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Wild Taro in Southern Japan and Southeast Asia: an Urgently Needed Ethnobotanical and Genetic Survey

Research Project

Project/Area Number 23405004
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section海外学術
Research Field Resource conservation science
Research InstitutionNational Museum of Ethnology

Principal Investigator

MATTHEWS Peter  国立民族学博物館, 民族社会研究部, 准教授 (70281590)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) NAKAMURA Ikuo  千葉大学, 園芸学研究科, 准教授 (50207867)
TAHARA Makoto  岡山大学, 環境生命科学研究科, 教授 (50274014)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) MASUNO Takashi  総合研究大学院大学, 外来研究員 (40569159)
NOJIMA Yoko  国際日本文化研究センター, プロジェクト研究員 (50586344)
TODA Masanori  北海道大学, 名誉教授 (40113592)
Project Period (FY) 2011-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help
¥8,320,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,920,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Keywordsaraceae / colocasia / taro / asia / chloroplast DNA / ethnobotany / agriculture / domestication / Araceae / chloroplast / Colocasia / genetics / phylogeography / ethnobotany 民族植物学 / taro サトイモ / ecology 生態学 / chloroplast 葉緑体 / Philippine フィリピン / Vietnam ベトナム / Japan 日本 / genetics 遺伝学 / ethnobotany民族植物学 / taroサトイモ / ecology生態学 / Okinawa沖縄 / Philippinesフィリピン / Vietnamベトナム / Japan日本 / pigブタ
Research Abstract

We have analysed samples of wild and cultivated taro from all the fieldwork regions (2011-2013, present project), in addition to older samples collected in previous years from across Asia and the Pacific (1984 and later). A total of two hundred samples (approx.) were analysed, and the work has been successfully submitted as a PhD thesis (Ahmed 2013). Collaboration with the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR) in Hanoi has resulted in two papers so far (Ahmed et al. 2013, Matthews and Nguyen, 2014). Papers based on this work have also been presented at a number of conferences (see below). Some of the work has been reviewed in a book (Matthews 2014). Together with Dr NGUYEN Van Du project member, IEBR, Vietnam) I was co-organiser for the 11th International Aroid Conference, Hanoi, Dec. 11-13, 2013 (sponsored by the International Aroid Society in association with the Institute for Ecological and Biological Research, Hanoi).

Report

(4 results)
  • 2013 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2012 Annual Research Report
  • 2011 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (32 results)

All 2014 2013 2012 2011 Other

All Journal Article (9 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 9 results) Presentation (15 results) (of which Invited: 7 results) Book (4 results) Remarks (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] Origins and Development of Taro. In C. Smith (ed.)2014

    • Author(s)
      Matthews, P. J., and D. V. Nguyen
    • Journal Title

      Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology Berlin : Springer

      Volume: Vol. 9 Pages: 7237-7240

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Origins and Development of Taro2014

    • Author(s)
      Matthews, P. J. , and D. V. Nguyen
    • Journal Title

      Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology

      Volume: 9 Pages: 7237-7240

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_2190

    • ISBN
      9781441904263, 9781441904652
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Identification of chloroplast genome loci suitable for high-resolution phylogeographic studies of Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott (Araceae) and closely related taxa2013

    • Author(s)
      Ahmed, I., P. J. Matthews, P. J., Biggs, M. Naeem, P. A. McLenachan, and P. J. Lockhart
    • Journal Title

      Molecular Ecology Resources

      Volume: 13(5) Pages: 929-937

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Identification of chloroplast genome loci suitable for high-resolution phylogeographic studies ofColocasia esculenta (L.) Schott (Araceae) and closely related taxa2013

    • Author(s)
      Ahmed, I., P. J. Matthews, P. J., Biggs, M. Naeem, P. A. McLenachan, and P. J. Lockhart
    • Journal Title

      Molecular Ecology Resources, Online

      Volume: 13 Issue: 5 Pages: 929-937

    • DOI

      10.1111/1755-0998.12128

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Origins and Development of Taro.2013

    • Author(s)
      P. J. Matthews
    • Journal Title

      Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology.

      Volume: in press

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Identification of chloroplast genome loci suitable for high-resolution phylogeographic studies of Colocasia esculenta(L.) Schott (Araceae) and closely related taxa.2013

    • Author(s)
      I. Ahmed
    • Journal Title

      Molecular Ecology Resources

      Volume: in press

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Yu Jing (The Book of Taro)2012

    • Author(s)
      P.J.Matthews, et al
    • Journal Title

      Senri Ethnology Studies

      Volume: 78 Pages: 45-51

    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Ethnobotany and Ecology of Wild Taro (Colocasia esculenta) in the Philippines2012

    • Author(s)
      P.J.Matthews, et al
    • Journal Title

      Senri Ethnology Studies

      Volume: 78 Pages: 307-340

    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Irrigated taro in the Indo-Pacifi c : multiple perspectives2012

    • Author(s)
      P.J.Matthews, et al
    • Journal Title

      Senri Ethnology Studies

      Volume: 78 Pages: 341-347

    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] New evidence for the genetic and geographical origins of cultivated taro, and names for wild and cultivated taro in Southeast Asia and Oceania2014

    • Author(s)
      By MATTHEWS P.J
    • Organizer
      presented at the conference "Dispersion of People, Crops, and Language"
    • Place of Presentation
      Tachikawa City
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Modern Human Diversity on Genes and Culture - with special reference to Asia and Oceania2014

