著者
Kaho Miyazaki You Ohkubo Hiroto Yasui Ryoka Tashiro Rintaro Suzuki Hiroshi Teramura Hiroaki Kusano Hiroaki Shimada
出版者
Japanese Society for Plant Biotechnology
雑誌
Plant Biotechnology (ISSN:13424580)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.38, no.3, pp.367-371, 2021-09-25 (Released:2021-09-25)
参考文献数
25
被引用文献数
3

Late embryogenesis abundant protein (LEA) genes are widely conserved in seed plant species and form a multigene family. While some LEAs are known to respond to environmental stresses, the function of many LEAs is unknown. OsLEA5 (Lea14A) interacts with a regulator of the endosperm storage production, FLO2, suggesting that OsLEA5 may be involved in endosperm quality control. RNAi knockdown line of OsLEA5 showed decreased seed weight. Transformant lines overexpressing OsLEA5 exhibited improved quality and seed weight of mature seeds when they were developed under high-temperature conditions, while seed quality strongly declined in wild-type plants exposed to high-temperature stress. These findings indicate that OsLEA5 contributes to suppressing the deterioration of seed quality when developed under high-temperature conditions.
著者
Naoko NAMIZAKI Hiroya YAMANO Rintaro SUZUKI Kenji OOHORI Hitoshi ONAGA Tamiko KISHIMOTO Teppei SAGAWA Yoshiko MACHIDA Shigeki YASUMURA Takanori SATOH Takashi SHIGIYA Tsuyoshi SHIBATA Megumu TSUCHIKAWA Yasuaki MIYAMOTO Kyoko HARUKAWA Koichi HIRATE Koji FURUSE Kenichi HOKOYAMA Yasushi YAMANAKA Toru WAGATSUMA
出版者
日本サンゴ礁学会
雑誌
Galaxea, Journal of Coral Reef Studies (ISSN:18830838)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.15, no.Supplement, pp.391-395, 2013 (Released:2014-06-25)
参考文献数
10
被引用文献数
11

The Sango (Coral) Map Project began in 2008, an International Year of the Reef, and continued for two years. It is a monitoring program that allowed for easy participation via a web-based system that collected information on coral occurrence from various groups of people (e.g. divers, snorkelers, tourists, environmental educators, and researchers) with the aim of clarifying the current status of coral reefs in Japan. Participants simply submitted occurrences and location information with photographs of coral formations they encountered. The results are presented on the web using the Google Map API. Over the two-year period, 148 participants provided information on coral occurrence, and 367 data points were collected. Collaboration was developed with other activities including nature tours and diving programs. Data from the project have been used to validate national coral-reef distribution maps and have been published as a scientific paper. The project owes its success to the engagement with a wide range of networks and stakeholders and to the simplicity of the method. We hope that this project will be a first step towards encouraging people to participate in other monitoring programs such as ReefCheck. Citizen monitoring programs are a useful and important method for establishing collaboration between diverse stakeholders.