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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
45
Citations
6757
World Ranking
2891
National Ranking
99

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Gene

His main research concerns Botany, Xylem, Cambium, Tracheid and Anatomy. His work on Kalopanax, Growing season and Japonica as part of general Botany study is frequently linked to Water transport and Cavitation, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science. His Xylem research integrates issues from Fiber, Secondary ion mass spectrometry, Maple and Deciduous.

His Cambium research incorporates elements of Hardwood, Dormancy, Late winter and Abies sachalinensis. His studies deal with areas such as Ultrastructure, Biophysics, Microtubule and Cell wall as well as Tracheid. His research investigates the connection with Biophysics and areas like Parenchyma which intersect with concerns in Programmed cell death.

His most cited work include:

  • Regulation of cambial activity in relation to environmental conditions: understanding the role of temperature in wood formation of trees (151 citations)
  • Relationships between cambial activity, cell differentiation and the localization of starch in storage tissues around the cambium in locally heated stems of Abies sachalinensis (Schmidt) Masters (137 citations)
  • Xyloglucan Endo-transglycosylase (XET) Functions in Gelatinous Layers of Tension Wood Fibers in Poplar—A Glimpse into the Mechanism of the Balancing Act of Trees (136 citations)

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

Botany, Xylem, Cambium, Cell wall and Tracheid are his primary areas of study. His Botany study frequently involves adjacent topics like Horticulture. The Xylem study combines topics in areas such as Starch, Anatomy, Phloem, Dormancy and Parenchyma.

His Cambium research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Hardwood and Evergreen. His research integrates issues of Cellulose, Biophysics and Lignin in his study of Cell wall. Ryo Funada interconnects Ultrastructure and Abies sachalinensis in the investigation of issues within Tracheid.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (65.33%)
  • Xylem (46.73%)
  • Cambium (25.63%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?

  • Xylem (46.73%)
  • Botany (65.33%)
  • Cambium (25.63%)

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

Ryo Funada spends much of his time researching Xylem, Botany, Cambium, Tracheid and Cell wall. His Xylem research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Temperate climate, Starch, Woody plant, Dormancy and Programmed cell death. His study in Plant physiology, Deciduous, Bud growth, Cryptomeria and Japonica is carried out as part of his studies in Botany.

His Cambium research includes themes of Chamaecyparis pisifera, Phloem, Evergreen and Auxin. His work investigates the relationship between Tracheid and topics such as Chamaecyparis that intersect with problems in Cell morphology and Hydraulic conductivity. Ryo Funada has included themes like Diospyros kaki, Biophysics, Callus, Lignin and Intracellular in his Cell wall study.

Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • EARLYWOOD VESSELS IN RING-POROUS TREES BECOME FUNCTIONAL FOR WATER TRANSPORT AFTER BUD BURST AND BEFORE THE MATURATION OF THE CURRENT-YEAR LEAVES (44 citations)
  • Increased lodging resistance in long-culm, low-lignin gh2 rice for improved feed and bioenergy production (41 citations)
  • The effects of localized heating and disbudding on cambial reactivation and formation of earlywood vessels in seedlings of the deciduous ring-porous hardwood, Quercus serrata (33 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Gene

Ryo Funada mainly focuses on Botany, Xylem, Dormancy, Tracheid and Deciduous. His work in the fields of Cambium overlaps with other areas such as Water transport. His research in Cambium intersects with topics in Chamaecyparis pisifera, Chamaecyparis, Cell morphology, Phloem and Evergreen.

His Dormancy study combines topics in areas such as Secondary cell wall, Cryptomeria, Cell division and Starch. His studies link Cellulose with Tracheid. His work in Deciduous covers topics such as Quercus serrata which are related to areas like Hardwood.

Best Publications

  • Regulation of cambial activity in relation to environmental conditions: understanding the role of temperature in wood formation of trees

    Shahanara Begum;Satoshi Nakaba;Yusuke Yamagishi;Yuichiro Oribe

  • Xyloglucan Endo-transglycosylase (XET) Functions in Gelatinous Layers of Tension Wood Fibers in Poplar—A Glimpse into the Mechanism of the Balancing Act of Trees

    Nobuyuki Nishikubo;Tatsuya Awano;Alicja Banasiak;Veronica Bourquin

  • Relationships between cambial activity, cell differentiation and the localization of starch in storage tissues around the cambium in locally heated stems of Abies sachalinensis (Schmidt) Masters

    Yuichiro Oribe;Ryo Funada;Takafumi Kubo

  • Cambial reactivation in locally heated stems of the evergreen conifer Abies sachalinensis (Schmidt) Masters

    Yuichiro Oribe;Ryo Funada;Masayuki Shibagaki;Takafumi Kubo

  • Visualization of Cavitated Vessels in Winter and Refilled Vessels in Spring in Diffuse-Porous Trees by Cryo-Scanning Electron Microscopy

    Yasuhiro Utsumi;Yuzou Sano;Seizo Fujikawa;Ryo Funada

  • Subcellular localization of host and viral proteins associated with tobamovirus RNA replication.

