Research fields:
Plant physiology, plant environmental physiology, plant molecular physiology
Research themes:
Regulation mechanism of seed dormancy and germination in response to temperature
[Keywords]
Environmental response, gene
Main books and papers:
◆“Abushishinsan” (Abscisic acid) (“Atarashii Shokubutsu Horumon no Kagaku Dai San Pan” (New Science of Plant Hormones, 3rd edition, 2016)
◆α-xylosidase plays essential roles in xyloglucan remodelling, maintenance of cell wall integrity, and seed germination in Arabidopsis thaliana (Joint authorship) Journal of Experimental Botany, 2016
◆“Hatsuga no Kisetsu wo Kimeru Mekanizumu, Ondo ni yoru Shokubutsu Horumon Taisha no Seigyo to Hatsuga no Kouonsogai” (Mechanism for determining the season of germination: regulation of plant hormone metabolism in response to temperature and high temperature inhibition of germination) (“Kagaku to Seibutsu” (Chemistry and Biology), 2010)
◆High temperature-induced abscisic acid biosynthesis and its role in the inhibition of gibberellin action in Arabidopsis seeds. (Plant Physiology, 2008)