OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Plant and Cell Physiology is 8. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The Mechanism of Non-Photochemical Quenching in Plants: Localization and Driving Forces	67
MtExpress, a Comprehensive and Curated RNAseq-based Gene Expression Atlas for the Model Legume Medicago truncatula	49
Functions of Melatonin during Postharvest of Horticultural Crops	49
Phosphate Uptake and Transport in Plants: An Elaborate Regulatory System	47
ATTED-II v11: A Plant Gene Coexpression Database Using a Sample Balancing Technique by Subagging of Principal Components	46
The Conserved and Particular Roles of the R2R3-MYB Regulator FhPAP1 from Freesia hybrida in Flower Anthocyanin Biosynthesis	42
OsASN1 Overexpression in Rice Increases Grain Protein Content and Yield under Nitrogen-Limiting Conditions	39
ClearSeeAlpha: Advanced Optical Clearing for Whole-Plant Imaging	35
The Impact of Phosphorus on Plant Immunity	34
Thiol-based Oxidative Posttranslational Modifications (OxiPTMs) of Plant Proteins	33
Plastid NDH Pseudogenization and Gene Loss in a Recently Derived Lineage from the Largest Hemiparasitic Plant Genus Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae)	30
Outstanding Questions on the Beneficial Role of Silicon in Crop Plants	29
Phosphate Suppression of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis Involves Gibberellic Acid Signaling	29
Arabidopsis ADF1 is Regulated by MYB73 and is Involved in Response to Salt Stress Affecting Actin Filament Organization	27
Making the ‘Green Revolution’ Truly Green: Improving Crop Nitrogen Use Efficiency	27
The Unicellular Red AlgaCyanidioschyzon merolae—The Simplest Model of a Photosynthetic Eukaryote	26
Seed Mucilage: Biological Functions and Potential Applications in Biotechnology	26
Tree Peony R2R3-MYB Transcription Factor PsMYB30 Promotes Petal Blotch Formation by Activating the Transcription of the Anthocyanin Synthase Gene	25
Diminished Auxin Signaling Triggers Cellular Reprogramming by Inducing a Regeneration Factor in the LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha	25
miR156/157 Targets SPLs to Regulate Flowering Transition, Plant Architecture and Flower Organ Size in Petunia	24
Characterization of Chromatin Accessibility and Gene Expression upon Cold Stress Reveals that the RAV1 Transcription Factor Functions in Cold Response inVitis Amurensis	24
Engineering Trienoic Fatty Acids into Cottonseed Oil Improves Low-Temperature Seed Germination, Plant Photosynthesis and Cotton Fiber Quality	24
Regulation of Root Nutrient Transporters by CIPK23: ‘One Kinase to Rule Them All’	23
Citrus sinensis CBF1 Functions in Cold Tolerance by Modulating Putrescine Biosynthesis through Regulation of Arginine Decarboxylase	22
MarpolBase Expression: A Web-Based, Comprehensive Platform for Visualization and Analysis of Transcriptomes in the Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha	22

Responses of the Plant Cell Wall to Sub-Zero Temperatures: A Brief Update	22
Regulation, Diversity and Evolution of Boron Transporters in Plants	22
Cryogenian Origin and Subsequent Diversification of the Plant Cell-Wall Enzyme XTH Family	21
Reactive Carbonyl Species Mediate Methyl Jasmonate-Induced Stomatal Closure	21
Thylakoid Protein Phosphorylation in Chloroplasts	21
Functional Characterization of Terpene Synthases Accounting for the Volatilized-Terpene Heterogeneity in Lathyrus odoratus Cultivar Flowers	21
ESCRT Is a Great Sealer: Non-Endosomal Function of the ESCRT Machinery in Membrane Repair and Autophagy	21
A Genome-Wide Association Study for Resistance to the Insect Pest Leptocybe invasa in Eucalyptus grandis Reveals Genomic Regions and Positional Candidate Defense Genes	20
The Plasticity of Photosystem I	20
Strigolactones and Auxin Cooperate to Regulate Maize Root Development and Response to Nitrate	20
Cell-to-Cell Connection in Plant Grafting—Molecular Insights into Symplasmic Reconstruction	20
Advances in Synthetic Fluorescent Probe Labeling for Live-Cell Imaging in Plants	19
Accelerated Domestication of New Crops: Yield is Key	18
Microfluidics-Based Bioassays and Imaging of Plant Cells	18
