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FY 2022

  • Effect of Light Quality on Metabolomic, Ionomic, and Transcriptomic Profiles in Tomato Fruit. Lingran Xiao, Tomoki Shibuya, Toshihiro Watanabe, Kazuhisa Kato* and Yoshinori Kanayama. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2022, 23, 13288. 

  • Regulation of the growth of sprouting roots of black locust seedlings using root barrier panels. Jour Forestry Research (2022) online first; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-022-01527-9 (Kitaoka, Koike, et al.)

  • Effects of biochar on karst lime soil nutrients, soil microbial communities and physiology of Sichuan pepper plants. Ann Appl Biol. 2022;1‒10. DOI: 10.1111/aab.12787 (Koike et al.)

  • The ratio of plant 137Cs to exchangeable 137Cs in soil is a crucial factor in explaining the variation in 137Cs transferability from soil to plant. Science of Total Environment 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159208  (Suzuki, M., Syaifudin, M., Maruyama, H., Watanabe, T., Shinano, T.)

  • Distribution of tannins in the leaves of Sieboldʼs beech (Fagus crenata) grown under different light regimes. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum (2022) 44:100; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-022-03435-1 (Koike et al.)

  • Revised consensus document on the Biology of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) has been published from OECD. 2022 Publication from OECD  (Shinano is one of the contributor)

  • Relationship between soil phosphorus dynamics and white lupin low-phosphorus response mechanisms depending on root location.(Kan, A., Maruyama, H., Watanabe, T., Shinano, T. et al.) Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (2022) https://doi.org/10.1080/00380768.2022.2104103

  • Tolerance of Japanese larch to drought is modifed by nitrogen and water regimes during cultivation of container seedlings (Kitaoka, S. et al.) Eurasian Journal of Forest Research (2022)

  • The reports on the symposium with Lithuania have  been published in Eurasian Journal of Forest Research (2022)

  •   1) The role of potassium on the remediation for the radiocesium contaminated soil (Shinano, T., Maruyama, H., Watanabe, T., Fujimoto, H. and Suzuki, M.)

  •   2) Responses of ectomycorrhizal diversity of larch and its hybrid seedlings and saplings to elevated CO2, O3, and high nitrogen loading (Watanabe, T., Koike, T. et al.)

  •   3) Growth and nitrogen use characteristics of black locust, an invasive alien species, grown under different light and CO2 conditions (Kitaoka, S., Watanabe, T., Shinano, T., Koike, T. et al.)

  •   4) Integrated effect of environmental changes on forest ecosystems in Lithuania: Strategies for adaptation to and mitigation of the main threats of global climate change (Koike, T. et al.)

  •   5) Long-term monitoring on the dynamics of ecosystem CO2 balance recovering from a clear-cut harvesting in a cool-temperate forest (Koike, T. et al.)

  •   6) Impact of nitrogen pollution disturbances on forest vegetation and fungi near a fertilizer factory (Koike, T., Watanabe, T. et al.)

  •   7) Basic understanding of aluminum accumulator plants (Watanabe, T.)

  •   8) Elevated ozone disrupts the plant-insect communication; Changes of attractiveness of Japanese white birch leaves to Agelastica coerulea via Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (BVOCs) (Watanabe, T., Koike, T. et al.)

  •   9) Application of a new film for horticultural use to convert UV-light to photosynthetic active radiation (Kitaoka, S., Shinano, T. et al.)

  •   10) Effects of soil compaction on the seedlings growth and ectomycorrhizal fungal community in hybrid larch(Sugai, Y., Watanabe, T., Koike, T. et al.)

  • Biochar application improves karstic lime soil physicochemical properties and enzymes activity and enhances sweet tea seedlings physiological performance (Koike, T.)  Science of Total Environment. Volume 824, 10 June 2022, 153834 https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0048969722019088

  • Larch: a promising deciduous conifer as an eco‐ environmental resource. IntechOpen “ Conifers - Recent Advances, Ed. Dr. Ana Cristina Gonçalves” (Kitaoka, S. & Koike, T.)

