Professor Dr. Keiichi OKAZAKI
Agriculture Department of Niigata University, Japan. As of 3/28/2012
POSITION
CURRENT POSITION:
Chairman of Standing Committee of IPM for Asia and Africa
Prof. of Agric. Dept. of Niigata Univ.
ADDRESS:
Lab. of Plant Breed., Niigata Univ., Facul. of Agric.,
2-8050 Ikarashi, Niigata 950-2181, Jpn.
Tel & Fax +81-25-262-6615
E-mail:
okazaki@agr.niigata-u.ac.jp
DATE AND BIRTH PLACE: 8 Jan. 1959, Toyama, Jpn.
EDUCATION:
- BA of Agric., Dept. of Agric., Niigata Univ., Niigata, Jpn., Apr. 1977-Mar. 1981
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MS (Plant breeding), Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Jpn., Apr. 1981-Mar. 1983
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Ph.D (Plant breeding), Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Jpn., Apr. 1983-Mar. 1986
MAIN PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
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Researcher, Toyama Vegetable and Ornamental Experimental Station, Toyama, Jpn., Apr. 1986-Dec. 1991
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Senior researcher, Toyama Vegetable and Ornamental Experimental Station, Toyama, Jpn., Jan. 1992-Sept. 1994
- Asst. Prof., Niigata Univ., Niigata, Jpn., Oct. 1994-Jun. 2000
- Assoc. Prof., Niigata Univ., Niigata, Jpn., Jul. 2000-Jul. 2008
- Prof., Niigata Univ., Niigata, Jpn., Aug. 2008-Present
ACADEMIC ACTIVITY:
- Chairman of Standing Committee of IPM for Asia and Africa, 2010-present
- Editorial board member of Breeding Sci. 2002-2006
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
- Plant breeding soci. of Jpn.
- Hortic. soci. of Jpn.
- Int. soci. for hortic. sci.
THE LATEST FIVE PAPERS
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Identification of candidate genes for fusarium yellows resistance in Chinese cabbage by differential expression analysis. Shimizu M, Fujimoto R, Ying H, Pu Z, Ebe Y, Kawanabe T, Saeki N, Taylor JM, Kaji M, Dennis ES, Okazaki K. (2014) Plant Mol. Biol. 85:247-257.
- Map based cloning of a candidate gene conferring Fusarium yellows resistance in Brassica oleracea. Shimizu M, Pu Z, Kawanabe T, Kitashiba H, Matsumoto S, Ebe Y, Sano M, Funaki T, Fukai E, Fujimoto R, Okazaki K. (2015) Theor. Appl. Genet. 128:119-130
- Genetic distance of inbred lines of Chinese cabbage and its relationship to heterosis. K Kawamura, T Kawanabe, M Shimizu, AJ. Nagano, N Saeki, K Okazaki, M Kaji, ES. Dennis, K Osabe, R Fujimoto (2016) Plant Gene 5: 1-7
- Marker-assisted selection of low erucic acid quantity in short duration Brassica rapa. Md. M Karim, NN Tonu, M S Hossain, T Funaki, MB Meah . DM Hossain, M. AUD . E. Fukai . K. Okazaki (in press) Euphytica
- Changes in the proteome of xylem sap in Brassica oleracea in response to Fusarium oxysporum stress. Z Pu, Y Ino, Y Kimura, A Tago, M Shimizu, S Natsume, Y Sano, R Fujimoto, K Kaneko, DJ. Shea, E Fukai, S Fuji, H Hirano, K Okazaki. Front. Plant Sci. | doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00031