Research fields:
Plant pathology
Research themes:
Research on mutation mechanism of plant pathogenic filamentous fungi, Research on development of molecular breeding method for disease resistant plants, Research on molecular diagnosis method of plant disease
Main books and papers:
◆Single crossover-mediated targeted nucleotide substitution and knock-in strategies with CRISPR/Cas9 system in the rice blast fungus
◆Tailor-made TALEN system for highly efficient targeted gene replacement in the rice blast fungus
◆Tailor-made CRISPR/Cas system for highly efficient targeted gene replacement in the rice blast fungus
◆Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2011-160798. “Henitai-shokubutsu: Sono Seizo Hoho oyobi Identeki Kumikaehindo wo Jyosho Saseru Hoho” (Mutant plants, methods for its production and increasing genetic modification frequency)