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Koh Iba is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in plant science and molecular biology. The primary research focus lies in agricultural and biological sciences with a substantial number of publications addressing various aspects of plant physiology and molecular mechanisms.

The main fields of study for Koh Iba include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of study encompass:

  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Biochemistry
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

The topics covered in their work include:

  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2

Koh Iba's recent papers reflect these interests and include:

  • Increased stomatal conductance induces rapid changes to photosynthetic rate in response to naturally fluctuating light conditions in rice, 2020, Plant Cell & Environment
  • Improved stomatal opening enhances photosynthetic rate and biomass production in fluctuating light, 2020, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Enhanced NRT1.1/NPF6.3 expression in shoots improves growth under nitrogen deficiency stress in Arabidopsis, 2021, Communications Biology
  • Regulation of ppGpp Synthesis and Its Impact on Chloroplast Biogenesis during Early Leaf Development in Rice, 2022, Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Cuticle permeability is an important parameter for the trade-off strategy between drought tolerance and CO2 uptake in land plants, 2021, Plant Signaling & Behavior

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • The Plant Journal
  • CYTOLOGIA
  • Plant Cell & Environment
  • Journal of Experimental Botany

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Juntaro Negi
  • Atsushi Mabuchi
  • Keina Monda
  • Takumi Higaki
  • Wataru Yamori

Best Publications

  • ACCLIMATIVE RESPONSE TO TEMPERATURE STRESS IN HIGHER PLANTS: Approaches of Gene Engineering for Temperature Tolerance

    Koh Iba

  • CO2 regulator SLAC1 and its homologues are essential for anion homeostasis in plant cells

    Juntaro Negi;Osamu Matsuda;Takashi Nagasawa;Yasuhiro Oba

  • Trienoic Fatty Acids and Plant Tolerance of High Temperature

    Yuuki Murakami;Michito Tsuyama;Yoshichika Kobayashi;Hiroaki Kodama;Hiroaki Kodama

  • Regulation of Rice NADPH Oxidase by Binding of Rac GTPase to Its N-Terminal Extension

    Hann Ling Wong;Reinhard Pinontoan;Kokoro Hayashi;Ryo Tabata

  • Reconstitution of abscisic acid activation of SLAC1 anion channel by CPK6 and OST1 kinases and branched ABI1 PP2C phosphatase action.

    Benjamin Brandt;Dennis E. Brodsky;Shaowu Xue;Juntaro Negi

  • Cloning of a temperature-regulated gene encoding a chloroplast omega-3 desaturase from Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Susan Gibson;Vincent Arondel;Koh Iba;Chris Somerville

  • Genetic Enhancement of Cold Tolerance by Expression of a Gene for Chloroplast [omega]-3 Fatty Acid Desaturase in Transgenic Tobacco.

    Hiroaki Kodama;Tatsurou Hamada;Gorou Horiguchi;Mitsuo Nishimura

  • Arabidopsis HT1 kinase controls stomatal movements in response to CO2.

    Mimi Hashimoto;Juntaro Negi;Jared Young;Maria Israelsson

  • A gene encoding a chloroplast omega-3 fatty acid desaturase complements alterations in fatty acid desaturation and chloroplast copy number of the fad7 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Koh Iba;S. Gibson;T. Nishiuchi;T. Fuse

  • CO2 Sensing and CO2 Regulation of Stomatal Conductance: Advances and Open Questions

    Mimi Hashimoto-Sugimoto;Juntaro Negi;Maria Israelsson-Nordström

  • Rice virescent3 and stripe1 encoding the large and small subunits of ribonucleotide reductase are required for chloroplast biogenesis during early leaf development.

    Soo Cheul Yoo;Sung Hwan Cho;Hiroki Sugimoto;Jinjie Li

  • Two maize genes encoding omega-3 fatty acid desaturase and their differential expression to temperature

    Thomas Berberich;Mariko Harada;Kazuyuki Sugawara;Hiroaki Kodama

  • Fatty Acid Desaturation during Chilling Acclimation Is One of the Factors Involved in Conferring Low-Temperature Tolerance to Young Tobacco Leaves

    Hiroaki Kodama;Gorou Horiguchi;Takumi Nishiuchi;Mitsuo Nishimura

  • Guard cell ABA and CO2 signaling network updates and Ca2+ sensor priming hypothesis.

    Maria Israelsson;Robert S Siegel;Jared Young;Mimi Hashimoto

  • Increased leaf photosynthesis caused by elevated stomatal conductance in a rice mutant deficient in SLAC1, a guard cell anion channel protein

    Kensuke Kusumi;Shoko Hirotsuka;Toshiharu Kumamaru;Koh Iba

  • Role of chloroplast trienoic fatty acids in plant disease defense responses.

    Takashi Yaeno;Osamu Matsuda;Koh Iba

  • A Dof Transcription Factor, SCAP1, Is Essential for the Development of Functional Stomata in Arabidopsis

    Juntaro Negi;Kosuke Moriwaki;Mineko Konishi;Ryusuke Yokoyama

  • The rice nuclear gene, VIRESCENT 2, is essential for chloroplast development and encodes a novel type of guanylate kinase targeted to plastids and mitochondria.

    Hiroki Sugimoto;Kensuke Kusumi;Ko Noguchi;Masahiro Yano

  • The virescent-2 mutation inhibits translation of plastid transcripts for the plastid genetic system at an early stage of chloroplast differentiation.

    Hiroki Sugimoto;Kensuke Kusumi;Yuzuru Tozawa;Junshi Yazaki

  • A Temperature-sensitive Mechanism That Regulates Post-translational Stability of a Plastidial ω-3 Fatty Acid Desaturase (FAD8) in Arabidopsis Leaf Tissues

    Osamu Matsuda;Hikaru Sakamoto;Tadafumi Hashimoto;Koh Iba

Frequent Co-Authors

Takumi Nishiuchi
Takumi Nishiuchi Kanazawa University
Julian I. Schroeder
Julian I. Schroeder University of California, San Diego
Shuichi Yanagisawa
Shuichi Yanagisawa University of Tokyo
Hikaru Satoh
Hikaru Satoh Kyushu University
Shigemi Seo
Shigemi Seo Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
Shoshi Kikuchi
Shoshi Kikuchi National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Wataru Yamori
Wataru Yamori University of Tokyo
Seiichiro Hasezawa
Seiichiro Hasezawa University of Tokyo
Takuji Sasaki
Takuji Sasaki Tokyo University of Agriculture
Tomonobu Kusano
Tomonobu Kusano Tohoku University

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