Functions of Lipids in Development and Reproduction of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi	18
Warm Temperature Promotes Shoot Regeneration in Arabidopsis thaliana	18
How Plants Recalibrate Cellular Iron Homeostasis	17
Lipid Composition and Associated Gene Expression Patterns during Pollen Germination and Pollen Tube Growth in Olive (Olea europaea L.)	17
Quantitative Proteome and PTMome Analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana Root Responses to Persistent Osmotic and Salinity Stress	17
β-Amyrin Synthase1 Controls the Accumulation of the Major Saponins Present in Pea (Pisum sativum)	17
Multi-layered Regulation of Plant Cell Wall Thickening	17
Green Leaf Volatiles—The Forefront of Plant Responses Against Biotic Attack	16
Activation and Regulation of NLR Immune Receptor Networks	16
Integration of Cell Growth and Asymmetric Division during Lateral Root Initiation in Arabidopsis thaliana	16
Auxin Efflux Transporters OsPIN1c and OsPIN1d Function Redundantly in Regulating Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Panicle Development	16
Posttranslational Modifications: Regulation of Nitrogen Utilization and Signaling	16
Buckwheat FeNramp5 Mediates High Manganese Uptake in Roots	16
Tools for Assessing Cell-Cycle Progression in Plants	16
Genome Sequence and Analysis ofNicotiana benthamiana, the Model Plant for Interactions between Organisms	16
Comparative Transcriptomics of Lowland Rice Varieties Uncovers Novel Candidate Genes for Adaptive Iron Excess Tolerance	15
Tomato E8 Encodes a C-27 Hydroxylase in Metabolic Detoxification of α-Tomatine during Fruit Ripening	15
Distinct Functions of Ethylene and ACC in the Basal Land Plant Marchantia polymorpha	15
BBX17 Interacts with CO and Negatively Regulates Flowering Time in Arabidopsis thaliana	15
Letter to the Editor: The World’s First CRISPR Tomato Launched to a Japanese Market: The Social-Economic Impact of its Implementation on Crop Genome Editing	15
A Simple Heat Treatment Increases SpCas9-Mediated Mutation Efficiency in Arabidopsis	15
Advances in Two-Photon Imaging in Plants	15
SlHair2 Regulates the Initiation and Elongation of Type I Trichomes on Tomato Leaves and Stems	15
SmBICs Inhibit Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)	14
The Key to the Future Lies in the Past: Insights from Grain Legume Domestication and Improvement Should Inform Future Breeding Strategies	14
Environmental Control of Phosphorus Acquisition: A Piece of the Molecular Framework Underlying Nutritional Homeostasis	14
Plant Hormonomics: A Key Tool for Deep Physiological Phenotyping to Improve Crop Productivity	14
Regulation of ppGpp Synthesis and Its Impact on Chloroplast Biogenesis during Early Leaf Development in Rice	14
Ethanol-Mediated Novel Survival Strategy against Drought Stress in Plants	14
SUPPRESSOR of MAX2 1 (SMAX1) and SMAX1-LIKE2 (SMXL2) Negatively Regulate Drought Resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana	14
Zeaxanthin Epoxidase Activity Is Downregulated by Hydrogen Peroxide	14
Glutamate-Induced Electrical and Calcium Signals in the Moss Physcomitrella patens	14
Homology Modeling Identifies Crucial Amino-Acid Residues That Confer Higher Na+ Transport Capacity of OcHKT1;5 from Oryza coarctata Roxb	14
Molecular Evolution of Plant 14-3-3 Proteins and Function of Hv14-3-3A in Stomatal Regulation and Drought Tolerance	13
Dynamic Rearrangement and Directional Migration of Tubular Vacuoles are Required for the Asymmetric Division of the Arabidopsis Zygote	13
Transport Systems of Mineral Elements in Plants: Transporters, Regulation and Utilization	13

Agrobacterium-Mediated Transient Transformation of Marchantia Liverworts	13
Not Just a Simple Sugar: Arabinose Metabolism and Function in Plants	13
SQUINT Positively Regulates Resistance to the Pathogen Botrytis cinerea via miR156–SPL9 Module in Arabidopsis	13
EIN3-Mediated Ethylene Signaling Attenuates Auxin Response during Hypocotyl Thermomorphogenesis	13
Auxin Crosstalk with Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species in Plant Development and Abiotic Stress	12
Salicylic Acid Acts Antagonistically to Plastid Retrograde Signaling by Promoting the Accumulation of Photosynthesis-associated Proteins in Arabidopsis	12
