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Ryutaro Tao

Ryutaro Tao

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
10689
World Ranking
15080
National Ranking
1064

Overview

Ryutaro Tao is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has a research focus primarily in agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including plant science, molecular biology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, cell biology, and genetics.

Their research covers several key topics related to plants, including:

  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research
  • Berry genetics and cultivation research
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis

Tao's scholarly output includes papers published in a variety of journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • The persimmon genome reveals clues to the evolution of a lineage-specific sex determination system in plants, 2020, PLoS Genetics
  • Preharvest long-term exposure to UV-B radiation promotes fruit ripening and modifies stage-specific anthocyanin metabolism in highbush blueberry, 2021, Horticulture Research
  • Cultivar discrimination of litchi fruit images using deep learning, 2020, Scientia Horticulturae
  • Reinvention of hermaphroditism via activation of a RADIALIS-like gene in hexaploid persimmon, 2022, Nature Plants
  • Novel insights into the dissemination route of Japanese apricot (Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc.) based on genomics, 2022, The Plant Journal

Tao has collaborated frequently with researchers including:

  • Hisayo Yamane (33 publications)
  • So-ichiro Nishiyama (21 publications)
  • Takashi Akagi (8 publications)
  • Yutaro Osako (8 publications)
  • Kenta Shirasawa (7 publications)

Research dissemination has often appeared in these publication venues:

  • Acta Horticulturae (19 publications)
  • The Horticulture Journal (7 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (5 publications)
  • Horticulture Research (4 publications)
  • Scientia Horticulturae (3 publications)

Tao has contributed to book literature as well, with a publication by Springer International Publishing titled The Persimmon Genome in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Structural and Transcriptional Analysis of the Self-Incompatibility Locus of Almond: Identification of a Pollen-Expressed F-Box Gene with Haplotype-Specific Polymorphism

    Koichiro Ushijima;Hidenori Sassa;Abhaya M. Dandekar;Thomas M. Gradziel

  • A Y-chromosome–encoded small RNA acts as a sex determinant in persimmons

    Takashi Akagi;Isabelle M. Henry;Ryutaro Tao;Luca Comai

  • Molecular Typing of S-alleles through Identification, Characterization and cDNA Cloning for S-RNases in Sweet Cherry

    Ryutaro Tao;Hisayo Yamane;Akira Sugiura;Hideki Murayama

  • Cloning and characterization of cDNAs encoding S-RNases from almond (Prunus dulcis): primary structural features and sequence diversity of the S-RNases in Rosaceae

    K. Ushijima;H. Sassa;R. Tao;H. Yamane

  • The S haplotype‐specific F‐box protein gene, SFB, is defective in self‐compatible haplotypes of Prunus avium and P. mume

    Koichiro Ushijima;Hisayo Yamane;Akiko Watari;Eiko Kakehi

  • A pollen-expressed gene for a novel protein with an F-box motif that is very tightly linked to a gene for S-RNase in two species of cherry, Prunus cerasus and P. avium

    Hisayo Yamane;Kazuo Ikeda;Koichiro Ushijima;Koichiro Ushijima;Hidenori Sassa

  • Expressional regulation of PpDAM5 and PpDAM6, peach (Prunus persica) dormancy-associated MADS-box genes, by low temperature and dormancy-breaking reagent treatment

    Hisayo Yamane;Tomomi Ooka;Hiroaki Jotatsu;Yukari Hosaka

  • Functional and Expressional Analyses of PmDAM Genes Associated with Endodormancy in Japanese Apricot

    Ryuta Sasaki;Hisayo Yamane;Tomomi Ooka;Hiroaki Jotatsu

  • Two Y-chromosome-encoded genes determine sex in kiwifruit

    Takashi Akagi;Sarah M. Pilkington;Erika Varkonyi-Gasic;Isabelle M. Henry

  • IDENTIFICATION OF SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY GENOTYPES OF ALMOND BY ALLELE-SPECIFIC PCR ANALYSIS

    M. Tamura;K. Ushijima;H. Sassa;H. Hirano

  • Identification of Stylar RNases Associated with Gametophytic Self-Incompatibility in Almond (Prunus dulcis)

    Ryutaro Tao;Hisayo Yamane;Hidenori Sassa;Hitoshi Mori

  • Primary structural features of the S haplotype-specific F-box protein, SFB, in Prunus

    Kazuo Ikeda;Boris Igic;Koichiro Ushijima;Hisayo Yamane

  • The S-RNase-based gametophytic self-incompatibility system in Prunus exhibits distinct genetic and molecular features

    Ryutaro Tao;Amy F. Iezzoni

  • Accumulation of Nonfunctional S-Haplotypes Results in the Breakdown of Gametophytic Self-Incompatibility in Tetraploid Prunus

    Nathanael R. Hauck;Hisayo Yamane;Ryutaro Tao;Amy F. Iezzoni

  • A Y-Encoded Suppressor of Feminization Arose via Lineage-Specific Duplication of a Cytokinin Response Regulator in Kiwifruit

    Takashi Akagi;Takashi Akagi;Isabelle Marie Henry;Haruka Ohtani;Takuya Morimoto

  • Transformation of Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki Thunb.) with apple cDNA encoding NADP-dependent sorbitol-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.

    Mei Gao;Ryutaro Tao;Keisuke Miura;Abhaya M. Dandekar

  • Suppression Subtractive Hybridization and Differential Screening Reveals Endodormancy-associated Expression of an SVP/AGL24-type MADS-box Gene in Lateral Vegetative Buds of Japanese Apricot

    Hisayo Yamane;Yukinobu Kashiwa;Tomomi Ooka;Ryutaro Tao

  • Self-compatible peach (Prunus persica) has mutant versions of the S haplotypes found in self-incompatible Prunus species.

    Ryutaro Tao;Akiko Watari;Toshio Hanada;Tsuyoshi Habu

  • Functional and Expressional Analyses of PmDAM Genes Associated with Endodormancy in

    Ryuta Sasaki;Hisayo Yamane;Tomomi Ooka;Hiroaki Jotatsu

  • Supplementary Materials for A Y-chromosome-encoded small RNA acts as a sex determinant in persimmons

    Takashi Akagi;Isabelle M. Henry;Ryutaro Tao;Luca Comai

Frequent Co-Authors

Hisayo Yamane
Hisayo Yamane Kyoto University
Keizo Yonemori
Keizo Yonemori Kyoto University
Amy F. Iezzoni
Amy F. Iezzoni Michigan State University
Abhaya M. Dandekar
Abhaya M. Dandekar University of California, Davis
Thomas M. Gradziel
Thomas M. Gradziel University of California, Davis
Luca Comai
Luca Comai University of California, Davis
Kenta Shirasawa
Kenta Shirasawa Tohoku University
Andrew C. Allan
Andrew C. Allan Plant & Food Research
Hitoshi Mori
Hitoshi Mori Nagoya University
Hisashi Hirano
Hisashi Hirano Yokohama City University

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