
Academic Journal
Q2Breeding Science
About Breeding Science
Breeding Science is a scholarly journal published by Japanese Society of Breeding. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q2, with an SJR of 0.608 and H-index of 73.
Coverage: 1993-2025. Research categories: Agronomy and Crop Science (Q2); Plant Science (Q2); Genetics (Q3).
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Topics in published research
Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals; Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement; Plant tissue culture and regeneration; GABA and Rice Research; Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology; Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics.
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Recent Research Articles
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Gibberellin-mediated internode elongation for grafting and early flowering induction in Brassicaceae crops
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2026 · DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.25078Breeding and characterization of ‘Saint Rouge’, a novel red radish (<i>Raphanus sativus</i> L.) cultivar as a source of odorless food colorant
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2026 · DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.25090Improvement of fruit contour extraction and genomic prediction of fruit shape in eggplant
Motoyuki Ishimori
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2026 · DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.25080Comparative genomics and transcriptomics on salt tolerance of <i>Vigna luteola</i>
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2026 · DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.25042Development of a DNA marker for cultivar identification of “Harushizuka”, a new satsuma mandarin cultivar created by heavy-ion irradiation
Kotaro Ishii, Takahiro Okubo, Yuki Shirakawa, Kanako Tomura et al.
2026 · DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.25046The current state of Japanese soybean breeding using DNA marker technology
Shin Kato, Naoya Yamaguchi, Akito Kaga
2026 · DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.25075Effects of known functional alleles of agronomically important genes on yield-related traits estimated by historical rice breeding data in Japan
Koki Chigira, Eiji Yamamoto, Akitoshi Goto, Tomohito Ikegaya et al.
2026 · DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.25062Breeding of a new reddish-purple fleshed sweetpotato cultivar, ‘Sakurahonoka’, with high yield for processing use
Takeo Sakaigaichi, Akira Kobayashi, Keisuke Suematsu, Yukari Kawata et al.
2026 · DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.25051Announcements
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Hiroaki Tabuchi, Toshikazu Kuranouchi, Yumi Kai
2026 · DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.26015Cover
2026 · DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.76-3coverDynamics of resistant genes and their relationship to resistance to wheat yellow mosaic disease in Japanese wheat germplasms
Fuminori Kobayashi, Shuhei Okada, Hisayo Kojima, Kenji Kawaguchi et al.
2026 · DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.25058Current status and future perspective of genomics-assisted breeding in wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.)
Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Fuminori Kobayashi, Goro Ishikawa
2026 · DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.25059The current status of crop improvement using DNA marker technology
Toshio Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Fukuoka
2026 · DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.76.1Facilitating genomic breeding in citrus via reference panel-based whole-genome imputation of low-coverage sequencing-derived genotype data
Tokurou Shimizu, Keisuke Nonaka
2026 · DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.25061<i>In vitro</i> fertilization (IVF): production of distant hybrids with suitable genome combination
Takashi Okamoto
2026 · DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.25086The current state of the use of DNA markers for improving the efficiency of rice breeding in Japan
Akitoshi Goto, Kei Matsushita, Utako Yamanouchi
2026 · DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.25060QTL mapping for early heading of ‘Haruka Nijo’, the leading barley (<i>Hordeum vulgare</i> L.) cultivar in the Kyushu region of Japan
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2026 · DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.25054Reviews
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