Co-operative studies on useful animals and plants -On their features of actual conditions and utilizaion

1996年9月5日至9月14日，鹿儿岛大学农学院的4名研究人员访问了中国云南，与云南农业大学的研究人员一起对云南的有用动植物进行了研究，阐明了它们的实际状况和利用特点。云南以烟草、水稻和高粱为主要作物，但也有许多云南特有的次要食用作物。其中一些被用作药用植物。例如，“洋参”被用作药物和一种有益健康的蔬菜，特别是对妇女有益。梨（Pyrus pyrijolia）是云南特有的一个品种，它以其多汁的果实香甜而闻名于云南人。它曾经因为美味而被献给中国皇帝。此外，他们有一种属于天南星科的蔬菜，其可食用部分是花茎。这种植物似乎也是云南特有的。蘑菇品种繁多，可能是云南特有的。那里有许多云南特有的珍稀食用植物。我们只检查了其中的一部分。有必要对它们进行研究，更好地利用它们。两所大学的研究人员讨论了出口云南有用动植物产品的可能性。鹿儿岛大学的研究人员认为，罐装核桃汁甚至会在日本人中流行起来。1996年9月27日至10月8日，云南农业大学3名科研人员应邀赴日本鹿儿岛。他们参观了鹿儿岛大学、鹿儿岛农业实验站、鹿儿岛生物技术研究所等多个研究所。他们与各研究所的研究人员讨论鹿儿岛有用的动物和植物。这是他们第一次出国，他们对一切都很感兴趣，尤其是栽培植物的新品种和饲养植物和牲畜的新技术。

Four researchers at Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, visited Yunnan, China, from September 5,1996, to September 14 and made researches on the useful animals and plants to clarify their the features of actual condition and utilization with the researchers at Yunnan Agricultural University. In Yunnan, tobacco, rice, and sorghum were the major crops, but there were many minor edible crops endemic in Yunnan. Some of them were utilized as medicinal plants. For example, "Gyoseiso" is utilized as medicine and one vegetable good for health, especially for woman. One variety of Pyrus pyrijolia is endemic in Yunnan and it is very famous for the sweetness of succulent fruit among Yunnan people. It used to be presented to Emperor of China for its deliciousness. Besides, they had a vegetable which belongs to Araceae and its edible part was flower-stalk. It seems this plant is also endemic in Yunnan. There were also a great variety of mushrooms probably endemic in Yunnan. They have a lot of rare edible plants endemic in Yunnan. We only examined a part of them. It is necessary to investigate them and to develop better utilization of them. The researchers from both universities discussed the possibility to export the products from the useful animals and plantsin Yunnan. The researchers from Kagoshima University agreed that the canned juice of walnut would become popular even among Japanese.Three researchers of Yunnan Agricultural Universitywere were then invited to Kagoshima, Japan, from September 27 to October 8,1996. They visited several institutes, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima Agricultural Experimental Station, Biotechnology Institute of Kagoshima and so on. They discussed with the researchers at every institute about useful animals and plants in Kagoshima. It was their first experience to go abroadand they were interested in everything, especially newvaieties of cultivated plants and new techniques to raise plants and cattles.