Detailed Information

Research Field/Keywords for Research Field

• symbiosis, rhizobia, legume, Lotus japonicus, crops, mycorrhizal fungi

Education

• 1990/03, Graduated
• 1992/03, Master Course, Completed
• 1995/04, Doctor Course, Accomplished credits for doctoral program

Employment Experience

• 1995/05 - 1998/03
• 1998/04 - 2005/03 Research Associate
• 2005/04 - 2007/03 Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University
• 2006/04 - 2007/03 Associate Professor
• 2007/04 - 2013/03 Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University
• 2007/04 - 2008/03 Associate Professor
• 2010/04 - 9999/99 Associate Professor
• 2013/04 -  *  Professor, Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University

Field of Specialization

• Crop production science, Plant molecular biology/Plant physiology, Applied microbiology, Plant nutrition/Soil science, Environmental agriculture(including landscape science)

Research Topics and Results

• Effects of Inoculating the Diazotrophic Endophyte Bradyrhizobium sp. AT1 on Different Cultivars of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.) 2023/03
• 根粒共生による薬用植物カンゾウのグリチルリチン酸高生産 2021/08
• Mesorhizobium sp. J8 can establish symbiosis with Glycyrrhiza uralensis, increasing glycyrrhizin production 2021/03
• SEN1 gene from Lotus japonicus MG20 improves nitrogen fixation and plant growth 2020/10
• Single-base deletion in GmCHR5 increases the genistein-to-daidzein ratio in soybean seed 2020/07
• Identification of novel MYB transcription factors involved in the isoflavone biosynthetic pathway by using the combination screening system with agroinfiltration and hairy root transformation 2019/12
• オオムギわらおよびその焼却灰の浸漬水中に含まれる生理活性物質の同定および定量 2019/01
• Involvement of programmed cell death in suppression of the number of root nodules formed in soybean induced by Bradyrhizobium infection. 2017/11
• Induction of Tetraploid Lotus japonicus and Interspecific Hybridization with Super-Root-Derived Lotus corniculatus Regenerants 2017/09
• Fatty Acid Composition and Distribution in Wild Soybean (Glycine soja) Seeds Collected in Japan 2017/02
• Blue light does not inhibit nodulation in Sesbania rostrata 2016/12
• Blue light perception by both roots and rhizobia inhibits nodule formation in Lotus japonicus 2016/10
• Gene expression and localization of a β‑1,3‑glucanase of Lotus japonicus 2016/07
• Enhanced hyphal growth of arbuscular mycorrhizae by root exudates derived from high R/FR treated Lotus japonicus. 2016/06
• Growth rate and gene expression in Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens USDA110 due to a mutation in blr7984, a TetR family transcriptional regulator gene 2016/06
• 米麦二毛作体系における麦わらの処理方法が水田雑草の発生量と水稲の生育に及ぼす影響 2016/04
• Red/Far Red Light Controls Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Colonization via Jasmonic Acid and Strigolactone Signaling 2015/09
• Peribacteroid solution of soybean root nodules partly induces Bradyrhizobium japonicum cells 2015/01
• Effect of light quality on the establishment of root nodule and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses 2014/10
• Effect of light quality on the establishment of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in a legume and a nonlegume 2014/09
• ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL COLONIZATION ARE CONTROLLED BY RED/FARyRED RATIO THROUGH JASMONIC ACID SIGNALING 2014/07
• SUPPRESSION OF ROOT NODULE FORMATION BY THE BLUE LIGHT IRRADIATION TO THE ROOT OF LOTUS JAPONICUS 2014/07
• 光質か根粒菌の感染を制御する-フィトクロムシクナリンクを介した根粒形成のメカニズム 2014/02
• Varietal difference in nitrogen redistribution from leaves and its contribution to seed yield in soybean. 2014/01
• Effects of phytohormones on nodulation and nitrogen fixation in leguminous plants. 2014/01
• Hormone Regulation of Root Nodule Formation in Lotus. 2014
• Lotus japonicus nodulates when it sees red. 2014
• Identification of the sulphate ion as one of the key components of yeast spoilage of a sports drink through genome-wide expression analysis. 2013/07
• Control of mycorrhizal infection by Red/Far-Red Ratio through jasmonic acid signaling 2013/07
• Additional cause for reduced JA-Ile in the root of a Lotus japonicus phyB mutant. 2012
• Lotus japonicus nodulation is photomorphogenetically controlled by sensing the R/FR ratio through JA signaling. 2011/09
• 根粒形成のための避陰反応 2011/03
• Quantitative trait locus analysis of symbiotic nitrogen fixation activity in the model legume Lotus japonicus 2011
• 特集　根粒菌および菌根菌共生ー最近の分子遺伝学の進歩 感染・根粒形成と植物ホルモン 2011
• The National BioResource Project (NBRP) Lotus and Glycine in Japan. 2011
• 感染・根粒形成と植物ホルモン 2011
• 光の質の違いによる根粒形成制御 2011
• マメ科植物の共生窒素固定能増強のメカニズムとその応用 2010/11
• 光の質に応答してマメ科植物の根粒形成を制御する物質の同定 2010/11
• Effect of abscisic acid on symbiotic nitrogen fixation activity in the root nodules of Lotus japonicus and its application to leguminous crop 2010/11
• Introduction and utilization of Legume Base in Lotus and Glycine bioresources 2010/09
• The National BioResource Project in Lotus japonicus and Glycine max / soja 2010/09
• Root nodule formation controlled by light quality in Lotus japonicus 2010/09
• Effect of abscisic acid on symbiotic nitrogen fixation activity in the root nodules of Lotus japonicus and its application to leguminous crop 2010/09
• Expression of an abscisic acid-responsive β-1,3-glucanase gene in autoregulation of nodulation 2010/09
• マメ科植物の共生窒素固定能増強のメカニズムとその応用 2010/08
• Effect of abscisic acid on symbiotic nitrogen fixation activity in the root nodules of Lotus japonicus 2010/06
• Effect of abscisic acid on symbiotic nitrogen fixation activity in the root nodules of Lotus japonicus. 2010/04
• ミヤコグサのABA低感受性変異体enf1の共生窒素固定能と応用の可能性 2010/03
• 遺伝子(1)：分子遺伝学の基礎と応用，遺伝子(3)：遺伝子導入とGMO 2010/03
• Cultivation test of the lotus which isolated from the damage of the tortoise, Trchemys scripta elegans (An interim report). 2010
• 蕨野棚田における石積みの植物（秋季） 2010
• Enhanced nodulation and nitrogen fixation in the ABA low-sensitive mutant enf1 (enhanced nitrogen fixation 1) of Lotus japonicus 2009/12
• A possible role of class 1 plant hemoglobin at the early stage of legume-rhizobium symbiosis. 2009/03
• Overexpression of class 1 plant hemoglobin genes enhances symbiotic nitrogen fixation activity between Mesorhizobium loti and Lotus japonicus 2009/01
• Expression of a Class 1 Hemoglobin Gene and Production of Nitric Oxide in Response to Symbiotic and Pathogenic Bacteria in Lotus japonicus 2008/09
• Expression of defense genes of Lotus japonicus in symbiosis with Mesorhizobium loti 2008/09
• Expression of a class 1 hemoglobin gene and production of nitroc oxide in response to rhizobia and plant pathogens in Lotus japonicus 2008/09
• Characterization of enf (enhanced nitrogen fixation) mutants of Lotus japonicus 2008/09
• Enhanced symbiotic nitrogen fixation by Lotus japonicus containing an antisense β-1,3-glucanase gene 2008/06
• The importance of rhizobial attachment for successful legume nodulation and nitrogen fixation 2008/06
• Conttrol of root nodulation by the R:FR ratio 2008/06
• Transposon mediation allows a symbiotic plasmid of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii to become a symbiosis island in Agrobacterium and Rhizobium 2008/05
• Isolation and characterization of enhanced nitrogen fixation mutants of leguminous plants 2008/04
• Split-root study of autoregulation of nodulation in the model legume Lotus japonicus 2008/03
• Transcriptome Profiling of Lotus japonicus Roots during Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Development and Comparison with That of Nodulation 2007
• Comparison of growth and yield performance of seventeen water chestnut accessions (Trapa spp.) collected from Asia and Europe 2007
• Characterization of nucleotide sequences that interact with a nuclear protein fraction in rRNA gene of Vicia faba. 1992

