Publications of the past years
Ueda Y, Yamaji N, Wissuwa M (2025) Comparative Transcriptome Reveals ART1-Dependent Regulatory Pathways for Fe Toxicity Response in Rice Roots. Physiologia Plantarum 177: e70398. doi.org/10.1111/ppl.70398
Krusenbaum L, Wissuwa M, Dinh LT (2025) Heritable Variation in Root Emergence During Post-Drought Recovery Reveals Potential Links to Seedling Drought Recovery in Rice. Current Plant Biology 43 doi.org/10.1016/j.cpb.2025.100509
Rosdianti I, Ueda Y, Nakanishi H, Utami DW, Yuriyah S, Takanashi H, Wissuwa M (2025) Physiological insensitivity to an increase in leaf Fe constitutes a tissue‑tolerance mechanism against Fe toxicity in rice. Plant and Soil doi.org/10.1007/s11104-025-07587-0
Mundschenk E, Remus R, Wissuwa M, Staudinger C, Otxandorena‑Ieregi U, Oburger E, Holz M (2025) Mobilization of Readily Exchangeable Organic P – A Potential Driver of Enhanced P Acquisition Efficiency in Upland Rice. J Soil Science and Plant Nutrition doi.org/10.1007/s42729-025-02467-z
Rakotondramanana M, Stangoulis J, Grenier C, Wissuwa M (2025) The contribution of Zn uptake and grain Zn loading intensity to achieving Zn biofortification breeding targets in rice. JPNSS doi.org/10.1002/jpln.12013
Rocco C, Suzuki M, Vilar R, Garcia-España E, Blasco S, Larrouy-Maumus G, Turnbull C, Wissuwa M, Cao X, Weiss D (2025) Enhancing Zinc Bioavailability in Rice Using the Novel Synthetic Siderophore Ligand Proline-2′-Deoxymugineic Acid (PDMA): Critical Insights from Metal Binding Studies and Geochemical Speciation Modeling. J. Agric. Food Chem. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5c02128
Pariasca-Tanaka J, Ueda Y, Kondo K, Prodhan MA, Rajonandraina T, Ranaivo HN, Rakotondramanana MF, Saito H, Dinh LT, Wissuwa M (2025) Genome-wide sequence comparison and development of InDel and SNP markers to facilitate localized rice breeding. Current Plant Biology 42: 100469 doi.org/10.1016/j.cpb.2025.100469
Schwalm H, Staudinger C, Hajirezaei MR, Mundschenk E, Golestanifard A, Holz M, Wissuwa M, Oburger E (2024) Root exudation patterns of contrasting rice (Oryza sativa L.) lines in response to P limitation. Planta 260:123 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-024-04556-2
Ueda Y, Kondo K, Saito H, Pariasca-Tanaka J, Takanashi H, Ranaiova HN, Rakotondramanana M, Wissuwa M (2024) Characterization of quantitative trait loci from DJ123 (aus) independently affecting panicle structure traits in indica rice cultivar IR64. Mol. Breeding 44:57 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-024-01494-5
Holz M, Mundschenk E, Pusch V, Remus R, Dubbert M, Oburger E, Staudinger C, Wissuwa M, Zarebanadkouki M (2024) Visualizing and quantifying 33P uptake and translocation by maize plants grown in soil. Front. Plant Sci. 15:1376613 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1376613
Mundschenk E, Remus R, Augustin J, Wissuwa M, Staudinger C, Oburger E, George E, Holz M (2024) Fertilizer Addition Modifies Utilization of Different P Sources in Upland Rice on Strongly P-fixing Andosols. J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 24:3537-3549. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-024-01774-1
George TS, Bulgarelli D, Carminati A, Chen Y, Jones D, Kuzyakov Y, Schnepf A, Wissuwa M, Roose T (2024) Bottom-up perspective – The role of roots and rhizosphere in climate change adaptation and mitigation in agroecosystems. Plant & Soil doi.org/10.1007/s11104-024-06626-6
Rakotondramanana M, Tanaka R, Pariasca-Tanaka J, Stangoulis J, Grenier C, Wissuwa M (2024) Stability of grain zinc concentrations across lowland rice environments favors zinc biofortification breeding. Frontiers in Plant Science 15: doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1293831
Rafaliarivony S, Ranarijaona HLT, Rasoafalimanana M, Radanielina T, Wissuwa M (2023) Evaluation of salinity tolerance of lowland rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes at the reproductive stage. AJAR 19 (10): 945-961 DOI: 10.5897/AJAR2022.16229
