Research theme for competitive and other funds (2)：
2012 - 2015 Analyses of qualitative and quantitative characters of the trace elements and long-distance migration based on the weather information
2009 - 2011 Mechanisms of insecticide resistance and area-wide migration in the rice planthoppers in Asia
Papers (52)：
Akira Otuka. Prediction of the Overseas Migration of the Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, to Japan. Insects. 2023
Satoru Arai, Ryusei Kuwata, Yukiko Higa, Yoshihide Maekawa, Yoshio Tsuda, Sudipta Roychoudhury, Arlene Garcia Bertuso, Tran Vu Phong, Nguyen Thi Yen, Tomoki Etoh, et al. Two hidden taxa in the Japanese encephalitis vector mosquito, Culex tritaeniorhynchus, and the potential for long-distance migration from overseas to Japan. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2022. 16. 6. e0010543-e0010543
Ming-Fei Wu, Guo-Jun Qi, Hui Chen, Jian Ma, Jie Liu, Yu-Ying Jiang, Gwan-Seok Lee, Akira Otuka, Gao Hu. Overseas immigration of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), invading Korea and Japan in 2019. Insect science. 2021
Akira Otuka, Masaya Matsumura, Makoto Tokuda. Dispersal of the Common Cutworm, Spodoptera litura, Monitored by Searchlight Trap and Relationship with Occurrence of Soybean Leaf Damage. Insects. 2020. 11. 7
Tanaka, K, A. Otuka, M. Matsumura. Generation forecast of Nilaparvata lugens using forecast data of agro-meteorological grid square data system. Kyushu Pl. Prot. Res. 2019. 65. 75-83
Masaya Matsumura, Akira Otuka, Shin-ichi Yoshimatsu. The spread of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda in China and a precaution against its possible invasion of Japan. Plant Protection. 2019. 73. 7. 434-438
The dispersion of the common cutworm monitored with an entomological radar and a searchlight trap in relation to soybean leaf damages
(IET International Radar Conference 2018 2018)
Migration analyses and predictions for migratory insect pests toward Japan
(2018 International Symposium on Proactive Technologies for Enhancement of Integrated Pest Management on Key Crops 2018)
Professional career (1)：
博士(農学)
Work history (6)：
2021/04 - 現在 NARO Institute of Plant Protection
2018/04 - 2021/03 National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
2016/04 - 2018/03 National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
2009/04 - 2016/03 National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
- 2009/03 National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