Books

• Effects of phytohormones on nodulation and nitrogen fixation in leguminous plants.;　2014/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Advances in Biology and ecology of nitrogen fixation, Chapter 6, 111-128
  AUTHOR;　M. Nagata and A. Suzuki
  
• Hormone Regulation of Root Nodule Formation in Lotus.;　2014
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　 The Lotus japonicus Genome, Chapter 12, 85-93
  AUTHOR;　A. Suzuki
  
• Lotus japonicus nodulates when it sees red.;　2014
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Biological Nitrogen Fixation Book, Chapter 65, in press
  AUTHOR;　M. Nagata, Ann M. Hirsch and A. Suzuki
  
• 特集　根粒菌および菌根菌共生ー最近の分子遺伝学の進歩 感染・根粒形成と植物ホルモン;　2011
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　
  
• 感染・根粒形成と植物ホルモン;　2011
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　
  
• 遺伝子(1)：分子遺伝学の基礎と応用，遺伝子(3)：遺伝子導入とGMO;　2010/03
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　
  
• アグロバクテリウムが根粒を作る―病原菌と共生菌を渡り歩く根粒菌の共生プラスミド―他;　2004
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
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• アグロバクテリウムとバイジェリンキアに導入した根粒菌の遺伝子発現;　1999
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　
  

Original Articles

• Effects of Inoculating the Diazotrophic Endophyte Bradyrhizobium sp. AT1 on Different Cultivars of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.);　2023/03
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Agronomy 2023, 13, 963-972 doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13040963
  AUTHOR;　Junko Terakado-Tonooka, Fukuyo Tanaka, Toshihiko Karasawa, Akihiro Suzuki, Yoshinari Ohwaki
  
• 根粒共生による薬用植物カンゾウのグリチルリチン酸高生産;　2021/08
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Agricultural Biotechnology, 5, 50-54, 2021
  AUTHOR;　Akihiro Suzuki
  