    • Organizer
      "Natural Habitats, Human Habitats, and the Spread of Edible Aroids" presented at the SOKENDAI International Symposium
    • Place of Presentation
      Hayama, Japan
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Natural Habitats, Human Habitats, and the Spread of Edible Aroids” presented at the SOKENDAI International Symposium2014

    • Author(s)
      Matthews, P. J.
    • Organizer
      the SOKENDAI International Symposium: “Modern Human Diversity on Genes and Culture - with special reference to Asia and Oceania”
    • Place of Presentation
      Hayama, Japan
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] New evidence for the genetic and geographical origins of cultivated taro, and names for wild and cultivated taro in Southeast Asia and Oceania2014

    • Author(s)
      Matthews, P. J.
    • Organizer
      Dispersion of People, Crops, and Language
    • Place of Presentation
      Tachikawa City, Japan
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Ethnobiology, Systematics, and the Trail of Taro (Toran)2013

    • Organizer
      Presented International Symposium for the 10th Anniversary of KoLRI
    • Place of Presentation
      Seoul, Korea
    • Year and Date
      2013-08-23
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] (a) Co-organiser and speaker : "Ethnobotany and Natural History of Wild Taro: Colocasia esculenta and C. formosana"; (b) paper coauthor: J. Castillo, P. J. Matthews, and M. Medecilo, "Ethnobotany of Alocasia macrorrhizos in the Philippines"; (c) poster co2013

    • Author(s)
      Colocasia esculenta and C. formosana, J. Castillo, P. J. Matthews, and M. Medecilo, Masuno, T., N. A. Luu Dam, V. D. Nguyen and P. J. Matthews
    • Organizer
      all presented at the 11th International Aroid Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Hanoi
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Ethnobiology, Plant Trails, and the Human Niche2013

    • Organizer
      presented at the symposium "Systematics in Ethnobiology : Partnership of Biology with Culture and Economy"
    • Place of Presentation
      Saint Louis University, Baguio City
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Ethnobiology, Plant Trails, and the Human Niche2013

    • Author(s)
      Matthews, P. J.
    • Organizer
      Systematics in Ethnobiology: Partnership of Biology with Culture and Economy
    • Place of Presentation
      Saint Louis University, Baguio City,Philippines
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Ethnobotany and Natural History of Wild Taro: Colocasia esculenta and C. formosana2013

    • Author(s)
      Matthews, P. J
    • Organizer
      11th International Aroid Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Hanoi, Vietnam
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Ethnobotany of Alocasia macrorrhizos in the Philippines2013

    • Author(s)
      J. Castillo, P. J. Matthews, and M. Medecilo
    • Organizer
      11th International Aroid Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Hanoi, Vietnam
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Use of aroids as fodder plants in a Yao community, northern Vietnam2013

    • Author(s)
      Masuno, T., N. A. Luu Dam, V. D. Nguyen and P. J. Matthews
    • Organizer
      11th International Aroid Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Hanoi, Vietnam
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Fodder sources and backyard pig husbandry in BaVi, Hanoi province, northern Vietnam2012

    • Author(s)
      Masuno, T., L. D. Nguyen, V. D. Nguyen and P. J. Matthews
    • Organizer
      Proc. of the 1st International Conference on Animal Nutrition and Environment
    • Place of Presentation
      Khon Kaen Khon Kaen University
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] A comparison of the habitats of wild rice (Oryza rufipogon) and wild taro (Colocasia esculenta) in Australia and Papua New Guinea2011

    • Author(s)
      P.J.Matthews
    • Organizer
      Hemudu Culture International Forum
    • Place of Presentation
      Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, China
    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Ethnobiology, Systematics, and the Trail of Taro (Toran)

    • Author(s)
      Matthews, P. J.
    • Organizer
      International Symposium for the 10th Anniversary of KoLRI
    • Place of Presentation
      Seoul, Korea
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Exploring the Genetic and Geographic Origins of Taro

    • Author(s)
      Matthews, P. J.
    • Organizer
      Kagoshima University Research seminar
    • Place of Presentation
      Kagoshima University
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] On the Trail of Taro : An Exploration of Natural and Cultural History (Senri Ethnological Studies 88)2014

    • Author(s)
      Matthews, P. J
    • Total Pages
      429
    • Publisher
      National Museum of Ethnology : Osaka
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Book] On the Trail of Taro: An Exploration of Natural and Cultural History (Senri Ethnological Studies 88)2014

    • Author(s)
      Matthews, P. J
    • Total Pages
      429
    • Publisher
      National Museum of Ethnology: Osaka
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Evolutionary Dynamics in Taro (Colocasia esculenta L.). Unpublished PhD thesis.2013

    • Author(s)
      Ahmed, I
    • Total Pages
      108
    • Publisher
      Palmerston North : Massey University
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Book] Senri Ethnology Studies 78 Irrigated Taro (Colocasia esculenta) in the Indo-Pacific2012

    • Author(s)
      P.J.Matthew共編
    • Total Pages
      396
    • Publisher
      国立民族学博物館
    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://wildtaro.ning.com

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Remarks] Wild Taro Research Project

    • URL

      http://wildtaro.ning.com/

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Wild Taro Research Project

    • URL

      http://wildtaro.ning.com/

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://wildtaro.ning.com/

    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2011-04-06   Modified: 2023-03-16  

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