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D-Index
66
Citations
14144
World Ranking
884
National Ranking
23

Hiroshi Ezura publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hiroshi Ezura sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 319 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Hiroshi Ezura D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hiroshi Ezura sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 66 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hiroshi Ezura is affiliated with the University of Tsukuba in Japan, focusing on research within agricultural and biological sciences, particularly plant science and molecular biology. Their publication record includes significant contributions to topics such as plant molecular biology research, CRISPR and genetic engineering, and plant virus research studies.

Their research spans several subfields including plant science, molecular biology, biotechnology, insect science, and horticulture. The main areas of study highlight work in plant reproductive biology, postharvest quality and shelf life management, transgenic plants and their applications, as well as plant stress responses and tolerance.

Ezura has frequently published in a range of scientific journals, with a notable number of publications appearing in Frontiers in Plant Science, Plant Biotechnology, and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Other recurrent venues include Plant Physiology and Biochemistry and Frontiers in Genome Editing.

Among recent papers associated with Ezura's work are:

  • "Challenges and Prospects of New Plant Breeding Techniques for GABA Improvement in Crops: Tomato as an Example" (2020), Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Transient protein expression systems in plants and their applications" (2021), Plant Biotechnology
  • "Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms Conferring Heat Stress Tolerance in Tomato Plants" (2021), Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Fruit setting rewires central metabolism via gibberellin cascades" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Comparative genomics of muskmelon reveals a potential role for retrotransposons in the modification of gene expression" (2020), Communications Biology

Collaborations include frequent co-authorship with researchers such as Tohru Ariizumi, Syariful Mubarok, Satoko Nonaka, Kenji Miura, and Christophe Rothan. These collaborations reflect diverse intersections within plant biology and biotechnology research.

Best Publications

  • Targeted base editing in rice and tomato using a CRISPR-Cas9 cytidine deaminase fusion

    Zenpei Shimatani;Sachiko Kashojiya;Mariko Takayama;Rie Terada

  • A Highly Efficient Transformation Protocol for Micro-Tom, a Model Cultivar for Tomato Functional Genomics

    Hyeon-Jin Sun;Sayaka Uchii;Shin Watanabe;Hiroshi Ezura

  • Efficient increase of ɣ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content in tomato fruits by targeted mutagenesis

    Satoko Nonaka;Chikako Arai;Mariko Takayama;Chiaki Matsukura

  • Rapid breeding of parthenocarpic tomato plants using CRISPR/Cas9

    Risa Ueta;Chihiro Abe;Takahito Watanabe;Shigeo S. Sugano

  • TOMATOMA : A Novel Tomato Mutant Database Distributing Micro-Tom Mutant Collections

    Takeshi Saito;Tohru Ariizumi;Yoshihiro Okabe;Erika Asamizu

  • Salinity induces carbohydrate accumulation and sugar-regulated starch biosynthetic genes in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L. cv. ‘Micro-Tom’) fruits in an ABA- and osmotic stress-independent manner

    Yong-Gen Yin;Yoshie Kobayashi;Atsuko Sanuki;Satoru Kondo

  • Biochemical mechanism on GABA accumulation during fruit development in tomato.

    Takashi Akihiro;Satoshi Koike;Ryoji Tani;Takehiro Tominaga

  • Large-scale analysis of full-length cDNAs from the tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) cultivar Micro-Tom, a reference system for the Solanaceae genomics

    Koh Aoki;Kentaro Yano;Ayako Suzuki;Shingo Kawamura

  • Tomato TILLING Technology: Development of a Reverse Genetics Tool for the Efficient Isolation of Mutants from Micro-Tom Mutant Libraries

    Yoshihiro Okabe;Erika Asamizu;Takeshi Saito;Chiaki Matsukura

  • Improvement of the transient expression system for production of recombinant proteins in plants.

    Tsuyoshi Yamamoto;Ken Hoshikawa;Kentaro Ezura;Risa Okazawa

  • Stage- and tissue-specific expression of ethylene receptor homolog genes during fruit development in muskmelon.

    Kumi Sato-Nara;Ken-Ichi Yuhashi;Katsumi Higashi;Kazushige Hosoya

  • Ethylene suppresses tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit set through modification of gibberellin metabolism

    Yoshihito Shinozaki;Shuhei Hao;Mikiko Kojima;Hitoshi Sakakibara

  • Effects of ethylene precursor and inhibitors for ethylene biosynthesis and perception on nodulation in Lotus japonicus and Macroptilium atropurpureum.

    Noriyuki Nukui;Hiroshi Ezura;Ken Ichi Yuhashi;Tsuyoshi Yasuta

  • Functional expression of the taste-modifying protein, miraculin, in transgenic lettuce

    Hyeon-Jin Sun;Min-long Cui;Biao Ma;Hiroshi Ezura

  • Profiling of melatonin in the model tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) cultivar Micro-Tom.

    Masateru Okazaki;Hiroshi Ezura

  • Rhizobitoxine Production by Bradyrhizobium elkanii Enhances Nodulation and Competitiveness on Macroptilium atropurpureum

    Ken Ichi Yuhashi;Norikazu Ichikawa;Hiroshi Ezura;Shoichiro Akao

  • Identification of the carotenoid modifying gene PALE YELLOW PETAL 1 as an essential factor in xanthophyll esterification and yellow flower pigmentation in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

    Tohru Ariizumi;Sanae Kishimoto;Ryo Kakami;Takashi Maoka

  • Jasmonate-responsive ERF transcription factors regulate steroidal glycoalkaloid biosynthesis in tomato.

    Chonprakun Thagun;Shunsuke Imanishi;Toru Kudo;Ryo Nakabayashi

  • Directional blue light irradiation triggers epidermal cell elongation of abaxial side resulting in inhibition of leaf epinasty in geranium under red light condition

    Naoya Fukuda;Mitsuko Fujita;Yoshitaka Ohta;Sadanori Sase

  • How and why does tomato accumulate a large amount of GABA in the fruit

    Mariko Takayama;Hiroshi Ezura

  • Efficient plant regeneration via organogenesis in winter squash (Cucurbita maxima Duch.)

    Young Koung Lee;Young Koung Lee;Won Il Chung;Hiroshi Ezura

  • Histological analysis of fruit development between two melon (Cucumis melo L. reticulatus) genotypes setting a different size of fruit

    Katsumi Higashi;Kazushige Hosoya;Hiroshi Ezura

Frequent Co-Authors

Kiwamu Minamisawa
Kiwamu Minamisawa Tohoku University
Erika Asamizu
Erika Asamizu University of Tsukuba
Hiroshi Kamada
Hiroshi Kamada University of Tsukuba
Christophe Rothan
Christophe Rothan University of Bordeaux
Koh Aoki
Koh Aoki Osaka Metropolitan University
Miyako Kusano
Miyako Kusano University of Tsukuba
Tatsuhito Fujimura
Tatsuhito Fujimura University of Tsukuba
Daisuke Shibata
Daisuke Shibata Kyoto University
Kenta Shirasawa
Kenta Shirasawa Tohoku University
Hitoshi Sakakibara
Hitoshi Sakakibara Nagoya University

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