• Mesorhizobium sp. J8 can establish symbiosis with Glycyrrhiza uralensis, increasing glycyrrhizin production;　2021/03
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Plant Biotechnology, 38, 57-66
  AUTHOR;　Ikuko Kusaba, Takahiro Nakao, Hiroko Maita, Shusei Sato, Ryota Chijiiwa, Emi Yamada, Susumu Arima, Mareshige Kojoma, Kanji Ishimaru, Ryo Akashi, Akihiro Suzuki
  
• SEN1 gene from Lotus japonicus MG20 improves nitrogen fixation and plant growth;　2020/10
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Science and Plant Nutrition, 66, 864-869
  AUTHOR;　Yuki Nishida , Reona Hiraoka , Satomi Kawano , Norio Suganuma , Shusei Sato , Satoshi Watanabe , Toyoaki Anai , Susumu Arima , Akiyoshi Tominaga & Akihiro Suzuki
  
• Single-base deletion in GmCHR5 increases the genistein-to-daidzein ratio in soybean seed;　2020/07
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Breeding Science 70: 265–276, 70, 265-276
  AUTHOR;　Md. Abdur Rauf Sarkar1,2,3), Wakana Otsu2), Akihiro Suzuki1,2), Fumio Hashimoto1), Toyoaki Anai1,2) and Satoshi Watanabe
  
• Identification of novel MYB transcription factors involved in the isoflavone biosynthetic pathway by using the combination screening system with agroinfiltration and hairy root transformation;　2019/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Plant Biotechnology 36, 241–251, 36, 241-251
  AUTHOR;　Md. Abdur Rauf Sarkar1,2,3, Satoshi Watanabe1,2, Akihiro Suzuki1,2, Fumio Hashimoto1, Toyoaki Anai
  
• オオムギわらおよびその焼却灰の浸漬水中に含まれる生理活性物質の同定および定量;　2019/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 88, 2, 125-131
  AUTHOR;　
  
• Involvement of programmed cell death in suppression of the number of root nodules formed in soybean induced by Bradyrhizobium infection.;　2017/11
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 63: 561-577, 63, 561-577
  AUTHOR;　L. Mei, M. Yasuda, H. Yamaya-Ito, M. Maeda, N. Sasaki, M. Nagata, A. Suzuki, S. Okazaki, H. Sekimoto, T. Yamada, N. Ohkama-Ohtsu, T. Yokoyama
  
• Induction of Tetraploid Lotus japonicus and Interspecific Hybridization with Super-Root-Derived Lotus corniculatus Regenerants;　2017/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Crop Science Vol. 57 No. 5, p. 2387-2394, 57, 5, 2387-2394
  AUTHOR;　Masatsugu Hashiguchi, Rinda Puspasari, Yuya Suematsu, Melody Muguerza, Hidenori Tanaka, Akihiro Suzuki, Franz Hoffmann and Ryo Akashi
  
• Fatty Acid Composition and Distribution in Wild Soybean (Glycine soja) Seeds Collected in Japan;　2017/02
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Asian Journal of Plant Sciences DOI: 10.3923/ajps.2017.
  AUTHOR;　Chi-Do Wee, Masatsugu Hashiguchi, Toyoaki Anai, Akihiro Suzuki and Ryo Akashi
  
• Blue light does not inhibit nodulation in Sesbania rostrata;　2016/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Plant Signaling & Behavior, in press
  AUTHOR;　Aya Shimomura, Susumu Arima, Makoto Hayashi, Maskit Maymon, Ann M. Hirsch, Akihiro Suzuki
  
• Blue light perception by both roots and rhizobia inhibits nodule formation in Lotus japonicus;　2016/10
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 29, 10, 786-796
  AUTHOR;　Aya Shimomura, Ayumi Naka, Nobuyuki Miyazaki, Sayaka Moriuchi, Susumu Arima, Shusei Sato, Hideki Hirakawa, Makoto Hayashi, Maskit Maymon, Ann M. Hirsch, Akihiro Suzuki
  
• Gene expression and localization of a β‑1,3‑glucanase of Lotus japonicus;　2016/07
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　J Plant Res, 129, 749-758
  AUTHOR;　Ken-Ichi Osuki, Shun Hashimoto, Akihiro Suzuki, Masato Araragi, Akihito Takahara, Makiko Kurosawa, Ken-Ichi Kucho, Shiro Higashi, Mikiko Abe, Toshiki Uchiumi
  
• Enhanced hyphal growth of arbuscular mycorrhizae by root exudates derived from high R/FR treated Lotus japonicus.;　2016/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR, 11, e1187356
  AUTHOR;　Maki Nagata, Naoya Yamamoto, Taro Miyamoto, Aya Shimomura, Susumu Arima, Ann M. Hirsch, and Akihiro Suzuki
  
• Growth rate and gene expression in Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens USDA110 due to a mutation in blr7984, a TetR family transcriptional regulator gene;　2016/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Microbes and Environments, in press
  AUTHOR;　Naoko Ohkama-Ohtsu, Haruna Honma, Mariko Nakagome, Maki Nagata, Hiroko Yamaya-Ito, Yoshiaki Sano, Norina Hiraoka, Takaaki Ikemi, Akihiro Suzuki, Shin Okazaki, Kiwamu Minamisawa and Tadashi Yokoyama
  
