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Nobuko Sugimoto


Assistant Professor

Horticulture

Nobuko Sugimoto
Nobuko Sugimoto
Areas of expertiseEducationCoursesScholarly works

Areas of expertise

Post Harvest Horticultural Technologies (incl. Transportation and Storage)

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Horticultural Science

Michigan State University, MI, United States (2011)

Master of Science, Horticultural Science

Michigan State University, MI, United States (2007)

Courses

  • HORT 7000: Master's Research (Fall 2025)
  • HORT 7000: Master's Research (Spring 2026)

Scholarly Works

  • Identification of genes with potential roles in apple fruit development and biochemistry through large-scale statistical analysis of expressed sequence tags., Plant Physiol, (2006).
    Park S, Sugimoto N, Larson MD, Beaudry R, van Nocker S
  • Citramalate synthase yields a biosynthetic pathway for isoleucine and straight- and branched-chain ester formation in ripening apple fruit., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, (2021).
    Sugimoto N, Engelgau P, Jones AD, Song J, Beaudry R
  • Volatile profiles of members of the USDA Geneva Malus Core Collection: utility in evaluation of a hypothesized biosynthetic pathway for esters derived from 2-methylbutanoate and 2-methylbutan-1-ol., J Agric Food Chem, (2015).
    Sugimoto N, Forsline P, Beaudry R
  • Emission Patterns of Esters and Their Precursors Throughout Ripening and Senescence in ‘Redchief Delicious’ Apple Fruit and Implications Regarding Biosynthesis and Aroma Perception, Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, (2021).
    Ferenczi A, Sugimoto N, Beaudry RM
  • GENE EXPRESSION ASSOCIATED WITH APPLE AROMA BIOSYNTHESIS, Acta Horticulturae, (2008).
    Sugimoto N, Sunchung Park, van Nocker S, Beaudry R

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Contact

Nobuko.Sugimoto@uga.edu 229-386-3680

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2360 Rainwater Rd
Tifton, GA 31793

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