E-mail: kugimiya[at]affrc.go.jp (Please type by hands)
Education
Ph.D.
Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan 2003
M.S.
Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan 2000
B.A.
Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan 1998
Career
Researcher, Biodiversity Division, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences (2006 - 2011)
JSPS Research Fellow (PD), Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Japan (2006Apr - Dec)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Japan (2003 - 2006)
JSPS Research Fellow (DC1), Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan (2000 - 2003)
Research Interests
Chemical ecology and molecular ecology of intra- and inter-specific interactions in insects and plants
Publication
Yoneya, K., Kugimiya, S. and Takabayashi, J. (2014) Leaf beetle larvae, Plagiodera versicolora (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), show decreased performance on uninfested host plants exposed to airborne factors from plants infested by conspecific larvae. Applied Entomology and Zoology 49: 249-253. DOI 10.1007/s13355-013-0243-x
Abe, H., Tateishi, K., Seo, S., Kugimiya, S., Hirai, M., Sawada, Y., Murata, Y., Yara, K., Shimoda, T. and Kobayashi, M. (2013) Disarming the jasmonate-dependent plant defense makes non-host Arabidopsis plants accessible to the American serpentine leafminer, Plant Physiology 163: 1242-1253. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.113.222802
Uefune, M., Kugimiya, S., Shimoda, T. and Takabayashi, J.* (2013) Starvation and herbivore-induced plant volatiles affect the color preferences of parasitic wasps. BioControl 58: 187-193. DOI 10.1007/s10526-012-9483-x
Uefune, M., Kugimiya, S., Ozawa, R. and Takabayashi, J. (2013) Parasitic wasp females are attracted to blends of host-induced plant volatiles: do qualitative and quantitative differences in the blend matter?. F1000Research 2: 57. DOI: 10.3410/f1000research.2-57.v1
Uefune, M., Kugimiya, S., Sano, K. and Takabayashi, J. (2012) Herbivore-induced plant volatiles enhance the ability of parasitic wasps to find hosts on a plant. Journal of Applied Entomology 136: 133-138. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2011.01621.x
Abe, H., Tomitaka, Y., Shinoda, T., Seo, S., Sakurai, T., kugimiya, S., Tsuda, S. and Kobayashi, M. (2012) Antagonistic Plant Defense System Regulated by Phytohormones Assists Interactions Among Vector Insect, Thrips and a Tospovirus. Plant & Cell Physiology 53: 204-212. DOI:10.1093/pcp/pcr173
Kugimiya, S.*, Shimoda, T. and Takabayashi, J. (2011) Timing matters: release of plant volatiles that are attractive to parasitoids. Journal of Plant Interactions 6: 187-188. DOI: 10.1080/17429145.2010.543475
Uefune, M., Kugimiya, S. and Takabayashi, J. (2011) Herbivore-induced carnivore attractants enhance the residence time of carnivores on a host food plant. Journal of Plant Interactions 6: 165-165. PII 934807668. DOI: 10.1080/17429145.2010.543474
Tabata, J., Hattori, Y., Sakamoto, H., Yukuhiro, F., Fujii, T., Kugimiya, S., Mochizuki, A., Ishikawa, Y. and Kageyama, D. (2011) Male killing and incomplete inheritance of a novel Spiroplasma in the Moth Ostrinia zaguliaevi. Microbial Ecology 61: 254-263. DOI: 10.1007/s00248-010-9799-y
Shiojiri, K., Ozawa, R., Kugimiya, S., Uefune, M., van Wijk, M., Sabelis, M.W. and Takabayashi, J. (2010) Herbivore-specific, density-dependent induction of plant volatiles: honest or "cry wolf" signals? PLoS ONE 5(8): e12161. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012161
Kugimiya, S.*, Shimoda, T., Tabata, J. and Takabayashi, J. (2010) Present or past herbivory: a screening of volatiles released from Brassica rapa under caterpillar attacks as attractants for the solitary parasitoid, Cotesia vestalis. Journal of Chemical Ecology 36: 620-628. DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9802-6
Kugimiya, S.*, Shimoda, T., McNeil, J.N. and Takabayashi, J. (2010) Females of Cotesia vestalis, a parasitoid of diamondback moth larvae, learn to recognise cues from aphid-infested plants to exploit honeydew. Ecological Entomology 35: 538-541. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01207.x
Kugimiya, S.*, Shimoda, T., Uefune, M. and Takabayashi, J. (2010) Orientation of the parasitic wasp, Cotesia vestalis (Haliday) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), to visual and olfactory cues of field mustard flowers, Brassica rapa L. (Brassicaceae), to exploit food sources. Applied Entomology and Zoology 45: 369-375. DOI: 10.1303/aez.2010.369
Kugimiya, S.*, Shimoda, T., Wajnberg, J., Uefune, M. and Takabayashi, J. (2010) Host-searching responses to herbivory-associated chemical information and patch use depend on mating status of female solitary parasitoid wasps. Ecological Entomology 35: 279-286. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01194.x
Kawazu, K., Shimoda, T., Kobori, Y., Kugimiya, S., Mukawa, S. and Suzuki, Y. (2010) Inhibitory effects of permethrin on flight responses, host-searching, and foraging behaviour of Cotesia vestalis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a larval parasitoid of Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). Journal of Applied Entomology 134: 313-322. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2009.01482.x
Il'ichev, A.L., Kugimiya, S., Williams, D.G. and Takabayashi, J. (2009) Volatile compounds from young peach shoots attract males of oriental fruit moth in the field. Journal of Plant Interactions 4: 289-294. DOI: 10.1080/17429140903267814
Yoneya, K., Kugimiya, S. and Takabayashi, J. (2009) Can herbivore-induced plant volatiles inform predatory insect about the most suitable stage of its prey? Physiological Entomology 34: 379-386. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2009.00701.x
Abe, H., Shimoda, T., Ohnishi, J., Kugimiya, S., Narusaka, M., Seo, S., Narusaka, Y., Tsuda, S. and Kobayashi, M. (2009) Jasmonate-dependent plant defense restricts thrips performance and preference. BMC Plant Biology 9: Article No. 97. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-9-97.
