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Junko Kyozuka

Junko Kyozuka

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Plant Science and Agronomy
Japan
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
70
Citations
24050
World Ranking
695
National Ranking
19

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • DNA

Her scientific interests lie mostly in Botany, Mutant, Meristem, Shoot and Arabidopsis. The study incorporates disciplines such as Genetically modified rice, Oryza sativa and Cell biology in addition to Botany. Strigolactone is the focus of her Mutant research.

Her work carried out in the field of Strigolactone brings together such families of science as Karrikin and Auxin. Her Meristem research includes themes of Inflorescence and Panicle. She interconnects Regulation of gene expression and Cytokinin in the investigation of issues within Shoot.

Her most cited work include:

  • Inhibition of shoot branching by new terpenoid plant hormones (1342 citations)
  • Over-expression of a single Ca2+-dependent protein kinase confers both cold and salt/drought tolerance on rice plants. (730 citations)
  • Direct control of shoot meristem activity by a cytokinin-activating enzyme. (611 citations)

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

Junko Kyozuka mainly investigates Botany, Mutant, Cell biology, Oryza sativa and Meristem. Her Botany research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Genome, Gene and Genetically modified rice. Her work on Strigolactone as part of general Mutant study is frequently linked to Arbuscular mycorrhiza, bridging the gap between disciplines.

Her Cell biology research incorporates elements of Phenotype, Regulation of gene expression, Cytokinin and Marchantia polymorpha. Her studies in Oryza sativa integrate themes in fields like Transport protein, Plant physiology, Wild type, Messenger RNA and Protoplast. The Meristem study combines topics in areas such as Primordium, Plant genetics, Arabidopsis, Panicle and Inflorescence.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (48.78%)
  • Mutant (39.84%)
  • Cell biology (37.40%)

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

  • Cell biology (37.40%)
  • Mutant (39.84%)
  • Marchantia polymorpha (8.13%)

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

Her primary scientific interests are in Cell biology, Mutant, Marchantia polymorpha, Botany and Strigolactone. Her Cell biology study incorporates themes from Gene, Meristem, Arabidopsis and Cytokinin. Her Gene research integrates issues from Panicle and Agronomy.

Her Mutant research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Plant development, Signal transduction and Computational biology. Her Botany study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Colonization, Oryza sativa, Genome and Oryza longistaminata. The concepts of her Strigolactone study are interwoven with issues in Primordium, Strigolactone biosynthesis and Abscisic acid.

Between 2016 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Insights into Land Plant Evolution Garnered from the Marchantia polymorpha Genome (433 citations)
  • Strigolactone perception and deactivation by a hydrolase receptor DWARF14 (76 citations)
  • Strigolactone perception and deactivation by a hydrolase receptor DWARF14 (76 citations)

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

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • DNA

Junko Kyozuka spends much of her time researching Mutant, Oryza sativa, Cell biology, Botany and Strigolactone. Her studies deal with areas such as Colonization, Carotenoid, Mycelium and Hypha as well as Oryza sativa. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Primordium and Abscisic acid.

Her Botany research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Plant hormone and Biosynthesis. Her Strigolactone research incorporates themes from Cleavage, Hydrolase, Enzyme, Karrikin and Receptor.

Best Publications

  • Inhibition of shoot branching by new terpenoid plant hormones

    Mikihisa Umehara;Atsushi Hanada;Satoko Yoshida;Kohki Akiyama

  • Insights into Land Plant Evolution Garnered from the Marchantia polymorpha Genome

    John L Bowman;Takayuki Kohchi;Katsuyuki T Yamato;Jerry Jenkins

  • Direct control of shoot meristem activity by a cytokinin-activating enzyme.

    Takashi Kurakawa;Nanae Ueda;Masahiko Maekawa;Kaoru Kobayashi

  • Over-expression of a single Ca2+-dependent protein kinase confers both cold and salt/drought tolerance on rice plants.

    Yusuke Saijo;Shingo Hata;Junko Kyozuka;Ko Shimamoto

  • Haemangioblast commitment is initiated in the primitive streak of the mouse embryo.

    Tara L. Huber;Valerie Kouskoff;Valerie Kouskoff;H. Joerg Fehling;James Palis

  • d14, a strigolactone-insensitive mutant of rice, shows an accelerated outgrowth of tillers.

