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Ryo Matsushima

Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama UniversityORCID 0000-0002-8500-7804Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Loss of starch synthase IIa alleviates the negative impact of high temperature on rice starch during grain filling

Shumpei Hashimoto, Ryo Matsushima, Naoko F. Oitome, Yuko Hosaka, Satoko Miura, Naoko Crofts, Toshio Yamamoto, Naoko Fujita

This study shows that the ss2a mutation in rice increases short amylopectin chains, counteracting high-temperature-induced long-chain increases and maintaining starch quality.

bioRxiv · Sep 29, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology

A curve fitting method for analysing starch granule size distributions in cereals

Rose McNelly, Amy Briffa, Georgia Yiasoumi, Cristóbal Uauy, Ryo Matsushima, David Seung

The paper develops a curve fitting method using Python to analyze starch granule size distributions in cereals, finding that mixed distributions best describe wheat and barley, while unimodal distributions apply to maize and rice.

Cereal Chemistry · May 1, 2025Peer-reviewedPlant Biology