• 米麦二毛作体系における麦わらの処理方法が水田雑草の発生量と水稲の生育に及ぼす影響;　2016/04
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 85, 122-129
  AUTHOR;　
  
• Red/Far Red Light Controls Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Colonization via Jasmonic Acid and Strigolactone Signaling;　2015/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Plant Cell Physiol, 56, 2100-2109
  AUTHOR;　Maki Nagata, Naoya Yamamoto, Tamaki Shigeyama, Yohei Terasawa, Toyoaki Anai, Tatsuya Sakai, Sayaka Inada, Susumu Arima, Masatsugu Hashiguchi, Ryo Akashi, Hideyuki Nakayama, Daisuke Ueno, Ann M. Hirsch and Akihiro Suzuki
  
• Peribacteroid solution of soybean root nodules partly induces Bradyrhizobium japonicum cells;　2015/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 61, 461-470
  AUTHOR;　Naoko Ohkama-Ohtsu, Sachiko Ichida, Hiroko Yamaya, Takuji Ohwada, Manabu Itakura, Yoshino Hara, Hisayuki Mitsui, Takakazu Kaneko, Satoshi Tabata, Kouhei Tejima, Kazuhiko Saeki, Hirofumi Omori, Makoto Hayashi, Takaki Maekawa, Yoshikatsu Murooka, Shigeyuki Tajima, Kenshiro Simomura, Mika Nomura, Toshiki Uchiumi, Akihiro Suzuki, Yoshikazu Shimoda, Mikiko Abe, Kiwamu Minamisawa, Yasuhiro Arima & Tadashi Yokoyama
  
• Varietal difference in nitrogen redistribution from leaves and its contribution to seed yield in soybean.;　2014/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Plant Production Science, 17, 103-108
  AUTHOR;　X. Zhao, S.H. Zheng*, Fatichin, A. Suzuki and Susumu Arima
  
• Identification of the sulphate ion as one of the key components of yeast spoilage of a sports drink through genome-wide expression analysis.;　2013/07
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology, 59, 227-238
  AUTHOR;　L.N. Jayakody, K. Tsuge, A. Suzuki, H. Shimoi and H. Kitagaki
  
• Additional cause for reduced JA-Ile in the root of a Lotus japonicus phyB mutant.;　2012
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Plant Signaling and Behavior (in press)
  AUTHOR;　Tamaki Shigeyama, Akiyoshi Tominaga, Susumu Arima, Tatsuya Sakai, Sayaka Inada, Yusuke Jikumaru, Yuji Kamiya, Toshiki Uchiumi, Mikiko Abe, Masatsugu Hashiguchi, Ryo Akashi, Ann M. Hirsch and Akihiro Suzuki
  
• The national bioresource project (NBRP) Lotus and Glycine in Japan;　2011/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 61, 5, 453461
  AUTHOR;　Hashiguchi, Masatsugu; Abe, Jun; Aoki, Toshio; Anai, Toyoaki; Suzuki, Akihiro; Akashi, Ryo
  
• Lotus japonicus nodulation is photomorphogenetically controlled by sensing the red/far red (R/FR) ratio through jasmonic acid (JA) signaling;　2011/10
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 108, 40, 1683716842
  AUTHOR;　Suzuki, Akihiro; Suzuki, Akihiro; Suriyagoda, Lalith; Suriyagoda, Lalith; Shigeyama, Tamaki; Tominaga, Akiyoshi; Tominaga, Akiyoshi; Sasaki, Masayo; Hiratsuka, Yoshimi; Yoshinaga, Aya; Arima, Susumu; Arima, Susumu; Agarie, Sakae; Agarie, Sakae; Agarie, Sakae; Sakai, Tatsuya; Sakai, Tatsuya; Inada, Sayaka; Jikumaru, Yusuke; Kamiya, Yuji; Uchiumi, Toshiki; Abe, Mikiko; Hashiguchi, Masatsugu; Akashi, Ryo; Sato, Shusei; Kaneko, Takakazu; Kaneko, Takakazu; Tabata, Satoshi; Hirsch, Ann M.
  
• Lotus japonicus nodulation is photomorphogenetically controlled by sensing the R/FR ratio through JA signaling.;　2011/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 108, 16837
  AUTHOR;　Akihiro Suzuki, Lalith Suriyagoda, Tamaki Shigeyama, Akiyoshi Tominaga, Masayo Sasaki, Yoshimi Hiratsuka, Aya Yoshinaga, Susumu Arima, Sakae Agarie, Tatsuya Sakai, Sayaka Inada, Yusuke Jikumaru, Yuji Kamiya, Toshiki Uchiumi, Mikiko Abe, Masatsugu Hashiguchi, Ryo Akashi, Shusei Sato, Takakazu Kaneko, Satoshi Tabata, Ann M. Hirsch
  
• Quantitative trait locus analysis of symbiotic nitrogen fixation activity in the model legume Lotus japonicus;　2011
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of Plant Research (in press)
  AUTHOR;　Akiyoshi Tominaga, Takahiro Gondo, Ryo Akashi, Shao-hui Zheng, Susumu Arima and Akihiro Suzuki
  
