Yusaku Uga

Best Publications

• Control of root system architecture by DEEPER ROOTING 1 increases rice yield under drought conditions

  Yusaku Uga;Kazuhiko Sugimoto;Satoshi Ogawa;Satoshi Ogawa;Jagadish Rane;Jagadish Rane

  1654
  Citations

• Dro1, a major QTL involved in deep rooting of rice under upland field conditions

  Yusaku Uga;Kazutoshi Okuno;Masahiro Yano

  381
  Citations

• The intersection of nitrogen nutrition and water use in plants: new paths toward improved crop productivity.

  Darren C Plett;Kosala Ranathunge;Vanessa J Melino;Noriyuki Kuya

  241
  Citations

• Root angle modifications by the DRO1 homolog improve rice yields in saline paddy fields.

  Yuka Kitomi;Eiko Hanzawa;Noriyuki Kuya;Haruhiko Inoue

  220
  Citations

• Drought Response in Wheat: Key Genes and Regulatory Mechanisms Controlling Root System Architecture and Transpiration Efficiency

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  217
  Citations

• Q-TARO: QTL Annotation Rice Online Database

  Jun ichi Yonemaru;Toshio Yamamoto;Shuichi Fukuoka;Yusaku Uga

  179
  Citations

• Deep rooting conferred by DEEPER ROOTING 1 enhances rice yield in paddy fields.

  Yumiko Arai-Sanoh;Toshiyuki Takai;Satoshi Yoshinaga;Hiroshi Nakano

  172
  Citations

• Genetic improvement for root growth angle to enhance crop production

  Yusaku Uga;Yuka Kitomi;Satoru Ishikawa;Masahiro Yano

  137
  Citations

• High-throughput three-dimensional visualization of root system architecture of rice using X-ray computed tomography

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  131
  Citations

• Mapping QTLs influencing rice floral morphology using recombinant inbred lines derived from a cross between Oryza sativa L. and Oryza rufipogon Griff

  Y. Uga;Y. Fukuta;H. W. Cai;H. Iwata

  122
  Citations

• Development of Chromosome Segment Substitution Lines Derived from Backcross between indica Donor Rice Cultivar 'Nona Bokra' and japonica Recipient Cultivar 'Koshihikari'

  Toshiyuki Takai;Yasunori Nonoue;Shin-ichi Yamamoto;Utako Yamanouchi

  106
  Citations

• Variation in root morphology and anatomy among accessions of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) with different genetic backgrounds

  Yusaku Uga;Kaworu Ebana;Jun Abe;Shigenori Morita

  96
  Citations

• The roots of future rice harvests.

  Nourollah Ahmadi;Alain Audebert;Malcolm J. Bennett;Anthony Bishopp

  95
  Citations

• A QTL for root growth angle on rice chromosome 7 is involved in the genetic pathway of DEEPER ROOTING 1.

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  95
  Citations

• QTLs underlying natural variation of root growth angle among rice cultivars with the same functional allele of DEEPER ROOTING 1.

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  90
  Citations

• QTLs underlying natural variation in stele and xylem structures of rice root

  Yusaku Uga;Kazutoshi Okuno;Masahiro Yano

  88
  Citations

• A major QTL controlling deep rooting on rice chromosome 4

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  84
  Citations

• Challenges to design-oriented breeding of root system architecture adapted to climate change

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  83
  Citations

• Genome-wide association study of grain shape variation among Oryza sativa L. germplasms based on elliptic Fourier analysis.

  Hiroyoshi Iwata;Kaworu Ebana;Yusaku Uga;Takeshi Hayashi

  81
  Citations

• Identification of qSOR1, a major rice QTL involved in soil-surface rooting in paddy fields.

  Yusaku Uga;Eiko Hanzawa;Shinsei Nagai;Kazuhiro Sasaki

  80
  Citations