2025

Tanaka A, Otani M, Nakayachi O, Matsutani M, Saitoh H, Takemoto D (2025) Horizontally acquired IbACS gene modulates rhizosphere microbiota and contributes to sweet potato growth. (Preprint) bioRxiv [doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.18.694140]. 

Pring S, Ashida A, Shima Y, Iwamoto Y, Saito M, Camagna M, Tanaka A, Sato I, Chiba S, Takemoto D (2025) Foliar application of mixed DAMP- and MAMP-oligosaccharides enhances root growth and fruit yield in okra and tomato in greenhouse experiments. (Preprint) bioRxiv [doi.org/10.64898/2025.11.30.691324]

Ashida A, Ishikawa T, Takemoto D. (2025) Draft genome sequence of Botrytis fabiopsis, a causal agent of chocolate spot on broad bean (Vicia faba) newly recorded in Japan. PhytoFrontiers (in press)

Inagaki M, Kamiya S, Okamura A, Miura A, Kayano Y, Tanaka A and Takemoto D (2025) Cdc25-mediated activation of the small GTPase RasB is essential for hyphal fusion and symbiotic infection of Epichloë festucae. (Preprint) bioRxiv [doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.03.686139]

Choi S, Shimizu M, Abe A, Ishihama N, Ishikawa Y, Takemoto D, Shirasu K, Takano Y, Terauchi R, Kato H. (2025) STT3A is required for recognition of pathogen-derived sphingolipids in Arabidopsis. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. (in press) doi: 10.1094/MPMI-05-25-0061-R.

Um S, Tanaka T, Mitaka Y, Takemoto D, Li J, Batley, J and Minakuchi C (2025) Identification of utilizable and non-utilizable sterols for growth and development of the tobacco cutworm Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Appl Entomol Zool  60:289-300.

Landicho DM, Montañez RJM, Manayon VS, Sendaydiego MKYC, Gaylo JO, Dimayacyac AC, Sato I, Takemoto D, Pinili MS and Chiba S (2025) Detection, isolation, and identification of Rhizoctonia theobromae associated with cassava witches’ broom disease in the Philippines. Physiol Mol Plant Pathol 140:102872.

Ashida A, Ishikawa T, Takemoto D. (2025) First report of chocolate spot disease on broad bean (Vicia faba) caused by Botrytis fabiopsis in Japan, and the draft genome sequence of the pathogen. (Preprint) Research Square [https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6772122/v1]

Pring S, Kato H, Taniuchi K, Camagna M, Saito M, Tanaka A, Merritt BA, Argüello-Miranda O, Sato I, Chiba S, Takemoto D. (2025) Mixed DAMP/MAMP oligosaccharides promote both growth and defense against fungal pathogens of cucumber.  Plant Sci. 359: 112578.

2024

Tanaka R, Mitaka Y, Takemoto D, Sato MP, Kamikouchi A, Suzuki Y (2024) Switching escape strategies in the parasitic ant cricket Myrmecophilus tetramorii. Commun Biol. 7: 1714.

Miura A, Imano S, Ashida A, Sato I, Chiba S, Tanaka A, Camagna M and Takemoto D. (2024) Draft genome sequences of Epichloë bromicola strains isolated from Elymus ciliaris. Microbiol Resour Announc. 9: e0031724.

Landicho DM, Montañez RJM, Camagna M, Neang S, Bulasag AS, Magdaraog PM, Sato I, Takemoto D, Maejima K, Pinili MS and Chiba S. (2024) Status of cassava witches' broom disease in the Philippines and identification of potential pathogens by metagenomic analysis. Biology (Basel) 2024 13: 522.

Monjil MS, Kato H, Ota S, Matsuda K, Suzuki N, Tenhiro S, Tatsumi A, Pring S, Miura A, Camagna M, Suzuki T, Tanaka A, Terauchi R, Sato I, Chiba S, Kawakita K, Ojika M and Takemoto D. (2024) Two structurally different oomycete lipophilic microbe-associated molecular patterns induce distinctive plant immune responses. Plant Physiol. 2024 196: 479-494.