  • Big data-based urban greenness in Chinese megalopolises and possible contribution to air quality control (Koike, T.)  Science of Total Environment,Volume 830, 15 July 2022, 154815. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0048969722009263

  • ​​Nitrogen deficiency-induced molybdenum accumulation in wheat.  Watanabe, T., Okada, R., Tokunaga, S., Maruyama, H., Urayama, M. and Shinano, T. ) Journal of Plant Nutrition, Volume 45, 2022 - Issue 9 1413-1424 https://doi.org/10.1080/01904167.2021.2020838

  • Differences in ionomic responses to nutrient deficiencies among plant species under field conditions. (Watanabe, T., Okada, R., and Urayama, M.) Journal of Plant Nutrition, 2022

  • https://doi.org/10.1080/01904167.2021.2020837

FY 2021

  • Expression GWAS of PGIP1 Identifies STOP1-Dependent and STOP1-Independent Regulation of PGIP1 in Aluminum Stress Signaling in Arabidopsis. (Watanabe, T.) frontiers in Plant Science 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.774687

  • Growth performance of eucalypts and acacia seedling under elevated CO2 load in the changing environment (T. Koike) IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 918 012030 

  • Revised Consensus Document on the Biology of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) (T. Shinano)  https://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=ENV%2FCBC%2FMONO(2021)42&docLanguage=En&fbclid=IwAR0DefNpSGMQO0JoYGRZ5uh56zSBFmbe4EsfrI0ajezr_B75zfFBSPjAcvc 

  • Differences in carbon and nitrogen retention and bacterial diversity in sandy soil in response to application methods of charred organic materials. Applied Soil Ecology, (Watanabe, T.) 170, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2021.104284

  • Comparative study of radioactive cesium transfer from soil to peanut and soybean. Kubo, K., Maruyama, H., Fujimoto, H., Suzuki, M., Kan, A., Unno, Y. and Shinano, T. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition https://doi.org/10.1080/00380768.2021.1988829 

  • Possible solubilization of various mineral elements in the rhizosphere of Lupinus albus L.  Takao, A., Wasaki, J., Fujimoto, H., Maruyama, H., Shinano, T. and Watanabe, T. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition.  https://doi.org/10.1080/00380768.2021.1980355 

  • Ethylenediurea (EDU) spray effects on willows (Salix sachalinensis F. Schmid) grown in ambient or ozone-enriched air: Implications for renewable biomass production. Evgenios Agathokleous, Mitsutoshi Kitao, Cong Shi, Noboru Masui, Shahenda Abu-ElEla, Kyohsuke Hikino, Fuyuki Satoh, Takayoshi Koike.  Journal of Forestry Research (2021) 10.1007/s11676-021-01400-1

  • The role of potassium on the remediation for the radio cesium contaminated soil. Shinano, T., Maruyama, H., Watanabe, T., Fujimoto, H. and Suzuki, M. Eurasian Forest Journal (accepted for publication on 23rd September, 2021) 

  • Plant-insect communication in urban forests: Similarities of plant volatile compositions among tree species (host vs. non-host trees) for alder leaf beetle Agelastica coerulea. Masui, N., Agatholeous E., Tani, A., Matsuura, H. and Koike, T. Environmental Research (Elsevier) 204 (2022) 111996, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.111996

  • Differences in mineral accumulation and gene expression profiles between two metals hyperaccumulators, Noccaea japonica and Noccaea caerulescens ecotype Ganges, under excess nickel condition. Enomoto, T., Yoshida, J., Mizuno, T., Watanabe, T. and Nishida, S. Plant Signaling & Communication. 16:10, 1945212, DOI:10.1080/15592324.2021.1945212

  • Formation of dauciform roots by Japanese native Cyperaceae and their contribution to phosphorus dynamics in soils. Masuda, G., Maruyama, H., Lambers, H. and Wasaki, J. Plant and Soil, 461, 107-118 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04565-6

