2026 Amane Makino: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	79	454	417	14	14	230	17839

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Japan Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Japan Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Japan Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

Enzyme
Botany
Gene

Amane Makino mostly deals with Photosynthesis, Botany, RuBisCO, Oryza sativa and Biochemistry. His Photosynthesis research incorporates elements of Thylakoid, Electron transport chain and Agronomy. The concepts of his Botany study are interwoven with issues in Biophysics, Senescence and Horticulture.

His research ties Chlorophyll and RuBisCO together. His study explores the link between Oryza sativa and topics such as Poaceae that cross with problems in Photosynthetic efficiency. In his work, Photorespiration is strongly intertwined with Ribulose, which is a subfield of Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate.

His most cited work include:

Effects of Nitrogen Nutrition on Nitrogen Partitioning between Chloroplasts and Mitochondria in Pea and Wheat. (301 citations)
Mobilization of Rubisco and Stroma-Localized Fluorescent Proteins of Chloroplasts to the Vacuole by an ATG Gene-Dependent Autophagic Process (260 citations)
Autophagy plays a role in chloroplast degradation during senescence in individually darkened leaves. (255 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Amane Makino focuses on Photosynthesis, RuBisCO, Botany, Biochemistry and Oryza sativa. His Photosynthesis research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Electron transport chain, Poaceae, Agronomy and Horticulture. Oxygenase is closely connected to Pyruvate carboxylase in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of RuBisCO.

His Botany study combines topics in areas such as Senescence and Rice plant. Amane Makino usually deals with Oryza sativa and limits it to topics linked to Ripening and Panicle. His work on Thylakoid as part of general Chloroplast study is frequently connected to Fragmentation, Vacuole and Degradation, therefore bridging the gap between diverse disciplines of science and establishing a new relationship between them.

He most often published in these fields:

Photosynthesis (63.73%)
RuBisCO (52.94%)
Botany (44.61%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

Photosynthesis (63.73%)
RuBisCO (52.94%)
Biochemistry (35.29%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His main research concerns Photosynthesis, RuBisCO, Biochemistry, Photosystem I and Overproduction. Photosynthesis is a primary field of his research addressed under Botany. Amane Makino focuses mostly in the field of Botany, narrowing it down to topics relating to Sedoheptulose and, in certain cases, Transketolase.

Amane Makino interconnects Plant science, Agronomy and Horticulture in the investigation of issues within RuBisCO. His work in the fields of Reactive oxygen species, Arabidopsis thaliana, Chloroplast stroma and Aromatic amino acids overlaps with other areas such as Vacuole. His Photosystem I research integrates issues from Photorespiration, Photosynthetic reaction centre, Biophysics and Electron transport chain.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

Flavodiiron Protein Substitutes for Cyclic Electron Flow without Competing CO2 Assimilation in Rice. (45 citations)
New insights into the cellular mechanisms of plant growth at elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations (36 citations)
Vacuolar Protein Degradation via Autophagy Provides Substrates to Amino Acid Catabolic Pathways as an Adaptive Response to Sugar Starvation in Arabidopsis thaliana (31 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

Enzyme
Gene
Botany

His primary scientific interests are in Photosynthesis, RuBisCO, Photosystem I, Biophysics and Agronomy. His Photosynthesis study is focused on Botany in general. RuBisCO is a subfield of Biochemistry that Amane Makino explores.

Amane Makino has researched Photosystem I in several fields, including Photorespiration, Photoinhibition, Chlorophyll and Photosynthetic reaction centre. The study incorporates disciplines such as Genetically modified crops, Gene and Horticulture in addition to Agronomy. His work deals with themes such as Chloroplast, Electrochemical gradient, Chemiosmosis and Physcomitrella patens, which intersect with Electron transport chain.

Best Publications

Photosynthesis, Grain Yield, and Nitrogen Utilization in Rice and Wheat

Amane Makino

607
Citations
Effects of Nitrogen Nutrition on Nitrogen Partitioning between Chloroplasts and Mitochondria in Pea and Wheat.