Manipulation of Lignin Monomer Composition Combined with the Introduction of Monolignol Conjugate Biosynthesis Leads to Synergistic Changes in Lignin Structure	12
The Medicago truncatula Sugar Transport Protein 13 and Its Lr67res-Like Variant Confer Powdery Mildew Resistance in Legumes via Defense Modulation	12
Knockdown of Mitochondrial Uncoupling Proteins 1 and 2 (AtUCP1 and 2) in Arabidopsis thaliana Impacts Vegetative Development and Fertility	12
Tomato SlPP2C5 Is Involved in the Regulation of Fruit Development and Ripening	12
Cannabis Glandular Trichome Cell Walls Undergo Remodeling to Store Specialized Metabolites	12
Genetic Architecture of Maize Rind Strength Revealed by the Analysis of Divergently Selected Populations	12
Metabolic Pathways forS-Metolachlor Detoxification Differ Between Tolerant Corn and Multiple-Resistant Waterhemp	12
Plant and Algal PSII–LHCII Supercomplexes: Structure, Evolution and Energy Transfer	12
Components and Functional Diversification of Florigen Activation Complexes in Cotton	12
RsmD, a Chloroplast rRNA m2G Methyltransferase, Plays a Role in Cold Stress Tolerance by Possibly Affecting Chloroplast Translation in Arabidopsis	12
An Evolutionarily Primitive and Distinct Auxin Metabolism in the Lycophyte Selaginella moellendorffii	12
Photochemistry of Photosystems II and I in Rice Plants Grown under Different N Levels at Normal and High Temperature	12
Seminal and Nodal Roots of Barley Differ in Anatomy, Proteome and Nitrate Uptake Capacity	12
Circadian Clock inArabidopsis thalianaDetermines Flower Opening Time Early in the Morning and Dominantly Closes Early in the Afternoon	11
Transcription Factors Controlling the Rhizobium–Legume Symbiosis: Integrating Infection, Organogenesis and the Abiotic Environment	11
Brassinosteroids Influence Arabidopsis Hypocotyl Graviresponses through Changes in Mannans and Cellulose	11
Singlet Oxygen Leads to Structural Changes to Chloroplasts during their Degradation in the Arabidopsis thaliana plastid ferrochelatase two Mutant	11
Current Insights into the Redox Regulation Network in Plant Chloroplasts	10
The Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein PGR3 Is Required for the Translation of petL and ndhG by Binding Their 5′ UTRs	10
Growth and Nitrate Reductase Activity Are Impaired in Rice Osnlp4 Mutants Supplied with Nitrate	10
Rose (Rosa hybrida) Ethylene Responsive Factor 3 Promotes Rose Flower Senescence via Direct Activation of the Abscisic Acid Synthesis–Related 9-CIS-EPOXYCAROTENOID DIOXYGENASE Gene	10
Molecular Regulation and Evolution of Cytokinin Signaling in Plant Abiotic Stresses	10
Physiological Characteristics and Transcriptomic Dissection in Two Root Segments with Contrasting Net Fluxes of Ammonium and Nitrate of Poplar Under Low Nitrogen Availability	10
Critical Role of NdhA in the Incorporation of the Peripheral Arm into the Membrane-Embedded Part of the Chloroplast NADH Dehydrogenase-Like Complex	10
Cytokinins Induce Prehaustoria Coordinately with Quinone Signals in the Parasitic Plant Striga hermonthica	10
Mediation of Zinc and Iron Accumulation in Maize by ZmIRT2, a Novel Iron-Regulated Transporter	10
Structural Alteration of Rice Pectin Affects Cell Wall Mechanical Strength and Pathogenicity of the Rice Blast Fungus Under Weak Light Conditions	10
Effects of Domestication on Plant–Microbiome Interactions	10
Seed Dormancy and Longevity: A Mutual Dependence or a Trade-Off?	10
Phosphorylation of RNA Polymerase II by CDKC;2 Maintains the Arabidopsis Circadian Clock Period	10
Systemic Regulation of Iron Acquisition by Arabidopsis in Environments with Heterogeneous Iron Distributions	10
EXPath 2.0: An Updated Database for Integrating High-Throughput Gene Expression Data with Biological Pathways	10
Detection of Uncoupled Circadian Rhythms in Individual Cells of Lemna minor using a Dual-Color Bioluminescence Monitoring System	10
Bm-miR172c-5p Regulates Lignin Biosynthesis and Secondary Xylem Thickness by Altering the Ferulate 5 Hydroxylase Gene in Bacopa monnieri	10
The Role of Ubiquitination in Plant Immunity: Fine-Tuning Immune Signaling and Beyond	10
