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Masahiro Mii

Masahiro Mii

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
51
Citations
7517
World Ranking
2073
National Ranking
73

Masahiro Mii 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 Masahiro Mii sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 262 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Masahiro Mii 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 Masahiro Mii sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Gene
  • Horticulture

Masahiro Mii mainly focuses on Botany, Agrobacterium, Callus, Shoot and Transformation. His Botany research includes elements of Micropropagation, Murashige and Skoog medium, Explant culture and Horticulture. Masahiro Mii has included themes like Root nodule, Arachis hypogaea, Arachis, Root hair and Root system in his Agrobacterium study.

Masahiro Mii interconnects Phalaenopsis, Biochemistry and Somatic embryogenesis in the investigation of issues within Callus. His research in Shoot intersects with topics in Interspecific competition, Carnation, Dianthus japonicus, Ploidy and Cytokinin. Masahiro Mii works mostly in the field of Transformation, limiting it down to concerns involving Rhizobiaceae and, occasionally, Genetically modified crops, Ipomoea, Apical dominance, Gravitropism and Cultivar.

His most cited work include:

  • Micropropagation of Phalaenopsis and Doritaenopsis by culturing shoot tips of flower stalk buds. (162 citations)
  • Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of a phalaenopsis orchid. (114 citations)
  • INDUCTION OF EMBRYOGENIC CALLUS AND CELL SUSPENSION CULTURE FROM SHOOT TIPS EXCISED FROM FLOWER STALK BUDS OF PHALAENOPSIS (ORCHIDACEAE) (76 citations)

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

His primary scientific interests are in Botany, Shoot, Murashige and Skoog medium, Transformation and Agrobacterium. The Botany study combines topics in areas such as Micropropagation, Explant culture and Ploidy. His work deals with themes such as Kinetin, Acclimatization and Cytokinin, which intersect with Shoot.

His Murashige and Skoog medium study incorporates themes from Picloram, Zeatin, Gibberellic acid and Regeneration. Masahiro Mii has researched Transformation in several fields, including Bialaphos and Microbiology. The various areas that he examines in his Agrobacterium study include Inoculation, Phalaenopsis, Beta-glucuronidase, Gene expression and Rhizobiaceae.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (78.99%)
  • Shoot (23.11%)
  • Murashige and Skoog medium (21.01%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2009-2021)?

  • Botany (78.99%)
  • Transformation (18.91%)
  • Murashige and Skoog medium (21.01%)

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

His scientific interests lie mostly in Botany, Transformation, Murashige and Skoog medium, Genetically modified crops and Agrobacterium tumefaciens. His Botany research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Explant culture, Molecular biology and Ploidy. His Transformation research includes themes of Dendrobium, Southern blot, Gene expression and Cattleya.

His Murashige and Skoog medium course of study focuses on Gibberellic acid and Plantlet. He usually deals with Agrobacterium tumefaciens and limits it to topics linked to Agrobacterium and Inoculation. His Shoot study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Micropropagation, Dahlia and Callus.

Between 2009 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Overexpression of farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase ( FPS ) gene affected artemisinin content and growth of Artemisia annua L. (76 citations)
  • Enhancement of artemisinin content and biomass in Artemisia annua by exogenous GA3 treatment (57 citations)
  • Stable integration and expression of wasabi defensin gene in “Egusi” melon (Colocynthis citrullus L.) confers resistance to Fusarium wilt and Alternaria leaf spot (52 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Gene
  • Horticulture

Masahiro Mii mainly investigates Botany, Transformation, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Transgene and Genetically modified crops. His Botany research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Ploidy and Horticulture. His work focuses on many connections between Transformation and other disciplines, such as Southern blot, that overlap with his field of interest in Microbiology.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Murashige and Skoog medium, Agrobacterium, Transformation efficiency, Molecular biology and Beta-glucuronidase in addition to Agrobacterium tumefaciens. His research integrates issues of Virology, Gene expression and Callus in his study of Agrobacterium. Bacteria is closely connected to Plant disease resistance in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Genetically modified crops.

Best Publications

  • Micropropagation of Phalaenopsis and Doritaenopsis by culturing shoot tips of flower stalk buds.

    Ken Tokuhara;Masahiro Mii

  • Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of a phalaenopsis orchid.

    M. M. Belarmino;M. Mii

  • Cryopreservation of zygotic embryos of a Japanese terrestrial orchid (Bletilla striata) by vitrification.

    K. Ishikawa;K. Harata;M. Mii;A. Sakai

  • Overexpression of farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase ( FPS ) gene affected artemisinin content and growth of Artemisia annua L.

