Dr Mitsutoshi KITAO
Position: Chief of Ecophysiology Laboratory
Mail Address: kitao atmark ffpri.affrc.go.jp
Research Subjects: Tree Physiology; Stress Physiology
Selected Publications:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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