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Arakawa T, Matsunaga M, Matsui K, Itoh K, Kuroda Y, Matsuhira H, Kitazaki K, Kubo T, The
molecular basis for allelic differences suggests Restorer-of-fertility 1 is a complex locus in sugar
beet (Beta vulgaris L.). BMC Plant Biology, 20:503, 2020.

2.

Arakawa T, Kagami H, Katsuyama T, Kitazaki K, Kubo T, A lineage-specific paralogue of Oma1
evolved into a gene family from which a suppressor of male sterility-inducing mitochondria
emerged in plants. Genome Biology and Evolution, 12:2314-2327, 2020.

3.

Kim H, Onodera Y, Masuta C, Application of cucumber mosaic virus to efficient induction andlong-term maintenance of virus-induced gene silencing in spinach. Plant Biotechnology, 37:83-88,2020.

4.

Ukai Y, Inoue K, Kamada M, Teramura H, Yanagisawa S, Kitazaki K, Shoji K, Goto F, Mochida K,Yoshihara T, Shimada H, De novo transcriptome analysis reveals an unperturbed transcriptome
under high cadmium conditions in the Cd-hypertolerant fern Athyrium yokoscense. Genes &Genetic Systems, 95: 65-74, 2020.
5.

Kubo T, Arakawa T, Honma Y, Kitazaki K, What does the molecular genetics of different types ofrestorer-of-fertility genes imply?, Plants, 9: 361, 2020.

6.

Arakawa T, Sugaya H, Katsuyama T, Honma Y, Matsui K, Matsuhira H, Kuroda Y, Kitazaki K,Kubo T, How did a duplicated gene copy evolve into a restorer-of-fertility gene in a plant? The caseof Oma1, Royal Society Open Science, 6: 190853, 2019.

7.

Okazaki Y, Takahata S, Hirakawa H, Suzuki Y, Onodera Y, Molecular evidence for recent
divergence of X- and Y-linked gene pairs in Spinacia oleracea L. PLoS One, 14: e0214949, 2019.

8.

Arakawa T, Ue S, Sano C, Matsunaga M, Kagami H, Yoshida Y, Kuroda Y, Taguchi K, Kitazaki K,Kubo T, Identification and characterization of a semi-dominant restorer-of-fertility 1 allele in sugar
beet (Beta vulgaris). Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 132: 227-240, 2019.

9.

Kudoh T, Takahashi M, Osabe T, Toyoda A, Hirakawa H, Suzuki Y, Ohmido N, Onodera Y,
Molecular insights into the non-recombining nature of the spinachmale-determining region.

Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 293:557-568, 2018.
10.

Arakawa T, Uchiyama D, Ohgami T, Ohgami R, Murata T, Honma Y, Hamada H, Kuroda Y,Taguchi K, Kitazaki K, Kubo T, A fertility-restoring genotype of beet (Beta vulgaris L.) iscomposed of a weak restorer-of-fertility gene and a modifier gene tightly linked to the Rf1 locus.

PLoS One, 13:e0198409, 2018.
11.

Kitazaki K, Fukushima A, Nakabayashi R, Okazaki Y, Kobayashi M, Mori T, Nishizawa T,Reyes-Chin-Wo S, Michelmore RW, Saito K, Shoji K, Kusano M, Metabolic reprogramming inleaf lettuce grown under different light quality and intensity conditions using narrow-band LEDs.

Scientific Reports, 8: 7914, 2018.
12.

Takahata S, Yago T, Iwabuchi K, Hirakawa H, Suzuki Y, Onodera Y, Comparison of spinach sex
chromosomes with sugar beet autosomes reveals extensive synteny and low recombination at themale-determining locus, Journal of Heredity, 107:679-685, 2016.
13.

Kagami H, Taguchi K, Arakawa T, Kuroda Y, Tamagake H, Kubo T, Efficient callus formation andplant regeneration are heritable characters in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.), Hereditas, 153:12,2016.

14.

Ohgami T, Uchiyama D, Ue S, Yui-Kurino R, Yoshida Y, Kamei Y, Kuroda Y, Taguchi K, Kubo T,
Identification of molecular variants of the nonrestoring restorer-of-fertility 1 allele in sugar beet(Beta vulgaris L.), Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 129:675-688, 2016.

15.

Yoshihara T, Tokura A, Hashida SN, Kitazaki K, Asobe M, Enbutsu K, Takenouchi H, Goto F,Shoji K, N2O emission from a tomato rockwool culture is highly responsive to photoirradiation
conditions. Scientia Horticulturae, 201: 318-328, 2016.