Dinh LT, Ueda Y, Gonzalez D, Pariasca Tanaka J, Takanashi H, Wissuwa M (2023) Novel QTL for lateral root density and length improve phosphorus uptake in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Rice 16:37 doi.org/10.1186/s12284-023-00654-z
Rajonandraina T, Ueda Y, Wissuwa M, Kirk GJD, Rakotoson T, Manwaring H, Andriamananjara A, Razafimbelo T (2023) Magnesium supply alleviates iron toxicity-induced leaf bronzing in rice through exclusion and tissue-tolerance mechanisms. Frontiers in Plant Science 10.3389 doi 10.3389/fpls.2023.1213456.
Rajonandraina T, Rakotoson T, Wissuwa M, Ueda Y, Razafimbelo T, Andriamananjara A, Kirk GJD (2023) Mechanisms of genotypic differences in tolerance of iron toxicity in field-grown rice. Field Crops Res. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2023.108953
Ranaivo NH, Dinh TL, Ueda Y, Pariasca Tanaka J, Takanashi H, Ramanankaja L, Razafimbelo T, Wissuwa M (2022) QTL mapping for early root and shoot vigor of upland rice (Oryza sativa L.) under P deficient field conditions in Japan and Madagascar. Frontiers in Plant Science 1017419.
Ueda Y and Wissuwa M (2022) Physiological evidence that nitrate use positively correlates with internal phosphorus utilization efficiency and phosphorus uptake efficiency in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant and Soil doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05655-3
Prodhan MA, Pariasca-Tanaka J, Ueda Y, Hayes PE, Wissuwa M (2022) Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals a rapid response to phosphorus deficiency in a phosphorus-efficient rice genotype. Scientific Reports 12:9460 doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13709-w
Rakotondramanana M, Tanaka R, Pariasca-Tanaka J, Stangoulis J, Grenier C, Wissuwa M (2022) Genomic prediction of zinc-biofortification potential in rice gene bank accessions. Theoretical and Applied Genetics (doi.org/10.1007/s00122-022-04110-2)
Kuppe CW, Kirk GJD, Wissuwa M, Postma JA (2022) Rice increases phosphorus uptake in strongly sorbing soils by intra-root facilitation. Plant, Cell & Environment 45(3): 884-899 doi.org/10.1111/pce.14285
Pariasca-Tanaka J, Rakotondramanana MF, Tojo Mangaharisoa S, Ranaivo HN, Tanaka R, Wissuwa M (2022) Phenotyping of a rice (Oryza sativa L.) association panel identifies loci associated with tolerance to low soil fertility on smallholder farm conditions in Madagascar. PLoS ONE 17(5): e0262707. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262707
Hayes PE, Adem GD, Pariasca-Tanaka J, Wissuwa M (2021) Leaf phosphorus fractionation in rice to understand internal phosphorus-use efficiency. Annals of Botany doi/10.1093/aob/mcab138/6432224
Kirk GJD, Manwaring HR, Ueda Y, Semwal VK, Wissuwa M (2021) Below-ground plant-soil interactions affecting adaptations of rice to iron toxicity. Plant, Cell & Environment doi.org/10.1111/pce.14199
Tanaka R, Mandaharisoa ST, Rakotondramanana M, Ranaivo HN, Pariasca-Tanaka J, Kanegae HK, Iwata H, Wissuwa M (2021) From gene banks to farmer’s fields: Using genomic selection to identify donors for a breeding program in rice to close the yield gap on smallholder farms. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 134: 3397 – 3410. doi.org/10.1007/s00122-021-03909-9
Heredia MC, Kant J, Prodhan A, Dixit S, Wissuwa M (2021) Water saving technologies: A route to reducing the environmental footprint of rice. Theoretical and Applied Genetics doi.org/10.1007/s00122-021-03899-8
Weiss D, Northover G, Hanif M, Garcia-Enspaña E, Vilar R, Arnold T, Markovic T, Wissuwa M, Delgado E (2021) Isotope fractionation of zinc in the paddy rice soil-water environment and the role of 2’deoxymugenic acid (DMA) as zincophore under Zn limiting conditions. Chemical Geology 577, doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120271.
