Publications

(2024.04.23 updated)

I. Original Articles (peer-reviewed)

*: Corresponding author(s)

2024

Cos lettuce growth under pulsed light generated with full-wave rectification of 50 Hz sine-wave alternating-current power. 

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 80(2): 35–40. 

Non-destructive estimation of the amount of green fluorescent protein transiently expressing in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves with a viral vector. 

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 80(1): 29–33. 

2023

Growth of cucumber seedlings under emulated sunlight with artificially reproduced fluctuations in photosynthetic photon flux density. 

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 79(4): 131–137. 

Responses of leaf mass per area of cucumber seedlings to light with diurnal and day-to-day changes in photosynthetic photon flux density. 

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 79(4): 138–141. 

2022

Rapid and semi-automated leaf net photosynthetic rate determination for numerous phosphor-converted white-LED lights of different spectral distributions. 

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 78(1): 8–18. 

Improved LED artificial sunlight source system available for sunlight-effect research in plant sciences. 

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 78(3): 101–112. 

Inter-batch variability of hemagglutinin content transiently expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana plants grown under sole-source lighting and sunlight conditions before gene transfer. 

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 78(4): 164–173. 

Implications of open circuit voltage of light-emitting diodes installed for plant cultivation. 

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 78(1): 31–40. 

Recent levels of daily photosynthetic photon flux density have a larger influence on light acclimation responses of cucumber leaves than early levels. 

Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology 63(1): 55–63. 

Estimating light acclimation parameters of cucumber leaves using time-weighted averages of daily photosynthetic photon flux density. 

Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 809046. 

2021

Effects of lighting conditions on Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression of recombinant hemagglutinin in detached Nicotiana benthamiana leaves inoculated with a deconstructed viral vector.

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 145(3): 679–688.

Blue light monochromatic irradiation for 12 h in lighting pattern with combinations of blue and red light elongates young cos lettuce leaves and promotes growth under high daily light integral. 

HortScience 56(8): 940–945. 

Manipulation of intraday durations of blue- and red-light irradiation to improve cos lettuce growth. 

Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 778205. 

A 24-h photoperiod before gene transfer promotes biomass production but not the yield of influenza hemagglutinin transiently expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana. 

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 77(4): 278–283. 

Intraseasonal and interseasonal applicability of a neural network model for real-time estimation of the number of air exchanges per hour of a naturally ventilated greenhouse.

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 77(1): 96–101. 

Effects of artificially reproduced fluctuations in sunlight spectral distribution on the net photosynthetic rate of cucumber leaves.

Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 675810. 

2019

Comparison of neural network models with aerodynamic and empirical models toward real-time estimation of the number of air exchanges per hour of a naturally ventilated greenhouse.

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 75(3): 166–172. 

Effects of environmental conditions before gene transfer on the amount of influenza hemagglutinin transiently expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves.

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 75(3): 129–136.

Interaction between red to far-red ratio of light and vapor pressure deficit on extension growth of cucumber seedlings.

Scientia Horticulturae 248: 98–104.

2018

Effects of photosynthetic photon flux density, frequency, duty ratio and their interactions on net photosynthetic rate of cos lettuce leaves under pulsed light: explanation based on photosynthetic-intermediate pool dynamics.

Photosynthesis Research 136(3): 371–378.

Agroinfiltration of leaves for deconstructed viral vector-based transient gene expression: infiltrated leaf area affects recombinant hemagglutinin yield.

Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology 59(4): 547–555.

Gas exchange rates decrease and leaf temperature increases in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves transiently overexpressing hemagglutinin in an Agrobacterium-assisted viral vector system.

Frontiers in Plant Science 9: 1315.

Quantification of excitation energy distribution between photosystems based on a mechanistic model of photosynthetic electron transport.

Plant, Cell and Environment 41(1): 148–159.

A mathematical model of photosynthetic electron transport in response to light spectrum based on excitation energy distributed to photosystems.

Plant and Cell Physiology 59(8): 1643–1651.

2017

Effects of plant density on recombinant hemagglutinin yields in an Agrobacterium-mediated transient gene expression system using Nicotiana benthamiana plants.

Biotechnology and Bioengineering 114(8): 1762–1770.

Effect of temperature post viral vector inoculation on the amount of hemagglutinin transiently expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves.

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 124(3): 346–350.

Viral vector-based transient gene expression in Nicotiana benthamiana: effects of light source on leaf temperature and hemagglutinin content.

Plant Cell Reports 36(10): 1667–1669.

2016

Removal of bacterial suspension water occupying the intercellular space of detached leaves after agroinfiltration improves the yield of recombinant hemagglutinin in a Nicotiana benthamiana transient gene expression system.

Biotechnology and Bioengineering 113(4): 901–906.

Effects of temporally shifted irradiation of blue and red LED light on cos lettuce growth and morphology.

Scientia Horticulturae 198: 227–232.

Effects of spectral distribution and photosynthetic photon flux density for overnight LED light irradiation on tomato seedling growth and leaf injury.

Scientia Horticulturae 198: 363–369.

Interaction between the spectral photon flux density distributions of light during growth and for measurements in net photosynthetic rates of cucumber leaves.

Physiologia Plantarum 158(2): 213–224.

2015

A kinetic model for estimating net photosynthetic rates of cos lettuce leaves under pulsed light.

Photosynthesis Research 124(1): 107–116.

2014

Effect of nitrate concentration in nutrient solution on hemagglutinin content of Nicotiana benthamiana leaves in a viral vector-mediated transient gene expression system.

Plant Biotechnology 31(3): 207–211.

Leaf photosynthesis, plant growth, and carbohydrate accumulation of tomato under different photoperiods and diurnal temperature differences.

