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Toshihiko Yamada
Plant Genetics and Genomics
Plant Sciences
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Open AccessEnergy Production Features of Miscanthus Pellets Blended with Pine Sawdust
The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the qualities of Miscanthus pellets blended with pine sawdust at various ratios (Miscanthus/pine sawdust—0:100, 25:75, 50:50, 75:25, and 100:0) and relate them ...
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Field Performance of Saccharum × Miscanthus Intergeneric Hybrids (Miscanes) Under Cool Climatic Conditions of Northern Japan
Physiological susceptibility to early- and late-season chilling limits commercial production of sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrid), a major crop for lignocellulosic biomass, refined sugar, and bioethanol, to tropi...
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Open AccessEvaluation of genomic selection and marker-assisted selection in Miscanthus and energycane
Although energycane (Saccharum spp. hybrids) is widely used as a source of lignocellulosic biomass for bioethanol, breeding this crop for disease resistance is challenging due to its narrow genetic base. Therefor...
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Establishment of Miscanthus sinensis with decreased lignin biosynthesis by Agrobacterium–mediated transformation using antisense COMT gene
This study was to determine a transformation system for Miscanthus sinensis, and to optimize factors and conditions required for expression of an antisense caffeic acid O-methyltransferase gene in the M. sinensis
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Miscanthus
Miscanthus is a perennial rhizomatous warm-season C4 grass species and is native throughout Eastern Asia and Pacific islands, ranging from tropical Polynesia to southern Siberia. Conventionally, th...
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Genetic Analysis of Putative Triploid Miscanthus Hybrids and Tetraploid M. sacchariflorus Collected from Sympatric Populations of Kushima, Japan
Miscanthus ×giganteus, a triploid hybrid between tetraploid M. sacchariflorus and diploid M. sinensis, has considerable potential as a bioenergy crop. Currently only one genotype is widely culti...
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The Gene Pool of Miscanthus Species and Its Improvement
For more than a thousand years, people have used Miscanthus from wild stands or managed landscapes, to feed their livestock, roof their homes, make paper, dye possessions, and beautify their gardens. In recent de...
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Insertion-Deletion Marker Targeting for Intron Polymorphisms
Insertion-deletion (indel) polymorphisms are the second most frequent type of polymorphisms in genomes following single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). As one of the types of indel markers to detect polymorph...
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Environmental Tolerances of Miscanthus sinensis in Invasive and Native Populations
Miscanthus sinensis is a moderately invasive ornamental grass species being considered as a bioenergy species in the USA and elsewhere. In this study, we show the range of environmental condition...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Allelic Diversity for Candidate Genes and Association Studies: Methods and Results
The increasing ease with which molecular markers can be generated makes it possible for plant geneticists to use these genomic technologies for better exploitation of the available genetic variation in breedin...
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Transformation of androgenic-derived Festulolium plants (Lolium perenne L. × Festuca pratensis Huds.) by Agrobacterium tumefaciens
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Transformation of androgenic-derived Festulolium plants (Lolium perenne L. × Festuca pratensis Huds.) by Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Genetic transformation of androgenic-derived amphidiploid Festulolium plants (Lolium perenne L. × Festuca pratensis Huds., 2n = 4x = 28) by Agrobacterium tumefaciens has been achieved. Anther culture-induced call...
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Transgenesis and Genomics in Forage Crops
Forage grasses and legumes are important for animal production as well as soil conservation and environmental protection. Grass species also provide opportunities for turf and amenity. Further recently some of...
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Introgression Breeding Program in Lolium/Festuca Complex Using Androgenesis
The genus Festuca L. and it is the closely allied genus Lolium L. have long fascinated agronomists, evolutionists and plant breeders. Intergeneric hybrids between closely related Lolium and Festuca species are be...
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Ecotypic variation of water-soluble carbohydrate concentration and winter hardiness in cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata L.)
The variation of the water-soluble carbohydrate (WSC) concentration in foliage and stubble and winter hardiness among cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata L.) ecotypes originated from diverse countries were studied in t...
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Intraspecific phenotypic variation associated with nuclear DNA content in Lolium perenne L.
The variation in nuclear DNA content and its association with phenotypic traits were examined in 15 cultivated populations of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.), including herbage and turf populations. Nuclea...
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Introduction of a self-compatible gene of Lolium temulentum L. to perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) for the purpose of the production of inbred lines of perennial ryegrass
Interspecific hybrids between self-compatible species, Lolium temulentum L. and self-incompatible species, L. perenne L. were obtained using embryo rescue. Two cycles of backcrossing of interspecific hybrids with...
