Brazilian research loses José Tadashi Yorinori

On Monday night (13/06), Brazil lost phytopathologist José Tadashi Yorinori, one of the greatest researchers and reference in the management of diseases in soybeans, such as Asian rust. At 72, Tadashi Yorinori had been hospitalized since the end of April, in Paraná, after suffering a domestic accident.

Long-time collaborator of Cultivar Grandes Culturas, José Tadashi Yorinori was a source warning about Asian soybean rust, in issue 38, in April 2002. When participating in an event organized by the Bahia Foundation, the researcher expressed concern about new diseases that were on the prowl. Brazil's soybean crops.

In July of the same year, Tadashi Yorinori would write together with Wilfrido Morel Paiva, Cria/Paraguay, one of the articles that resulted in the cover of issue 41, under the title "Red Death" with complete coverage on the advance of Asian rust in Brazil and strategies control available at that time. It was the beginning of a series of publications that would follow, whenever his busy work schedule allowed.

The death of Tadashi Yorinori opens up a huge gap in Brazilian research and results in deep sadness for family, friends, co-workers and admirers.