1953Kazue KURIBAYASHI
Studies on forecasting of rice blast disease
1954Yoshio TAKAHASHI
Phytopathological and plant-breeding investigations on determining the degree of blast-resistance in rice plants
Kazuo GOTO
The teleomorph of Sclerotium rolfsii
1955Kanesuke HARA
Contribution to editing Japanese fungal index and promoting the development of Japanese mycology
Hideo MUKO
Studies on the causal bacteria of the loquat canker
1956Naohide HIRATSUKA
Studies on rust fungi in Japan
1957Seito TAKIMOTO
A distinguished contribution to plant pathology – Especially in the study of plant bacterial diseases in Japan –
Kosaburo ONO
Morphological studies on blast and brown spot diseases of rice
1958Naoji SUZUKI
Studies on violet root rot of sweet potato
1959Daiki MURAYAMA
Serological studies on potato virus X
Jun HIDAKA
Studies on tobacco diseases
1960Rokuya IMAZEKI
Taxonomic and biologic studies on wood rotting fungi
Hiromu OKAMOTO
Studies on effect of environmental conditions and methods for spraying fungicides on rice blast control
1961Wataro YAMAMOTO
Classificatory and ecological studies on sooty mold fungi
Kiyomi KITANI
Ecological studies on control efficacy of lime sulfur fungicides
1962Masa-akira HORI
Contribution to establishment of a plant protection system and guidance in its activities
Takuji KOZAKA
Studies on epidemics of rice sheath blight and its control
1963Takeyuki MIZUKAMI
Studies on the ecological properties of Xanthomonas oryzae (Uyeda et Ishiyama) Dowson, the causual organism of bacterial leaf blight of rice plant
Akira SHINKAI
Studies on insect transmissions of rice virus diseases in Japan
1964Hiroshi KITAJIMA
Studies on peach anthracnose
Yoshio OTANI
Studies on the black root rot disease of tobacco caused by Thielaviopsis basicola (BERK. et BR.) FERRARIS
1965Norio OKABE
Studies on Pseudomonas solanacearum E.F. Simith
Snun-ichi YAMADA
Epidemiological studies on the scab disease of Satsuma orange and its control
1966Koji HIRATA
Some observations on the haustoria of barley powdery mildew, Erysiphe graminis f. sp. hordei
Yasuo KOMURO
Identification of viruses infecting vegetables and ornamentals in Japan
1967Eishiro SHIKATA
Electron microscopic studies on plant viruses
Jinya KIMURA
Studies on the Monilia disease of the apple caused by Monilinia mali (Tak.) Whetzel
Shigeru OZOE
Physiological and ecological studies on the oversummering and overwintering of the stripe rust of wheat and barley, Puccinia striiformis Westend
1968Tokuzo HIRAI
Studies on the nature of disease resistance in plants
Shoyo NISHIMURA
Studies on wilting mechanism of Fusarium-infected watermelon plants
Nobuyuki OSHIMA
Studies on potato virus X
1969Tadao INOUYE
Studies on identification and classification of legume viruses in Japan
Masayuki SAKAMOTO
Studies on the blast resistance in rice plant
1970Yoji DOI, Tatsuji ISHIE and Kiyoshi YORA
Discovery of plant pathogenic mycoplasma-like organisms
Shigetaka KATSUKI
Cercosporae of Japan
1971Kiichi KATSURA
Some ecological studies on Phytophthora
Masao GOTO
Studies on phytopathogenic bacteria
1972Takken MATSUO
Taxonomic studies on phytopathogenic Fusaria
Takao KOBAYASHI
Taxonomic studies of Japanese Diaporthaceae
1973Tadao MISAWA
Studies on the infection and the movement of plant viruses
Tadao UI
Ecology of soil-borne pathogenic fungi
1974Kunihei KISHI
Studies on virus disease of citrus, pear and peach
Hozumi SUZUKI
Studies on the behavior of the rice blast fungus spore and the application for forecasting method of the rice blast disease
1975Keiichi TOMARU
Studies on the cucumber mosaic virus in tobacco plant
Masao HORI
Studies on the forecasting techniques of sheath blight of rice plant
Yasuji ASADA
Studies on lignin formation in fungus-infected plants
1976Hidefumi ASUYAMA
The Phytopathological Society and its activitie
Yoshio HASHIOKA
Electronmicroscopical studies on rice blast infection
Akinori EZUKA
Studies on varietal resistance to bacterial leaf blight in rice
1977Bunkichiro WATANABE
Studies on differentiation of Rhizoctonia solani Kuehn parasitizing upland crop plants
Hachiro OKU
Mechanisms of host-parasite specificity in plant disease
1978Natsuki NISHIHARA
Etiological studies on fungus diseases of grasses and legumes in warm temperate district of Japan
Kan-ichi O-HATA
Studies on panicle blight of rice plants
Takeshi NARITA
Historical views on the crop diseased in Hokkaido
1979Yasuo SAITO
Studies on virus diseases of rice, barley and wheat
Yoshito IWATA
Contribution to Japan-Indonesia Joint Food Crop Research Program
Unji HIURA
Genetics of plant-parasite interaction in Erysiphe graminis DC.
