Research Highlights FY 2006-2010 pdf all 
Plant and Microbial Sciences
- Genome annotation of Oryza sativa ssp. japonica cv. Nipponbare [PDF ]
- An SNP caused loss of seed shattering during rice domestication [PDF ]
- Rice WRKY45 plays a crucial role in benzothiadiazole-inducible resistance to
fungal blast and bacterial blight diseases [PDF] - Molecular breeding of novel herbicide tolerant rice by gene targeting [PDF ]
- Genetic dissection and pyramiding of quantitative traits for panicle architecture by
using chromosomal segment substitution lines in rice [PDF] - Superior breadmaking quality of the rice flour of PDI (protein disulfide isomerase)
mutant [PDF] - Map-based cloning and molecular breeding of pi21, a non-race specific resistance
gene to blast [PDF] - α-1,3-glucan functions as camouflage during infection in the rice blast fungus
Magnaporthe oryzae [PDF] - Definition of the pedigree haplotypes of modern rice cultivars in Japan revealed
by genome wide SNPs [PDF]
Insect and Animal Sciences
- Breeding of pigs with high meat quality using marker-assisted introgression [PDF ]
- Production of a feline interferon in transgenic silkworms [PDF ]
- Production of high quality silks having different flourescent colors by transgenic
silkworms [PDF] - Development of collagen vitrigel useful for tissue regeneration [PDF ]
- Experimental production of wedding dress from high quality silk produced by
transgenic silkworm through the collaboration of different industries [PDF] - Completion of draft sequencing of the pig genome [PDF ]
Issue: Feb. 2013