Yukio Tosa

Yukio Tosa publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Yukio Tosa D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Best Publications

• Association Genetics Reveals Three Novel Avirulence Genes from the Rice Blast Fungal Pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae

  Kentaro Yoshida;Hiromasa Saitoh;Shizuko Fujisawa;Hiroyuki Kanzaki

  519
  Citations

• RNA silencing as a tool for exploring gene function in ascomycete fungi.

  Hitoshi Nakayashiki;Shugo Hanada;Bao Quoc Nguyen;Naoki Kadotani

  372
  Citations

• Microarray Analysis of the Gene Expression Profile Induced by the Endophytic Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria, Pseudomonas fluorescens FPT9601-T5 in Arabidopsis

  Yanqing Wang;Yumiko Ohara;Hitoshi Nakayashiki;Yukio Tosa

  318
  Citations

• Multiple Translocation of the AVR-Pita Effector Gene among Chromosomes of the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae and Related Species

  Izumi Chuma;Chihiro Isobe;Yuma Hotta;Kana Ibaragi

  291
  Citations

• Systematic functional analysis of calcium-signalling proteins in the genome of the rice-blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae, using a high-throughput RNA-silencing system.

  Quoc Bao Nguyen;Naoki Kadotani;Seiji Kasahara;Yukio Tosa

  289
  Citations

• Evolution of the wheat blast fungus through functional losses in a host specificity determinant

  Yoshihiro Inoue;Trinh T. P. Vy;Kentaro Yoshida;Hokuto Asano

  281
  Citations

• RNA silencing in the phytopathogenic fungus Magnaporthe oryzae.

  Naoki Kadotani;Hitoshi Nakayashiki;Yukio Tosa;Shigeyuki Mayama

  266
  Citations

• Pathogenicity, Mating Ability and DNA Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms of Pyricularia Populations Isolated from Gramineae, Bambusideae and Zingiberaceae Plants

  Hajime Kato;Masaaki Yamamoto;Tomona Yamaguchi-Ozaki;Hiroyuki Kadouchi

  256
  Citations

• Host specialization of the blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae is associated with dynamic gain and loss of genes linked to transposable elements

  Kentaro Yoshida;Kentaro Yoshida;Diane G. O. Saunders;Chikako Mitsuoka;Satoshi Natsume

  221
  Citations

• Analysis of the structure of the AVR1-CO39 avirulence locus in virulent rice-infecting isolates of Magnaporthe grisea.

  Mark L. Farman;Yukiko Eto;Tomomi Nakao;Yukio Tosa

  201
  Citations

• MAGGY, a retrotransposon in the genome of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea.

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  184
  Citations

• Large-Scale Gene Disruption in Magnaporthe oryzae Identifies MC69, a Secreted Protein Required for Infection by Monocot and Dicot Fungal Pathogens

  Hiromasa Saitoh;Shizuko Fujisawa;Chikako Mitsuoka;Akiko Ito

  177
  Citations

• Repeat-induced point mutation (RIP) in Magnaporthe grisea: implications for its sexual cycle in the natural field context.

  Ken-ichi Ikeda;Hitoshi Nakayashiki;Tomomori Kataoka;Hiroki Tamba

  170
  Citations

• Mitochondrial oxidative burst involved in apoptotic response in oats

  Nan Yao;Yasuomi Tada;Masaru Sakamoto;Hitoshi Nakayashiki

  162
  Citations

• Nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species do not elicit hypersensitive cell death but induce apoptosis in the adjacent cells during the defense response of oat.

  Yasuomi Tada;Tomoyo Mori;Takeshi Shinogi;Nan Yao

  143
  Citations

• One of the Two Dicer-like Proteins in the Filamentous Fungi Magnaporthe oryzae Genome Is Responsible for Hairpin RNA-triggered RNA Silencing and Related Small Interfering RNA Accumulation

  Naoki Kadotani;Hitoshi Nakayashiki;Yukio Tosa;Shigeyuki Mayama

  143
  Citations

• Heat shock, copper sulfate and oxidative stress activate the retrotransposon MAGGY resident in the plant pathogenic fungus Magnaporthe grisea.

  K. Ikeda;Hitoshi Nakayashiki;M. Takagi;Yukio Tosa

  141
  Citations

• Analysis of Host Species Specificity of Magnaporthe grisea Toward Wheat Using a Genetic Cross Between Isolates from Wheat and Foxtail Millet.

  J. Murakami;Y. Tosa;T. Kataoka;R. Tomita

  138
  Citations

• OARE-1, a Ty1-copia retrotransposon in oat activated by abiotic and biotic stresses.

  Yosuke Kimura;Yukio Tosa;Saori Shimada;Ryohei Sogo

  136
  Citations

• Cellulases Belonging to Glycoside Hydrolase Families 6 and 7 Contribute to the Virulence of Magnaporthe oryzae

  Ba Van Vu;Kenji Itoh;Quoc Bao Nguyen;Yukio Tosa

  129
  Citations