  • Effects of Throughfall Exclusion on Photosynthetic Traits in Mature Japanese Cedar (Cryptomeria japonica (L. f.) D. Don.). T. Kenzo, Y. Inoue, M.G. Araki, T. Kawasaki, S. Kitaoka ,T. Tsurita, T. Sakata and S. Saito. Forests, 2021, 12, 971. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12080971 

  • Effects of elevated CO2 and nitrogen loading on the defensive traits of three successional deciduous broad-leaved tree seedlings. Watanabe, Y., Hinata, K., Qu, L, Kitaoka, S., Watanabe, M., Kitao, M., and Koike, T. Forests, 12, 939 https://doi.org/10.3390/f12070939(2021), 

  • Tsuchiya, Y., Nakamura, T., Izumi, Y., Okazaki, K., Shinano, T., Kubo, Y., Katsuhara, M., Sasaki, T. and Yamamoto, Y. Physiological Role of Aerobic Fermentation Constitutively Expressed in Aluminum-Tolerant Cell Line of Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). Plant and Cell Physiology (accepted for publication)

  • Eguchi, T., Ishikawa, T., Fujimura, S., Ota, T., Wakabayashi, S., Matsunami, H. and Shinano, T. Application of Finnish phlogopite as a countermeasure to reduce radiocesium uptake by paddy rice. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity(accepted for publication)

  • Feng, ZZ, E Agathokleous, Xu Yue, E Oksanen, E Paoletti, H Sase, A Gandin, T Koike, V Calatayud, Xiangyang Yuan, Xuejun Liu, A De Marco, Y Jolivet, S Kontunen-Soppela, Y Hoshika, H Saji, Pin Li, ZZ Li, M Watanabe & K Kobayashi. "Emerging challenges of ozone impacts on Asian plants: actions are needed to protect ecosystem health" Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 2021. 7:1, 1911602, DOI: 10.1080/20964129.2021.1911​

  • Kitao, M., Agathokleous, E., Yazaki, K., Komatsu, M., Kitaoka, S. and Tobita, H. Growth and Photosynthetic Responses of Seedlings of Japanese White Birch, a Fast-Growing Pioneer Species, to Free-Air Elevated O3 and CO2. Forests, 2021,12, 675. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12060675

  • Agathokleous, E., Kitao, M., Koike, T. Ethylenediurea (EDU) effects on hybrid larch saplings exposed to ambient or elevated ozone over three growing seasons. Journal of Forest Research, 2021,. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-021-01352-6

  • Akter, S., Rahman, G.K.M.M., Hasanuzzaman, M., Alam, Z., Watanabe, T. and Islam, T. Zerovalent iron modulates the influence of arsenic-contaminated soil on growth, yield and grain quality of rice. Stresses2021, 1, 90–104. https://doi.org/10.3390/stresses1020008,

  • Watanabe, T., Tomizaki, R., Watanabe, R., Maruyama, H., Shinano, T., Urayama, M. and Kanayama, Y. Ionomic differences between tomato introgression line IL8-3 and its parent cultivar M82 with different trends to the incidence of blossom-end rot. Scientia Horticulturae. Vol. 287. 2021, 110266,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110266

  • Matsunami H., Uchida, T., Kobayashi, H., Ota, T. and Shinano, T. Comparative dynamics of potassium and radiocesium in soybean with different potassium application levels. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. Vol. 233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2021.106609

  • Shinano, T. Review: Agricultural countermeasure against radiocesium  contaminated field. Journal of Biomedical Research and Environmental Sciences. doi: 10.37871/jbres1217, 

FY 2020

  • Chengming, Z., Tanaka, N., Swiyanti, M.S., Shenton M., Maruyama, H., Shinano, T., Qingnan, C., Jun, X. and Watanabe, T. ​Ionomic profiling of rice genotypes and identification of varieties with elemental covariation effects. Rice Research 2021, 28
  • Matsunami, H., Uchida, T., Kobayasghi, H., Ota, T. and Shinano, T. Comparative dynamics of potassium and radiocesium in soybean with different potassium application levels. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity (accepted for publication)

