Updated: March 10, 2025 (Monday)

Papers, books, etc. (FY2021-)
Nobuhiro Tanaka, Saki Yoshida, Md. Saiful Islam, Kiyoshi Yamazaki, Toru Fujiwara, Yoshihiro Ohmori. OsbZIP1 regulates phosphorus uptake and nitrogen utilization, contributing to improved yield. Plant Journal, 118(1):159-170, 2024. doi: 10.1111/tpj.16598
Saad Sulieman, Chien Van Ha, Dung Tien Le, Mostafa Abdelrahman, Cuong Duy Tran, Yasuko Watanabe, Maho Tanaka, Zaid Ulhassan, Mohamed S. Sheteiwy, Sunil S. Gangurde, Keiichi Mochida, Motoaki Seki, Lam-Son Phan Tran. Comparative transcriptome analysis of respiration-related genes in nodules of phosphate-deficient soybean (Glycine max cv. Williams 82). Plant Stress, 11:100368, 2024. doi: 10.1016/j.stress.2024.100368
Andrés Aguilar-Ariza, Naoyuki Sotta, Toru Fujiwara, Wei Guo, Takehiro Kamiya. A multi-target regression method to predict element concentrations in tomato leaves using hyperspectral imaging. Plant Phenomics, 6: Article ID: 0146, 2024. doi: 10.34133/plantphenomics.0146
Shujun Wei, Ryokei Tanaka, Taiji Kawakatsu, Shota Teramoto, Nobuhiro Tanaka, Matthew Shenton, Yusaku Uga, Shiori Yabe. Genome- and transcriptome-wide association studies to discover candidate genes for diverse root phenotypes in cultivated rice. Rice, 16: Article number: 55, 2023. doi: 10.1186/s12284-023-00672-x
Ayako Nishizawa-Yokoi, Seiichi Toki. Precise genetic engineering with piggyBac transposon in plants. Plant Biotechnology, 40(4):255-262, 2023. doi: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.23.0525a
Andrés Aguilar-Ariza, Masanori Ishii, Toshio Miyazaki, Aika Saito, Hlaing Phyoe Khaing, Hnin Wint Phoo, Tomohiro Kondo, Toru Fujiwara, Wei Guo, Takehiro Kamiya. UAV-based individual Chinese cabbage weight prediction using multi-temporal data. Scientific Reports, 13: Article number: 20122, 2023. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-47431-y
Yukari Nagatoshi, Kenta Ikazaki, Yasufumi Kobayashi, Nobuyuki Mizuno, Ryohei Sugita, Yumiko Takebayashi, Mikiko Kojima, Hitoshi Sakakibara, Natsuko I. Kobayashi, Keitaro Tanoi, Kenichiro Fujii, Junya Baba, Eri Ogiso-Tanaka, Masao Ishimoto, Yasuo Yasui, Tetsuji Oya, Yasunari Fujita. Phosphate starvation response precedes abscisic acid response under progressive mild drought in plants. Nature Communications, 14: Article number: 5047, 2023. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40773-1
Hideki Yoshida, Satoshi Okada, Fanmiao Wang, Shohei Shiota, Masaki Mori, Mayuko Kawamura, Xue Zhao, Yiqiao Wang, Naho Nishigaki, Asako Kobayashi, Kotaro Miura, Shinya Yoshida, Masaru Ikegami, Akitoshi Ito, Lin-Tzu Huang, Yue-Ie Caroline Hsing, Yoshiyuki Yamagata, Yoichi Morinaka, Masanori Yamasaki, Toshihisa Kotake, Eiji Yamamoto, Jian Sun, Ko Hirano, Makoto Matsuoka. Integrated genome-wide differentiation and association analyses identify causal genes underlying breeding-selected grain quality traits in japonica rice. Molecular Plant, 16(9):1460-1477, 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2023.09.002
Ayako Nishizawa-Yokoi, Stanton B. Gelvin. Transformation and regeneration of DNA polymerase θ mutant rice plants. Plant Direct, 7(9): e526, 2023. doi: 10.1002/pld3.526
Norihide Nishiyama, Akihisa Shinozawa, Takashi Matsumoto, Takeshi Izawa. High genome heterozygosity revealed vegetative propagation over the sea in Moso bamboo. BMC Genomics, 24: Article number: 348, 2023. doi: 10.1186/s12864-023-09428-9
Jinying Cui, Noriko Nishide, Kiyoshi Mashiguchi, Kana Kuroha, Masayuki Miya, Kazuhiko Sugimoto, Jun-Ichi Itoh, Shinjiro Yamaguchi, Takeshi Izawa. Fertilization controls tiller numbers via transcriptional regulation of a MAX1-like gene in rice cultivation. Nature Communications, 14: Article number: 3191, 2023. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38670-8
Junbo Zhang, Weiwei Wan, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Miki Fujita, Koichi Takahashi, Kensuke Harada. Integrating a Pipette into a Robot Manipulator with Uncalibrated Vision and TCP for Liquid Handling. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, :1-20, 2023. doi: 10.1109/TASE.2023.3312657
