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Dr Mitsutoshi KITAO


Position: Chief of Ecophysiology Laboratory


Mail Address: kitao atmark ffpri.affrc.go.jp


Research Subjects: Tree Physiology; Stress Physiology


Selected Publications:

  1. Kitao, M., Tobita, H., Utsugi, H., Komatsu, M., Kitaoka, S., Maruyama, Y. and Koike, T. (2012) Photosynthetic traits around budbreak in pre-existing needles of Sakhalin spruce (Picea glehnii) seedlings grown under elevated CO2 concentration assessed by chlorophyll fluorescence measurements. Tree Physiology 32: 998-1007.DOI:10.1093/treephys/tps048
  2. Komatsu, M., Tobita, H., Watanabe, M., Yazaki, K., Koike, T. and Kitao, M. (in press) Photosynthetic down-regulation in leaves of the Japanese white birch grown under elevated CO2 concentration does not change their temperature-dependent susceptibility to photoinhibition. Physiologia Plantarum.DOI:10.1111/j.1399-3054.2012.01651.x
  3. Kitao, M., Kitaoka, S., Komatsu, M., Utsugi, H., Tobita, H., Koike, T. and Maruyama, Y. (2012) Leaves of Japanese oak (Quercus mongolica var. crispula) mitigate photoinhibition by adjusting electron transport capacities and thermal energy dissipation along the intra-canopy light gradient. Physiologia Plantarum 146: 192-204. DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2012.01609.x
  4. Kitao, M., Winkler, J.B., Löw, M., Nunn, A.J., Kuptz, D., Häberle, K.-H., Reiter, I.M. and Matyssek, R. (2012) How closely does stem growth of adult beech (Fagus sylvatica) relate to net carbon gain under experimentally enhanced ozone stress? Environmental Pollution 166: 108-115. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.03.014
  5. Kitao, M., Löw, M., Heerdt, C., Grams, T.E.E., Häberle, K.-H. and Matyssek, R. (2009) Effects of chronic elevated ozone exposure on gas exchange responses of adult beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) as related to the within-canopy light gradient. Environmental Pollution 157: 537-544. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.09.016
  6. Kitao, M., Lei, T.T., Koike, T., Kayama M., Tobita H. and Maruyama Y. (2007) Interaction of drought and elevated CO2 on photosynthetic down-regulation and susceptibility to photoinhibition in Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica) seedlings grown under limited N availability. Tree Physiology 27: 727-735. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.5.727
  7. Kitao, M., Lei, T.T., Koike, T., Tobita, H. and Maruyama, Y. (2006) Tradeoff between shade adaptation and mitigation of photoinhibition in leaves of Quercus mongolica and Acer mono acclimated to deep shade. Tree Physiology 26: 441-448.DOI:10.1093/treephys/26.4.441
  8. Kitao, M., Yoneda, R., Tobita, H., Matsumoto, Y., Maruyama, Y., Arifin, A., Azani, A.M. and Muhamad, M.N. (2006) Susceptibility to photoinhibition in seedlings of six tropical fruit tree species native to Malaysia following transplantation to a degraded land. Trees 20: 601-610. DOI:10.1007/s00468-006-0075-1


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