  • Yan Wang, Dan Xing, Chao Bin Luo, Fang Zhang, Cheng Ming Zhang. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal species identity governs plant water content and soil aggregation improvements under wet-dry climate conditions. Environmental Toxicology and Biogeochemistry of Ecosystems. 2020, 28: 373377-37873

  • Saito, T., Wakabayashi, S., Fujimura, S., Ota, T. and Shinano, T. Decontamination of Radioactive Cesium. In The Soils of Japan. Springer. 10.1007/978-981-15-8229-5

  • Saito, T., Fujimura, S., Matsunami, H., Hirayama, T., Kubo, K., Ota, T. and Shinano, T. Potassium Fertilizer Application for Mitigation of Crop Radiocesium Uptake. In The Soils of Japan. Springer. 10.1007/978-981-15-8229-5

  • Watanabe, T., Azuma, T. Ionomic variation in leaves of 819 plant species growing in the botanical garden of Hokkaido University, Japan.J Plant Res (2021). https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s10265-021-01254-y

  • Ochiai, S., Iwabchi, K., Itoh, T., Watanabe, T., Osaki, M., Taniguro K. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (2020). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42729-020-00359-y

  • Ruili Li, Minwei Chai, Xiaoxue Shen, Cong Shi, Guoyu Qiu and Takayoshi Koike 2021, Environmental and Education Trials for Mangrove Ecosystem Rehabilitation in China. In Mangrove Ecosystem Restoration. (http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.80962)

  • Koike, T. et al. Age-Dependent Changes in Soil Respiration and Associated Parameters in Siberian Permafrost Larch Stands Affected by Wildfire.  Forests 2021, 12, 107. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12010107

  • Koike, T. et al. Ozone disrupts the communication between plants and insects in urban and suburban areas: an updated insight on plant volatiles. J. For. Res. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-020-01287-4

  • Tagami, K., Sato, M., Shinano, T. et al. Agricultural Systems In IAEA-TECDOC-1927 “Environmental Transfer of Radionuclides in Japan following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power” ISBN: 978-92-0-117920-3

  • Makoto K and Koike T. Charcoal ecology: Its function as a hub for plant succession and soil nutrient cycling in boreal forests. Ecological Research, 2020, 1-9, DOI: 10.1111/1440-1703.12179

  • Kitaoka, S., Laiye, Q., Watanabe, Y., Watanabe, M., Watanabe, T. and Koike, T. Heterophyllous Shoots of Japanese Larch Trees: The Seasonal and Yearly Variation in CO2 Assimilation Capacity of the Canopy Top with Changing Environment. Plants (MDPI) Sept2020, 1278; doi:10.3390/plants9101278

  • Tantriani, Shinano, T., CHeng, W., Saito, K., Oikawa A., Purwanto, B.H. and Tawaraya, K. Metabolomic analysis of soybean root exudates under high- and low-K conditions. Plant and Soil (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04715-w)

  • Sugai, T., Yokoyama, S., Tamai, Y., Mori, H., Marchi, E., Watanabe, T., Satoh, F. and Koike, T. Evaluating Soil–Root Interaction of Hybrid Larch Seedlings Planted under Soil Compaction and Nitrogen Loading. Forests 2020, 11, 947; doi:10.3390/f11090947

  • Onda, Y., Week L., Shinano, T., Dercon, G., Yi Lee Zhi Yi, A., Kato, H. Soil and vegetation sampling during the early stage of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident and the implication for the emergency preparedness for agricultural systems. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity (accepted for publication July 28, 2020)

  • Shinano, T., Hachinohe, M., Fesenko, S. Relationships between air dose rates and radionuclide concentrations in agricultural plants observed in areas affected by the Fukushima Dai-ichi accident. Journal of Environmental Radioacitivity https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106359

  • Fesenko, S., Shinano, T., Onda, Y., Dercon, G. Dynamics of radionuclide activity concentrations in weed leaves, crops and of air dose rate after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. Journal of Environmental Radioacitivity https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106347

  • ​Ezawa, T., Maruyama, H., Kikuchi, Y., Yokoyama, K. and Masuta, C. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi にApplication of Virus-Induced Gene Silencing to Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0603-2_19