Scientia Horticulturae 170: 150–158.

Light-induced systemic regulation of photosynthesis in primary and trifoliate leaves of Phaseolus vulgaris: effects of photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) versus spectrum.

Plant Biology 16(1): 16–21.

2013

Leaf gas-exchange characteristics of four Japanese and four Dutch tomato cultivars grown in a greenhouse.

Scientia Horticulturae 156: 19–23.

Effects of supplemental lighting to a lower leaf using light-emitting diodes with different spectra on the leaf photosynthetic rate in sweet pepper.

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 69(2): 55–63.

2012

Effect of high electrical conductivity of hydroponic nutrient solution on vaccine protein content in transgenic tomato.

HortTechnology 22(3): 362–367.

Virus-vector mediated rapid protein production in Nicotiana benthamiana: effects of temperature and photosynthetic photon flux density on hemagglutinin accumulation.

Environment Control in Biology 50(4): 375–381.

Varietal difference of root development and starch accumulation on stem of tomato occurred by fruit thinning.

Root Research 21(2): 39–43. (in Japanese with English abstract)

2011

Growth characteristic and sink strength of fruit at different CO2 concentrations in a Japanese and a Dutch tomato cultivar.

Scientia Horticulturae 127(4): 528–534.

Responses of leaf photosynthesis and plant growth to altered source-sink balance in a Japanese and a Dutch tomato cultivar.

Scientia Horticulturae 127(4): 520–527.

Nutrient supply and fruit yields in tomato rockwool hydroponics under daily quantitative nutrient management: analysis and evaluation based on leaf area index. 

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 67(3): 117–126.

2010

Variation of total soluble protein content in fruit among six greenhouse tomato cultivars.

HortScience 45(11): 1645–1648.

Determining the optimal timing of fruit harvest in transgenic tomato expressing F1-V, a candidate subunit vaccine against plague.

HortScience 45(3): 347–351.

Daily based quantitative nutrient management in rockwool hydroponics: growth and yield of tomato and nutrient use at elevated CO2. 

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 66(4): 217–226.

–2009

Biopharmaceutical protein production under controlled environments: growth, development, and vaccine productivity of transgenic tomato plants grown hydroponically in a greenhouse.

HortScience 44(6): 1594–1599.

Effects of blue light deficiency on acclimation of light energy partitioning in PSII and CO2 assimilation capacity to high irradiance in spinach leaves.

Plant and Cell Physiology 49(4): 664–670.

Analysis of the relationship between blue-light photon flux density and the photosynthetic properties of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) leaves with regard to the acclimation of photosynthesis to growth irradiance.

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 53(4): 459–465.

Growth of rice plants under red light with or without supplemental blue light.

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 52(4): 444–452.

Effects of red and blue LEDs low light irradiation during low temperature storage on growth, ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase content, chlorophyll content and carbohydrate content of grafted tomato plug seedlings.

Environment Control in Biology 42(1): 65–73. (in Japanese with English abstract and captions)

Photosynthetic characteristics of rice leaves grown under red light with or without supplemental blue light.

Plant and Cell Physiology 45(12): 1870–1874.

II. Review Articles & Others

Peer-Reviewed

Editorial: Engineering the plant biofactory for the production of biologics and small-molecule medicines — Volume 2

Frontiers in Plant Science 13: 942746.

A basis for selecting light spectral distribution for evaluating leaf photosynthetic rates of plants grown under different light spectral distributions.

Environmental Control in Biology 55(1): 1–6.

Environment control to improve recombinant protein yields in plants based on Agrobacterium-mediated transient gene expression.

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 4: 23.

Not Peer-Reviewed

Effects of supplemental lighting with LEDs on physiological aspects of photosynthesis in crop plants.

Light & Engineering 27: 42–48.

III. Books

Book Edition

Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture: Research and Practices, Springer Singapore, Singapore, pp.227. 

Book Chapters

Light- and CO2-dependent systemic regulation of photosynthesis.

Progress in Botany 77 (Lüttge, U., F.M. Cánovas, R. Matyssek eds.), Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, p.151–166.

Optical and physiological properties of a leaf.

LED Lighting for Urban Agriculture (Kozai, T., K. Fujiwara, E. Runkle eds.), Springer Science+Business Media, Singapore, p.113–123.

Effects of physical environment on photosynthesis, respiration, and transpiration.

LED Lighting for Urban Agriculture (Kozai, T., K. Fujiwara, E. Runkle eds.), Springer Science+Business Media, Singapore, p.163–175.

IV. Proceedings Papers (peer-reviewed)

Effects of continuous lighting with or without a diurnal temperature difference on photosynthetic characteristics of tomato leaves.

Acta Horticulturae 956: 165–170. 

Management of periodic nutrient supply independent of water supply based on solar radiation and crop models in a soilless culture.

Acta Horticulturae 907: 193–196. 

Effects of blue-light photon flux density on nitrogen and carbohydrate content and growth of spinach.

Acta Horticulturae 801: 1393–1398. 

Preliminary evaluation of transgenic tomato plants expressing a Yersinia pestis antigen fusion protein F1-V grown in a greenhouse.

Acta Horticulturae 797: 381–385. 

Light quality in and between tomato plant rows in a greenhouse.

Acta Horticulturae 761: 227–234. 

Effects of blue light supplementation to red light on nitrate reductase activity in leaves of rice seedlings.

Acta Horticulturae 711: 351–355.  

V. Invited Lectures & Talks

VI. Presentations at International Conferences

46 presentations (the list will be provided upon request)

VII. Services as Ad-hoc Reviewer for Scientific Journals