OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annals of Applied Biology is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Linking abiotic stress, plant metabolites, biostimulants and functional food	77
Polyamines as key regulatory players in plants under metal stress—A way for an enhanced tolerance	42
Hypersensitive response: From NLR pathogen recognition to cell death response	29
Soil seedbank: Old methods for new challenges in agroecology?	26
Phosphobacteria as key actors to overcome phosphorus deficiency in plants	23
Current status and perspectives on the role of polyamines in plant immunity	23
Is there any relationship between agronomic traits, soil properties and essential oil profile of peppermint (Mentha piperita L.) treated by fertiliser treatments and irrigation regimes?	22
Approaches, challenges and recent advances in automated bee counting devices: A review	20
Turnip mosaic virus, a virus for all seasons	20
Foliar application of wood distillate boosts plant yield and nutritional parameters of chickpea	19
Exploration of microbial stimulants for induction of systemic resistance in plant disease management	18
Paths of cucumber green mottle mosaic virus disease spread and disinfectant‐based management	18
Tomato brown rugose fruit virus: A pathogen that is changing the tomato production worldwide	18
Phytochrome type B family: The abiotic stress responses signaller in plants	17
Study of the efficacy of Aureobasidium strains belonging to three different species: A. pullulans, A. subglaciale and A. melanogenum against Botrytis c	16
Integrating univariate and multivariate statistical models to investigate genotype × environment interaction in durum wheat	16
Cadmium effects on plant reproductive organs: Physiological, productive, evolutionary and ecological aspects	16
The plant pathogen Rhodococcus fascians. History, disease symptomatology, host range, pathogenesis and plant–pathogen interaction	15
The role of rendering in relation to the bovine spongiform encephalopathy epidemic, the development of EU animal by‐product legislation and the reintroduction of rendered products into anim	15
Boron modulates the plasma membrane H⁺‐ATPase activity affecting nutrient uptake of Citrus trees	15
Cereal asparagine synthetase genes	15
Augmented descriptions of growth and development stages of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) grown from different types of planting material	15
South West and North Central Nigeria: Assessment of cassava mosaic disease and field status of African cassava mosaic virus and East African cassava mosaic virus	14
The effect of microhabitat features, anthropogenic pressure and spatial structure on bird diversity in southern Tunisian agroecosystems	13
The effects of seed priming with sodium hydrosulphide on drought tolerance of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) in germination and early growth	13

Phenological growth stages of stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) according to the Biologische Bundesanstalt Bundessortenamt and Chemical Industry (BBCH) scale	13
Foliar spraying of calcium acetate alleviates yield loss in rice (Oryza sativa L.) by induced anti‐oxidative defence system under ozone and heat stresses	13
Salinity stress response of non‐transformed and AtCKX transgenic centaury (Centaurium erythraea Rafn.) shoots and roots grown in vitro	12
Non‐pesticide alternatives for reducing feeding damage caused by the large pine weevil (Hylobius abietis L.)	12
Effects of rhizosphere oxygen concentration on root physiological characteristics and anatomical structure at the tillering stage of rice	12
Molecular and spatial analyses reveal new insights on Bois noir epidemiology in Franciacorta vineyards	12
Characterisation of bird cherry‐oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi L.) behaviour and aphid host preference in relation to partially resistant and susceptible wheat landraces	12
Plant architectural responses in simultaneous maize/soybean strip intercropping do not lead to a yield advantage	12
Understanding genetic variability in the mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) genepool	12
Unravelling ties in the nitrogen network: Polyamines and nitric oxide emerging as essential players in signalling roadway	12
Phenological growth stages of underutilised crop yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus L. Urban) according to the extended BBCH scale	11
There is plenty of room at the plant science: A review of nanoparticles applied to plant cultures	11
Development of mycoinsecticide formulations with Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium brunneum for the control of Orosanga japonica (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae)	11
Bee foraging preferences on three willow (Salix) species: Effects of species, plant sex, sampling day and time of day	11
Metabolome analysis reveals important compounds related to dwarfing effect of interstock on scion in pear	10
An ensemble learning integration of multiple CNN with improved vision transformer models for pest classification	10
Coexistent Mediterranean woody species as a driving factor of Phytophthora cinnamomi infectivity and survival	10
Spreading of Trioza apicalis and development of “Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum” infection on carrot in the field conditions	9
Resistance in melon to Monosporascus cannonballus and M. eutypoides: Fungal pathogens associated with Monosporascus root rot and vine decline	9
Killing time in cover crops? Artificial perches promote field use by raptors	9
Release from sheep‐grazing appears to put some heart back into upland vegetation: A comparison of nutritional properties of plant species in long‐term grazing experiments	8
