young Scientists' Prize, The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 2006
Japanese Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Progress Awards, 2008
Award for Young Agricultural Researchers, 2009