    Tomotsugu Arite;Mikihisa Umehara;Shinji Ishikawa;Atsushi Hanada

  • DWARF10, an RMS1/MAX4/DAD1 ortholog, controls lateral bud outgrowth in rice.

    Tomotsugu Arite;Hirotaka Iwata;Kenji Ohshima;Masahiko Maekawa

  • Suppression of tiller bud activity in tillering dwarf mutants of rice.

    Shinji Ishikawa;Masahiko Maekawa;Tomotsugu Arite;Kazumitsu Onishi

  • Insect Resistant Rice Generated by Introduction of a Modified δ-endotoxin Gene of Bacillus thuringiensis

    Hideya Fujimoto;Kimiko Itoh;Mikihiro Yamamoto;Junko Kyozuka

  • Low-affinity cation transporter (OsLCT1) regulates cadmium transport into rice grains

    Shimpei Uraguchi;Takehiro Kamiya;Takuya Sakamoto;Koji Kasai

  • LAX and SPA: major regulators of shoot branching in rice.

    Keishi Komatsu;Masahiko Maekawa;Shin Ujiie;Yuzuki Satake

  • FRIZZY PANICLE is required to prevent the formation of axillary meristems and to establish floral meristem identity in rice spikelets.

    Mai Komatsu;Atsushi Chujo;Yasuo Nagato;Ko Shimamoto

  • Overexpression of RCN1 and RCN2, rice TERMINAL FLOWER 1/CENTRORADIALIS homologs, confers delay of phase transition and altered panicle morphology in rice.

    Mayu Nakagawa;Ko Shimamoto;Junko Kyozuka

  • The role of barren stalk1 in the architecture of maize

    Andrea Gallavotti;Qiong Zhao;Junko Kyozuka;Robert B. Meeley

  • High frequency plant regeneration from rice protoplasts by novel nurse culture methods

    Junko Kyozuka;Yasuyuki Hayashi;Ko Shimamoto

  • FINE CULM1 (FC1) Works Downstream of Strigolactones to Inhibit the Outgrowth of Axillary Buds in Rice

    Kosuke Minakuchi;Hiromu Kameoka;Naoko Yasuno;Mikihisa Umehara

  • Inflorescence Meristem Identity in Rice Is Specified by Overlapping Functions of Three AP1/FUL-Like MADS Box Genes and PAP2, a SEPALLATA MADS Box Gene

    Kaoru Kobayashi;Naoko Yasuno;Yutaka Sato;Masahiro Yoda

  • Rice ABERRANT PANICLE ORGANIZATION 1, encoding an F‐box protein, regulates meristem fate

    Kyoko Ikeda;Momoyo Ito;Nobuhiro Nagasawa;Nobuhiro Nagasawa;Junko Kyozuka

  • TAWAWA1, a regulator of rice inflorescence architecture, functions through the suppression of meristem phase transition

    Akiko Yoshida;Masafumi Sasao;Naoko Yasuno;Kyoko Takagi

  • Structures of D14 and D14L in the strigolactone and karrikin signaling pathways

    Megumi Kagiyama;Yoshinori Hirano;Tomoyuki Mori;Sun Yong Kim

  • Short panicle1 encodes a putative PTR family transporter and determines rice panicle size

    Shengben Li;Qian Qian;Zhiming Fu;Dali Zeng

  • Processing followed by complete editing of an altered mitochondrial atp6 RNA restores fertility of cytoplasmic male sterile rice.

    M. Iwabuchi;J. Kyozuka;K. Shimamoto

  • LAX PANICLE2 of rice encodes a novel nuclear protein and regulates the formation of axillary meristems.

    Hiroaki Tabuchi;Yu Zhang;Susumu Hattori;Minami Omae

Frequent Co-Authors

Ko Shimamoto
Ko Shimamoto Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Shinjiro Yamaguchi
Shinjiro Yamaguchi Kyoto University
Kimitsune Ishizaki
Kimitsune Ishizaki Kobe University
Takayuki Kohchi
Takayuki Kohchi Kyoto University
Ryuichi Nishihama
Ryuichi Nishihama Tokyo University of Science
Yoshiaki Nagamura
Yoshiaki Nagamura National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
Hitoshi Sakakibara
Hitoshi Sakakibara Nagoya University
Liam Dolan
Liam Dolan Austrian Academy of Sciences
Yasukazu Nakamura
Yasukazu Nakamura National Institute of Genetics

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