Ken Komatsu

Ken Komatsu 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 Ken Komatsu sits on this spectrum.

Ken Komatsu 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 Ken Komatsu sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• A unique virulence factor for proliferation and dwarfism in plants identified from a phytopathogenic bacterium

  Ayaka Hoshi;Kenro Oshima;Shigeyuki Kakizawa;Yoshiko Ishii

  383
  Citations

• Lectin-Mediated Resistance Impairs Plant Virus Infection at the Cellular Level

  Yasuyuki Yamaji;Kensaku Maejima;Ken Komatsu;Takuya Shiraishi

  170
  Citations

• An Epidemic of Coccidioidomycosis in Arizona Associated with Climatic Changes, 1998-2001

  Benjamin J Park;Keith Sigel;Victorio Vaz;Ken Komatsu

  167
  Citations

• Recognition of floral homeotic MADS domain transcription factors by a phytoplasmal effector, phyllogen, induces phyllody

  Kensaku Maejima;Ryo Iwai;Misako Himeno;Ken Komatsu

  154
  Citations

• Viral-induced systemic necrosis in plants involves both programmed cell death and the inhibition of viral multiplication, which are regulated by independent pathways.

  Ken Komatsu;Masayoshi Hashimoto;Johji Ozeki;Yasuyuki Yamaji

  152
  Citations

• The phytoplasmal virulence factor TENGU causes plant sterility by downregulating of the jasmonic acid and auxin pathways

  Nami Minato;Misako Himeno;Ayaka Hoshi;Kensaku Maejima

  139
  Citations

• Molecular characterization of a novel mycovirus in Alternaria alternata manifesting two-sided effects: Down-regulation of host growth and up-regulation of host plant pathogenicity.

  Ryo Okada;Shun Ichinose;Kana Takeshita;Syun-ichi Urayama

  110
  Citations

• The alteration of plant morphology by small peptides released from the proteolytic processing of the bacterial peptide TENGU

  Kyoko Sugawara;Youhei Honma;Ken Komatsu;Misako Himeno

  109
  Citations

• Variability in the level of RNA silencing suppression caused by triple gene block protein 1 (TGBp1) from various potexviruses during infection

  Hiroko Senshu;Johji Ozeki;Ken Komatsu;Masayoshi Hashimoto

  99
  Citations

• In Planta Recognition of a Double-Stranded RNA Synthesis Protein Complex by a Potexviral RNA Silencing Suppressor

  Yukari Okano;Hiroko Senshu;Masayoshi Hashimoto;Yutaro Neriya

  93
  Citations

• A single amino acid in the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of Plantago asiatica mosaic virus contributes to systemic necrosis

  J. Ozeki;S. Takahashi;K. Komatsu;S. Kagiwada

  74
  Citations

• Significance of eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1A in tobacco mosaic virus infection

  Yasuyuki Yamaji;Keitaro Sakurai;Koji Hamada;Ken Komatsu

  74
  Citations

• A pair of effectors encoded on a conditionally dispensable chromosome of Fusarium oxysporum suppress host-specific immunity.

  Yu Ayukawa;Shuta Asai;Pamela Gan;Ayako Tsushima

  57
  Citations

• Chrysoviruses in Magnaporthe oryzae

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  50
  Citations

• Efficient foreign gene expression in planta using a plantago asiatica mosaic virus-based vector achieved by the strong RNA-silencing suppressor activity of TGBp1

  Nami Minato;Ken Komatsu;Yukari Okano;Kensaku Maejima

  42
  Citations

• A necrosis-inducing elicitor domain encoded by both symptomatic and asymptomatic Plantago asiatica mosaic virus isolates, whose expression is modulated by virus replication.

  Ken Komatsu;Masayoshi Hashimoto;Kensaku Maejima;Takuya Shiraishi

  41
  Citations

• Novel loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay with a universal QProbe can detect SNPs determining races in plant pathogenic fungi.

  Yu Ayukawa;Saeri Hanyuda;Naoko Fujita;Ken Komatsu

  39
  Citations

• New detection systems of bacteria using highly selective media designed by SMART: selective medium-design algorithm restricted by two constraints.

  Takeshi Kawanishi;Takuya Shiraishi;Yukari Okano;Kyoko Sugawara

  38
  Citations

• Fig mosaic emaravirus p4 protein is involved in cell-to-cell movement.

  Kazuya Ishikawa;Kensaku Maejima;Ken Komatsu;Osamu Netsu

  36
  Citations

• Nucleotide sequence analysis of seven Japanese isolates of Plantago asiatica mosaic virus (PlAMV): a unique potexvirus with significantly high genomic and biological variability within the species

  K. Komatsu;Y. Yamaji;J. Ozeki;M. Hashimoto

  35
  Citations