AKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We thank research technicians who were in charge of field management in
each experimental site. Meteorological data in Ishigaki and Los BaƱos
was provided by Dr. S. Goto and Dr. K. Okamoto (TARF/JIRCAS), and IRRI
Climate Unit, respectively. T.I. thanks Dr. S.V.K. Jagadish (Kansas
State University) and Dr. M. Okamura for critical reading of the
manuscript and advice in statistical analysis, respectively. This work
was supported by the Japanese government (MOFA and MAFF) under the
IRRI-Japan Collaborative Research Project (to T. I.), by grant-in-aid
from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
of Japan (No.26257410 to T. M., K. K., and T. I.), and Global
Environment Research Coordination System organized by Ministry of
Environment (MAFF1842 to M. Y. and T. I.).