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Shirasawa, K., Yoshitake, K., Kondo, H., Kikuchi, S., Koiwai, K., & Fujii, S. (2026). Chromosome-scale genome assembly of Malcolmia littorea using long-read sequencing and single-pollen genotyping technologies. DNA Research, 33(1), dsag001.
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Mon, E., Kondo, H., Deguchi, A., Kikuchi, S., & Miyoshi, K. (2026). Induction of Tetraploids by Treatment with Amiprofos-methyl and Evaluation of Interploidy Cross Compatibility in Platycodon grandiflorus. The Horticulture Journal, 95(1), 101-111.
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Mon, E., Kondo, H., Deguchi, A., Kikuchi, S., & Miyoshi, K. (2026). Induction of tetraploids in vitro by three antimitotic agents and their mode of promotive effects on formation of adventitious shoots and phenotypic traits in Campanula medium L. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 164(1), 16.
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Mochizuki, H., Minamikawa, M. F., Hamazaki, K., Kunihisa, M., Moriya, S., Noshita, K., ... & Iwata, H. (2025). Haplotype Bias Detection Using Pedigree-Based Transmission Simulation: Traces of Selection That Occurred in Apple Breeding. Horticulture Research, uhaf349.
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Sidek, N., Tan, B. C., Mebus, K., Kikuchi, S., & Teo, C. H. (2025). Whole Genome Assembly, Annotation, and Comparative Genomic Analysis of Pandanus amaryllifolius. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 43(2), 910-923.
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Kimura, S., Minamikawa, M. F., Nonaka, K., Shimizu, T., & Iwata, H. (2025). Estimating fruit tree growth curves in breeding field using fragmented longitudinal data: an application to citrus hybrid seedlings. Tree Genetics & Genomes, 21(6), 29.
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Zhao, Y., Sassa, H., Li, M., Miao, Y., Zhu, X., Hao, P., ... & Zheng, X. (2025). Deciphering the Molecular Mechanisms That Control Ovule Development in Pomegranate. Horticulturae, 12(1), 26.
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Minamikawa, M. F., Kunihisa, M., Moriya, S., Shimizu, T., Inamori, M., & Iwata, H. (2024). Genomic prediction and genome-wide association study using combined genotypic data from different genotyping systems: application to apple fruit quality traits. Horticulture Research, 11(7), uhae131.
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プレスリリース（千葉大学）：
https://www.h.chiba-u.jp/topics/cat1459/post_347.html

Hongjing Zhu, Kohei Mishina, Akemi Tagiri, Gang Chen, Chenjing Han, Ling Chen, Shingo Nakamura, Shinji Kikuchi, Hidenori Sassa, Tsuneo Kato, Takao Komatsuda, Youko Oono (2024). The prominent multiplication of Japanese soil‐borne wheat mosaic virus co‐infected with barley yellow mosaic virus in barley. Physiologia Plantarum, 176(5), e14540.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.14540

Kunihisa, M., Minamikawa, M. F., Yano, R., Kawahara, Y., Tatsuki, M., Kawahigashi, H., ... & Tanaka, F. (2024). Susceptibility of apple cultivars to watercore disorder is associated with expression of bidirectional sugar transporter gene MdSWEET12a. Scientia Horticulturae, 334, 113297.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2024.113297

プレスリリース（千葉大学）：
https://www.cn.chiba-u.jp/news/240918/

Zhu, H., Okiyama, T., Mishina, K., Kikuchi, S., Sassa, H., Komatsuda, T., ... & Oono, Y. (2024). Identification of Barley yellow mosaic virus Isolates Breaking rym3 Resistance in Japan. Genes, 15(6), 697.
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Hara, K., Kikuchi, S., Inoue, M., Tsusaka, T., Sakurai, M., Tanabe, H., ... & Isobe, S. (2024). B chromosome and its non-Mendelian inheritance in Atractylodes lancea. Plos one, 19(9), e0308881.
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Chen G, Mishina K, Wang Q, Zhu H, Tagiri A, Kikuchi S, Sassa H, Oono Y, Komatsuda T. Organ-enriched gene expression during floral morphogenesis in wild barley. Plant J. 2023 Aug 7. doi: 10.1111/tpj.16416. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37548103.
Open Access

Mari Sugiyama, Miyu Norizuki, Shinji Kikuchi, Yasuo Yasui, Katsuhiro Matsui, Development and chromosomal characterization of interspecific hybrids between common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) and a related perennial species (F. ‍cymosum), Breeding Science, Article ID 22063, Advance online publication May 17, 2023, Online

Chen G, Mishina K, Zhu H, Kikuchi S, Sassa H, Oono Y, Komatsuda T. Genome-Wide Analysis of Snf2 Gene Family Reveals Potential Role in Regulation of Spike Development in Barley. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023; 24(1):457. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24010457

