Ikuo Nakamura
Professor
Bioresource Science Course Plant Culture and Breeding
Chiba University
Japan
Biography
Nakamura was born in Iwate, and was graduated from Nagoya University. His career in Chiba University started in 1998. His specialty is Plant Molecular Genetics and Plant Molecular Phylogeny. He got Ph. D. from Nagoya University with the thesis “Genetic studies on the origin of soybean”.
Research Interest
Productions of stress tolerant crop and horticultural plants through the genetic engineering technologies, molecular phylogenetic studies on the speciation of crop and ornamental plants.
Publications
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Oku, T., H. Takahashi, F. Yagi, I. Nakamura and M. Mii. Hybridization between chocolate cosmos and yellow cosmos confirmed by phylogenetic analysis using plastid subtype identity (PSID) sequences. J. Hort. Sci. Biotechnol. 83: 323-327, 2008.
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Izumikawa, Y., S. Takei, I. Nakamura and M. Mii. Production and characterization of inter-sectional hybrids between Kalanchoe spatulata and K. laxiflora (=Bryophyllum crebatum). Euphytica 163: 123-130, 2008.
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Yamauchi, T., S. Moritoh, Y. Johzuka-Hisatomi, A. Ono, R. Terada, I. Nakamura, S. Iida. Alternative splicing of the rice OsMET1 genes encoding maintenance DNA methyltransferase. J. Plant Physiol. Available online 20 February 2008.
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Takahashi, H., Y-I. Sato and I. Nakamura. Evolutionary analysis of two plastid DNA sequences in cultivated and wild species of Oryza. Breed. Sci. 58: 225-233, 2008.