Hideki Yoshida, Ko Hirano, Kenji Yano, Fanmiao Wang, Masaki Mori, Mayuko Kawamura, Eriko Koketsu, Masako Hattori, Reynante Lacsamana Ordonio, Peng Huang, Eiji Yamamoto, Makoto Matsuoka. Genome-wide association study identifies a gene responsible for temperature-dependent rice germination. Nature Communications, 13: Article number 5665, 2022. doi: org/10.1038/s41467-022-33318-5
Yusaku Noda, Ryohei Sugita, Atsushi Hirose, Naoki Kawachi, Keitaro Tanoi, Jun Furukawa, Ken Naito. Diversity of Na+ allocation in salt-tolerant species of the genus Vigna. Breeding Science, 72 (4): 326-331, 2022. doi: org/10.1270/jsbbs.22012
Sanjida Sultana Keya, Mohammad Golam Mostofa, Md. Mezanur Rahman, Ashim Kumar Das, Md. Abiar Rahman, Touhidur Rahman Anik, Sharmin Sultana, Md. Arifur Rahman Khan, Md.Robyul Islam, Yasuko Watanabe, Keiichi Mochida, Lam-Son PhanTran. Effects of glutathione on waterlogging-induced damage in sesame crop. Industrial Crops and Products, 185: Article 115092, 2022. doi: org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2022.115092
Mohammad GolamMostofa, Md. MezanurRahman, Totan Kumar Ghosh, Ahmad Humayan Kabir, Mostafa Abdelrahman, Md. ArifurRahman Khan, Keiichi Mochida, Lam-Son Phan Tran. Potassium in plant physiological adaptation to abiotic stresses. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 186: 279-289, 2022. doi: org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.07.011
Mohammad Golam Mostofa, Mostafa Abdelrahman, Md. Mezanur Rahman, Cuong Duy Tran, Kien Huu Nguyen, Yasuko Watanabe, Misao Itouga, Weiqiang Li, Zhe Wang, Keiichi Mochida, Lam-Son Phan Tran. Karrikin Receptor KAI2 Coordinates Salt Tolerance Mechanisms in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant and Cell Physiology, 2022. doi: org/10.1093/pcp/pcac121
Hongtao Tian, Yasuko Watanabe, Kien Huu Nguyen, Cuong Duy Tran, Mostafa Abdelrahman, Xiaohan Liang, Kun Xu, Claudia Sepulveda, Mohammad Golam Mostofa, Chien Van Ha, David C Nelson, Keiichi Mochida, Chunjie Tian, Maho Tanaka, Motoaki Seki, Yuchen Miao, Lam-Son Phan Tran, Weiqiang Li. KARRIKIN UPREGULATED F-BOX 1 negatively regulates drought tolerance in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 190(4): 2671–2687, 2022. doi: org/10.1093/plphys/kiac336
Hiroyuki Kokaji, Akifumi Shimizu. An Indica Rice Cultivar ‘Habataki’ Segment on Chromosome 6 Improves Low-Phosphorus Tolerance. Journal of Crop Research, 67: 1-6, 2022. doi: org/10.18964/jcr.67.0_1
Takashi Hirayama, Keiichi Mochida. Plant Hormonomics: A Key Tool for Deep Physiological Phenotyping to Improve Crop Productivity. Plant and Cell Physiology, 2022. doi: org/10.1093/pcp/pcac067
Zhonghui Feng, Xiaohan Liang, Hongtao Tian, Yasuko Watanabe, Kien Huu Nguyen, Cuong Duy Tran, Mostafa Abdelrahman, Kun Xu, Mohammad Golam Mostofa, Chien Van Ha, Keiichi Mochida, Chunjie Tian, Maho Tanaka, Motoaki Seki, Zhengwei Liang, Yuchen Miao, Lam-Son Phan Tran, Weiqiang Li. SUPPRESSOR of MAX2 1 (SMAX1) and SMAX1-LIKE2 (SMXL2) Negatively Regulate Drought Resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant and Cell Physiology, 2022. doi: org/10.1093/pcp/pcac080
Prashant Kandwal, Toru Fujiwara, Takehiro Kamiya. OsVIT2 Mutation Increases Fe and Zn of Grain Without Compromising the Growth in Paddy Field. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13: Article 868661, 2022. doi: org/10.3389/fpls.2022.868661
Takeshi Izawa. Reloading DNA History in Rice Domestication. Plant and Cell Physiology, 63(11): 1529–1539, 2022. doi: org/10.1093/pcp/pcac073
Satoru Sukegawa, Seiichi Toki, Hiroaki Saika. Genome Editing Technology and Its Application to Metabolic Engineering in Rice. Rice, 15: Article number 21 , 2022. doi: org/10.1186/s12284-022-00566-4
Satoshi Okada, Gui J. Lei, Naoki Yamaji, Sheng Huang, Jian F. Ma, Keiichi Mochida, Takashi Hirayama. FE UPTAKE-INDUCING PEPTIDE1 maintains Fe translocation by controlling Fe deficiency response genes in the vascular tissue of Arabidopsis. Plant, Cell & Environment, 45(11): 3322-3337, 2022. doi: org/10.1111/pce.14424
