Publications

1. Muguerza MB, Gondo T, Ishigaki G, Shimamoto Y, Umami N, Nitthaisong P, Rahman MM, and Akashi R. 2022. Tissue culture and somatic embryogenesis in warm-season grasses—Current status and its applications: A review. Plants 11(9): 1263.
2. Prasojo YS, Ishigaki G, Hashiguchi M, Muguerza M, and Akashi R. 2021. Evaluation of regrowth ability of soybeans for forage utilization under two-cutting systems. Australian Journal of Crop Science 15(12): 1452–1458.
3. Inoue T, Hashiguchi M, Koga K, Muguerza M, Tanaka H, and Akashi R. 2021. Effects of silicate fertilizer on growth and silicic acid accumulation in turfgrass. Asian Journal of Plant Sciences 20: 324–331. doi: 10.3923/ajps.2021.324.331
4. Arifina HA, Hashiguchi T, Nagahama K, Hashiguchi M, Muguerza M, Sakakibara Y, Tanaka H, and Akashi R. 2020. Varietal differences in flavonoid and antioxidant activity in Japanese soybean accessions. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 85(4): 916–922. doi: 10.1093/bbb/zbaa104
5. Inoue T, Hashiguchi M, Koga K, Nakamura Y, Shibuya K, Muguerza M, Tanaka H, and Akashi R. 2020. Evaluation of treading resistance using a modified treading load system in turfgrass. Asian Journal of Scientific Research 13(2): 156–163. doi: 10.3923/ajsr.2020.156.163
6. Nitthaisong P, Ishigaki G, Suenaga K, Muguerza M, Tanaka H, and Akashi R. 2019. Pentaploid apomictics by interspecific hybridization between diploid Urochloa ruziziensis and tetraploid U. decumbens. Crop Science. 59(4): 1648–1656. doi: 10.2135/cropsci2019.01.0035
7. Hashiguchi M, Tanaka H, Muguerza M, Akashi R, Norgaard N, Uggerhoj A, and Sato S. Lotus japonicus genetic, mutant, and germplasm resources. Current Protocols 3(2): e20070. doi: 10.1002/cppb.20070
8. Kunwanlee P, Tanaka H, Hashiguchi M, Gondo T, Muguerza M, Inoue T, and Akashi R. 2017. The highly heterozygous homoploid turfgrass Zoysia matrella displays desirable traits in the S1 progeny. Crop Science 57(6): 3310–3318. doi: 10.2135/cropsci2016.09.0811
9. Gondo T, Umami N, Muguerza M, and Akashi R. 2017. Plant regeneration from embryogenic callus derived from shoot apices and production of transgenic plants by particle inflow gun in dwarf napiergrass (Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.) Plant Biotechnology 34(3): 143–150. doi: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.17.0623a
10. Asanuma Y, Gondo T, Ishigaki G, Inoue K, Zaita N, Muguerza M, and Akashi R. 2017. Field trial of insect-resistant and herbicide-tolerant genetically modified cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) for environmental risk assessment in Japan. GM Crops & Food 1–7. doi: 10.1080/21645698.2016.1272754
11. Wee C-D, Hashiguchi M, Ishigaki G, Muguerza M, Oba C, Abe J, Harada K, and Akashi R. 2017. Evaluation of seed components of wild soybean (Glycine soja) collected in Japan using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy. Plant Genetic Resources 1–9. doi: 10.1017/S1479262116000472
12. Hashiguchi M, Puspasari R, Suematsu Y, Muguerza M, Tanaka H, Suzuki A, Hoffman F, and Akashi R. 2017. Induction of tetraploid Lotus japonicus and interspecific hybridization with super-root-derived Lotus corniculatus regenerants. Crop Science 57(5): 2387–2394. doi: 10.2135/cropsci2016.09.0743
13. Tanaka H, Hirakawa H, Kosugi S, Nakayama S, Ono A, Watanabe A, Hashiguchi M, Gondo T, Ishigaki G, Muguerza M, Shimizu K, Sawamura N, Inoue T, Shigeki Y, Ohno N, Tabata S, Akashi R, and Sato S. 2016. Sequencing and comparative analyses of the genomes of zoysiagrasses. DNA Research 23: 1–10. doi: 10.1093/dnares/ dsw006
14. Yamamoto A, Hashiguchi M, Akune R, Masumoto T, Muguerza M, Saeki Y, and Akashi R. 2016. The relationship between salt gland density and sodium accumulation/secretion in a wide selection from three Zoysia species. Australian Journal of Botany 64: 277–284. doi: 10.1071/BT15261   
15. Tanaka H, Hirakawa H, Muguerza M, Tabata S, Akashi R, and Sato S. 2016. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Zoysia matrella. Crop Science 56: 1206–1212. doi: 10.2135/cropsci2015.080517
16. Tanaka, H, Tokunaga R, Muguerza M, Kitazaki Y, Hashiguchi M, Sato S, Tabata S, and Akashi R. 2016. Genetic structure and speciation of zoysiagrass ecotypes collected in Japan. Crop Science 56: 818–26. doi: 10.2135/cropsci2015.04.0249
17. Muguerza M, Gondo T, Ishigaki G, and Akashi R. 2014. Lignin content and digestibility in transgenic bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum Flügge) obtained by genetic manipulation of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase gene. Asian Journal of Plant Sciences 13(1): 8–17. doi:10.3923/ajps.2014.8.17
18. Muguerza M, Gondo T, Yoshida M, Kawakami A, Terami F, Yamada T, and Akashi R. 2013. Modification of the total soluble sugar content of the C4 grass Paspalum notatum expressing the wheat-derived sucrose: sucrose 1-fructosyltransferase and sucrose:fructan 6- fructosyltransferase genes. Grassland Science 59: 196–204. doi: 10.1111/grs.12029″