Journal of Plant Research - Journal of Plant Research Paper Awards

BEST PAPER AWARD 2023

Mahoko Noguchi, Kazuhiko Hoshizaki, Michinari Matsushita, Daiki Sugiura, Tsutomu Yagihashi, Tomoyuki Saitoh, Tomohiro Itabashi, Ohta Kazuhide, Mitsue Shibata, Daisuke Hoshino, Takashi Masaki, Katsuhiro Osumi, Kazunori Takahashi & Wajirou Suzuki (2022) Aboveground biomass increments over 26 years (1993–2019) in an old-growth cool-temperate forest in northern Japan. J Plant Res 135: 69–79

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Boyuan Mao, Hiroki Takahashi, Hideyuki Takahashi & Nobuharu Fujii (2022) Diversity of root hydrotropism among natural variants of Arabidopsis thaliana. J Plant Res 135: 799–808

MOST-CITED PAPER AWARD 2023
 

Motoka Nakamura & Ko Noguchi (2020) Tolerant mechanisms to O2 deficiency under submergence conditions in plants. J Plant Res 133: 343–371

 

Previous Winners

BEST PAPER AWARD 2022

• Namba N., Nakayama T. (2021) Taxonomic study of a new green alga, Annulotesta cochlephila gen. et sp. nov. (Kornmanniaceae, Ulvales, Ulvophyceae), growing on the shells of door snails. J Plant Res 134:77–89.
• Otsuka Y., Tsukaya H. (2021) Three-dimensional quantification of twisting in the Arabidopsis petiole. J Plant Res 134:811–819.

MOST-CITED PAPER AWARD 2022

• Shibata M., Sugimoto K. (2019) A gene regulatory network for root hair development. J Plant Res 132:301–309.

BEST PAPER AWARD 2021

• Sato, N. (2020) Complex origins of chloroplast membranes with photosynthetic machineries: multiple transfers of genes from divergent organisms at different times or a single endosymbiotic event? J Plant Res 133:15–33. 
• Tokumoto, Y., Hashimoto, K., Soyano, T. Aoki, S., Iwasaki, W., Fukuhara, M., Nakagawa, T., Saeki, K,. Yokoyama, J., Fujita, H. & Kawaguchi, M. (2020) Assessment of Polygala paniculata (Polygalaceae) characteristics for evolutionary studies of legume–rhizobia symbiosis. J Plant Res 133:109–122.

MOST-CITED PAPER AWARD 2021

• Ronse De Craene, L. (2018) Understanding the role of floral development in the evolution of angiosperm flowers: clarifications from a historical and physico-dynamic perspective. J Plant Res 131:367–393. 

BEST PAPER AWARD 2020

• Sano, N., Seo, M. (2019) Cell cycle inhibitors improve seed storability after priming treatments. J. Plant Res. 132: 263–271
• Yamawo, A., Suzuki, N. & Tagawa, J. (2019) Extrafloral nectary-bearing plant Mallotus japonicus uses different types of extrafloral nectaries to establish effective defense by ants. J. Plant Res. 132: 499–507

 MOST-CITED PAPER AWARD 2020

• Fukudome, A., Fukuhara, T. (2017) Plant Dicer-like proteins: double-stranded RNA-cleaving enzymes for small RNA biogenesis. J. Plant Res. 130: 33−44

BEST PAPER AWARD 2019

• K. Bessho-Uehara, J.E. Nugroho, H. Kondo, R. B. Angeles-Shim, M. Ashikari (2018) Sucrose affects the developmental transition of rhizomes in Oryza longistaminata. J. Plant Res. 131:693–707
• A. Kume, T. Akitsu, K. N. Nasahara (2018) Why is chlorophyll b only used in light-harvesting systems? J. Plant Res. 131:961–972

 MOST-CITED PAPER AWARD 2019

• W. Yamori (2016) Photosynthetic response to fluctuating environments and photoprotective strategies under abiotic stress. J. Plant Res. 129:379–395

BEST PAPER AWARD 2018

• K. Takemura, H. Kamachi, A. Kume, T. Fujita, I. Karahara, Y. T. Hanba (2017) A hypergravity environment increases chloroplast size, photosynthesis, and plant growth in the moss Physcomitrella patens. J. Plant Res. 130: 181-192
• K. T. Yamamoto, M. K. Watahiki, J. Matsuzaki, S. Satoh, H. Shimizu (2017) Space-time analysis of gravitropism in etiolated Arabidopsis hypocotyls using bioluminescence imaging of the IAA19 promoter fusion with a destabilized luciferase reporter. J. Plant Res. 130: 765-777

