Makoto Takano

Makoto Takano publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Makoto Takano 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 Makoto Takano sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• The Phototropin Family of Photoreceptors

  W.R. Briggs;C.F. Beck;A.R. Cashmore;J.M. Christie

  441
  Citations

• Distinct and Cooperative Functions of Phytochromes A, B, and C in the Control of Deetiolation and Flowering in Rice

  Makoto Takano;Noritoshi Inagaki;Xianzhi Xie;Natsu Yuzurihara

  436
  Citations

• Photochemical properties of the flavin mononucleotide-binding domains of the phototropins from Arabidopsis, rice, and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

  Masahiro Kasahara;Trevor E. Swartz;Margaret A. Olney;Akihiko Onodera

  373
  Citations

• Identification of rice Allene Oxide Cyclase mutants and the function of jasmonate for defence against Magnaporthe oryzae

  Michael Riemann;Ken Haga;Takafumi Shimizu;Kazunori Okada

  279
  Citations

• Isolation and Characterization of Rice Phytochrome A Mutants

  Makoto Takano;Hiromi Kanegae;Tomoko Shinomura;Akio Miyao

  247
  Citations

• Rice perception of symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi requires the karrikin receptor complex

  Caroline Gutjahr;Caroline Gutjahr;Enrico Gobbato;Jeongmin Choi;Michael Riemann

  238
  Citations

• Cell wall invertase in developing rice caryopsis: molecular cloning of OsCIN1 and analysis of its expression in relation to its role in grain filling.

  Unknown

  210
  Citations

• Rice SPK, a Calmodulin-Like Domain Protein Kinase, Is Required for Storage Product Accumulation during Seed Development: Phosphorylation of Sucrose Synthase Is a Possible Factor

  Takayuki Asano;Noriko Kunieda;Yuhi Omura;Hirokazu Ibe

  202
  Citations

• Phytochrome B regulates Heading date 1 (Hd1)-mediated expression of rice florigen Hd3a and critical day length in rice.

  Ryo Ishikawa;Mayumi Aoki;Ken-ichi Kurotani;Ken-ichi Kurotani;Shuji Yokoi;Shuji Yokoi

  202
  Citations

• Suppression of the floral activator Hd3a is the principal cause of the night break effect in rice.

  Ryo Ishikawa;Shojiro Tamaki;Shuji Yokoi;Noritoshi Inagaki

  191
  Citations

• The structures of integration sites in transgenic rice

  Unknown

  184
  Citations

• Ectopic Overexpression of The Transcription Factor OsGLK1 Induces Chloroplast Development in Non-Green Rice Cells

  Hidemitsu Nakamura;Masayuki Muramatsu;Makoto Hakata;Osamu Ueno

  179
  Citations

• Phytochromes are the sole photoreceptors for perceiving red/far-red light in rice

  Unknown

  177
  Citations

• Phytochromes Regulate SA and JA Signaling Pathways in Rice and Are Required for Developmentally Controlled Resistance to Magnaporthe grisea

  Unknown

  174
  Citations

• The Rice COLEOPTILE PHOTOTROPISM1 Gene Encoding an Ortholog of Arabidopsis NPH3 Is Required for Phototropism of Coleoptiles and Lateral Translocation of Auxin

  Unknown

  172
  Citations

• The role of the sucrose transporter, OsSUT1, in germination and early seedling growth and development of rice plants

  Graham N. Scofield;Naohiro Aoki;Tatsuro Hirose;Makoto Takano

  170
  Citations

• Molecular Dissection of the Roles of Phytochrome in Photoperiodic Flowering in Rice

  Asami Osugi;Hironori Itoh;Kyoko Ikeda-Kawakatsu;Makoto Takano

  152
  Citations

• Rice JASMONATE RESISTANT 1 is involved in phytochrome and jasmonate signalling.

  Unknown

  142
  Citations

• Involvement of rice cryptochromes in de-etiolation responses and flowering.

  Unknown

  126
  Citations

• Expression of three members of the calcium-dependent protein kinase gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana.

  Yan Hong;Makoto Takano;Chun-Ming Liu;Alexander Gasch

  113
  Citations