Makoto Kusaba

5.8k total citations
77 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Makoto Kusaba is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Makoto Kusaba has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Plant Science, 60 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Makoto Kusaba's work include Plant Reproductive Biology (30 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (29 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (24 papers). Makoto Kusaba is often cited by papers focused on Plant Reproductive Biology (30 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (29 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (24 papers). Makoto Kusaba collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Australia. Makoto Kusaba's co-authors include Minoru Nishimura, Ryouhei Morita, Ayumi Tanaka, Yutaka Sato, Takeshi Nishio, Ryouichi Tanaka, Hiroaki Ueda, Shūichi Iida, Hisashi Itô and D. J. Ockendon and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Makoto Kusaba

75 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Structural coloration and epicuticular wax properties of the distinctive glaucous leaves of Encephalartos horridus 2025 ·Journal of Experimental Botany ·Takashi Nobusawa, Takashi Okamoto, Michiharu Nakano, Makoto Kusaba	0
2	Structural complexity of the white flower locus in Chrysanthemum 2024 ·The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology ·Qin Dong, (unknown), Michiharu Nakano, Tomoko Abe, Yohei Higuchi, Paul Arens, Kenji Taniguchi, Michio Shibata, Makoto Kusaba	1
3	Propagation path of a flowering cherry ( Cerasus × yedoensis ) cultivar ‘Somei-Yoshino’ traced by somatic mutations 2024 ·DNA Research ·Kenta Shirasawa, Tomoya Esumi, Akihiro Itai, Katsunori Hatakeyama, (unknown), (unknown), Katsuhiko Sumitomo, Takeshi Kurokura, Eigo Fukai, (unknown), Takehiko Shimada, Katsuhiro Shiratake, Munetaka Hosokawa, Yuki Monden, Makoto Kusaba, (unknown), Sachiko Isobe	1
4	Cryptochromes suppress leaf senescence in response to blue light in Arabidopsis 2023 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Toshiaki Kozuka, Y. Oka, Kaori Kohzuma, Makoto Kusaba	8
5	A chromosome-level genome sequence of Chrysanthemum seticuspe, a model species for hexaploid cultivated chrysanthemum 2021 ·Communications Biology ·Michiharu Nakano, Hideki Hirakawa, Eigo Fukai, Atsushi Toyoda, Rei Kajitani, Yohei Minakuchi, Takehiko Itoh, Yohei Higuchi, Toshiaki Kozuka, Hidemasa Bono, Kenta Shirasawa, (unknown), Katsuhiko Sumitomo, Tamotsu Hisamatsu, Michio Shibata, Sachiko Isobe, Kenji Taniguchi, Makoto Kusaba	46
6	Regulation of the plastochron by three many-noded dwarf genes in barley 2021 ·PLoS Genetics ·Ken‐ichiro Hibara, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Takanori Yoshikawa, Masaharu Suzuki, Makoto Kusaba, Shin Taketa, Jun-Ichi Itoh	8
7	Organelle DNA degradation contributes to the efficient use of phosphate in seed plants 2018 ·Nature Plants ·Tsuneaki Takami, Norikazu Ohnishi, Yuko Kurita, (unknown), Miwa Ohnishi, Makoto Kusaba, Tetsuro Mimura, Wataru Sakamoto	42