  • Hoshika, Y., Paoletti, E., Agathokleous, E., Sugai, T. and Koike, T. Developing Ozone Risk Assessment for Larch Species. Frontiers in Forest and Global Change. 2020. 3 (article number 45), https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2020.00045

  • Novriyanti, E.,  Mao, Q., Agathokleous, E., Watanabe, M., Hashidoko, Y., Koike, T.* Elevated CO2 offsets the alteration of foliar chemicals (n-icosane, geranyl acetate, and elixene) induced by elevated O3 in three taxa of O3-tolerant eucalypts. Journal of Forest Research. (Published online May 11, 2020) DOI: 10.1007/s11676-020-01133-7

  • Yin, Y-G., Suzui, N., Kurita., K. Miyoshi, Y., Unno, Y., Fujimaki, S., Nakamura, T., Shinano, T., Kawachi, N. Visualising spatio-temporal distributions of assimilated carbon translocation and release in root systems of leguminous plants. Scientific Reports (accepted for publication May 7, 2020)

  • Masuda, G., Maruyama, H., Lambers, H., Wasaki, J. Formation of dauciform roots by Japanese native Cyperaceae and their contribution to phosphorus dynamics in soils. Plant and Soil (accepted for publication May 4, 2020)

  • Hachinohe, M. and Shinano, T.+  "Large-scale sampling and radioactivity analysis of agricultural soil and food during nuclear emergencies in Japan: Development of technical and organisational procedures for soil and food sampling after the accident" Journal of Environmental Radioactivity (published online, https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1b1Ep,62%7EnRX74

  • Hachinohe, M. and Shinano, T.*  "Large-scale sampling and radioactivity analysis of agricultural soil and food during nuclear emergencies in Japan: Variations over time in foodstuffs inspection and sampling" Journal of Environmental Radioactivity (published online), https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1axaw,62%7EnRX6i)

  • Gerd, D., Blackburn, C., Onda, Y., Shinano, T., Sweeck, L., Lee Zhi Yi, A., Fresenko, S. Sampling, analysis and modelling technologies for large-scale nuclear emergencies affecting food and agriculture. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity (2020) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106174

FY 2019

STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES IN THE REMEDIATION OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION IN AGRICULTURE Proceeding Series by IAEA, 2020 (Shinano)

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Kubo, K., Kobayashi, H.,Nitta, M., Takenaka, S., Nasuda, S., Fujimura, S., Takagi, K, Nagata, O., Ota, T. and Shinano, T. Variations in radioactive cesium accumulation in wheat germplasm from fields affected by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant accident. Scientific Reports 2020, 10, 3744. 『Link to the publication』 

Hachinohe, M., Fujimoto, R., Shinano, T., Kotake-Nara, E., Hamamatsu, S. and Kawamoto, S. Reduction in the radiocesium in meats of the sika deer and wild boar by cooking. Journal of Food Protection 2020, 83(3), 467-475.  『Link to the publication』

Masui, N., Mochizuki, T., Tani, A., Matsuura, H., Agathokleous, E., Watanabe, T. and Koike, T. Does Ozone Alter the Attractiveness of Japanese White Birch Leaves to the Leaf Beetle Agelastica coerulea via Changes in Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (BVOCs): An Examination with the Y- Tube Test. Forests, 2020, 11, 58; https://doi.org/10.3390/f11010058

Ogasawara, S., Nakao, A., Eguchi, T., Ota, T., Matsunami., Yanai,j J. and Shinano, T. The extractability of potassium and radiocaesium in soils developed from granite and sedimentary rock in Fukushima, Japan. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 2020, 323(1), 633-640, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-019-06971-2 『Link to the publication』

 

Tagami, K., Uchida, S., Shinano, T. and Pröhl, G. Comparisons of effective half-lives of radioacesium in Japanese tea plants after two nuclear accidents, Chernobyl and Fukushima. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 『Link to the publication』

