Detailed Information

Research Field/Keywords for Research Field

• Orchid Biology, Mycorrhizal Symbiosis, Ornamental Horticulture, Conservation Biology, Phylogenetic Systematics

Education

• 1998/03, Kyushu University, Department of Agriculture, Graduated
• 2000/03, Master Course, Completed
• 2003/10, Doctor Course, Completed

Employment Experience

• 2004/04 - 2009/02 Postdoc Tsukuba Botanical Garden
• 2012/10 - 2014/04 Postdoctoral Fellowships of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Tohoku University
• 2014/05 -  *  Associate Professor, Applied Biological Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University

Field of Specialization

• Horticultural science, Biodiversity/Systematics, Conservation of biological resources, Ecology/Environment

Awards

• 日本植物学会賞（奨励賞） （2013/04）

Research Topics and Results

• Mycorrhizal Fungi of Phalaenopsis japonica (Orchidaceae) and Their Role in Seed Germination and Seedling Development 2024/03
• Symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi for inducing seed germination of Cephalanthera longifolia (L.) Fritsch colonized in landfill site 2020/04
• A leafless epiphytic orchid, Taeniophyllum glandulosum Blume (Orchidaceae), is specifically associated with the Ceratobasidiaceae family of basidiomycetous fungi 2019/03
• Infestation of Japanagromyza tokunagai (Diptera : Agromyzidae) on native orchids in Kashibaru Marsh, Saga Prefecture 2018/12
• Identification of flies infesting wild orchid flowers and fruits in Japan 2018/11
• Identification of agromyzid flies infesting six native orchid species in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and their damage assessment 2018/09
• The giant mycoheterotrophic orchid Erythrorchis altissima is associated mainly with a divergent set of wood-decaying fungi 2018/03
• A method for facilitating the seed germination of a mycoheterotrophic orchid, Gastrodia pubilabiata, using decomposed leaf litter harboring a basidiomycete fungus, Mycena sp. 2017/12
• 無葉着生植物クモランにおける共生菌相解明と共生培養下での種子発芽 2017/09
• 菌従属栄養植物タカツルランに栄養供給する菌を安定同位体比から探る 2017/09
• 辻田有紀・榎本葉月・木下晃彦・山下由美・遊川知久 2017/08
• A giant mycoheterotrophic orchid, Erythrorchis altissima, is associated with a wide range of wood-decaying fungi 2017/07
• The diversity of mycorrhizal fungi in Japanese Cephalanthera species. 2017/01
• Yagame, T., Ogura-Tsujita, Y., Kinoshita, A., Iwase, K., & Yukawa, T. (2016). Fungal partner shifts during the evolution of mycoheterotrophy in Neottia 2016/09
• シダ植物リュウビンタイとゼンマイの配偶体におけるケカビ亜門感染の探索 2016/09
• The tiny-leaved orchid Cephalanthera subaphylla obtains most of its carbon via mycoheterotrophy 2016/08
• How do fungal partners affect the evolution and habitat preferences of mycoheterotrophic plants? A case study in Gastrodia 2016/02
• Arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization in field-collected terrestrial cordate gametophytes of pre-polypod leptosporangiate ferns (Osmundaceae, Gleicheniaceae, Plagiogyriaceae, Cyatheaceae). 2016/02
• Conservation by in situ seed germination techniques: a case for wild orchids of Japan 2015/12
• Observations of the mycorrhizae of field-collected fern gametophytes: arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization in terrestrial cordate gametophytes of pre-polypod leptosporangiate ferns, Cyatheaceae, Plagiogyriaceae, Gleicheniaceae, and Osmundaceae 2015/08
• Significant difference in mycorrhizal specificity between an autotrophic and its sister mycoheterotrophic plant species of Petrosaviaceae. 2014/09
• Forest of Symbiosis and Diversity: Veiled World of TERUHA Forest 2014/06
• First flowering hybrid between autotrophic and mycoheterotrophic plant species: breakthrough in molecular biology of mycoheterotrophy. 2014/03
• ラン菌根分離法 2013/10
• The rare terrestrial orchid Nervilia nipponica consistently associates with a single group of novel mycobionts. 2013/04
• Arbuscular mycorrhiza formation in cordate gametophytes of two ferns, Angiopteris lygodiifolia and Osmunda japonica. 2013/01
• Shifts in mycorrhizal fungi during the evolution of autotrophy to mycoheterotrophy in Cymbidium (Orchidaceae). 2012/05