8	The Non-Mendelian Green Cotyledon Gene in Soybean Encodes a Small Subunit of Photosystem II 2017 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Kaori Kohzuma, Yutaka Sato, Hisashi Itô, Ayako Okuzaki, Mai Watanabe, Hideki Kobayashi, Michiharu Nakano, Hiroshi Yamatani, Yu Masuda, (unknown), Hiroyuki Fukuoka, Tetsuya Yamada, Akira Kanazawa, Keisuke Kitamura, Yutaka Tabei, Masahiko Ikeuchi, Wataru Sakamoto, Ayumi Tanaka, Makoto Kusaba	31
9	Impairment of Lhca4, a subunit of LHCI, causes high accumulation of chlorophyll and the stay-green phenotype in rice 2017 ·Journal of Experimental Botany ·Hiroshi Yamatani, Kaori Kohzuma, Michiharu Nakano, Tsuneaki Takami, Yusuke Kato, Yoriko Hayashi, Yuki Monden, Yutaka Okumoto, Tomoko Abe, Toshihiro Kumamaru, Ayumi Tanaka, Wataru Sakamoto, Makoto Kusaba	26
10	Protection of Chloroplast Membranes by VIPP1 Rescues Aberrant Seedling Development in Arabidopsisnyc1 Mutant 2016 ·Frontiers in Plant Science ·Lingang Zhang, Makoto Kusaba, Ayumi Tanaka, Wataru Sakamoto	25
11	Field transcriptome revealed critical developmental and physiological transitions involved in the expression of growth potential in japonicarice 2011 ·BMC Plant Biology ·Yutaka Sato, Baltazar A. Antonio, Nobukazu Namiki, Ritsuko Motoyama, Kazuhiko Sugimoto, Hinako Takehisa, Hiroshi Minami, (unknown), Makoto Kusaba, Hirohiko Hirochika, Yoshiaki Nagamura	110
12	PLASTOCHRON3/GOLIATH encodes a glutamate carboxypeptidase required for proper development in rice 2009 ·The Plant Journal ·Taiji Kawakatsu, Graziana Taramino, Itoh Jun-ichi, Justin Allen, Yutaka Sato, Soon‐Kwan Hong, (unknown), Nobuhiro Nagasawa, Mikiko Kojima, Makoto Kusaba, Hitoshi Sakakibara, Hajime Sakai, Yasuo Nagato	64
13	Molecular characterization of mutations induced by gamma irradiation in rice 2009 ·Genes & Genetic Systems ·Ryouhei Morita, Makoto Kusaba, Shūichi Iida, Hiroyasu Yamaguchi, Takeshi Nishio, Minoru Nishimura	91
14	Participation of Chlorophyll b Reductase in the Initial Step of the Degradation of Light-harvesting Chlorophyll a/b-Protein Complexes in Arabidopsis 2009 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown), Hisashi Itô, Makoto Kusaba, Ryouichi Tanaka, Ayumi Tanaka	202
15	superwoman1‐cleistogamy, a hopeful allele for gene containment in GM rice 2007 ·Plant Biotechnology Journal ·Hitoshi Yoshida, Jun‐ichi Itoh, Shinnosuke Ohmori, Kazumaru Miyoshi, Ayako Horigome, Eiji Uchida, Mayumi Kimizu, Yoko Matsumura, Makoto Kusaba, Hikaru Satoh, Yasuo Nagato	72
16	RNA interference in crop plants 2004 ·Current Opinion in Biotechnology ·Makoto Kusaba	93
17	Genetic analysis of Nicotiana pollen-part mutants is consistent with the presence of an S -ribonuclease inhibitor at the S locus 2001 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·John F. Golz, (unknown), Vanessa Su, Makoto Kusaba, Ed Newbigin	102
18	Characterization of Brassica S‐haplotypes lacking S‐locus glycoprotein¹ 2000 ·FEBS Letters ·Tohru Suzuki, Makoto Kusaba, Masanori Matsushita, Keiichi Okazaki, Takeshi Nishio	45
19	Comparative analysis ofShaplotypes with very similarSLGalleles inBrassica rapaandBrassica oleracea 1999 ·The Plant Journal ·Makoto Kusaba, Takeshi Nishio	35
20	Polymorphism of the S -locus glycoprotein gene (SLG ) and the S -locus related gene (SLR1 ) in Raphanus sativus L. and self-incompatible ornamental plants in the Brassicaceae 1998 ·Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·Koji Sakamoto, Makoto Kusaba, Takeshi Nishio	43

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