Maryam Nasr Esfahani, Miyako Kusano, Mostafa Abdelrahman, Kien Huu Nguyen, Yasuko Watanabe, Keiichi Mochida, David J. Burritt, Lam-Son Phan Tran. Differential metabolic rearrangements in the roots and leaves of Cicer arietinum caused by single or double nitrate and/or phosphate deficiencies. The Plant Journal, 111(6): 1643–1659, 2022. doi: org/10.1111/tpj.15913
Chien Van Ha, Mohammad Golam Mostofa, Kien Huu Nguyen, Cuong Duy Tran, Yasuko Watanabe, Weiqiang Li, Yuriko Osakabe, Mayuko Sato, Kiminori Toyooka, Maho Tanaka, Motoaki Seki, David J. Burritt, Cheyenne Marie Anderson, Ru Zhang, Huong Mai Nguyen, Vy Phuong Le, Hien Thuy Bui, Keiichi Mochida, Lam-Son Phan Tran. The histidine phosphotransfer AHP4 plays a negative role in Arabidopsis plant response to drought. The Plant Journal, 111(6): 1732-1752, 2022. doi: org/10.1111/tpj.15920
Bright G. Adu, Aizelle Y. S. Argete, Sakiko Egawa, Atsushi J. Nagano, Akifumi Shimizu, Yoshihiro Ohmori and Toru Fujiwara. A Koshihikari X Oryza rufipogon Introgression Line with a High Capacity to Take up Nitrogen to Maintain Growth and Panicle Development under Low Nitrogen Conditions. Plant and Cell Physiology, 63(9): 1215–1229, 2022. doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcac097
Mai Furuya, Myra Shin, Hiroyuki Masumoto, Shiho Takata, Junpei Takano and Atsushi Matsumura. Root response of soybean genotypes to low phosphorus availability from juvenile to adult vegetative stages. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 68(3): 361-373, 2022. doi: 10.1080/00380768.2021.2022965
Takashi Kuromori, Miki Fujita, Fuminori Takahashi, Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, Kazuo Shinozaki. Inter-tissue and inter-organ signaling in drought stress response and phenotyping of drought tolerance. The Plant Journal, 109(2): 342–358, 2022. doi: 10.1111/tpj.15619
Mohammad Golam Mostofa, Md Mezanur Rahman, Kien Huu Nguyen, Weiqiang Li, Yasuko Watanabe, Cuong Duy Tran, Minghui Zhang, Misao Itouga, Masayuki Fujita, Lam-Son Phan Tran. Strigolactones regulate arsenate uptake, vacuolar-sequestration and antioxidant defense responses to resist arsenic toxicity in rice roots. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 415: 125589, 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125589
Byambajav Bolortuya, Shintaro Kawabata, Ayumi Yamagami, Bekh-Ochir Davaapurev, Fuminori Takahashi, Komaki Inoue, Asaka Kanatani, Keiichi Mochida, Minoru Kumazawa, Kentaro Ifuku, Sodnomdarjaa Jigjidsuren, Tugsjargal Battogtokh, Gombosuren Udval, Kazuo Shinozaki, Tadao Asami, Javzan Batkhuu, Takeshi Nakano. Transcriptome Analysis of Chloris virgata, Which Shows the Fastest Germination and Growth in the Major Mongolian Grassland Plant. Frontiers in Plant Science, 28: Article 684987, 2021. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.684987
Xuan Lan Thi Hoang, Sylva Prerostova, Nguyen Binh Anh Thu, Nguyen Phuong Thao, Radomira Vankova, Lam-Son Phan Tran. Histidine Kinases: Diverse Functions in Plant Development and Responses to Environmental Conditions. Annual Review of Plant Biology, 72: 297-323, 2021. doi: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-080720-093057
Satoru Sukegawa, Hiroaki Saika, Seiichi Toki. Plant genome editing: ever more precise and wide reaching. Plant Journal, 106: 1208-1218, 2021. doi: 10.1111/tpj.15233
Invited Lecture (FY2021-)
Yasunari Fujita. Plant Science Challenges to Global Warming ~Aiming for Sustainable Food Production. Yamaoka Memorial Foundation 4th Science and Technology Lecture “Food and Agriculture for a Sustainable Society: Impact of Global Warming on Plants”. Kyoto University. March 24, 2021.
Articles (FY2021-)
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO): Moonshot-type dream research. The Japan Agricultural News, page 3. May 30, 2021. 
Next Tech 2050 “Breed improvement in one year to cope with global warming”. Nikkei business daily, page 7. April 9, 2021.