 MOST-CITED PAPER AWARD 2018

• Y. Chiba, T. Shimizu, S. Miyakawa, Y. Kanno, T. Koshiba, Y. Kamiya, M. Seo (2015) Identification of Arabidopsis thaliana NRT1/PTR FAMILY (NPF) proteins capable of transporting plant hormones. J. Plant Res. 128: 679-686

BEST PAPER AWARD 2017

• S. Iida, M. Ikeda, M. Amano, H. Sakayama, Y. Kadono, K. Kosuge (2016) Loss of heterophylly in aquatic plants: not ABA-mediated stress but exogenous ABA treatment induces stomatal leaves in Potamogeton perfoliatus. J. Plant Res. 129: 853-862
• R. Yoshida, I. C. Mori, N. Kamizono, Y. Shichiri, T. Shimatani, F. Miyata, K. Honda, S. Iwai (2016) Glutamate functions in stomatal closure in Arabidopsis and fava bean. J. Plant Res. 129:39-49

 MOST-CITED PAPER AWARD 2017

• N. Tajima, S. Sato, F. Maruyama, K. Kurokawa, H. Ohta, S. Tabata, K. Sekine, T. Moriyama, N. Sato (2014) Analysis of the complete plastid genome of the unicellular red alga Porphyridium purpureum. J. Plant Res. 127:389-397

BEST PAPER AWARD 2016

• M. Sasabe, N. Ishibashi, T. Haruta, A. Minami, D. Kurihara, T. Higashiyama, R. Nishihama, M. Ito, Y. Machida (2015) The carboxyl-terminal tail of the stalk of Arabidopsis NACK1/HINKEL kinesin is required for its localization to the cell plate formation site. J. Plant Res. 128:327-336
• A. Tono, T. Iwasaki, A. Seo, N. Murakami (2015) Environmental factors contribute to the formation and maintenance of the contact zone observed in deciduous broad-leaved tree species in Japan. J. Plant Res. 128: 535-551

 MOST-CITED PAPER AWARD 2016

• R. Zoschke, Y. Qu, Y. O. Zubo, T. Börner, C. Schmitz-Linneweber (2013) Mutation of the pentatricopeptide repeat-SMR protein SVR7 impairs accumulation and translation of chloroplast ATP synthase subunits in Arabidopsis thaliana. J. Plant Res. 126:403-414

BEST PAPER AWARD 2015

• M. Tomiyama, S. Inoue, T. Tsuzuki, M. Soda, S. Morimoto, Y. Okigaki, T. Ohishi, N. Mochizuki, K. Takahashi, T. Kinoshita (2014) Mg-chelatase I subunit 1 and Mg-protoporphyrin IX methyltransferase affect the stomatal aperture in Arabidopsis thaliana J. Plant Res. 127:553-563
• S. Pampurova, K. Verschooten, N. Avonce, P. Van Dijck (2014) Functional screening of a cDNA library from the desiccation-tolerant plant Selaginella lepidophylla in yeast mutants identifies trehalose biosynthesis genes of plant and microbial origin. J. Plant Res. 127:803-813

 MOST-CITED PAPER AWARD 2015

• M. Muramatsu, Y. Hihara (2012) Acclimation to high-light conditions in cyanobacteria: from gene expression to physiological responses. J. Plant Res. 125: 11-39

BEST PAPER AWARD 2014

• Munenori Kitagawa, Tomomichi Fujita (2013) Quantitative imaging of directional transport through plasmodesmata in moss protonemata via single-cell photoconversion of Dendra2. J. Plant Res. 126:577–585
• Tomoko Igawa, Yuki Yanagawa, Shin-ya Miyagishima, and Toshiyuki Mori (2013) Analysis of gamete membrane dynamics during double fertilization of Arabidopsis. J. Plant Res. 126:387–394

 MOST-CITED PAPER AWARD 2014

• Yasunari Fujita, Miki Fujita, Kazuo Shinozaki, Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki (2011) ABA-mediated transcriptional regulation in response to osmotic stress in plants. J. Plant Res. 124: 509–525

BEST PAPER AWARD 2013

• Kimitsune Ishizaki, Maiko Nonomura, Hirotaka Kato, Katsuyuki T. Yamato, Takayuki Kohchi (2012) Visualization of auxin-mediated transcriptional activation using a common auxin-responsive reporter system in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. J Plant Res 125:643–651
• Hitoshi Sakio, Takehiro Masuzawa (2012) The advancing timberline on Mt. Fuji: natural recovery or climate change? J Plant Res 125:539–546

 MOST-CITED PAPER AWARD 2013

• Takeshi Obayashi, Kengo Kinoshita (2010) Coexpression landscape in ATTEDII: usage of gene list and gene network for various types of pathways. J Plant Res 123:311–319