Books

• ラン菌根分離法;　2013/10
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Original Articles

• Mycorrhizal Fungi of Phalaenopsis japonica (Orchidaceae) and Their Role in Seed Germination and Seedling Development;　2024/03
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Diversity, 16, 4, 218
  AUTHOR;　Chamara, R. R., Rammitsu, K., Minobe, M., Kinoshita, A., Kotaka, N., Yukawa, T., & Ogura-Tsujita, Y.
  
• Mycorrhizal specificity differences in epiphytic habitat: three epiphytic orchids harbor distinct ecological and physiological specificity;　2023/11
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of Plant Research, 136, 6, 803 - 816
  AUTHOR;　Rammitsu, Kento; Goto, Masaru; Yamashita, Yumi; Yukawa, Tomohisa; Ogura-Tsujita, Yuki
  
• The epiphytic orchid Vanda falcata is predominantly associated with a single Tulasnellaceae fungus in adulthood, and Ceratobasidiaceae fungi strongly induce its seed germination in vitro;　2023/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Plant Species Biology, -
  AUTHOR;　Rammitsu, Kento; Yamamoto, Nao; Chamara, R. M.S.Ruwan; Minobe, Mutsumi; Kinoshita, Akihiko; Kotaka, Nobuhiko; Ogura-Tsujita, Yuki
  
• Symbiotic Culture of Three Closely Related Dendrobium Species Reveals a Growth Bottleneck and Differences in Mycorrhizal Specificity at Early Developmental Stages;　2022/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Diversity, 14, 12, -
  AUTHOR;　Zhang, Liyue; Rammitsu, Kento; Kinoshita, Akihiko; Tokuhara, Ken; Yukawa, Tomohisa; Ogura-Tsujita, Yuki
  
• Dominant Dendrobium officinale mycorrhizal partners vary among habitats and strongly induce seed germination in vitro;　2022/10
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, -
  AUTHOR;　Zhang, Liyue; Rammitsu, Kento; Tetsuka, Kenshi; Yukawa, Tomohisa; Ogura-Tsujita, Yuki
  
• Molecular identification of seed-feeding flies dissected from herbarium specimens clarifies the 100-year history of parasitism by Japanagromyza tokunagai in Japan;　2022/03
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Ecological Research, 37, 2, 240 - 256
  AUTHOR;　Yamashita, Yumi; Ogura-Tsujita, Yuki; Nagata, Nobuaki; Kurosawa, Takahide; Yukawa, Tomohisa
  
• In-vitro symbiotic germination of seeds of five mycoheterotrophic Gastrodia orchids with Mycena and Marasmiaceae fungi;　2022/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Mycoscience, 63, 3, 88 - 95
  AUTHOR;　Kitahara, Michiru; Nagamune, Kosuke; Kinoshita, Akihiko; Yugeta, Chigusa; Ohara, Naoto; Shimazaki, Akane; Yamashita, Yumi; Yukawa, Tomohisa; Endo, Naoki; Ogura-Tsujita, Yuki
  
• International Biological Flora: Nervilia nipponica;　2021/07
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of Ecology, 109, 7, 2780 - 2799
  AUTHOR;　Gale, Stephan W.; Maeda, Ayako; Miyashita, Ayana; Sugiura, Daisuke; Ogura-Tsujita, Yuki; Kinoshita, Akihiko; Fujimori, Shohei; Hutchings, Michael J.; Yukawa, Tomohisa
  
• Differing life-history strategies of two mycoheterotrophic orchid species associated with leaf litter-and wood-decaying fungi;　2021/04
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Diversity, 13, 4, -
  AUTHOR;　Ogura-Tsujita, Yuki; Tetsuka, Kenshi; Tagane, Shuichiro; Kubota, Miho; Anan, Shuichiro; Yamashita, Yumi; Tone, Koichi; Yukawa, Tomohisa
  