Amane Makino;Barry Osmond

500
Citations
Mobilization of Rubisco and Stroma-Localized Fluorescent Proteins of Chloroplasts to the Vacuole by an ATG Gene-Dependent Autophagic Process

Hiroyuki Ishida;Kohki Yoshimoto;Masanori Izumi;Daniel Reisen

419
Citations
Autophagy plays a role in chloroplast degradation during senescence in individually darkened leaves.

Shinya Wada;Hiroyuki Ishida;Masanori Izumi;Kohki Yoshimoto

409
Citations
The Effect of Elevated Partial Pressures of CO2 on the Relationship between Photosynthetic Capacity and N Content in Rice Leaves

Hiromi Nakano;Amane Makino;Tadahiko Mae

336
Citations
Photosynthesis and Plant Growth at Elevated Levels of CO2

Amane Makino;Tadahiko Mae

333
Citations
Cyclic electron flow around photosystem I via chloroplast NAD(P)H dehydrogenase (NDH) complex performs a significant physiological role during photosynthesis and plant growth at low temperature in rice

Wataru Yamori;Naoki Sakata;Yuji Suzuki;Toshiharu Shikanai

322
Citations
Relation between Nitrogen and Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate Carboxylase in Rice Leaves from Emergence through Senescence

Amane Makino;Tadahiko Mae;Koji Ohira

318
Citations
Distinctive Responses of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase and Carbonic Anhydrase in Wheat Leaves to Nitrogen Nutrition and their Possible Relationships to CO2-Transfer Resistance

Amane Makino;Hiroshi Sakashita;Jun Hidema;Tadahiko Mae

305
Citations
A physiological role of cyclic electron transport around photosystem I in sustaining photosynthesis under fluctuating light in rice.

Wataru Yamori;Amane Makino;Toshiharu Shikanai

297
Citations
Rice cultivar responses to elevated CO2 at two free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) sites in Japan

Toshihiro Hasegawa;Hidemitsu Sakai;Takeshi Tokida;Hirofumi Nakamura

292
Citations
Photosynthesis and Ribulose 1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase in Rice Leaves: Changes in Photosynthesis and Enzymes Involved in Carbon Assimilation from Leaf Development through Senescence

Amane Makino;Tadahiko Mae;Koji Ohira

287
Citations
Differences between wheat and rice in the enzymic properties of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase and the relationship to photosynthetic gas exchange.

Amane Makino;Tadahiko Mae;Koji Ohira

285
Citations
Rubisco activase is a key regulator of non-steady-state photosynthesis at any leaf temperature and, to a lesser extent, of steady-state photosynthesis at high temperature

Wataru Yamori;Chisato Masumoto;Hiroshi Fukayama;Amane Makino

281
Citations
Changes in the Amounts of Ribulose Bisphosphate Carboxylase Synthesized and Degraded during the Life Span of Rice Leaf (Oryza sativa L.)

Tadahiko Mae;Amane Makino;Koji Ohira

269
Citations
Os-GIGANTEA Confers Robust Diurnal Rhythms on the Global Transcriptome of Rice in the Field

Takeshi Izawa;Motohiro Mihara;Yuji Suzuki;Meenu Gupta

252
Citations
Does Decrease in Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase by Antisense RbcS Lead to a Higher N-Use Efficiency of Photosynthesis under Conditions of Saturating CO2 and Light in Rice Plants?

Amane Makino;Takiko Shimada;Shigeo Takumi;Kentaro Kaneko

250
Citations
Photosynthesis and ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase in rice leaves from emergence through senescence. Quantitative analysis by carboxylation/oxygenation and regeneration of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate

Amane Makino;T. Mae;K. Ohira

241
Citations
Exclusion of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from chloroplasts by specific bodies in naturally senescing leaves of wheat.

Akira Chiba;Hiroyuki Ishida;Naoko K. Nishizawa;Amane Makino

238
Citations
Physiological functions of the water-water cycle (Mehler reaction) and the cyclic electron flow around PSI in rice leaves.

Amane Makino;Chikahiro Miyake;Akiho Yokota

235
Citations