Wissuwa M, Kant J (2021) Does half a mm matter? Root hairs for yield stability. A commentary on „Significance of root hairs for plant performance under contrasting field conditions and water deficit”. Annals of Botany doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab027
Gonzalez D, Postma J, Wissuwa M (2021) Cost-benefit analysis of the upland-rice root architecture in relation to phosphate: 3D Simulations highlight the importance of S-type lateral roots for reducing the pay-off time. Frontiers in Plant Nutrition 12: doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.641835
Adem GD, Ueda Y, Hayes PE, Wissuwa M (2020) Genetic and physiological traits for internal phosphorus utilization efficiency in rice. PLOS ONE 15(11): e0241842. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241842
Rakotoson T, Rinasoa S, Andriantsiorimanana A, Razafimanantsoa MP, Razafimbelo T, Rabeharisoa L, Tsujimoto Y, Wissuwa M (2020) Effects of fertilizer micro-dosing in nursery on rice productivity in Madagascar. Plant Production Science doi.org/10.1080/1343943X.2020.1828947
Watanabe M, Ueda Y, Kondo K, Ishikawa S, Tohge T, Burgos A, Brotman Y, Fernie AR, Walther D, Hoefgen R, Wissuwa M (2020) Metabolomic markers and physiological adaptations for high phosphate utilization efficiency in rice. Plant, Cell & Environment DOI: 10.1111/pce.13777.
Wissuwa M, Gonzalez D, Watts-Williams SJ (2020) The contribution of plant traits and soil microbes to phosphorus uptake from low-phosphorus soil in upland rice varieties. Plant and Soil 448:523-537, doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2020.100198.
Rakotoson T, Holz M, Wissuwa M (2020) Phosphorus deficiency tolerance in Oryza sativa: Root and rhizosphere traits. Rhizosphere 14:100198 doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2020.100198.
Pariasca-TanakaJ, Baertschi C, Wissuwa M (2019) Identification of loci through genome-wide association studies to improve tolerance to Sulfur deficiency in rice. Frontiers in Plant Science 10:1668. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01668
Suriyagoda L, Sirisena D, Kekulandara D, Bandaranayake P, Samarasinghe G & Wissuwa M (2019) Biomass and nutrient accumulation rates of rice cultivars differing in their growth duration when grown in fertile and low fertile soils. Journal of Plant Nutrition, DOI: 10.1080/01904167.2019.1676903
Muller B, Guédon Y, Lobet G, Nacry P, Pagès L, Wissuwa M, Draye X (2019) Lateral roots: Random Diversity in Adversity. Trends in Plant Sciences doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2019.05.011
Ali B, Pantha S, Acharya R, Ueda Y, Wu LB, ..., Wissuwa M, Bulley S, Frei M (2019) Enhanced ascorbate level improves multi-stress tolerance in a widely grown indica rice variety without compromising its agronomic characteristics. J. Plant Physiology doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2019.152998
Goloran JB, Johnson-Beebout SE, Morete MJ, Impa SM, Kirk GJD, Wissuwa M (2019) Grain Zn concentrations and yield of Zn-biofortified versus Zn-efficient rice genotypes under contrasting growth conditions. Field Crops Research 234: 26-32.