• Strong primer bias for tulasnellaceae fungi in metabarcoding: Specific primers improve the characterization of the mycorrhizal communities of epiphytic orchids;　2021/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Mycoscience, 62, 6, 356 - 363
  AUTHOR;　Rammitsu, Kento; Kajita, Tadashi; Imai, Ryosuke; Ogura-Tsujita, Yuki
  
• Evolutionary histories and mycorrhizal associations of mycoheterotrophic plants dependent on saprotrophic fungi;　2021/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of Plant Research, 134, 1, 19 - 41
  AUTHOR;　Ogura-Tsujita, Yuki; Yukawa, Tomohisa; Kinoshita, Akihiko
  
• The endangered epiphytic orchid Dendrobium okinawense has a highly specific mycorrhizal association with a single Tulasnellaceae fungus;　2021/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of Forest Research, -
  AUTHOR;　Rammitsu, Kento; Abe, Shin; Abe, Tetsuto; Kotaka, Nobuhiko; Kudaka, Masahiro; Kudaka, Natsuko; Kinoshita, Akihiko; Ogura-Tsujita, Yuki
  
• The mycorrhizal community of the epiphytic orchid Thrixspermum japonicum is strongly biased toward a single Ceratobasidiaceae fungus, despite a wide range of fungal partners;　2020/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　American Journal of Botany, 107, 12, 1654 - 1662
  AUTHOR;　Rammitsu, Kento; Yukawa, Tomohisa; Yamashita, Yumi; Isshiki, Shiro; Ogura-Tsujita, Yuki
  
• Physisporinus is an important mycorrhizal partner for mycoheterotrophic plants: Identification of mycorrhizal fungi of three Yoania species;　2020/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Mycoscience, 61, 5, 219 - 225
  AUTHOR;　Yamashita, Yumi; Kinoshita, Akihiko; Yagame, Takahiro; Ogura-Tsujita, Yuki; Yokoyama, Jun; Yukawa, Tomohisa
  
• Symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi for inducing seed germination of Cephalanthera longifolia (L.) Fritsch colonized in landfill site;　2020/04
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 45, 4, 430-435
  AUTHOR;　HIGASHI, Tetsunori, RAMMITSU, Kento, SHOJI, Akinori, ITO, Ayano, AKASAKI, Hiroya, MATSUMAE, Mitsuhiro, YAMAZAKI, Jun, YUKAWA, Tomohisa and OGURA-TSUJITA, Yuki
  
• Fern gametophytes of Angiopteris lygodiifolia and Osmunda japonica harbor diverse Mucoromycotina fungi;　2019/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of Plant Research, 132, 5, 581 - 588
  AUTHOR;　Ogura-Tsujita, Yuki; Yamamoto, Kohei; Hirayama, Yumiko; Ebihara, Atsushi; Morita, Nana; Imaichi, Ryoko
  
• A leafless epiphytic orchid, Taeniophyllum glandulosum Blume (Orchidaceae), is specifically associated with the Ceratobasidiaceae family of basidiomycetous fungi;　2019/03
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Mycorrhiza, 29, 2, 159 - 166
  AUTHOR;　Rammitsu, Kento; Rammitsu, Kento; Yagame, Takahiro; Yamashita, Yumi; Yukawa, Tomohisa; Isshiki, Shiro; Isshiki, Shiro; Ogura-Tsujita, Yuki; Ogura-Tsujita, Yuki
  
• Infestation of four Japanese orchids by flies, including Japanagromyza tokunagai;　2019
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Japanese Journal of Conservation Ecology, 24, 2, -
  AUTHOR;　Ogura-Tsujita Yuki;Murata Miku;Yamashita Yumi;Yukawa Tomohisa
  
• Field seed sowing techniques and symbiotic seed germination under cultivated conditions in an epiphytic orchid, Taeniophyllum glandulosum Blume;　2019
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of the Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology, 44, 3, 528 - 532
  AUTHOR;　RAMMITSU Kento;YAMASHITA Yumi;YUKAWA Tomohisa;OGURA-TSUJITA Yuki
  
