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Hidemi Kitano

Hidemi Kitano

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Genetics

D-Index
80
Citations
32476
World Ranking
1559
National Ranking
56

Overview

Hidemi Kitano is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and conducts research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Plant Science, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Computer Networks and Communications, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's research topics cover Plant Molecular Biology Research, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Advanced Data Storage Technologies, Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement, Plasma Applications and Diagnostics, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.

The recent papers authored or co-authored by Hidemi Kitano reflect a focus on rice plant biology and improvements in cultivation. These publications include:

  • Improvement of yield and grain quality by periodic cold plasma treatment with rice plants in a paddy field (2020, Plasma Processes and Polymers)
  • Diverse panicle architecture results from various combinations of Prl5/GA20ox4 and Pbl6/APO1 alleles (2020, Communications Biology)
  • gw2 mutation increases grain width and culm thickness in rice (Oryza sativa L.) (2020, Breeding Science)
  • Evolutionary alterations in gene expression and enzymatic activities of gibberellin 3-oxidase 1 in Oryza (2022, Communications Biology)
  • Designing rice panicle architecture via developmental regulatory genes (2023, Breeding Science)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hidemi Kitano include Hitoshi Sakakibara, Hiroshi Hashizume, Hiroko Mizuno, Akiko Abe, and Genki Yuasa. These partnerships indicate a collaborative research approach within their scientific community.

The scientist has contributed multiple articles to several key publication venues, notably:

  • Plasma Processes and Polymers (2 publications)
  • Communications Biology (2 publications)
  • Breeding Science (2 publications)
  • Free Radical Research (1 publication)
  • Scientific Reports (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Cytokinin Oxidase Regulates Rice Grain Production

    Motoyuki Ashikari;Hitoshi Sakakibara;Shaoyang Lin;Toshio Yamamoto

  • Green revolution: a mutant gibberellin-synthesis gene in rice.

    A. Sasaki;M. Ashikari;M. Ueguchi-Tanaka;H. Itoh

  • GIBBERELLIN INSENSITIVE DWARF1 encodes a soluble receptor for gibberellin

    Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka;Motoyuki Ashikari;Masatoshi Nakajima;Hironori Itoh

  • OsSPL14 promotes panicle branching and higher grain productivity in rice

    Kotaro Miura;Mayuko Ikeda;Atsushi Matsubara;Xian-Jun Song

  • The ethylene response factors SNORKEL1 and SNORKEL2 allow rice to adapt to deep water.

    Yoko Hattori;Keisuke Nagai;Shizuka Furukawa;Xian Jun Song

  • Loss of function of a rice brassinosteroid insensitive1 homolog prevents internode elongation and bending of the lamina joint.

    Chizuko Yamamuro;Yoshihisa Ihara;Xiong Wu;Takahiro Noguchi

  • An Overview of Gibberellin Metabolism Enzyme Genes and Their Related Mutants in Rice

    Tomoaki Sakamoto;Koutarou Miura;Hironori Itoh;Tomoko Tatsumi

  • slender Rice, a Constitutive Gibberellin Response Mutant, Is Caused by a Null Mutation of the SLR1 Gene, an Ortholog of the Height-Regulating Gene GAI/RGA/RHT/D8

    Akira Ikeda;Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka;Yutaka Sonoda;Hidemi Kitano

  • Erect leaves caused by brassinosteroid deficiency increase biomass production and grain yield in rice.

    Tomoaki Sakamoto;Yoichi Morinaka;Toshiyuki Ohnishi;Hidehiko Sunohara

  • Rice Plant Development: from Zygote to Spikelet

    Jun-Ichi Itoh;Ken-Ichi Nonomura;Kyoko Ikeda;Shinichiro Yamaki

  • The OsTB1 gene negatively regulates lateral branching in rice

    Taito Takeda;Yuko Suwa;Makoto Suzuki;Hidemi Kitano

  • Accumulation of Phosphorylated Repressor for Gibberellin Signaling in an F-box Mutant

    Akie Sasaki;Hironori Itoh;Kenji Gomi;Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka

  • A novel cytochrome P450 is implicated in brassinosteroid biosynthesis via the characterization of a rice dwarf mutant, dwarf11, with reduced seed length.

    Sumiyo Tanabe;Motoyuki Ashikari;Shozo Fujioka;Suguru Takatsuto

  • Genome-wide association study using whole-genome sequencing rapidly identifies new genes influencing agronomic traits in rice

    Kenji Yano;Eiji Yamamoto;Koichiro Aya;Hideyuki Takeuchi

  • A Rice Brassinosteroid-Deficient Mutant, ebisu dwarf (d2), Is Caused by a Loss of Function of a New Member of Cytochrome P450

    Zhi Hong;Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka;Kazuto Umemura;Sakurako Uozu

  • Crown rootless1, Which Is Essential for Crown Root Formation in Rice, Is a Target of an AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR in Auxin Signaling

    Yoshiaki Inukai;Tomoaki Sakamoto;Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka;Yohko Shibata

  • Rice dwarf mutant d1, which is defective in the alpha subunit of the heterotrimeric G protein, affects gibberellin signal transduction.

    Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka;Yukiko Fujisawa;Masatomo Kobayashi;Motoyuki Ashikari

  • Molecular Interactions of a Soluble Gibberellin Receptor, GID1, with a Rice DELLA Protein, SLR1, and Gibberellin

    Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka;Masatoshi Nakajima;Etsuko Katoh;Hiroko Ohmiya

  • Loss-of-function of a rice brassinosteroid biosynthetic enzyme, C-6 oxidase, prevents the organized arrangement and polar elongation of cells in the leaves and stem.

    Zhi Hong;Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka;Sae Shimizu-Sato;Yoshiaki Inukai

  • Morphological Alteration Caused by Brassinosteroid Insensitivity Increases the Biomass and Grain Production of Rice

    Yoichi Morinaka;Tomoaki Sakamoto;Yoshiaki Inukai;Masakazu Agetsuma

Frequent Co-Authors

Motoyuki Ashikari
Motoyuki Ashikari Nagoya University
Yoshiaki Inukai
Yoshiaki Inukai Nagoya University
Yasuo Nagato
Yasuo Nagato University of Tokyo
Hitoshi Sakakibara
Hitoshi Sakakibara Nagoya University
Yutaka Sato
Yutaka Sato National Institute of Genetics
Akira Yamauchi
Akira Yamauchi Nagoya University
Masatomo Kobayashi
Masatomo Kobayashi RIKEN BioResource Research Center
Suguru Takatsuto
Suguru Takatsuto Joetsu University of Education
Gurdev S. Khush
Gurdev S. Khush University of California, Davis

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