• The National BioResource Project (NBRP) Lotus and Glycine in Japan.;　2011
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Breeding Science, 2011 (in press)
  AUTHOR;　M. Hashiguchi, J. Abe, T. Aoki, T. Anai, A. Suzuki and R. Akashi
  
• Cultivation test of the lotus which isolated from the damage of the tortoise, Trchemys scripta elegans (An interim report).;　2010
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Coastal Bioenvironment, 15, 61-65
  AUTHOR;　
  
• 蕨野棚田における石積みの植物（秋季）;　2010
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 95, 1-8
  AUTHOR;　
  
• Enhanced nodulation and nitrogen fixation in the ABA low-sensitive mutant enf1 (enhanced nitrogen fixation 1) of Lotus japonicus;　2009/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Plant Physiology, 151, 1965-1976
  AUTHOR;　Tominaga A., Nagata M., Futsuki K., Abe H., Uchiumi T., Abe M., Kucho K., Hashiguchi M., Akashi R., Hirsch A., Arima S. and Suzuki A.
  
• Overexpression of class 1 plant hemoglobin genes enhances symbiotic nitrogen fixation activity between Mesorhizobium loti and Lotus japonicus;　2009/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　The Plant Journal, 57, 254-263
  AUTHOR;　Yoshikazu Shimoda, Fuyuko Shimoda-Sasakura, Ken-ichiKucho, Norihito Kanamori, Maki Nagata, Akihiro Suzuki, Mikiko Abe, Shiro Higashi and Toshiki Uchiumi
  
• Expression of a Class 1 Hemoglobin Gene and Production of Nitric Oxide in Response to Symbiotic and Pathogenic Bacteria in Lotus japonicus;　2008/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 21, 9, 1175-1183
  AUTHOR;　Maki Nagata, Ei-ichi Murakami, Yoshikazu Shimoda, Fuyuko Shimoda-Sasakura, Ken-ichi Kucho, Akihiro Suzuki, Mikiko Abe, Shiro Higashi and Toshiki Uchiumi
  
• Enhanced symbiotic nitrogen fixation by Lotus japonicus containing an antisense β-1,3-glucanase gene;　2008/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Plant Biotechnology, 25, 4, 357-360
  AUTHOR;　Akihiro Suzuki, Kenji Yamashita, Mami Ishihara, Ken-ichi Nakahara, Mikiko Abe, Ken-ichi Kucho, Toshiki Uchiumi, Shiro Higashi and Susumu Arima
  
• Transposon mediation allows a symbiotic plasmid of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii to become a symbiosis island in Agrobacterium and Rhizobium;　2008/05
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 54, 107-118
  AUTHOR;　Hiroki Nakatsukasa, Toshiki Uchiumi, Ken-ichi Kucho, Akihiro Suzuki, Shiro Higashi, and Mikiko Abe
  
• Split-root study of autoregulation of nodulation in the model legume Lotus japonicus;　2008/03
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of Plant Research, 121
  AUTHOR;　A. Suzuki, H. Hara, T. Kinoue, M. Abe, T. Uchiumi, K. Kucho, S. Higashi, A. M. Hirsch and S. Arima
  
• Transcriptome Profiling of Lotus japonicus Roots during Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Development and Comparison with That of Nodulation;　2007
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　DNA Research, 14
  AUTHOR;　Yuichi Deguchi, Mari Banba, Yoshikazu Shimoda, Svetlana A. Chechetka, Ryota Suzuri, Yasuhiro Okusako, Yasuhiro Ooki, Koichi Toyokura, Akihiro Suzuki, Toshiki Uchiumi, Shiro Higashi, Mikiko Abe, Hiroshi Kouchi, Katsura Izui and Shingo Hata
  
• Comparison of growth and yield performance of seventeen water chestnut accessions (Trapa spp.) collected from Asia and Europe;　2007
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Plant Production Science, 10, 3
  AUTHOR;　Suriyagoda Lalith, Susumu Arima, Akihiro Suzuki and Hoque M.A.
  
• A class 1 hemoglobin gene from Alnus firma functions in symbiotic and nonsymbiotic tissues to detoxify nitric oxide.;　2006
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 19, 4
  AUTHOR;　Fuyuko Sasakura, Toshiki Uchiumi, Yoshikazu Shimoda, Akihiro Suzuki, Katsumi Takenouchi, Shiro Higashi, and Mikiko Abe
  
• Symbiotic Rhizobium and Nitric Oxide Induce Gene Expression of Non-symbiotic Hemoglobin in Lotus japonicus.;　2005
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Plant Cell Physiology, 46
  AUTHOR;　Shimoda,Y.,Nagata,M.,Suzuki,A.,Abe,M.,Sato,S.,Kato,T.,Tabata,S.,Higashi,S. and Uchiumi, T.
  
