OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Phytopathology is 37. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Endophyte Bacteria Enhanced DNA Methylation in the Karma Sequence of EgDEF1 Gene Ramets Preventing Abnormality in Oil Palm	1447
Influence of Temperature and Moisture Duration on Pathogenic Life History Traits of Predominant Haplotypes of Fusarium circinatum on Pinus spp. in Spain	588
Investigation of the Effectiveness and Molecular Mechanisms of Thiamin Priming to Control Early Blight Disease in Potato	505
Development, Validation, and Utility of Species-Specific Diagnostic Markers for Detection of Peronospora belbahrii	431
Reproducible Quantitative Trait Loci for Resistance to Soft Rot Caused by Dickeya dianthicola Derived from the Wild Potato Solanum microdontum (PI 458355) Are Located on Chromosomes 1, 3	398
How Do Growers Respond to Host Resistance? A Conditional Gaussian Bayesian Network for Causal Inference of Fungicide Cost Savings	397
Transmission of Areca Palm Velarivirus 1 by Mealybugs Causes Yellow Leaf Disease in Betel Palm (Areca catechu)	269
Genome Sequence Data Reveal at Least Two Distinct Incursions of the Tropical Race 4 Variant of Fusarium Wilt into South America	256
Selective Media for Isolation of Agrobacterium, Corynebacterium, Erwinia, Pseudomonas, and Xanthomonas	217
Analysis of Rice Blast Fungus Genetic Diversity and Identification of a Novel Blast Resistance OsDRq12 Gene	205
Whitefly-Mediated Transmission and Subsequent Acquisition of Highly Similar and Naturally Occurring Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus Variants	194
Progression of Xylella fastidiosa Infection in Grapevines Under Field Conditions	182
Erwinia amylovora Type III Secretion System Inhibitors Reduce Fire Blight Infection Under Field Conditions	176
Combination of Developmental Behaviors and Transcriptome Reveals Differential Response Mechanisms of Phytophthora sojae to Aspartic Acid and Glucose in Seed Exudates	151
Molecular Insights into the Defense of Dioscorea opposita Cultivar Tiegun Callus Against Pathogenic and Endophytic Fungal Infection Through Transcriptome Analysis	145
Identification and Fine Mapping of Gummy Stem Blight Resistance Gene Gsb-7(t) in Melon	132
Antifungal Activity and Possible Mechanism of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FX2 Against the Postharvest Apple Ring Rot Pathogen	99
Building Accelerated Plant Breeding Pipelines: Screening to Evaluate Lima Bean Resistance to Root-Knot Nematode in Diverse Inbred Lines and Segregating Breeding Populations	93
A Survey of Xylella fastidiosa in the U.S. State of Virginia Reveals Wide Distribution of Both Subspecies fastidiosa and multiplex in Grapevine	86
Induction of Defense Responses and Protection of Almond Plants Against Xylella fastidiosa by Endotherapy with a Bifunctional Peptide	71
Dopamine Enhances the Resistance of Apple to Valsa mali Infection	71
The Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor-Like Kinase Protein TaSERK1 Positively Regulates High-Temperature Seedling Plant Resistance to Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici by Interacting with Ta	71
Fly Density Does Not Limit Ceratocystis fimbriata Transmission to Sweetpotato by Drosophila hydei, Revealed Through Molecular Diagnostics	65
Virion-Associated Nucleic Acid-Based Metagenomics: A Decade of Advances in Molecular Characterization of Plant Viruses	64
A Brief Evaluation of a Copper Resistance Mobile Genetic Island in the Bacterial Leaf Spot Pathogen Xanthomonas euvesicatoria pv. perforans	63

Genotypic and Phenotypic Analyses Show Ralstonia solanacearum Cool Virulence Is a Quantitative Trait Not Restricted to “Race 3 Biovar 2”	58
Noninvasive, Presymptomatic Detection of Potato Cyst Nematode Infection in Tomato Using Chlorophyll Fluorescence Analysis	54
RNA-seq Analysis of Rhizoctonia solani AG-4HGI Strain BJ-1H Infected by a New Viral Strain of Rhizoctonia solani Partitivirus 2 Reveals a Potential Mechanism for Hypovirulence	52
The First Complete Genome Resource for the Plant-Pathogenic Fungus Exobasidium rhododendri	50
Postinfection Application of Fenhexamid at Lower Doses in Conjunction with Captan Slowed Fungicide Resistance Selection in Botrytis cinerea on Detached Grape Berries	49
Functional Characterization of Core and Unique Calcite-Dissolving Bacteria Communities from Peanut Fields	49
Transcriptional Activator UvXlnR Is Required for Conidiation and Pathogenicity of Rice False Smut Fungus Ustilaginoidea virens	43
Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae Exoribonuclease R Is Required for Complete Virulence in Rice, Optimal Motility, and Growth Under Stress	42
Phenylpropanoids Following Wounding and Infection of Sweet Sorghum Lines Differing in Responses to Stalk Pathogens	42
Host-Parasite Interaction in Flax Rust—Its Genetics and Other Implications	40
Aggressiveness of Spanish Isolates of Xylella fastidiosa to Almond Plants of Different Cultivars Under Greenhouse Conditions	38
Population Genomics of Pseudocercospora griseola Reveals New Groups in the Middle American Clade and the Presence of the Endophytic Bacterium Achromobacter xylosoxidans	37
Efficacy of Fungicides Used to Manage Downy Mildew in Cucumber Assessed with Multiple Meta-Analysis Techniques	37