1980Toshikazu TANI
Pathophysiological studies on parasitism of the oat crown rust
Toshihiro KAJIWARA
Studies on the host-parasite interface in relation to the infection of downy mildew fungi
Masao YAMADA
Ecological studies on pathogenic races of rice blast fungus
1981Fukuji NONAKA
Studies on the mechanism of plant disease resistance, especially on the phytoalexin
Tsunekuni MIYAKAWA
Studies on symptom development of the citrus diseases caused by virus and virus-like pathogens
Masashi SAITO
Studies on the ecology of vegetable diseases in vinyl houses and the improvement of their chemical control methods
1982Hiroyuki TSUYAMA
Ecological behavior of soft rot causing bacteria of Chinese cabbage
Hajime KATO
Epidemiological studies on rice blast disease
Takao ARAKI
Ecological studies on soil conditions on the occurrence of violet and white root rot diseases
1983Hiroshi YAEGASHI
Studies on the perfect stage of Pyricularia species
Hiroshi TOCHIHARA
Etiological studies on virus diseases of vegetables and ornamentals in Japan
Toru SHIMOMURA
Studies on the formation of local lesions by tobacco mosaic virus
1984Hajimu KOMADA
Studies on soilborne Fusarium diseases of cultivated plants
Tomio YAMAGUCHI
Some ecological knowledge on rice blast and sheath blight occurrence
Akira OGOSHI
Studies on the taxonomy of the genus Rhizoctonia
1985Teruyoshi HASHIBA
Ecological studies on rice sheath blight disease
Shintaro FUJII
Studies on rice necrosis mosaic
Akira YAMAGUCHI
Control of the fruit tree virus diseases
1986Seiji OUCHI
Studies on the induction of resistance or accessibility in plant diseases
Kijuro KATO
Detection of new diseases of various horticultural crops and their control
Susumu KUBO
Studies on virus diseases of tobacco plants in Japan
1987Etsuji HAMAYA
Advance studies for producing virus-free plants by means of tissue culture
Tsutomu IIJIMA
Studies on Verticillium wilt of tomato
Hiroshi ISHIZAKI
Studies on the mechanism of fungicidal action
1988Suesaku CHIBA
Studies on analysis of factors affecting rice blast development, and on the forecasting of progress
Yuji NAGAI
Studies on the control of virus diseases of vegetables
Tsuneo TSUCHIZAKI
Studies on viruses obtained from leguminous plants and citrus tristeza virus
1989Ikuo KIMURA
Studies on the rice dwarf virus
Akira KISO
Studies on the diagnosis of vegetable disease and the improvement of the chemical control methods
Kei OGAWA
Studies on biocontrol of fusarium wilt of sweet potato with cross-protection
1990Hiroyuki HIBINO
Rice virus diseases in Japan and Southeast Asia
Chuji HIRUKI
Studies on the identification of plant viruses, viroids and mycoplasma-like organisms, and disease diagnostic methods
Haruo YANASE
Studies on apple top-working disease
1991Koichi ASAGA
Studies on field resistance of rice varieties to blast disease
Hitoshi KUNOH
Cytological studies on infection process of Erysiphe graminis
Nobuaki MATSUYAMA
Mycological and molecular phytopathological studies on the rice diseases in special reference to the rice blast disease
1992Yoshio EHARA
Studies on host response to plant viruses
Narinobu INOUYE
Studies on the virus diseases of ornamental plants, especially orchids and bulbs, in Japan
Tsuyoshi TAKAHASHI
Studies on viroid infections in plants
1993Tadaaki HIBI
Infection of plant protoplasts with plant viruses by electromanipulation
Kazuya HIRANO
Serial studies on complex diseases causing nematodes and other pathogens
Reiichi YOSHINO
Ecological studies on the infection process of Pyricularia oryzae
1994Takio ICHITANI
Ecological studies on pathogenic Pythium
Haruo MIURA
Ecological studies on the antibiotics resistant rice blast fungus
Nobumichi SAKO
Mechanism of aphid transmission of nonpersistent potyviruses and the serological study
1995Tadaoki INABA
Ecology and physiology of Peronospora effusa, P. monshurica, Pseudoperonospora cubensis and Peronosclerospora maydis
Mitsuro KAMEYA
Studies on the identification and classification of viruses occurring on vegetables and legumes in Japan and South-east Asia
Tomonori SHIRAISHI
A determinant of specificity, suppressor, produced by a pea pathogen, Mycosphaerella pinodes