• Suppression of Root Nodule Formation by Artificial Expression of the TrEnodDR1 (Coat Protein of White clover cryptic virus 1) Gene in Lotus japonicus;　2005
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　MOLECULAR PLANT MICROBE INTERACTIONS, 18, 10
  AUTHOR;　Nakatsukasa-Akune, M / Yamashita, K / Shimoda, Y / Uchiumi, T / Abe, M / Aoki, T / Kamizawa, A / Ayabe, S.-i. / Higashi, S. / Suzuki, A
  
• A novel symbiotic nitrogen-fixining member of the Ochrobactrum clade isolated from root nodules of Acacia mangium.;　2004
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of General Applied Microbiology, 50
  AUTHOR;　Ngom,A.,Nakagawa,Y.,Sawada,H.,Tsukahara,J.,Wakabayashi,S.,Uchiumi,T.,Nuntagij, A., Kotepong, S., Suzuki, A., Higashi, S. and Abe, M.
  
• Control of nodule number by the phytohormone abscisic acid in the root of two leguminous species.;　2004
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Plant and Cell Physiology, 45
  AUTHOR;　Suzuki,A.,Akune,M.,Kogiso,M., Imagama,Y.,Osuki,K.,Uchiumi, T.,Higashi, S.,Han, S.-Y., Yoshida, S., Asami, T. and Abe, M.
  
• Large-scale analysis of gene expression profile during early stages of root nodule formation in a model legume, Lotus japonicus.;　2004
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　DNA Research, 11
  AUTHOR;　Kouchi,H., Shimomura,K.,Hata,S.,Hirota,A.,Wu,G.-J.,Kumagai,H.,Tajima,S.,Suganuma, N., Suzuki, A., Aoki, T., Hayashi, M., Yokoyama, T., Ohyama, T.,Asamizu, E., Kuwata, C., Shibata D., and Tabata S.
  
• Isolation of Endophytic Frankia from Root Nodules of Casuarina equisetifolia and Infectivity of the Isolate to Host Plants;　2003
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION, 49, 1, 137-142
  AUTHOR;　Tani, C / Sasakawa, H / Takenouchi, K / Abe, M / Uchiumi, T / Suzuki, A / Higashi, S
  
• Expression islands clustered on the symbiosis island of the Mesorhizobium loti genome.;　2003
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of Bacteriology, 186, 2439-2448
  AUTHOR;　Uchiumi,T.,Ohwada,T.,Itakura,M.,Mitsui,H.,Nukui,N.,Dawadi,P.,Kaneko,T.,Tabata, S.,Yokoyama, T.,Tejima,K., Saeki,K.,Omori,H.,Hayashi,M.,Maekawa,T., Sriprang, R., Murooka, Y., Tajima, S., Shimomura, K., Nomura, M., Suzuki, A.,Shimoda, Y., Shioya, K., Abe, M. and Minamisawa, K.
  
• Symbiotic root nodule bacteria isolated from yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus).;　2002
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of General Applied Microbiology, 48, 181-191
  AUTHOR;　Fuentes,J.B.,Abe,M.,Uchiumi,T.,Suzuki,A.,and Higashi.S.
  
• Expression of symbiotic and nonsymbiotic globin genes responding to microsymbionts on Lotus japonicus.;　2002
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Plant and Cell Physiology, 43, 1351-1358
  AUTHOR;　Uchiumi,T.,Shimoda,Y.,Tsuruta,T.,Mukoyoshi,Y.,Suzuki,A.,Senoo,K.,Sato,S.,Tabata,S.,Higashi,S.and Abe,M.
  
• Cloning and expression of a down-regulated gene (TrEnodDR1) of white clover responded by the nod genes derived from Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii strain 4S;　2001
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　GENE, 266, 1/2, 77-84
  AUTHOR;　Suzuki, A / Kobayashi, F / Abe, M / Uchiumi, T / Higashi, S
  
• A rice functional transcriptional activator, RISBZ1, responsible for endosperm-specific expression of storage protein genes through GCN4 motif;　2001
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 276, 17, 14139-14152
  AUTHOR;　Onodera, Y / Suzuki, A / Wu, C.-Y / Washida, H / Takaiwa, F
  
• Genome and chromosome dimensions of Lotus japonicus.;　2000
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of Plant Research, 113, 435-442
  AUTHOR;　Ito,M.,Miyamoto,J.,Mori,Y.,Fujimoto,S.,Uchiumi,T.,Abe,M.,Suzuki,A.,Tabata,S.and Fukui,K.
  
• Identification of cis-regulatory elements required for endosperm expression of the rice storage protein glutelin gene GluB-1;　1999
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 40, 1, 1-12
  AUTHOR;　Washida, H / Wu, C.-Y / Suzuki, A / Yamanouchi, U / Akihama, T / Harada, K / Takaiwa, F
  
• Promoters of Rice Seed Storage Protein Genes Direct Endosperm-Specific Gene Expression in Transgenic Rice;　1998
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY, 39, 8, 885-889
  AUTHOR;　Wu, C.-Y / Adachi, T / Hatano, T / Washida, H / Suzuki, A / Takaiwa, F
  
• Rice MYB Protein OSMYB5 Specifically Binds to the AACA Motif Conserved among Promoters of Genes for Storage Protein Glutelin;　1998
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY, 39, 5, 555-559
  AUTHOR;　Suzuki, A / Wu, C.-Y / Washida, H / Takaiwa, F
  
• The GCN4 motif in a rice glutelin gene is essential for endosperm-specific gene expression and is activated by Opaque-2 in transgenic rice plants.;　1998
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　The Plant Journal, 14, 673-684
  AUTHOR;　Wu C.-Y.,Suzuki,A.,Washida,H.and Takaiwa,F.
  