16.

Fujito S, Takahata S, Suzuki R, Hoshino Y, Ohmido N, Onodera Y, Evidence for a common originof homomorphic and heteromorphic sex chromosomes in distinct Spinacia species, G3:Genes |Genomes | Genetics, 5: 1663-1673, 2015.
17.

Kitazaki K, Arakawa T, Matsunaga M, Yui-Kurino R, Matsuhira H, Mikami T, Kubo T,
Post-translational mechanisms are associated with fertility restoration of cytoplasmic male sterility
in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris), The Plant Journal, 83: 290-299, 2015.

18.

Onodera Y, Arakawa T, Yui-Kurino R, Yamamoto MP, Kitazaki K, Ebe S, Matsunaga M, Taguchi K,Kuroda Y, Yamashita S, Sakai T, Kinoshita T, Mikami T, Kubo T, Two male sterility-inducing
cytoplasms of beet (Beta vulgaris) are genetically distinct but have closely related mitochondrial
genomes: implication of a substoichiometric mitochondrial DNA molecule in their evolution,

Euphytica, 206: 365-379, 2015.
19.

Kubo, T, 3.3.3 Sugar beet, Frontiers of Agricultural Science (Yoshitaka Uchida, Junichi Kashiwagi,Tetsuya Yamada, Hanako Shimura, Satoshi Koike, Tohru Hira, Shigenobu Koseki, Tomoaki
Nakatani, and Yasuyuki Hashidoko eds.), pp. 87-88, Shoukadoh Book Sellers (ISBN978-4-87974-685-6 C3061), 2015.

20.

Kagami H, Kurata M, Matsuhira H, Taguchi K, Mikami T, Tamagake H, Kubo T, Chapter 27 Sugar
Beet (Beta vulgaris L.), Agrobacterium Protocols: Volume 1 (Kan Wang ed.), Methods in

Molecular Biology, vol. 1223, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-1695-5_27, Springer Science+BusinessMedia, New York, 2015.
21.

Honma Y, Taguchi K, Hiyama H, Yui-Kurino R, Mikami T, Kubo T, Molecular mapping ofrestorer-of-fertility 2 gene identified from a sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris) homozygous
for the non-restoring restorer-of-fertility 1 allele, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 127:
2567-2574, 2014.

22.

Taguchi K, Hiyama H, Yui-Kurino R, Muramatsu A, Mikami T, Kubo T, Hybrid breeding skewed
the allelic frequencies of molecular variants derived from the restorer of fertility 1 locus forcytoplasmic male sterility in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.), Crop Science, 54, 1407-1412, 2014.

23.

Kuwahara K, Suzuki R, Ito Y, Mikami T, Onodera Y, An analysis of genetic differentiation andgeographical variation of spinach germplasm using SSR markers Plant Genetic Resources, 12,185-190, 2014.

24.

Yamamoto K, Oda Y, Haseda A, Fujito S, Mikami T, Onodera Y, Molecular evidence that the genes
for dioecism and monoecism in Spinacia oleracea L. are located at different loci in a chromosomal
region Heredity, 112: 317-324, 2014.

25.

Moritani M, Taguchi K, Kitazaki K, Matsuhira H, Katsuyama T, Mikami T, Kubo T, Identificationof the predominant nonrestoring allele for Owen-type cytoplasmic male sterility in sugar beet (Betavulgaris L.): development of molecular markers for the maintainer genotype, Molecular Breeding,
32: 91-100, 2013.

26.

Matsunaga M, Takahashi Y, Yui-Kurino R, Mikami T, Kubo T, Evolutionary aspects of a uniqueinternal mitochondrial targeting signal in nuclear-migrated rps19 of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris),Gene, 517: 19-26, 2013.
27.

Matsuhira H, Kagami H, Kurata M, Kitazaki K, Matsunaga M, Hamaguchi Y, Hagihara E, Ueda M,Harada M, Muramatsu A, Yui-Kurino R, Taguchi K, Tamagake H, Mikami T, Kubo T, Unusual andtypical features of a novel restorer-of-fertility gene of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.), Genetics, 192：1347-1358, 2012.

28.

Yoshida Y, Matsunaga M, Cheng D, Xu D, Honma Y, Mikami T, Kubo T, Mitochondrial
minisatellite polymorphisms in fodder and sugar beets reveal genetic bottlenecks associated withdomestication and the probable source of the Owen cytoplasm, Biologia Plantarum, 56: 369-372,
2012.