1996Makoto KOJIMA
Studies on Luteoviruses affecting plants in Japan
Yuko O-HASHI
Molecular biology of resistance to pathogen-infection in plants
Jiro TOGASHI
Epidemiological studies on the soft rot bacteria
1997Noriyuki DOKE
Mechanisms of active defence in host plants and race-specific pathogenicity of pathogen in potato late blight
Shigeyuki MAYAMA
Cytological, physiological and genetical studies on phytoalexin accumulation associated with specific resistance expression in the crown rust of oats
Tsuneo WATANABE
Taxonomy and identification, and biology of fungi associated with soilborne plant diseases
1998Yuichi HONDA
Suppression of plant disease through light quality control
Yoichi TAKANAMI
Molecular biological study on the infection and multiplication of cucumber mosaic virus
Shinji TSUYUMU
Molecular biological analyses of pathogenic factors of plant pathogenic bacteria
1999Iwao FURUSAWA
Molecular biological studies on brome mosaic virus
Koushi NISHIYAMA
Development of rapid methods for identification of phytopathogenic bacteria and clarification of phytotoxin production in relation to pathogenicity
Shigemitsu TORIYAMA
Molecular biology of rice stripe and rice grassy stunt viruses of the genus Tenuivirus
2000Mitsuro HYAKUMACHI
Studies on biological control of soil-borne plant pathogens
Toshio KIKUMOTO
Ecology and biocontrol of soft rot of Chinese cabbege
Hiroshi OTANI
Host recognition by plant pathorogens and role of host-specific toxins
2001Hiroki KOGANEZAWA
Studies on apple viroid diseases
Akira MORITA
Studies on physiology and scology of loquat canker
Tetsuo TAMADA
Studies on Beat necrotic yellow vein virus
2002Osamu HORINO
Studies on resistance mechanisms of rice against bacterial blight caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae
Shigetou NAMBA
Molecular biological studies on phytoplasmas
Ichiro UEDA
Genetic studies on Rice dwarf virus
2003Hisatoshi KAKU
Genetic diversity and infection mechanisms of plant pathogenic bacteria
Toshihiro OMURA
Molecular biological studies of some rice viruses in Southeast Asian countries
Takashi TSUGE
Studies on pathogenicity genes of Alternaria alternata
2004Hideo ISHII
Studies on fungicide resistance in phytopathogenic fungi
Naoyuki MATSUMOTO
Population biology of individualistic plant pathogenic fungi and its application to disease control
Kenichi TSUCHIYA
Molecular biological studies of Ralstonia solanacearum and related plant pathogenic bacteria
2005Sakae ARASE
Studies on pathogenicity of Magnaporthe grisea and blast resistance of rice by using lesion mimic mutants of rice
Yasuyuki KUBO
Studies on mechanisms of appressorial penetration by Colletotrichum lagenarium
Hideo NASU
Ecological studies of deciduous fruit tree diseases and extension of their control methods
2006Katsumi AKUTSU
Studies on development of techniques for biological control and genetic engineering control of plant diseases
Shigeo NAITO
Ecological studies on teleomorphic and anamorphic stages in Rhizoctonia fungi
Pyo Yun PARK
Ultrastructural analysis on cell responses of host cells to pathogen infection
2007Hiromichi HORIE
Studies on diagnosis, ecology and control of plant diseases on various horticultural crops in Japan
Masamichi NISHIGUCHI
Basic studies on attenuated viruses
Tohru TERAOKA
Communication between rice plant and rice blast fungus during early infection stage
2008Tetsuro OKUNO
Mechanisms of gene expression of dianthovirus and circumvention of host defence
Teruo SANO
Study on viroids in Japan
Hideki TAKAHASHI
Study on interaction between Cucumber mosaic virus and host plants at a molecular level
2009Kazuya AKIMITSU
Molecular studies on interactions between citrus and Alternaria pathogens
Yuki ICHINOSE
Study of flagella-mediated interactions between plants and Pseudomonas syringae
Yukio TOSA
Genetic analysis of the species-specific parasitism of plant pathogenic fungi
2010Tsutomu ARIE
Phylogeny and phytopathogenecity mechanisms of soil borne Fusarium oxysporum
Shinzo KOIZUMI
Ecological and genetic studies on durable use of blast resistance in rice
Satoshi OHKI
