Kentaro Yasuda

The paper shows how a nitrilase gene was co-opted to confer herbicide resistance in weeds through coding and regulatory changes.

This study characterizes unclassified tetraploid Echinochloa plants in Japan, revealing their distinct genomic composition and ecological distribution, suggesting a potential new origin for hexaploid E. crus-galli.

The paper presents a telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of Echinochloa phyllopogon, revealing structural differences between its A and B genomes and their implications for herbicide resistance.