Jeong K, Pantoja O, Baten A, Waters D, Kretzschmar T, Wissuwa M, Julia CC, Heuer S, Rose TJ (2018) Transcriptional response of rice flag leaves to restricted external phosphorus supply during grain filling in rice cv. IR64. PLoS ONE 13(9): e0203654.
Wang FM, Longkumer T, Catausan SC, Calumpang CLF, Tarun JA, Cattin‐Ortola J, Ishizaki T, Pariasca Tanaka J, Rose TJ, Wissuwa M, Kretzschmar T (2018) Genome‐wide association and gene validation studies for early root vigour to improve direct seeding of rice. Plant, Cell & Environment 41:2731–2743.
Kekulandara DS, Sirisena DN, Bandaranayake PCG, Samarasinghe G, Wissuwa M, Suriyagoda LDB (2018) Variation in grain yield, and nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium nutrition of irrigated rice cultivars grown at fertile and low-fertile soils. Plant and Soil doi: 10.1007/s11104-018-3663-0.
Lee JS, Wissuwa M, Zamora OB, Ismail AM (2018) Novel sources of aus rice for zinc deficiency tolerance identified through association analysis using a high-density SNP array. Rice Science 25(5): 293-296. http//dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rsci.2018.08.004
Giri J, Wissuwa M, Bennett M et al. (2018) Rice auxin influx carrier OsAUX1 facilitates root hair elongation in response to low external phosphate. Nature Communications 9: 1408. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03850-4
Kant J, Ishizaki T, Pariasca-Tanaka J, Rose TJ, Wissuwa M, Watt M (2018) Phosphorus Efficient Phenotype of Rice. Rice Crop pp. 129-148. Intech Open. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.75642
Julia CC, Rose TJ, Pariasca-Tanaka J, Jeong K, Matsuda T, Wissuwa M (2018) Phosphorus uptake commences at the earliest stages of seedling development in rice. Journal Experimental Botany 69: 5233-5240. doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ery267
Puyol V and Wissuwa M (2018) Contrasting development of lysigenous aerenchyma in two rice genotypes under phosphorus deficiency. BMC Research Notes 11:60. doi: 10.1186/s13104-018-3179-y
Lee JS, Wissuwa M, Zamora OB, Ismail AN (2017) Biochemical indicators of root damages in rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes under Zinc deficiency stress. Journal of Plant Research 130: 1071-1077. doi: 10.1007/s10265-017-0962-0
Wang FM, King JDM, Rose T, Kretzschmar T, Wissuwa M (2017) Can natural variation in grain P concentrations be utilized in rice breeding to lower P fertilizer requirements? PLOS One doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179484
Lee JS, Sajise AGC, Gregorio GB, Kretzschmar T, Ismail AM and Wissuwa M (2017) Genetic dissection for zinc deficiency tolerance in rice using bi-parental mapping and association analysis. TAG 130(9): 1903-1914. doi: 10.1007/s00122-017-2932-24.
Kwanho J, Julia CC, Waters DLE, Pantoja O, Wissuwa M, Heuer S, Liu L, Rose TJ (2017) Remobilization of phosphorus fractions in rice flag leaves during grain filling: Implications for photosynthesis and grain yields. PLoS ONE 12(11): e0187521.
Affholder MC, Weiss DJ, Wissuwa M, Johnson-Beebout SE, Kirk GJD (2017) Soil CO2 venting as one of the mechanism for tolerance of Zn deficiency by rice in flooded soils. Plant Cell, and Environment doi: 10.1111/pce.13069.
Rose T, Kretzschmar T, Waters D, Balindong J, Wissuwa M (2017) Prospects for genetic improvement in internal nitrogen use efficiency in rice. Agronomy 7, 70; doi:10.3390/agronomy7040070.5.