Sugai, T., Yannan, W., Watanabe, T., Satoh, F., Qu, L. and Koike, T. Sat stress reduced the seedling growth of two larch species under elevated ozone. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2019, 2. article 52. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2019.00053 『Link to the publication』

Ms. Aoyama affarded as Best Poster Prize in 5th Plant Nutrition Seminar in Hiroshima Univ. 2019.9.21『Show certificate, click!』

Shinano, T., Matsunami, H., Kubo, K. Decontamination of agricultural fields and mitigation of radioactive cesium uptake after nuclear contamination by TEPCO's FDNPP accident - situation after 7 years -

Global Symposium on Soil Pollution, FAO 2018, 958-963. 『Link to the publication』

Shinano, T. Research on ways to improve crop productivity through the regulation of rhizosphere environments. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition  2019 (https://doi.org/10.1080/00380768.2019.1666301)

Kuronuma, T., Kubo, K., Shinano, T., Ishihara, T., Ko, D., Toujima, K., Ando, T. and Watanabe, H. Subsequent change of air pollution related element accumulation in above building greening lawn-grass. Japanese Greening Engineering Journal (accepted for publication, in Japanese)

Tsuji, H., Shin, M., Taniguchi, K., Arai, H., Kurihara, M., Yasutaka, T., Kuramoto, T., Nakanishi, T., Lee, S., Shinano, T., Onda, Y. and Hayashi, S. Factors controlling dissolved 137Cs concentrations in East Japanese rivers. Science of the Total Environment 697, 2019, (accepted for publication on 23rd Aug. 2019) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134093 Link to the publication

Shinano, T. The late Professor Tadano, Japanese Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 90(4), 2019, top page

​Kurihara, M., Shinano, T. et al. Repeatability and reproducibility of measurements of low dissolved radiocesium concentrations in freshwater using different pre-concentration methods. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 2019,  Link to the publication

Sadhyukhan, A., Watanabe, T. et al. Sensitive to Proton Rhizotoxicity1 Regulates Salt and Drought Tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana through Transcriptional Regulation of CIPK23. Plant and Cell Physiology  2019, Link to the publication

Fujiishi, M., Maejima, E. and Watanabe, T.  Effect of mixed cropping with lupin (Lupinus albus L.) on growth and nitrogen uptake in pasture grasses grown under manure application. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 2019, 

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Terrer, C., Koike, T., et al. Nitrogen and phosphorus constrain the CO2 fertilization of global plant biomass. nature climate change 2019, 9, 684-689  Link to the publication

Chu, Q., Sha, Z., Maruyama, H., Yang, L., Pan, G., Xue L. and Watanabe, T. Metabolic reprogramming in nodules, roots and leaves of symbiotic soybean in response to iron deficiency. Plant Cell and Environment. 2019, Link to the publication

Furukawa, M., Takagi, K., Matsunami, H., Komatsuzaki, Y., Kawasaki, T., Shinano, T. and Takagai, Y. Rapid quantification of radioactive strontium-90 in fresh foods via online solid-phase extraction-inductively coupled plasma-dynamic reaction cell-mass spectrometry and its comparative evaluation with conventional radiometry, ACS Omega 2019, 4(6), 11276-11284 Link to the publication

Sugai, T., Kitao, M., Watanabe, T. and Koike T. Can needle nitrogen content explain the interspecific difference in ozone sensitivities of photosynthesis between Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi) and Sakhalin fir (Abies sachalinensis)? Photosynthetica, 2019, 57(2), 540-547. Link to the publication

Hashimoto, Y., Wasaki, J., Tani, M., Unno, Y., Tawaraya, K., Sato, T. and Maruyama, H. Japanese Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2019, 90(3), 230-235. Link to the publication (in Japanese)

Kubo, K., Fujimura, S., Kobayashi, H., Ota, T. and Shinano, T. Effect of soil exchangeable potassium content on cesium absorption and partitioning in buckwheat grown in a radioactive cesium-contaminated field, Plan Production Science, 2017, 20, 396-405 is awarded as the best publication of Plant Production Science in FY2019. Link to the publication

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