• How to utilize field seed sowing techniques to the conservation of difficult-to-transplant plants?;　2019
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of the Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology, 44, 3, 540 - 544
  AUTHOR;　SHOJI Akinori;YUKAWA Tomohisa;OSHIRO Nodoka;YAMATO Masahide;RAMMITSU Kento;ITO Ayano;YAMAZAKI Jun;OGURA-TSUJITA Yuki
  
• Infestation of Japanagromyza tokunagai (Diptera : Agromyzidae) on native orchids in Kashibaru Marsh, Saga Prefecture;　2018/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 23, 49-53
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• Identification of flies infesting wild orchid flowers and fruits in Japan;　2018/11
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 62, 4, 249-255
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• Identification of agromyzid flies infesting six native orchid species in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and their damage assessment;　2018/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 21, 3, 167-174
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• The giant mycoheterotrophic orchid Erythrorchis altissima is associated mainly with a divergent set of wood-decaying fungi;　2018/03
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Molecular Ecology
  AUTHOR;　Ogura-Tsujita, Yuki; Gebauer, Gerhard; Xu, Hui; Xu, Hui; Xu, Hui; Fukasawa, Yu; Umata, Hidetaka; Umata, Hidetaka; Tetsuka, Kenshi; Kubota, Miho; Schweiger, Julienne M.I.; Yamashita, Satoshi; Maekawa, Nitaro; Maki, Masayuki; Isshiki, Shiro; Yukawa, Tomohisa
  
• A method for facilitating the seed germination of a mycoheterotrophic orchid, Gastrodia pubilabiata, using decomposed leaf litter harboring a basidiomycete fungus, Mycena sp.;　2017/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Botanical Studies, 58, 1
  AUTHOR;　Higaki, Kana; Rammitsu, Kento; Yamashita, Yumi; Yukawa, Tomohisa; Ogura-Tsujita, Yuki
  
• The diversity of mycorrhizal fungi in Japanese Cephalanthera species.;　2017/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 32, 81-86
  AUTHOR;　Sakamoto, Y., Yamazaki, J., Yamada, T., Yokoyama, J., Ogura‐Tsujita, Y., & Maki, M.
  
• Yagame, T., Ogura-Tsujita, Y., Kinoshita, A., Iwase, K., & Yukawa, T. (2016). Fungal partner shifts during the evolution of mycoheterotrophy in Neottia;　2016/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 103, 1-12
  AUTHOR;　Yagame, T., Ogura-Tsujita, Y., Kinoshita, A., Iwase, K., & Yukawa, T.
  
• The tiny-leaved orchid Cephalanthera subaphylla obtains most of its carbon via mycoheterotrophy;　2016/08
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of Plant Research, 129, 1013-1020
  AUTHOR;　Sakamoto, Y., Ogura-Tsujita, Y., Ito, K., Suetsugu, K., Yokoyama, J., Yamazaki, J., T. Yukawa, Maki, M.
  
• How do fungal partners affect the evolution and habitat preferences of mycoheterotrophic plants? A case study in Gastrodia;　2016/02
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　American Journal of Botany, 103, 207-220
  AUTHOR;　Kinoshita, A., Ogura-Tsujita, Y., Umata, H., Sato, H., Hashimoto, T., & Yukawa, T.
  
• Arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization in field-collected terrestrial cordate gametophytes of pre-polypod leptosporangiate ferns (Osmundaceae, Gleicheniaceae, Plagiogyriaceae, Cyatheaceae).;　2016/02
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Mycorrhiza, 26, 87–97
  AUTHOR;　Ogura-Tsujita, Y., Y. Hirayama, A. Sakoda, A. Suzuki, A. Ebihara, N. Morita, R. Imaichi.
  