Yoneya, K., Kugimiya, S. and Takabayashi, J. (2009) Do adult leaf beetles (Plagiodera versicolora) discriminate between odors from intact and leaf-beetle-infested willow shoots? Journal of Plant Interactions 4: 125-129. DOI: 10.1080/17429140802710658
Mitsuno, H., Sakurai, T., Murai, M., Yasuda, T., Kugimiya, S., Ozawa, R., Toyohara, H., Takabayashi, J., Miyoshi, H. and Nishioka, T. (2008) Identification of receptors of main sex-pheromone components of three Lepidopteran species. European Journal of Neuroscience 28: 893-902. DOI:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06429.x
Ichiki, T.R., Kainoh, Y., Kugimiya, S., Takabayashi, J. and Nakamura, S. (2008) Attraction to herbivore- induced plant volatiles by the host-foraging parasitoid fly Exorista japonica. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34: 614-621. DOI: 10.1007/s10886-008-9459-6
Mitsuno, H., Sakurai, T., Ichida, M., Yasuda, T., Kugimiya, S., Ozawa, R., Takabayashi, J. and Nishioka, T. (2007) Cloning and characterization of sex pheromone receptor genes in four moth species. Chemical Senses: 32: J20-J20.
Shiojiri, K., Kishimoto, K., Ozawa, R., Kugimiya, S., Urashimo, S., Arimura, G., Horiuchi, J., Nishioka, T., Matsui, K. and Takabayashi, J. (2006) Changing green leaf volatile biosynthesis in plants: a novel approach to improve plant resistance against both herbivores and pathogens. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103: 16672-16676. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0607780103
Choh, Y., Kugimiya, S. and Takabayashi, J. (2006) Induced production of extrafloral nectar in intact lima bean plants in response to volatiles from spider mite-infested conspecific plants as a possible indirect defense against spider mites. Oecologia 147: 455-460. DOI:10.1007/s00442-005-0289-8
Shiojiri, K., Ozawa, R., Matsui K., Kishimoto, K., Kugimiya, S. and Takabayashi, J. (2006) Role of the lipoxygenase/lyase pathway of host-food plants in the host searching behavior of two parasitoid species, Cotesia glomerata and Cotesia plutellae. Journal of Chemical Ecology 32: 969-979. DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9047-6
Arimura, G., Ozawa, R., Kugimiya, S., Takabayashi, J. and Bohlmann, J. (2004) Herbivore-induced defense response in a model legume: Two-spotted spider mites, Tetranychus urticae, induce emission of (E)-b-ocimene and transcript accumulation of (E)-b-ocimene synthase in Lotus japonicus. Plant Physiology 135: 1976-1983. DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.042929
Kugimiya, S., Nishida, R. and Kuwahara, Y. (2003) Comparison of oligosaccharide compositions in male nuptial secretions of three cockroach species of the genus Blattella. Journal of Chemical Ecology 29: 2183-2187. DOI: 10.1023/A:1025675231785
Kugimiya, S., Nishida, R., Sakuma, M. and Kuwahara, Y. (2003) Nutritional phagostimulants function as male courtship pheromone in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica. Chemoecology 13: 169-175. DOI: 10.1007/s00049-003-0245-1
Nojima, S., Kugimiya, S., Nishida, R., Sakuma, M. and Kuwahara, Y. (2002) Oligosaccharide composition and pheromonal activity of male tergal gland secretions of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.). Journal of Chemical Ecology 28: 1483-1494. DOI: 10.1023/A:1016260905653
Kugimiya, S., Nishida, R., Kuwahara, Y. and Sakuma, M. (2002) Phospholipid composition and pheromonal activity of nuptial secretion of the male German cockroach, Blattella germanica. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 104: 337-344. DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2002.01020.x
Nakagawa, Y., Hattori, K., Minakuchi, C., Kugimiya, S. and Ueno, T. (2000) Relationships between structure and molting hormonal activity of tebufenozide, methoxyfenozide, and their analogs in cultured integument system of Chilo suppressalis Walker. Steroids 65: 117-123. DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(99)00091-4
Nakagawa, Y., Smagghe, G., Kugimiya, S., Hattori, K., Ueno, T., Tirry, L. and Fujita, T. (1999) Quantitative structure-activity studies of insect growth regulators XVI. Substituent effects of dibenzoylhydrazines on the insecticidal activity to Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata. Pesticide Science 55: 909-918. DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9063(199909)55:9<909::aid-ps34>3.0.CO;2-G
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