Nanda AK, Puyol V, Wissuwa M (2017) Patterns of stress response and tolerance based on transcriptome profiling of rice crown tissue under Zn deficiency. Journal of Experimental Botany 68: 1715–1729. doi:10.1093/jxb/erx03910.1093/jxb/erx039
Nestler J, Wissuwa M (2016) Superior root hair formation confers root efficiency in some, but not all, rice (Oryza sativa) genotypes upon P deficiency. Frontiers in Plant Science 7:1935 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01935
Gaxiola R, Schilling R, Herrera-Estrella R, López-Arredondo D, Wissuwa M, Delhaize E, Rouached H, Heuer S (2016) Improving phosphorus use efficiency - a complex trait with emerging. Plant Journal. doi:10.1111/pbr.12052
Rose TJ, Kretzschmar T, Liu L, Lancaster G, Wissuwa M (2016) Phosphorus deficiency alters nutrient accumulation patterns and grain nutritional quality in rice. Agronomy 2016(6) 52. doi:10.3390/agronomy6040052
Vandamme E, Wissuwa M, Rose TJ, et al. (2016) Genotypic variation in grain P loading across diverse rice growing environments and implications for field P balances. Frontiers in Plant Science 7:1435. doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.01435
Julia CC, Wissuwa M, Kretzschmar T, Jeong K, Rose TJ. (2016) Phosphorus uptake, partitioning and redistribution during grain filling in rice. Annals of Botany 118: 1151-1162. doi:10.1093/aob/mcw164,
Jeong K, Baten A, Waters DLE, Pantoja O, Julia CC, Wissuwa M, Heuer S, Kretzschmar T, Rose TJ (2016) Phosphorus remobilisation from rice flag leaves during grain filling: an RNA-seq study. Plant Biotechnology Journal: doi: 10.1111/pbi.12586.
Wissuwa M, Kretzschmar T, Rose TJ. (2016) From promise to application: root traits for enhanced nutrient capture in rice breeding. Journal of Experimental Botany 67: 3605-3615. doi:10.1093/jxb/erw061
Nanda AK, Wissuwa M (2016) Rapid crown root development confers tolerance to zinc deficiency in rice. Frontiers in Plant Science 7: doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00428.
Nestler J, Keyes SD, Wissuwa M. (2016) Artificial growth conditions alter root hair formation on rice (Oryza sativa L.) root types. Journal of Experimental Botany 67: 3699-3708. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erw115
Mori A, Fukuda T, Vejchasarn P, Nestler J, Pariasca-Tanaka J, Wissuwa M. (2016) The role of root size versus root efficiency in phosphorus (P) acquisition of rice. Journal of Experimental Botany doi:10.1093/jxb/erv557
Mori A, Kirk GJD, Lee JS, Morete MJ, Nanda AK, Johnson-Beebout SE, Wissuwa M (2016) Rice genotype differences in tolerance of zinc-deficient soils: evidence for the importance of root-induced changes in the rhizosphere. Frontiers in Plant Science 6: doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.01160
Vandamme E, Wissuwa M, Rose TJ, Ahouanton K, Saito K (2016) Strategic phosphorus (P) application to the nursery bed increases seedling growth and yield of transplanted rice at low P supply. Field Crops Research 186: 10-17.
Wang F, Rose TJ, Jeong K, Kretzschmar T, Wissuwa M (2015) The knowns and unknowns of P loading into grains - and implications for P efficiency in cropping systems. Journal Experimental Botany doi:10.1093/jxb/erv517
Vandamme E, Rose TJ, Saito K, Yeong K, Wissuwa M (2015) Integration of P acquisition efficiency, P utilization efficiency and low grain P concentrations into P-efficient rice genotypes for specific target environments. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems DOI:10.1007/s10705-015-9716-3
Rose TJ, Mori A, Julia CC, Wissuwa M (2015) Screening for internal phosphorus utilisation efficiency: comparison of genotypes at equal shoot P content is critical. Plant and Soil DOI:10.1007/s11104-015-2565-7
Pariasca-Tanaka J, Vandamme E, Mori A, Saito K, Rose TJ, Wissuwa M (2015) Does reducing seed P concentrations affect seedling vigor and grain yield of rice? Plant Soil 392: 253-266
Wissuwa M, Kondo K, Fukuda T, Mori A, Rose MT, Pariasca-Tanaka J, Kretzschmar T, Haefele SM, Rose TJ (2015) Unmasking novel loci for internal phosphorus utilization efficiency in rice germplasm through Genome-Wide Association Analysis. PLoS ONE doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0124215
Ahmadi N, Audebert A, Wissuwa M, Xu J et al. (2014) The roots or future rice harvests. Rice 7: 29. doi:10.1186/s12284-014-0029-y
Pariasca-Tanaka J, Lorieux M, He C, McCouch S, Thomson MJ, Wissuwa M (2014) Development of a SNP genotyping panel for detecting polymorphisms in Oryza glaberrima / O. sativa interspecific crosses. Euphytica doi: 10.1007/s10681-014-1183-4.
