Masaharu Suzuki
· Research Associate ProfessorUniversity of Florida · Horticultural Sciences
Active 1952–2026
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About
Masaharu Suzuki is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Horticultural Sciences at the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. from Nagoya University in Japan, where he specialized in Agricultural Chemistry. His research focuses on plant development, seed biology, and the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying these processes, with particular emphasis on maize. Suzuki has contributed to understanding embryo size control, seed development, and the roles of various genes and signaling pathways in plant growth and architecture. His work involves investigating the functions of specific genes such as BIG EMBRYO, SHOHAI1, and others, and their impact on plant morphology and development. Throughout his career, he has published extensively on topics related to plant genetics, seed filling, and developmental regulation, making significant contributions to the field of plant molecular biology and crop improvement.
Research topics
- Biology
- Genetics
- Food science
- Evolutionary biology
- Chemistry
- Botany
- Cell biology
- Biochemistry
Selected publications
Seed filling in domesticated maize and rice depends on SWEET-mediated hexose transport
Nature Genetics · 2015-11-02 · 502 citations
articleThe maize W22 genome provides a foundation for functional genomics and transposon biology
Nature Genetics · 2018-07-23 · 252 citations
articleOpen accessThe maize W22 inbred has served as a platform for maize genetics since the mid twentieth century. To streamline maize genome analyses, we have sequenced and de novo assembled a W22 reference genome using short-read sequencing technologies. We show that significant structural heterogeneity exists in comparison to the B73 reference genome at multiple scales, from transposon composition and copy number variation to single-nucleotide polymorphisms. The generation of this reference genome enables acc…
The Plant Cell · 2015-08-01 · 94 citations
articleOpen access1st authorCorrespondingGenetic networks that determine rates of organ initiation and organ size are key regulators of plant architecture. Whereas several genes that influence the timing of lateral organ initiation have been identified, the regulatory pathways in which these genes operate are poorly understood. Here, we identify a class of genes implicated in regulation of the lateral organ initiation rate. Loss-of-function mutations in the MATE transporter encoded by maize (Zea mays) Big embryo 1 (Bige1) cause acceler…
Molecular Plant · 2017-09-22 · 55 citations
articleOpen accessThe Plant Journal · 2019-02-12 · 50 citations
articleOpen accessCereal yields decrease when grain fill proceeds under conditions of prolonged, moderately elevated temperatures. Endosperm-endogenous processes alter both rate and duration of dry weight gain, but underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Heat effects could be mediated by either abnormal, premature cessation of storage compound deposition or accelerated implementation of normal development. This study used controlled environments to isolate temperature as the sole environmental variable during Zea m…
Frequent coauthors
- 34 shared
Donald R. McCarty
University of Florida
- 29 shared
Naoshi Fujimoto
Tokyo University of Agriculture
- 21 shared
Akihiro Ohnishi
Tokyo University of Agriculture
- 17 shared
Rikiya Takahashi
Tohoku University
- 14 shared
Karen E. Koch
University of Florida
- 12 shared
Akihiro Nagano
- 12 shared
Shan Wu
- 11 shared
Kazuyori Urabe
Ryukoku University
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