    Waleerat Banyai;Waleerat Banyai;Chalermpol Kirdmanee;Masahiro Mii;Kanyaratt Supaibulwatana

  • INDUCTION OF EMBRYOGENIC CALLUS AND CELL SUSPENSION CULTURE FROM SHOOT TIPS EXCISED FROM FLOWER STALK BUDS OF PHALAENOPSIS (ORCHIDACEAE)

    Ken Tokuhara;Masahiro Mii

  • Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Phalaenopsis by targeting protocorms at an early stage after germination

    Kei-ichiro Mishiba;Dong Poh Chin;Masahiro Mii

  • Regeneration of transgenic plants of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) via Agrobacterium rhizogenesmediated transformation of embryogenic calli

    M. Nakano;Y. Hoshino;M. Mii

  • Nuclear DNA Content as an Index Character Discriminating Taxa in the Genus Petunia sensu Jussieu (Solanaceae)

    Kei-Ichiro Mishiba;Toshio Ando;Masahiro Mii;Hitoshi Watanabe

  • Cryopreservation of immature seeds of Bletilla striata by vitrification

    T. Hirano;T. Godo;M. Mii;K. Ishikawa

  • Stimulatory effects of sodium and calcium hypochlorite, pre‐chilling and cytokinins on the germination of Cypripedium macranthos seed in vitro

    Kazumitsu Miyoshi;Masahiro Mii

  • Polysomaty analysis in diploid and tetraploid Portulaca grandiflora

    Kei-ichiro Mishiba;Masahiro Mii

  • Plant defensins: types, mechanism of action and prospects of genetic engineering for enhanced disease resistance in plants.

    Raham Sher Khan;Aneela Iqbal;Radia Malak;Kashmala Shehryar

  • Production of transgenic plants of the Liliaceous ornamental plant Agapanthus praecox ssp. orientalis (Leighton) Leighton via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of embryogenic calli

    Sakae Suzuki;Kanyaratt Supaibulwatana;Masahiro Mii;Masaru Nakano

  • Enhancement of artemisinin content and biomass in Artemisia annua by exogenous GA3 treatment

    Waleerat Banyai;Waleerat Banyai;Masahiro Mii;Kanyaratt Supaibulwatana

  • Transformation of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) plants by Agrobacterium rhizogenes

    Motoyasu Otani;Masahiro Mii;Takashi Handa;Hiroshi Kamada

  • Ultrasonic treatment for enhancing seed germination of terrestrial orchid, Calanthe discolor, in asymbiotic culture

    Kazumitsu Miyoshi;Masahiro Mii

  • Stable integration and expression of wasabi defensin gene in “Egusi” melon (Colocynthis citrullus L.) confers resistance to Fusarium wilt and Alternaria leaf spot

    Valentine Otang Ntui;Gunaratnam Thirukkumaran;Pejman Azadi;Raham Sher Khan

  • HIGHLY-EFFICIENT SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS FROM CELL SUSPENSION CULTURES OF PHALAENOPSIS ORCHIDS BY ADJUSTING CARBOHYDRATE SOURCES

    Ken Tokuhara;Masahiro Mii

  • Macro elements in inoculation and co-cultivation medium strongly affect the efficiency of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation in Lilium

    Pejman Azadi;Dong Poh Chin;Kiyo Kuroda;Raham Sher Khan

  • Cryopreservation and low-temperature storage of seeds of Phaius tankervilleae.

    Tomonari Hirano;Tomonari Hirano;Toshinari Godo;Kazumitsu Miyoshi;Keiko Ishikawa

  • Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from immature seed-derived calli of rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa Thunb.)

    Hisato Kunitake;Hideo Imamizo;Masahiro Mii

  • Antibiotics Stimulate Somatic Embryogenesis without Plant Growth in Several Dianthus Cultivars

    Masaru Nakano;Masahiro Mii

  • Bialaphos stimulates shoot regeneration from hairy roots of snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus L.) transformed by Agrobacterium rhizogenes.

    Y. Hoshino;M. Mii

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry C. Fowke
Larry C. Fowke University of Saskatchewan
Hidemi Kitano
Hidemi Kitano Nagoya University
Norihiko Misawa
Norihiko Misawa Ishikawa Prefectural University
Jorunn E. Olsen
Jorunn E. Olsen Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Praveen K. Saxena
Praveen K. Saxena University of Guelph
Ismail Turkan
Ismail Turkan Ege University
Tomohisa Yukawa
Tomohisa Yukawa National Museum of Nature and Science
Keiji Takabe
Keiji Takabe Kyoto University
Daisuke Shibata
Daisuke Shibata Kyoto University
Jun Kikuchi
Jun Kikuchi Yokohama City University

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