Studies on viral movement of Cucumber mosaic virus in infected plants
2011Tsuneo NAMAI
Race differentiation of the rice blast fungus, Pyricularia oryzae, and environmentally friendly control of rice blast disease
Tomohide NATSUAKI
Studies on molecular mechanisms of viral attenuation and cross protection
Seiya TSUSHIMA
Study on control and epidemiology of bacterial grain rot of rice
2012Yuichi TAKIKAWA
Studies on identification and taxonomy of plant pathogenic bacteria
Seiji UEMATSU
Research on etiology and control of new diseases of vegetables and floriculture crops
Nobuyuki YOSHIKAWA
Studies on genome structure and function of fruit tree viruses
2013Seijyu ISHIKAWA
Integrated disease management of strawberry anthracnose and development of a new biopesticide
Keiko NATSUAKI
Studies on diseases of tropical crops
Kazusato OHSHIMA
Studies on the molecular evolution of potyviruses
2014Kazuhito KAWAKITA
Studies on NO functions in plant defense responses
Chikara MASUTA
Molecular biology of Cucumber mosaic virus and its satellite RNA
Hiroyuki SAWADA
Studies on the classification and evolution of phytopathogenic bacteria of the genera Agrobacterium and Pseudomonas
2015Koji KAGEYAMA
Studies on taxonomy and ecology of oomycete pathogens
Shigehito TAKENAKA
Studies on biological control mechanisms of Pythium oligandrum
Nobuya TASHIRO
Study on improvement of fruit tree diseases management based on the concept of EBC (Evidence-based control)
2016Masataka AINO
Studies on biological control of bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum using endophytic bacteria
Yasufumi HIKICHI
Interactions between plant pathogenic bacteria and host plants involved in establishment of susceptibility
Toyozo SATO
Studies on taxonomy and identification of plant pathogenic fungi based on morphology and phylogenetic analyses, and fungal pathogenicity focused on the host specificity
2017Masayuki ISHIKAWA
Studies on the mechanism of tobacco mosaic virus RNA replication
Hisashi IWAI
Studies on the diagnosis and genomic analysis of the plant viral diseases which occur in southern Japan
Nobuhiro SUZUKI
Frontiers in fungal virology
2018Norio KONDO
Studies on the ecology and pathogenic specialization of soilborne pathogens affecting adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
Shigeru KUWATA
Studies on the mechanisms of pathogenic changes of plant viruses
Susumu TAKAMATSU
Studies on the evolution and systematics of powdery mildew fungi
2019Motoichiro KONDO
Evolution of pathogenicity in Alternaria plant pathogens
Takashi NAKAJIMA
Studies on the control of mycotoxin contamination with Fusarium head blight in wheat and barley
Takao TSUKIBOSHI
Studies on the identification and diagnosis of pathogenic fungi inhabiting forage crops in Japan
2020Kazuyuki HIRATSUKA
Studies on regulated expression of plant defense genes
Tetsuo MAOKA
Studies on diagnosis and protection of important potato diseases in Japan
Shinya TSUDA
Development of plant virus symptoms and attenuated virus strains to control viral disease
2021Kazuhiro NAKAHO
Studies on the mechanisms of resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum in tomato rootstocks and integrated management of bacterial wilt using high grafting
Kenro OSHIMA
Molecular biological study on the survival strategy of phytoplasma
Takashi SHIRAKAWA
Studies on control of seed borne bacterial vegetable disease: studies on epidemiology and control of cucurbits bacterial fruit blotch
2022Takayuki AOKI
Comparative taxonomic studies on Fusarium, especially those species harmful to plants
Toshiyuki MORIKAWA
Studies on ecology and pathology for integrated management of emerging plant virus diseases
Yoshitaka TAKANO
Molecular genetic studies on interactions between Colletotrichum fungi and plants
2023Satoko KANEMATSU
Studies on the interactions of Rosellinia necatrix and mycoviruses for sustainable management of white root rot of fruit trees
Hitoshi NAKAYASHIKI
Studies on the roles of epigenetics in the pathogenicity of Pyricularia oryzae
Shigenobu YOSHIDA
Studies on health checkup based management against soil-borne diseases