Research theme for competitive and other funds (4):
2024 - 2027 Improvement of rice flour bread quality by modification of amylose and amylopectin.
2020 - 2024 Cloning and utilization of sink-source related genes toward increasing rice yield potential
2015 - 2019 Introduction of C4-like enzymic properties of Rubisco into rice
2014 - 2017 Physiological and molecular study of CO2 permeable aquaporins
Papers (24):
Toshiyuki Takai, Yojiro Taniguchi, Megumu Takahashi, Hideki Nagasaki, Eiji Yamamoto, Sakiko Hirose, Naho Hara, Hiroko Akashi, Jun Ito, Yumiko Arai-Sanoh, et al. MORE PANICLES 3 , a natural allele of OsTB1/FC1 , impacts rice yield in paddy fields at elevated CO 2 levels. The Plant Journal. 2023
Tanaka Junichi, Hori Kiyosumi, Taniguchi Yojiro, Adachi Shunsuke. Development of experimental lines for analysis of ‘Takanari’-type canopy structure. Abstracts of Meeting of the CSSJ. 2022. 254. 67-67
Kazuma Sakoda, Akito Yamamoto, Chie Ishikawa, Yojiro Taniguchi, Hiroyoshi Matsumura, Hiroshi Fukayama. Effects of introduction of sorghum RbcS with rice RbcS knockdown by RNAi on photosynthetic activity and dry weight in rice. PLANT PRODUCTION SCIENCE. 2021. 24. 3. 346-353
Hikari Matsumoto, Yukiko Yasui, Yoshihiro Ohmori, Wakana Tanaka, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Hisataka Numa, Kenta Shirasawa, Yojiro Taniguchi, Junichi Tanaka, Yasuhiro Suzuki, et al. CURLED LATER1 encoding the largest subunit of the Elongator complex has a unique role in leaf development and meristem function in rice. The Plant Journal. 2020
Takai Toshiyuki, Taniguchi Yojiro, Takahashi Megumu, Nagasaki Hideki, Yamamoto Eiji, Hirose Sakiko, Hara Naho, Akashi Hiroko, Ito Jun, Arai -Sanoh Yumiko, et al. The Koshihikari allele of MP3, increasing panicle number, enhances rice yield in Takanari at elevated CO2 levels. Abstracts of Meeting of the CSSJ. 2024. 257. 24-24