Masaki Okamura

Characterization of high-yielding rice cultivars with different grain-filling properties to clarify limiting factors for improving grain yield

Masaki Okamura, Yumiko Arai‐Sanoh, Hiroe Yoshida et al. · Field Crops Research · 2018 · 111 citations · Full text

Engineering, Botany, Agricultural Economics +18

Tissue specificity and diurnal change in gene expression of the sucrose phosphate synthase gene family in rice

Masaki Okamura, Naohiro Aoki, Tatsuro Hirose et al. · Plant Science · 2011 · 84 citations

Biology, Plant Molecular Biology, Biosynthesis +10

Starch reduction in rice stems due to a lack of OsAGPL1 or OsAPL3 decreases grain yield under low irradiance during ripening and modifies plant architecture

Masaki Okamura, Tatsuro Hirose, Yoichi Hashida et al. · Functional Plant Biology · 2013 · 72 citations

Rice Stems, Plant Genetics, Engineering +19

A reduction of sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) activity affects sucrose/starch ratio in leaves but does not inhibit normal plant growth in rice

Yoichi Hashida, Tatsuro Hirose, Masaki Okamura et al. · Plant Science · 2016 · 62 citations

Biosynthesis, Engineering, Botany +9

Disruption of a rice gene for α-glucan water dikinase, OsGWD1, leads to hyperaccumulation of starch in leaves but exhibits limited effects on growth

Tatsuro Hirose, Naohiro Aoki, Yusuke Harada et al. · Frontiers in Plant Science · 2013 · 57 citations · Full text