    Yuka Hagiwara;Keisuke Komoda;Takuya Yamanaka;Atsushi Tamai

  • The effects of tracheid dimensions on variations in maximum density of Picea glehnii and relationships to climatic factors

    K. Yasue;R. Funada;O. Kobayashi;J. Ohtani

  • Induction of Cambial Reactivation by Localized Heating in a Deciduous Hardwood Hybrid Poplar (Populus sieboldii × P. grandidentata)

    Shahanara Begum;Satoshi Nakaba;Yuichiro Oribe;Takafumi Kubo

  • Changes in the arrangement of cellulose microfibrils associated with the cessation of cell expansion in tracheids

    H. Abe;R. Funada;J. Ohtani;Kazumi Fukazawa

  • Direct mapping of morphological distribution of syringyl and guaiacyl lignin in the xylem of maple by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry.

    Kaori Saito;Yoko Watanabe;Manabu Shirakawa;Yasuyuki Matsushita

  • The Differentiation of Contact Cells and Isolation Cells in the Xylem Ray Parenchyma of Populus maximowiczii

    Y. Murakami;R. Funada;Y. Sano;J. Ohtani

  • Dynamic changes in the arrangement of cortical microtubules in conifer tracheids during differentiation.

    H. Abe;R. Funada;H. Imaizumi;J. Ohtani

  • Cambial sensitivity to rising temperatures by natural condition and artificial heating from late winter to early spring in the evergreen conifer Cryptomeria japonica

    Shahanara Begum;Satoshi Nakaba;Yuichiro Oribe;Takafumi Kubo

  • Climate change and the regulation of wood formation in trees by temperature

    Shahanara Begum;Shahanara Begum;Kayo Kudo;Kayo Kudo;Hasnat Rahman;Satoshi Nakaba

  • Increased lodging resistance in long-culm, low-lignin gh2 rice for improved feed and bioenergy production

    Taiichiro Ookawa;Kazuya Inoue;Makoto Matsuoka;Takeshi Ebitani

  • EARLYWOOD VESSELS IN RING-POROUS TREES BECOME FUNCTIONAL FOR WATER TRANSPORT AFTER BUD BURST AND BEFORE THE MATURATION OF THE CURRENT-YEAR LEAVES

    Peter Kitin;Ryo Funada

  • Allocation of resources to reproduction in Styrax obassia in a masting year

    Yuko Miyazaki;Tsutom Hiura;Etsushi Kato;R. Y.O. Funada

  • Anatomy of the vessel network within and between tree rings of Fraxinus lanuginosa (Oleaceae).

    Peter B. Kitin;Tomoyuki Fujii;Hisashi Abe;Ryo Funada;Ryo Funada

  • The positional distribution of cell death of ray parenchyma in a conifer, Abies sachalinensis.

    Satoshi Nakaba;Yuzou Sano;Takafumi Kubo;Ryo Funada

  • Orientation of microfibrils and microtubules in developing tension-wood fibres of Japanese ash (Fraxinus mandshurica var. japonica)

    A. K. M. A. Prodhan;R. Funada;J. Ohtani;H. Abe

  • Effects of ozone on growth, yield and leaf gas exchange rates of four Bangladeshi cultivars of rice (Oryza sativa L.)

    Nahid Akhtar;Masahiro Yamaguchi;Hidetoshi Inada;Daiki Hoshino

  • Seasonal and perennial changes in the distribution of water in the sapwood of conifers in a sub-frigid zone.

    Yasuhiro Utsumi;Yuzou Sano;Ryo Funada;Jun Ohtani

  • Effects of Ozone on Forest Ecosystems in East and Southeast Asia

    Takayoshi Koike;Makoto Watanabe;Makoto Watanabe;Yasutomo Hoshika;Mitsutoshi Kitao

Frequent Co-Authors

Takayoshi Koike
Takayoshi Koike Hokkaido University
Makoto Watanabe
Makoto Watanabe Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Tsutom Hiura
Tsutom Hiura University of Tokyo
Mitsutoshi Kitao
Mitsutoshi Kitao Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
I. Wuled Lenggoro
I. Wuled Lenggoro Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Hidemi Kitano
Hidemi Kitano Nagoya University
Kentaro Takagi
Kentaro Takagi Hokkaido University
Taiichiro Ookawa
Taiichiro Ookawa Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Hans Beeckman
Hans Beeckman Royal Museum for Central Africa
Masaru Tanaka
Masaru Tanaka Kyushu University

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