• A new record of Aphyllorchis pallida (Orchidaceae) from Cambodia;　2015/10
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Cambodian Journal of Natural History, 2015, 2, 128–130
  AUTHOR;　Shuichiro TAGANE, Tomohisa YUKAWA, CHHANG Phourin, Yuki OGURA-TSUJITA, Hironori TOYAMA & Tetsukazu YAHARA
  
• Pollen Degeneration in Three Functional Male-Sterile Lines of Eggplant with the Wild Solanum Cytoplasms;　2015/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Hort. Environ. Biotechnol., 56, 3, 350-357
  AUTHOR;　Md Mizanur Rahim Khan, Mst Hasnunnahar, Masaki Iwayoshi, Yuki Ogura-Tsujita, and Shiro Isshiki
  
• Significant difference in mycorrhizal specificity between an autotrophic and its sister mycoheterotrophic plant species of Petrosaviaceae.;　2014/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of Plant Research, 127, 685-693
  AUTHOR;　Yamato M, Ogura-Tsujita Y, Takahashi H, Yukawa T
  
• First flowering hybrid between autotrophic and mycoheterotrophic plant species: breakthrough in molecular biology of mycoheterotrophy.;　2014/03
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of Plant Research, 127, 299-305
  AUTHOR;　Y. Ogura-Tsujita, K. Miyoshi, C. Tsutsumi, T. Yukawa
  
• The rare terrestrial orchid Nervilia nipponica consistently associates with a single group of novel mycobionts.;　2013/04
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of Plant Research, 126, 613-623
  AUTHOR;　N. Nomura, Y. Ogura-Tsujita, S.W. Gale, A. Maeda, H. Umata, K. Hosaka, T. Yukawa
  
• Arbuscular mycorrhiza formation in cordate gametophytes of two ferns, Angiopteris lygodiifolia and Osmunda japonica.;　2013/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of Plant Research, 126, 41-50
  AUTHOR;　Y. Ogura-Tsujita, A. Sakoda, A. Ebihara, T. Yukawa, R. Imaichi
  
• Shifts in mycorrhizal fungi during the evolution of autotrophy to mycoheterotrophy in Cymbidium (Orchidaceae).;　2012/05
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　American Journal of Botany, 99, 1158-1176
  AUTHOR;　Y. Ogura-Tsujita, J. Yokoyama, K. Miyoshi, T. Yukawa
  

General Lectures

• Fern gametophytes of Angiopteris lygodiifolia and Osmunda japonica harbor diverse Mucoromycotina fungi;　2019/07
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　International Conference on Mycorrhizal 10
  AUTHOR;　Ogura-Tsujita, Y., Yamamoto, K., Hirayama, Y., Ebihara, A., Morita, N. and Imaichi, R.
  
• 無葉着生植物クモランにおける共生菌相解明と共生培養下での種子発芽;　2017/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　
  
• 菌従属栄養植物タカツルランに栄養供給する菌を安定同位体比から探る;　2017/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　
  
• 辻田有紀・榎本葉月・木下晃彦・山下由美・遊川知久;　2017/08
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　
  
• A giant mycoheterotrophic orchid, Erythrorchis altissima, is associated with a wide range of wood-decaying fungi;　2017/07
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　9th International Conference on Mycorrhiza
  AUTHOR;　Yuki Ogura-Tsujita, Gerhard Gebauer, Hui Xu, Yu Fukazawa, Hidetaka Umata, Kenshi Tetsuka, Masayuki Maki, Shiro Isshiki, Satoshi Yamashita, Nitaro Maekawa, Tomohisa Yukawa
  
• シダ植物リュウビンタイとゼンマイの配偶体におけるケカビ亜門感染の探索;　2016/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　
  
• Observations of the mycorrhizae of field-collected fern gametophytes: arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization in terrestrial cordate gametophytes of pre-polypod leptosporangiate ferns, Cyatheaceae, Plagiogyriaceae, Gleicheniaceae, and Osmundaceae;　2015/08
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　8th International Conference on Mycorrhiza
  AUTHOR;　Ogura-Tsujita, Y., Y. Hirayama, A. Sakoda, A. Suzuki, A. Ebihara, N. Morita, R. Imaichi
  

Invited Lecture, Special Lecture

• Conservation by in situ seed germination techniques: a case for wild orchids of Japan;　2015/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　11th International Symposium on Diversity and Conservation of Asian Orchids
  AUTHOR;　Yuki Ogura-Tsujita, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Tomohisa Yukawa
  
• Forest of Symbiosis and Diversity: Veiled World of TERUHA Forest;　2014/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　Yuki Ogura-Tsujita