Bulasag AS, Ashida A, Miura A, Pring S, Kuroyanagi T, Camagna M, Tanaka A, Sato I, Chiba S, Ojika M and Takemoto D (2024) Botrytis cinerea detoxifies the sesquiterpenoid phytoalexin rishitin through multiple metabolizing pathways.  Fungal Genet. Biol. 172: 103895.  (bioRxiv 2024.03.08.584175.)

2023

Pring S, Kato H, Imano S, Camagna M, Tanaka A, Kimoto H,  Chen P, Shrotri A, Kobayashi H, Fukuoka A, Saito M, Suzuki T, Terauchi R, Sato I, Chiba S and Takemoto D (2023) Induction of plant disease resistance by mixed oligosaccharide elicitors prepared from plant cell wall and crustacean shells. Physiol Plant. 175: e14052.  (bioRxiv 2023.07.06.547984.)

Bulasag AS, Camagna M, Kuroyanagi T, Ashida A, Ito K, Tanaka A, Sato I, Chiba S, Ojika M and Takemoto D (2023) Botrytis cinereatolerates phytoalexins produced by Solanaceae and Fabaceae plants through an efflux transporter BcatrB and metabolizing enzymes. Front. Plant Sci. 14: 1177060.

Ashida A, Camagna M, Sato I, Chiba S, Tanaka A and Takemoto D. (2023) Draft genome sequences of Neofusicoccum parvum strains isolated from mango and rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyrifer). Microbiol Resour Announc. 12: e0025923.

Ashida A, Takushi T, Camagna M, Sato I, Chiba S and Takemoto D (2023) Leaf blight of rice-paper plant, Tetrapanax papyrifer, caused by Neofusicoccum parvum: A potential source of stem rot diseases of mango and grape. J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 89: 179–184.

2022

Kuroyanagi T, Bulasag AS, Fukushima K, Suzuki T, Tanaka A, Camagna M, Sato I, Chiba S, Ojika M and Takemoto D (2022) Botrytis cinerea identifies host plants via the recognition of antifungal capsidiol to induce expression of a specific detoxification gene. PNAS Nexus 1: pgac274.

Bulasag A, Camagna M,Fukushima K, Kuroyanagi T, Ashida A, Ito K, Tanaka A, Sato I, Chiba S, Ojika M and Takemoto D (2022) Functional characterization of Botrytis cinerea ABC transporter gene BcatrB in response to phytoalexins produced in plants belonging to families Solanaceae, Brassicaceae and Fabaceae. bioRxiv 2022.11.07.515369.

Kato F, Ando Y, Tanaka A, Suzuki T, Takemoto D and Ojika M (2023) Synthesis of aglycones, structure-activity relationships, and mode of action of lycosides as inhibitors of the asexual reproduction of Phytophthora. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 87: 208-216.

Kato F, Ando Y, Tanaka A, Suzuki T, Takemoto D and Ojika M (2022) Inhibitors of asexual reproduction of the plant pathogen Phytophthora from tomato juice: Structure-activity relationships and transcriptome analysis. J Agric Food Chem 70: 12878-12884.

Quenu M, Treindl AD, Lee K, Takemoto D, Thünen T, Ashrafi S, Winter D, Ganley ARD, Leuchtmann A, Young CA and Cox MP (2022) Telomere-to-telomere genome sequences across a single genus reveal highly variable chromosome rearrangement rates but absolute stasis of chromosome number. J. Fungi 8: 670.

Kato H, Nemoto K, Shimizu M, Abe A, Asai S, Ishihama N, Matsuoka S, Daimon T, Ojika M, Kawakita K, Onai K, Shirasu K, Yoshida M, Ishiura M, Takemoto D, Takano Y and Terauchi R (2022) Recognition of pathogen-derived sphingolipids in Arabidopsis. Science 376: 857-860.

Kuroyanagi T, Bulasag A, Fukushima K, Suzuki T, Tanaka A, Camagna M, Sato I, Chiba S, Ojika M and Takemoto D (2022) Botrytis cinerea identifies host plants via the recognition of antifungal capsidiol to induce expression of a specific detoxification gene. bioRxiv 2022.05.11.490027.

Tanaka A, Takemoto D, Sato I, Chiba S, Gavrilova O and Gagkaeva T (2022) Draft genome sequences of prototrophic and biotin-auxotrophic Fusarium langsethiae strains isolated from an oat grain in the northern region of Russia. Microbiol Resour Announc. 11:e0125021.