Research Summary

Selected Publications

• 1. Kim, J.M., To, K.T., Matsui, A., Tanoi, K., Kobayashi, N.I., Matsuda, F., Habu, Y., Ogawa, D., Sakamoto, T., Matsunaga, S., Bashir, K., Rasheed, S., Ando, M., Takeda, H., Kawaura, K., Kusano, M., Fukushima, A., Endo, A.T., Kuromori, T., Ishida, J., Morosawa, T., Tanaka, M., Torii, C., Takebayashi, Y., Sakakibara, H., Ogihara, Y., Saito, K., Shinozaki, K., Devoto, A. and Seki, M.:
  "Acetate-mediated novel survival strategy against drought in plants."
  Nature Plants 3: 17097 (2017).
• 2. Nguyen, H.M., Sako, K., Matsui, A., Suzuki, Y., Mostofa, M.G., Ha, C.V., Tanaka, M., Tran, L.S.P., Habu, Y. and Seki, M.:
  "Ethanol enhances high-salinity stress tolerance by detoxifying reactive oxygen species in Arabidopsis thaliana and rice."
  Front. Plant Sci. 8: 1001 (2017).
• 3. Matsui, A., Iida, K., Tanaka, M., Yamaguchi, K., Mizunashi, K., Kim, J.M., Takahashi, S., Kobayashi, N., Shigenobu, S., Shinozaki, K. and Seki, M.:
  "Novel stress-inducible antisense RNAs of protein-coding loci are synthesized by Arabidopsis RDRs."
  Plant Physiol. 175, 457-472 (2017).
• 4. Ueda, M., Matsui, A., Tanaka, M., Nakamura, T., Abe, T., Sako, K., Sasaki, T., Kim, J.M., Ito, A., Nishino, N., Shimada, H., Yoshida, M. and Seki, M.:
  "The distinct role of RPD3-like histone deacetylases between class I and II in salinity stress response."
  Plant Physiol. 175, 1760-1773 (2017).
• 5. Nakaminami, K., Okamoto, M., Higuchi-Takeuchi, M., Yoshizumi, T., Yamaguchi, Y., Fukao, Y., Shimizu, M., Ohashi, C., Tanaka, M., Matsui, M., Shinozaki, K., Seki, M.^* and Hanada, K.^*.:
  "AtPep3 is a hormone-like peptide that plays a role in salinity stress tolerance of plants."
  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 115, 5810-5815 (2018).
• 6. Sako, K., Futamura, Y., Shimizu, T., Matsui, A., Hirano, H., Kondoh, Y., Muroi, M., Aono, H., Tanaka, M., Honda, K., Shimizu, K., Kawatani, M., Nakano, T., Osada, H., Noguchi, K. and Seki, M.:
  "Inhibition of mitochondrial complex I by the novel compound FSL0260 enhances high salinity-stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana."
  Sci Rep, 10, 8691 (2020).
• 7. Utsumi, Y., Tanaka, M., Utsumi, C., Takahashi, S., Matsui, A., Fukushima, A., Kobayashi, M., Sasaki, R., Oikawa, A., Kusano, M., Saito, K., Kojima, M., Sakakibara, H., Sojikul, P., Narangajavana, J. and Seki, M.:
  "Integrative omics approaches revealed a crosstalk among phytohormones during tuberous root development in cassava."
  Plant Mol. Biol. 109:249-269. (2022).
• 8. Tokunaga, H., Do, T.N.Q, Nguyen, H.A., Pham, T.N., Matsui, A., Takahashi, S., Tanaka, M., Ngo, M.A., Nguyen, V.D., Le, H.H., Higo, A., Truong, M.H., Ishitani, M., Nguyen B.N.M., Nguyen, H.H., Srean, P., Vu, A.T., Nguyen, B.T., Nguyen, A.V., Yamaguchi, K., Tsuji, H., Utsumi, Y. and Seki, M.:
  "Field transcriptome analysis reveals a molecular mechanism for cassava-flowering in a mountainous environment in Southeast Asia."
  Plant Mol. Biol. 109:233-248. (2022).
• 9. Bashir, K., Todaka, D., Rasheed, S., Matsui, A., Ahmad, Z., Sako, K., Utsumi, Y., Vu, A.T., Tanaka, M., Takahashi, S., Ishida, J., Tsuboi, Y., Watanabe, S., Kanno, Y., Ando, E., Shin, K.C., Seito, M., Motegi, H., Sato, M., Li, R., Kikuchi, S., Fujita, M., Kusano, M., Kobayashi, M., Habu, Y., Nagano, A.J., Kawaura, K., Kikuchi, J., Saito, K., Hirai, M.Y., Seo, M., Shinozaki, K., Kinoshita, T. and Seki, M.:
  "Ethanol-mediated novel survival strategy against drought stress in plants."
  Plant Cell Physiol (Rapid Paper) 63:1181-1192.(2022).
• 10.Todaka, D., Quynh, D.T.N., Tanaka, M., Utsumi, Y., Utsumi, C., Ezoe, A., Takahashi, S., Ishida, J., Kusano, M., Kobayashi, M., Saito, K., Nagano, A.J., Nakano, Y., Mitsuda, N., Fujiwara, S. and Seki, M.:
  "Application of ethanol alleviates heat damage to leaf growth and yield in tomato."
  Front. Plant Sci. 15:1325365.(2024).

Recent Research Results

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  Dec. 20, 2022
  Ethanol preps rice and wheat for drought

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  Sep. 30, 2022
  Ethanol helps plants better tolerate heat stress

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  Aug. 29, 2022
  Pretreating soil with ethanol protects plants from drought

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  Dec. 17, 2021
  Healthier tapioca starch is on the way

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  Nov. 27, 2020
  Environmental cues control cassava flowering

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  May 17, 2018
  Plant peptide spells relief from salty stress

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  Jun. 27, 2017
  Vinegar: a cheap and simple way to help plants fight drought

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  Oct. 30, 2015
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