Yosuke Umehara

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
54 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Yosuke Umehara is a scholar working on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yosuke Umehara has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Plant Science, 13 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yosuke Umehara's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (32 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (23 papers) and Nematode management and characterization studies (15 papers). Yosuke Umehara is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (32 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (23 papers) and Nematode management and characterization studies (15 papers). Yosuke Umehara collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Denmark and United States. Yosuke Umehara's co-authors include Takuji Sasaki, Shusei Sato, Yoshiaki Nagamura, Masahiro Yano, Satoshi Tabata, Yūichi Katayose, Tomoya Baba, Lisa Monna, Motoyuki Ashikari and Takuichi Fuse and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yosuke Umehara

54 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Hd1, a Major Photoperiod Sensitivity Quantitative Trait Locus in Rice, Is Closely Related to the Arabidopsis Flowering Time Gene CONSTANS

2000 1.3k citations Yūichi Katayose, Tomoya Baba et al. profile →
Plant recognition of symbiotic bacteria requires two LysM receptor-like kinases

2003 830 citations Simona Radutoiu, Lene H. Madsen et al. Nature profile →

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Fanjiang Kong China

R. Varma Penmetsa United States

Jonathan H. Crouch Mexico

Catherine Feuillet France

Pierre Sourdille France

Shahryar F. Kianian United States

John E. Flintham United Kingdom

Judith Burstin France

Weibin Song China

Simon Berry United Kingdom

Fanjiang Kong China

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yosuke Umehara

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yosuke Umehara. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yosuke Umehara based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Yosuke Umehara. Yosuke Umehara is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Yano, Ryoichi, Susumu Hiraga, Ryoma Takeshima, et al.. (2025). The genomic landscape of gene-level structural variations in Japanese and global soybean Glycine max cultivars. Nature Genetics. 57(4). 973–985. 5 indexed citations

Sugawara, Masayuki, Yosuke Umehara, Akito Kaga, et al.. (2019). Symbiotic incompatibility between soybean and Bradyrhizobium arises from one amino acid determinant in soybean Rj2 protein. PLoS ONE. 14(9). e0222469–e0222469. 11 indexed citations

Sugawara, Masayuki, Satoko Takahashi, Yosuke Umehara, et al.. (2018). Variation in bradyrhizobial NopP effector determines symbiotic incompatibility with Rj2-soybeans via effector-triggered immunity. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3139–3139. 83 indexed citations

Yano, Koji, Seishirō Aoki, Meng Liu, et al.. (2016). Function and evolution of aLotus japonicusAP2/ERF family transcription factor that is required for development of infection threads. DNA Research. 24(2). dsw052–dsw052. 25 indexed citations

Hayashi, Masaki, Hiroyuki Kanamori, Takashi Sayama, et al.. (2014). A Thaumatin-Like Protein, Rj4, Controls Nodule Symbiotic Specificity in Soybean. Plant and Cell Physiology. 55(9). 1679–1689. 63 indexed citations

Miyata, Kana, Toshinori Kozaki, Yusuke Kouzai, et al.. (2014). The Bifunctional Plant Receptor, OsCERK1, Regulates Both Chitin-Triggered Immunity and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Rice. Plant and Cell Physiology. 55(11). 1864–1872. 173 indexed citations

Kojima, Tomoko, Katsuharu Saito, Yosuke Umehara, et al.. (2014). Isolation and Phenotypic Characterization of Lotus japonicus Mutants Specifically Defective in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Formation. Plant and Cell Physiology. 55(5). 928–941. 11 indexed citations

Fukai, Eigo, Yosuke Umehara, Shusei Sato, et al.. (2010). Derepression of the Plant Chromovirus LORE1 Induces Germline Transposition in Regenerated Plants. PLoS Genetics. 6(3). e1000868–e1000868. 39 indexed citations

Kouchi, Hiroshi, Haruko Imaizumi‐Anraku, Makoto Hayashi, et al.. (2010). How Many Peas in a Pod? Legume Genes Responsible for Mutualistic Symbioses Underground. Plant and Cell Physiology. 51(9). 1381–1397. 157 indexed citations

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Yano, Koji, Satoshi Shibata, Wenli Chen, et al.. (2009). CERBERUS, a novel U‐box protein containing WD‐40 repeats, is required for formation of the infection thread and nodule development in the legume–Rhizobium symbiosis. The Plant Journal. 60(1). 168–180. 78 indexed citations

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Magori, Shimpei, Satoshi Shibata, Yosuke Umehara, et al.. (2009). TOO MUCH LOVE, a Root Regulator Associated with the Long-Distance Control of Nodulation in Lotus japonicus. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 22(3). 259–268. 100 indexed citations

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Hossain, Md Shakhawat, Yosuke Umehara, & Hiroshi Kouchi. (2006). A Novel Fix¯ Symbiotic Mutant of Lotus japonicus, Ljsym105, Shows Impaired Development and Premature Deterioration of Nodule Infected Cells and Symbiosomes. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 19(7). 780–788. 18 indexed citations

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Radutoiu, Simona, Lene H. Madsen, Esben Bjørn Madsen, et al.. (2003). Plant recognition of symbiotic bacteria requires two LysM receptor-like kinases. Nature. 425(6958). 585–592. 830 indexed citations breakdown →

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Takabatake, Reona, et al.. (2002). Cloning, Functional Expression, and Mutational Analysis of a cDNA for Lotus japonicus Mitochondrial Phosphate Transporter. Plant and Cell Physiology. 43(10). 1250–1253. 22 indexed citations

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Saji, Shoko, Yosuke Umehara, Baltazar A. Antonio, et al.. (2001). A physical map with yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) clones covering 63% of the 12 rice chromosomes. Genome. 44(1). 32–37. 32 indexed citations

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Umehara, Yosuke, Hiroshi Tanoue, N. Kurata, et al.. (1996). An ordered yeast artificial chromosome library covering over half of rice chromosome 6.. Genome Research. 6(10). 935–942. 25 indexed citations

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Yoshimura, Satomi, Yosuke Umehara, N. Kurata, et al.. (1996). Identification of a YAC clone carrying the Xa-1 allele, a bacterial blight resistance gene in rice. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 93-93(1-2). 117–122. 43 indexed citations

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Umehara, Yosuke, et al.. (1994). A dioxygenase gene (Ids2) expressed under iron deficiency conditions in the roots of Hordeum vulgare. Plant Molecular Biology. 25(4). 705–719. 72 indexed citations

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Nishizawa, Naoko‐Kishi, et al.. (1991). An iron deficiency-specific cDNA from barley roots having two homologous cysteine-rich MT domains. Plant Molecular Biology. 17(3). 531–533. 67 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Tsuneo & Yosuke Umehara. (1977). The perfect state of the causal fungus of Bakanae disease of rice plants re-collected at Toyama [Japan].. 4 indexed citations

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