• Cloning and expression of five myb-related genes from rice seed;　1997
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　GENE, 198, 1/2, 393-398
  AUTHOR;　Suzuki, A / Suzuki, T / Tanabe, F / Toki, S / Washida, H / Wu, C.-Y / Takaiwa, F
  
• Structural and functional characterization of the intergenic spacer region of the rDNA in Daucus carota;　1996
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY, 37, 2, 233-238
  AUTHOR;　Suzuki, A / Tanifuji, S / Komeda, Y / Kato, A
  
• Three protein fractions that bind to the narrow region of the promoter of the ribosomal RNA gene in Vicia faba.;　1995
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Plant and Cell Physiology, 36, 1051-1058
  AUTHOR;　Suzuki, A., Tanifuji, S., Komeda, Y. and Kato, A.
  
• Single-stranded DNA of 5'-upstream region of the rolC gene interacts with nuclear proteins of carrot cell cultures.;　1992
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 188, 727-733
  AUTHOR;　Suzuki, A., Kato, A. and Uchimiya, H.
  
• Characterization of nucleotide sequences that interact with a nuclear protein fraction in rRNA gene of Vicia faba.;　1992
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Plant Molecular Biology, 20, 939-949
  AUTHOR;　Nakajima, T., Suzuki, A., Tanifuji, S. and Kato, A.
  

Material, Commentary, Editorials, Research Report, A Comprehensive Journal Articles

• 光質か根粒菌の感染を制御する-フィトクロムシクナリンクを介した根粒形成のメカニズム;　2014/02
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 52, 136-137
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• Effect of abscisic acid on symbiotic nitrogen fixation activity in the root nodules of Lotus japonicus.;　2010/04
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Plant Signaling & Behavior, 5, 440-443
  AUTHOR;　^D A. Tominaga, M. Nagata, K. Futsuki, H. Abe, T. Uchiumi, M. Abe, K. Kucho, M. Hashiguchi, R. Akashi, A. Hirsch, S. Arima and A. Suzuki
  
• A possible role of class 1 plant hemoglobin at the early stage of legume-rhizobium symbiosis.;　2009/03
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Plant Signaling & Behavior, 4, 3, 202-204
  AUTHOR;　Maki Nagata, Masahito Hashimoto, Ei-ichi Murakami, Yoshikazu Shimoda, Fuyuko Shimoda-Sasakura, Ken-ichi Kucho, Akihiro Suzuki, Mikiko Abe, Shiro Higashi and Toshiki Uchiumi
  

General Lectures

• Effect of light quality on the establishment of root nodule and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses;　2014/10
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　3rd Asian Conference on Plant-Microbe Symbiosis and Nitrogen Fixation
  AUTHOR;　M. Nagata, N. Yamamoto, S. Arima, A.M. Hirsch, A. Suzuki
  
• Effect of light quality on the establishment of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in a legume and a nonlegume;　2014/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　8th Asian Crop Science Association Conference
  AUTHOR;　A. Suzuki, M. Nagata, N. Yamamoto, S. Arima, A.M. Hirsch
  
• ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL COLONIZATION ARE CONTROLLED BY RED/FARyRED RATIO THROUGH JASMONIC ACID SIGNALING;　2014/07
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　16th IS-MPMI
  AUTHOR;　M. Nagata, N. Yamamoto, S. Arima, T. Anai, A. Suzuki
  
• SUPPRESSION OF ROOT NODULE FORMATION BY THE BLUE LIGHT IRRADIATION TO THE ROOT OF LOTUS JAPONICUS;　2014/07
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　16th IS-MPMI
  AUTHOR;　A. Shimomura, N. Miyazaki, M. Nagata, H. Hirakawa, S. Sato, S. Tabata, S. Arima, A. Suzuki
  
• Control of mycorrhizal infection by Red/Far-Red Ratio through jasmonic acid signaling;　2013/07
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Plant Biology 2013
  AUTHOR;　Akihiro SUZUKI, Maki NAGATA, Naoya YAMAMOTO, Susumu ARIMA, Toyoaki ANAI and Ann M. Hirsch
  
• 光の質に応答してマメ科植物の根粒形成を制御する物質の同定;　2010/11
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• Effect of abscisic acid on symbiotic nitrogen fixation activity in the root nodules of Lotus japonicus and its application to leguminous crop;　2010/11
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　富永晃好, 夫津木耕一, 永田真紀, 阿部秀俊, 内海俊樹, 九町健一, 阿部美紀子, 橋口正嗣, 明石良, 佐藤修正, 金子貴一, 田畑哲之, 櫻井望, 鈴木秀幸, Ann M. Hirsch, 有馬進, 鈴木章弘
  
• The National BioResource Project in Lotus japonicus and Glycine max / soja;　2010/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　M. Hashiguchi, J. Abe, T. Aoki, T. Anai, A. Suzuki, S. Kai, R. Akashi
  