Plant morphological traits associated with field resistance to cardamom thrips (Sciothrips cardamomi) in cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum)	8
Assessment of the efficiency of different control programs to reduce Trioza apicalis Först. (Triozidae: Hemiptera) feeding damage and the spread of “Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum”	8
Overexpression of SlERF3b and SlERF5 in transgenic tomato alters fruit size, number of seeds and promotes early flowering, tolerance to abiotic stress and resistanc	8
Life tables for the diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) in southeast Brazil indicate ants and spiders as leading mortality factors	8
Genotype and cytokinin effects on soybean yield and biological nitrogen fixation across soil temperatures	8
Rapid visual detection of Japanese hornwort mosaic virus infecting Angelica sinensis by reverse transcription loop‐mediated isothermal amplification	8
Collembola community structure under different land management in subtropical Brazil	8
Resporulation of Metarhizium anisopliae granules on soil and mortality of Tenebrio molitor: Implications for wireworm management in sweetpotato	8
The effects of drought stress and type of fertiliser on generalist and specialist herbivores and their natural enemies	8
Agronomic and physiological responses of potato subjected to soil compaction and/or drying	8
Calonectria leaf blight of Eucalyptus: A global review	7
Application of Aureobasidium pullulans in iron‐poor soil. Can the production of siderophores improve iron bioavailability and yeast antagonistic activity?	7
Association of two novel viruses with chlorotic fleck disease of ginger	7
Soybean grain yield in highland and lowland cultivation systems: A genotype by environment interaction approach	7
Quantitative trait loci mapping of adult‐plant resistance to powdery mildew in triticale	7
Professor Simon Leather, Editor‐in‐Chief, Annals of Applied Biology 2015–2020	7
Effects of entomopathogenic fungi on growth and nutrition in wheat grown on two calcareous soils: Influence of the fungus application method	7
Ruminal and post‐ruminal barley grain digestion and starch granule morphology under three heat methods	7
Antioxidative response and photosynthetic regulatory mechanisms in common fig leaves after short‐term chilling stress	7
Combining thermotherapy with meristem culture for improved eradication of onion yellow dwarf virus and shallot latent virus from infected in vitro‐cultured shallot shoots	7
Phenological stages and degree days of oil palm crosses grown under irrigation in tropical conditions	7
On the use of tree‐ring area as a predictor of biomass accumulation and its climatic determinants of coffee tree growth	7
Application of genotyping methods in the investigation of sources of dermatophytosis associated with vaccination in cattle	6
A thorough study of a Paratylenchus sp. in glasshouse‐grown lettuce: Characterisation, population dynamics, host plants and damage threshold as keys to its integrated management	6
From the saltpan to the plate: An evaluation of the use of the edible halophyte Salicornia ramosissima in catering	6
Plant defences for enhanced integrated pest management in tomato	6
Untangling the role of a novel agroecosystem as a habitat for declining farmland birds	6
Wood distillate (pyroligneous acid) boosts nutritional traits of potato tubers	6
Impacts of cutting frequency and position to tree line on herbage accumulation in silvopastoral grassland reveal potential for grassland conservation based on land use and cover information	6

Elucidating effect of different photosynthetic pigments on Lipaphis erysimi preference and population build‐up on diverse Brassica juncea genotypes	6
Long‐term fertilisation regimes influence the diversity and community of wheat leaf bacterial endophytes	6
Could bacterial associations determine the success of weevil species?	6
Identification, prevalence and genetic diversity study of potato viruses in Northeastern states of India	6
Mg deficiency interacts with the circadian clock and phytochromes pathways in Arabidopsis	5
Comparative effect of seed treatment with thyme essential oil and Paraburkholderia phytofirmans on growth, photosynthetic capacity, grain yield, δ¹⁵N and δ¹³	5
Fertilisation with dehydrated sewage sludge affects the phytophagous Hemiptera, tending ants and Sternorrhyncha predators on Acacia mangium (Fabaceae)	5
Pseudomonas cerasi, the new wild cherry pathogen in Serbia and the potential use of recG helicase in bacterial identification	5
The parasitoid Closterocerus chamaeleon has a greater development and survival rate than of its hosts, the Eucalyptus gall wasps Ophelimus eucalypti and Ophelimus maskelli in Suma	5
Evaluating the impact of pyrethroid insecticide resistance on reproductive fitness in Sitobion avenae	5
Opiine parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and biological control of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Australia: Past, present and future	5
The life cycle and field epidemiology of Uromycladium acaciae (Pucciniales) on Acacia mearnsii in South Africa	5
Ecotype‐specific effects of fungal endophytes on germination responses of seeds of the South American wild forage grass Bromus auleticus	5
Metalloids in plants: A systematic discussion beyond description	5
Assessing soil microbial biodiversity as affected by grazing and woody vegetation cover in a temperate savannah	5
Phenological development of subterranean clover cultivars under contrasting environments	5
Effects of biochar on karst lime soil nutrients, soil microbial communities and physiology of Sichuan pepper plants	5
Cecidophyopsis mites and blackcurrant reversion virus on Ribes hosts: Current scientific progress and knowledge gaps	5