Pariasca-Tanaka J, Chin, JH, Drame KN, Dalid C, Heuer S, Wissuwa M (2014) A novel allele of the P‑starvation tolerance gene OsPSTOL1 from African rice (Oryza glaberrima Steud) and its distribution in the genus Oryza. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 127: 1387-1398.
Wang Y, Yang L, Höller M, Zaisheng S, Pariasca-Tanaka J, Wissuwa M, Frei M (2014) Pyramiding of ozone tolerance QTLs OzT8 and OzT9 confers improved tolerance to season-long ozone exposure in rice. Environmental and Experimental Botany 104: 26-33.
Rose TJ, Liu L, Wissuwa M (2013) Improving phosphorus efficiency in cereal crops: Is breeding for reduced grain phosphorus concentration part of the solution? Frontiers in Plant Science doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00444
Koide Y, Pariasca Tanaka J, Rose T, Fukuo A, Konisho K, Yanagihara S, Fukuta Y, Wissuwa M (2013) QTLs for phosphorus-deficiency tolerance detected in upland NERICA varieties. Plant Breeding doi:10.1111/pbr.12052.
Pariasca Tanaka J, Wissuwa M, Fukuda T, Fukuta Y (2013) Functional characterization of a gene that confer tolerance to phosphorus deficiency in rice. Kagaku to Seibutsu 51-11: 733-737 (in Japanese).
Gamuyao R, Chin JH, Pariasca-Tanaka J, Pesaresi P, Catausan S, Dalid C, Slamet-Loedin I, Tecson-Mendoza EM, Wissuwa M, Heuer S (2012) The protein kinase Pstol1 from traditional rice confers tolerance of phosphorus deficiency. Nature 488: 535-539.
Nardi P, Akutsu M, Pariasca-Tanaka J, Wissuwa M (2012) Effect of a synthetic Sorghum root exudates on N dynamic, potential nitrification activity and abundance of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea. Plant and Soil: DOI 10.1007/s11104-012-1494-y.
Rose TJ, Rose MT, Pariasca-Tanaka J, Mori A, Heuer S, Johnson-Beebout SE and Wissuwa M (2012) Enhancing phosphorus and zinc acquisition efficiency in rice: a critical review of root traits and their potential utility in rice breeding. Annals of Botany: doi:10.1093/aob/mcs217.
Rose TJ, Wissuwa M (2012) Rethinking internal phosphorus utilization efficiency (PUE): A new approach is needed to improve PUE in grain crops. Advances in Agronomy 116: 183 – 215.
Rose MT, Rose TJ, Pariasca-Tanaka J, Yoshihashi T, Neuweger H, Goesmann A, Frei M, Wissuwa M (2012) Root metabolic response of two rice (Oryza sativa) cultivars with contrasting tolerance to zinc deficiency and bicarbonate excess. Planta: DOI: 10.1007/s00425-012-1648-4.
Frei M, Wissuwa M, Pariasca-Tanaka J, Chen CP, Südekum K, Kohno Y (2012) Leaf ascorbic acid level – is it really important for ozone tolerance in rice? Plant Physiology and Biochemistry DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2012.02.015.