• Root nodule formation controlled by light quality in Lotus japonicus;　2010/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　T. Shigeyama, M. Sasaki, L. Suriyagoda, A. Tominaga, Y. Hiratsuka, T. Uchiumi, M. Abe, M. Hashiguchi, R. Akashi, T. Sakai, S. Inada, Y. Jikumaru, Y. Kamiya, S. Sato, T. Kaneko, S. Tabata, S. Agarie, S. Arima, A. Suzuki
  
• Effect of abscisic acid on symbiotic nitrogen fixation activity in the root nodules of Lotus japonicus and its application to leguminous crop;　2010/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　A. Tominaga, K. Futsuki, M. Nagata, H. Abe, T. Uchiumi, K. Kucyo, M. Abe, M. Hashiguchi, R. Akashi, A. Hirsch, S. Arimas, A. Suzuki
  
• Expression of an abscisic acid-responsive β-1,3-glucanase gene in autoregulation of nodulation;　2010/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　K. Osuki, A. Suzuki, H. Hara, T. Kinoue, K. Yamashita, M. Ishihara, Y. Kobayashi, T. Asami, K. Kucho, T. Uchiumi, S. Higashi, M. Abe
  
• Effect of abscisic acid on symbiotic nitrogen fixation activity in the root nodules of Lotus japonicus;　2010/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　Akihiro Suzuki, Akiyoshi Tominaga, Maki Nagata, Koichi Futsuki, Hidetoshi Abe, Toshiki Uchiumi
  
• Expression of defense genes of Lotus japonicus in symbiosis with Mesorhizobium loti;　2008/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　第８回ヨーロッパ窒素固定会議
  AUTHOR;　Ei-ichi Murakami, Maki Nagata, Ken-ichi Kucho, Mikiko Abe, Akihiro Suzuki, Shiro Higashi and Toshiki Uchiumi
  
• Expression of a class 1 hemoglobin gene and production of nitroc oxide in response to rhizobia and plant pathogens in Lotus japonicus;　2008/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　第８回ヨーロッパ窒素固定会議
  AUTHOR;　Toshiki Uchiumi, Maki Nagata, Ei-ichi Murakami, Yoshikazu Shimoda, Fuyuko Shimoda Sasakura, Ken-ichi Kucho, Masahito Hashimoto, Akihiro Suzuki, Shiro Higashi and Mikiko Abe
  
• Characterization of enf (enhanced nitrogen fixation) mutants of Lotus japonicus;　2008/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　第８回ヨーロッパ窒素固定会議
  AUTHOR;　Akihiro Suzuki, Akiyoshi Tominaga, Ayaka Yamauchi, Kouichi Futsuki, Toshiki Uchiumi, Mikiko Abe, Ken-ichi Kucho, Shiro Higashi, Masatsugu Hashiguchi, Ryo Akashi, Shusei Sato, Takakazu Kaneko, Satoshi Tabata, Toyoaki Anai and Susumu Arima
  
• Isolation and characterization of enhanced nitrogen fixation mutants of leguminous plants;　2008/04
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　第5回国際作物学会
  AUTHOR;　Akiyoshi Tominaga, Ayaka Yamauchi, Toyoaki Anai, Toshiki Uchiumi, Mikiko Abe, Ken-ichi Kucho, Masatsugu Hashiguchi, Ryo Akashi, Shusei Sato, Takakazu Kaneko, Satoshi Tabata, Susumu Arima and Akihiro Suzuki
  
• 共生窒素固定農が強化されたマメ科植物の解析;　2006/09
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• 共生窒素固定農が強化されたマメ科植物の解析;　2006/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　
  
• 光形態形成イベントとしての根粒形成;　2006/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
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• 光形態形成イベントとしての根粒形成;　2006/06
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  AUTHOR;　
  

Invited Lecture, Special Lecture

• 根粒形成のための避陰反応;　2011/03
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　
  
• 光の質の違いによる根粒形成制御;　2011
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　
  
• マメ科植物の共生窒素固定能増強のメカニズムとその応用;　2010/11
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　
  
• Introduction and utilization of Legume Base in Lotus and Glycine bioresources;　2010/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　M. Hashiguchi, J. Abe, T. Aoki, T. Anai, A. Suzuki, R. Akashi
  
• マメ科植物の共生窒素固定能増強のメカニズムとその応用;　2010/08
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• ミヤコグサのABA低感受性変異体enf1の共生窒素固定能と応用の可能性;　2010/03
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　
  
• The importance of rhizobial attachment for successful legume nodulation and nitrogen fixation;　2008/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　第4回植物神経生物学国際シンポジウム
  AUTHOR;　 Ann Hirsch, Akihiro Suzuki
  
• Conttrol of root nodulation by the R:FR ratio;　2008/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　第4回植物神経生物学国際シンポジウム
  AUTHOR;　Akihiro Suzuki
  
• 共生窒素固定農が強化されたマメ科植物の解析ーミヤコグサからダイズへー;　2006/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　
  
• Root nodule formation as a photomorphogenesis event.;　2006/08
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　日米ジョイントセミナー “Genetic approach to elucidate molecular mechanism of symbiotic nitrogen fixation”
  AUTHOR;　Akihiro Suzuki