29.

Kagami H, Nagano H, Takahashi Y, Mikami T, Kubo T, Is RNA editing implicated in group II
intron survival in the angiosperm mitochondrial genome? Genome, 55: 75-79, 2012.

30.

Kubo T, Horizontal gene transfer to the plant mitochondrial genome, Agricultural Sciences for

Human Sustainability (Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University EditorialCommittee), pp.96-97, Kaiseisha Press (ISBN978-4-86099-283-5), 2012.
31.

Kitazaki K, Kubo T, Kagami H, Matsumoto T, Fujita A, Matsuhira H, Matsunaga M, Mikami T, A
horizontally transferred tRNACys gene in the sugar beet mitochondrial genome: evidence that thegene is present in diverse angiosperms and its transcript is aminoacylated, The Plant Journal, 68:
262-272, 2011.

32.

Kubo T, Kitazaki K, Matsunaga M, Kagami, H, Mikami T, Male sterility-inducing mitochondrial
genomes: how do they differ?, Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 30: 378-400, 2011.

33.

Mikami T, Yamamoto MP, Matsuhira H, Kitazaki K, Kubo T, Molecular basis of cytoplasmic malesterility in beets: an overview, Plant Genetic Resources, 9: 284-287, 2011.

34.

Honma Y, Yoshida Y, Terachi T, Toriyama K, Mikami T, Kubo T, Polymorphic minisatellites in themitochondrial DNAs of Oryza and Brassica, Current Genetics, 57: 261-270, 2011.

35.

Cheng D, Yoshida Y, Kitazaki K, Negoro S, Takahashi H, Xu D, Mikami T, Kubo T, Mitochondrial
genome diversity in Beta vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris (Leaf and Garden Beet Groups) and its
implications concerning the dissemination of the crop, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution,
58: 553-560, 2011.

36.

Taguchi K, Kubo T, Takahashi H, Abe H, Identification and precise mapping of resistant QTLs ofCercospora leaf spot resistance in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.), G3:Genes | Genomes | Genetics,
1: 283-291, 2011.

37.

Matsunaga M, Nagano H, Mikami T, Kubo T, Large 3’ UTR of sugar beet rps3 is truncated incytoplasmic male-sterile mitochondria, Plant Cell Reports, 30: 231-238, 2011.

38.

Onodera Y, Yonaha I, Masumo. H, Tanaka A, Niikura S, Yamazaki S, Mikami T, Mapping of thegenes for dioecism and monoecism in Spinacia oleracea L.: evidence that both genes are closely
linked, Plant Cell Reports, 30: 965-971, 2011.

39.

Kitazaki K, Kubo T, Cost of having the largest mitochondrial genome: evolutionary mechanism ofplant mitochondrial genome, Journal of Botany, vol. 2010, Article ID 620137, 2010.

40.

Kurihara-Yonemoto S, Kubo T, Increased accumulation of intron-containing transcripts in ricemitochondria caused by low temperature: is cold-sensitive RNA editing implicated?, Current

Genetics, 56: 529-541, 2010.
41.

Taguchi K, Okazaki K, Takahashi H, Kubo T, Mikami T, Molecular mapping of resistant gene for
Aphanomyces-root rot (black root) in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) , Euphytica, 173: 409-418,
2010.

42.

Kawanishi Y, Shinada H, Matsunaga M, Masaki Y, Mikami T, Kubo T, A new source of cytoplasmic
male sterility found in wild beet and its relationship to other CMS types, Genome, 53: 251-256,
2010.

43.

Cheng D, Kitazaki K, Xu D, Mikami T, Kubo T, The distribution of normal and male-sterilecytoplasms in Chinese sugar-beet germplasm, Euphytica, 165: 345-351, 2009.

44.

Kitazaki K, Nomoto Y, Aoshima A, Mikami T, Kubo T, A mitochondrial gene involved incytochrome c maturation (ccmC) is expressed as a precursor with a long NH2-terminal extension insugar beet, Journal of Plant Physiology, 166: 775-780, 2009.

45.

Taguchi K, Ogata N, Kubo T, Kawasaki S, Mikami T, Quantitative trait locus responsible forresistance to Aphanomyces root rot (black root) caused by Aphanomyces cochlioides Drechs. insugar beet, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 118: 227-234, 2009.
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