Sassa H, Ikebe K (2022) Rapid, effective and low-cost purification of dideoxy-sequencing reactions by home-made magnetic beads suspension and magnetic separator. PLoS ONE 17(12): e0279432. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279432

Rai A, Hirakawa H, Rai M, Shimizu Y, Shirasawa K, Kikuchi S, Seki H, Yamazaki M, Toyoda A, Isobe S, Muranaka T, Saito K, Chromosome-scale genome assembly of Glycyrrhiza uralensis revealed metabolic gene cluster centred specialized metabolites biosynthesis, DNA Research, Volume 29, Issue 6, December 2022, dsac043

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https://www.chiba-u.ac.jp/others/topics/info/post_1137.html

解説（Youtube）：
https://youtu.be/8RnK12UeVHY

Minamikawa MF,  Nonaka K, Hamada H, Shimizu T, Iwata H. Dissecting Breeders’ Sense via Explainable Machine Learning Approach: Application to Fruit Peelability and Hardness in Citrus. Frontiers in Plant Science 13: 832749 (2022) 

https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.832749
プレスリリース：https://www.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp/topics/topics_20220210-1.html

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Seki K, Shimizu Y, Hayashi M, Sassa H, Kikuchi S, Taguchi A, Chino F, Soga E, Serizawa H, Koba T. Discovery and fine mapping of a novel resistance locus to Fusarium wilt race 2 in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.). Euphytica 218, 120 (2022). . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-022-03058-0

Setiawan AB, Purwantoro A, Teo CH, Nhi PTP, Kato K, Kikuchi S, Koba T. The Divergence of Chromosome Structures and 45S Ribosomal DNA Organization in Cucumis debilis Inferred by Comparative Molecular Cytogenetic Mapping. plants 11, 1960 (2022). . https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11151960

Kikuchi, S., Ishii, H., Hosaka, K. et al. Behavior of chromosomes from the Mexican wild diploid species Solanum pinnatisectum in the interspecific hybrid with cultivated potato and its backcross progenies. Euphytica 218, 56 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-022-03003-1

Minamikawa M. F., Kunihisa M., Noshita K., Moriya S., Abe K., Hayashi T., Katayose Y., Matsumoto T., Nishitani C., Terakami S., Yamamoto T., Iwata H., Tracing founder haplotypes of Japanese apple varieties: application in genomic prediction and genome-wide association study. Horticulture Research 8, 49 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-021-00485-3
プレスリリース：https://www.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp/topics/topics_20210301-1.html

Fujii H., Nonaka K., Minamikawa M. F., Endo T., Sugiyama A., Hamazaki K., Iwata H., Omura M., Shimada T., Allelic composition of carotenoid metabolic genes in 13 founders influences carotenoid composition in juice sac tissues of fruits among Japanese citrus breeding population. PLoS ONE, 16(2):e0246468, (2021) 

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246468

Du, J., Ge, C., Li, T., Wang, S., Gao, Z., Sassa, H., Qiao Y., Molecular characteristics of S-RNase alleles as the determinant of self-incompatibility in the style of Fragaria viridis. Horticulture Research 8, 185 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-021-00623-x

Widarmi, D.W., Kikuchi, S., Sassa, H., Koba, T., CYTOLOGICAL VARIATION OF (AAG)7 REPEAT ON LETTUCE CHROMOSOMES BY FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION (FISH)  International Journal of Biosciences and Biotechnology 8(2) 45-45 (2021). 
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Rai, A., Hirakawa, H., Nakabayashi, R., Kikuchi S. et al., Chromosome-level genome assembly of Ophiorrhiza pumila reveals the evolution of camptothecin biosynthesis. Nature Communications 12, 405 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20508-2
The paper got featured as the Editors’ Highlights in Nature Communications.

Kondo H., Kikuchi S., Deguchi A., Miyoshi K., New Cytogenetic Information of Wild Species and Cultivars in the Genus Epidendrum (Orchidaceae).

 CYTOLOGIA 86, 61-65 (2021). DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.86.61

Zeng X., Chen G., Wang L., Tagiri A., Kikuchi S., Sassa H., Komatsuda T., The unique disarticulation layer formed in the rachis of Aegilops longissima likely results from the spatial co-expression of Btr1 and Btr2.

 Annals of Botany 127, 297–304 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaa147.
Cover image, & there is a Commentary on this article.

Kakui H., Tsurisaki E., Sassa H., Moriguchi Y., An improved pollen number counting method using a cell counter and mesh columns. Plant Methods 16, 124 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-020-00668-4

Kondo H., Phlaetita W., Mii M., Kikuchi S., Deguchi A., Miyoshi K., Efficient Chromosome Doubling of an Interspecific Hybrid Dendrobium Stardust ‘Fire Bird’ by Treatment of Amiprofos-methyl to Protocorm-Like Body. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant 56(6), 738 - 749 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1007/S11627-020-10079-8