Alcohol Dehydrogenase Activity Converts 3″-Hydroxy-geranylhydroquinone to an Aldehyde Intermediate for Shikonin and Benzoquinone Derivatives in Lithospermum erythrorhizon	10
Herbivory-Induced Plant Volatiles Mediate Multitrophic Relationships in Ecosystems	9
Photosynthetic-Product–Dependent Activation of Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase and Nitrate Uptake inArabidopsisLeaves	9
High Ambient Temperatures Inhibit Ghd7-Mediated Flowering Repression in Rice	9
Pectin Modification in Seed Coat Mucilage by In Vivo Expression of Rhamnogalacturonan-I- and Homogalacturonan-Degrading Enzymes	9
Functional Analyses of the Two Distinctive Types of Two-Pore Channels and the Slow Vacuolar Channel in Marchantia polymorpha	9
Knockdown of Succinate Dehydrogenase Assembly Factor 2 Induces Reactive Oxygen Species–Mediated Auxin Hypersensitivity Causing pH-Dependent Root Elongation	9
Genomic Basis of Transcriptome Dynamics in Rice under Field Conditions	9
High-Speed Excitation-Spectral Microscopy Uncovers In Situ Rearrangement of Light-Harvesting Apparatus in Chlamydomonas during State Transitions at Submicron Precision	9
Prospects of Feral Crop De Novo Redomestication	9
Transcriptome Analysis Points to BES1 as a Transducer of Strigolactone Effects on Drought Memory in Arabidopsis thaliana	9
SKIP Regulates ABA Signaling through Alternative Splicing in Arabidopsis	9
Discovery and Functional Characterization of a Diverse Diterpene Synthase Family in the Medicinal HerbIsodon lophanthoidesVar.gerardiana	9
Sphingolipid-Induced Programmed Cell Death is a Salicylic Acid and EDS1-Dependent Phenotype in Arabidopsis Fatty Acid Hydroxylase (Fah1, Fah2) and Ceramide Synthase (Loh2)	9
Iron Availability within the Leaf Vasculature Determines the Magnitude of Iron Deficiency Responses in Source and Sink Tissues inArabidopsis	9
Silicon Reduces Aluminum-Induced Suberization by Inhibiting the Uptake and Transport of Aluminum in Rice Roots and Consequently Promotes Root Growth	9
Increased Drought Resistance 1 Mutation Increases Drought Tolerance of Upland Rice by Altering Physiological and Morphological Traits and Limiting ROS Levels	9
Exploiting Genomic Features to Improve the Prediction of Transcription Factor-Binding Sites in Plants	8
Regulation of Chloroplast Development and Function at Adverse Temperatures in Plants	8
Low Nitrogen Enhances Apoplastic Phloem Loading and Improves the Translocation of Photoassimilates in Rice Leaves and Stems	8
Functional Analysis of Poplar Sombrero-Type NAC Transcription Factors Yields a Strategy to Modify Woody Cell Wall Properties	8
Plant Growth Regulators: True Managers of Plant Life	8
Phytochrome B Conveys Low Ambient Temperature Cues to the Ethylene-Mediated Leaf Senescence in Arabidopsis	8
Long-Distance Electrical and Calcium Signals Evoked by Hydrogen Peroxide in Physcomitrella	8
Functional Differentiation among the Arabidopsis Phosphatidylinositol 4-Phosphate 5-Kinase Genes PIP5K1, PIP5K2 and PIP5K3	8
Downregulation of the E2 Subunit of 2-Oxoglutarate Dehydrogenase Modulates Plant Growth by Impacting Carbon–Nitrogen Metabolism inArabidopsis thaliana	8
ArabidopsisRAB8A, RAB8B and RAB8D Proteins Interact with Several RTNLB Proteins and are Involved in theAgrobacterium tumefaciensInfection Process	8
A Chimeric TGA Repressor Slows Down Fruit Maturation and Ripening in Tomato	8
Hypersensitivity-Related Genes HSR201 and HSR203J Are Regulated by Calmodulin-Binding Protein 60-Type Transcription Factors and Required for Pathogen Signal-Induced Salicylic Acid Synthe	8
PlantNexus: A Gene Co-expression Network Database and Visualization Tool for Barley and Sorghum	8
The Roles of Functional Amino Acids in Plant Growth and Development	8
Letter to the Editor: DNA Purification-Free PCR from Plant Tissues	8
Manganese Treatment Alleviates Zinc Deficiency Symptoms in Arabidopsis Seedlings	8
The Cell Fate Controlling CLE40 Peptide Requires CNGCs to Trigger Highly Localized Ca2+ Transients inArabidopsis thalianaRoot Meristems	8
Super-Resolution Fluorescence Imaging of Arabidopsis thaliana Transfer Cell Wall Ingrowths using Pseudo-Schiff Labelling Adapted for the Use of Different Dyes	8