Publications

FY2024

  • Sesay, S., Yamaguchi, T., Kushino, S., Yoshikawa, Y., Adachi, S., Katsura, K. (2025) Fusion of UAV-based 3D mesh and spectral features improves quinoa biomass and LAI estimation across genotypic and temporal variations, Smart Agricultural Technology, 10, 100818
  • Kobayashi, Y., and Fujita, Y. (2024) Epidermal bladder cells play a role in water retention in quinoa leaves, Plant Biotechnology, 41, 447-452
  • Kobayashi, Y., Hirakawa, H., Shirasawa, K., Nishimura, K., Fujii, K., Oros, R., Almanza, G. R., Nagatoshi, Y., Yasui, Y., Fujita, Y. (2024) Chromosome-level genome assemblies for two quinoa inbred lines from northern and southern highlands of Altiplano where quinoa originated. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15: 1434388
  • Yamaguchi, T., Katsura, K. (2024) A novel neural network model to achieve generality for diverse morphologies and crop science interpretability in rice biomass estimation, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 218, 108653
  • Yamaguchi, T., Sasano, K., Katsura, K. (2025) Improving efficiency of ground-truth data collection for UAV-based rice growth estimation models: Investigating the effect of sampling size on model accuracy, Plant Production Science, 27 (1), 1-13

FY2023

  • Nagatoshi, Y., Ikazaki, K., Kobayashi, Y., Mizuno, N., Sugita, R., Takebayashi, Y., Kojima, M., Sakakibara, H., Kobayashi, N.I., Tanoi, K., Fujii, K., Baba, J., Ogiso-Tanaka, E., Ishimoto, M., Yasui, Y., Oya, T., and Fujita, Y.(2023) Phosphate starvation response precedes abscisic acid response under progressive mild drought in plants, Nature Communications, 14. 5047
  • Fawcett, JA., Takeshima, R., Kikuchi, S., Yazaki, E., Katsube-Tanaka, T., Dong, Y., Li, M., Hunt, HV., Jones, MK., Lister, DL., Ohsako, T., Ogiso-Tanaka, E., Fujii, K., Hara, T., Matsui, K., Mizuno, N., Nishimura, K., Nakazaki, T., Saito, H., Takeuchi, N., Ueno, M., Matsumoto, D., Norizuki, M., Shirasawa, K., Li, C., Hirakawa, H., Ota, T. and Yasui, Y. (2023) Genome sequencing reveals the genetic architecture of heterostyly and domestication history of common buckwheat, nature plants, 9, 1236-1251

FY2021

  • Peprah, C. O., Yamashita, M., Yamaguchi, T., Sekino, R., Takano, K., Katsura, K. (2021) Spatio-temporal Estimation of Biomass Growth in Rice Using Canopy Surface Model by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Images. Remote Sensing, 13, 2388
  • Takeshima, R., Ogiso-Tanaka, E., Yasui, Y., Matsui, K. (2021)Targeted amplicon sequencing + next-generation sequencing–based bulked segregant analysis identified genetic loci associated with preharvest sprouting tolerance in common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum), BMC Plant Biol. 21(1), 28
  • Kashiwa, T.(2021) Fusarium wilt of banana in Japan, PROCEEDINGS on FFTC-VAAS-CABI’s International Webinar on Fostering Sustainable Management of Banana Diseases in Asia, 25-30.

FY2020

  • Ogata, T., Toyoshima, M., Yamamizo-Oda, C., Kobayashi, Y., Fujii, K., Tanaka, K., Tanaka, T., Mizukoshi, H., Yasui, Y., Nagatoshi, Y., Yoshikawa, N., Fujita, Y. (2021) Virus-mediated transient expression techniques enable functional genomics studies and modulations of betalain biosynthesis and plant height in quinoa.  Front. Plant Sci., fpls.2021.643499
  • Yamaguchi, Y., Tanaka, Y., Imachi, Y., Yamashita, M., Katsura, K. (2021) Feasibility of combining deep learning and RGB images obtained by unmanned aerial vehicle for leaf area index estimation in rice. Remote Sensing, 13, 84.
  • Imamura, T., Yasui, Y., Koga,H., Takagi, H., Abe, A., Nishizawa, K., Mizuno, N., Ohki, S., Mizukoshi, H., Mori, M. (2020) A novel WD40-repeat protein involved in formation of epidermal bladder cells in the halophyte quinoa. Commun. Biol. 17, 3(1), 513. 
  • Mizuno, N., Toyoshima, M., Fujita, M., Fukuda, S., Kobayashi, Y., Ueno, M., Tanaka, K., Tanaka, T., Nishihara, E., Mizukoshi, H., Yasui, Y., and Fujita, Y. (2020) The genotype-dependent phenotypic landscape of quinoa in salt tolerance and key growth traits, DNA Res, 27(4), 1-20.

FY2019