OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Plant Molecular Biology 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Molecular regulation of starch metabolism	112
Oschib1 gene encoding a GH18 chitinase confers resistance against sheath blight disease of rice caused by Rhizoctonia solani AG1-IA	80
Integrative omics studies revealed synergistic link between sucrose metabolic isogenes and carbohydrates in poplar roots infected by Fusarium wilt	60
Involvement of CgHSFB1 in the regulation of self-incompatibility in ‘Shatian’ pummelo	52
Regulation of stomatal development by epidermal, subepidermal and long-distance signals	51
Why old duplicated genes are not thrown away in (paleo)polyploids? Example from the petC gene in Brassica napus	49
Non-tissue culture genetic modifications for plant improvement	45
CmERF1 acts as a positive regulator of fruits and leaves growth in melon (Cucumis melo L.)	44
Chitooligosaccharide elicitor and oxylipins synergistically elevate phytoalexin production in rice	39
A deleterious Sar1c variant in rice inhibits export of seed storage proteins from the endoplasmic reticulum	38
Construing the resilience to osmotic stress using endophytic fungus in maize (Zea mays L.)	36
Retraction Note: Overexpression of PsnSuSy1, 2 genes enhances secondary cell wall thickening, vegetative growth, and mechanical strength in transgenic tobacco	34
Lyso-phosphatidylethanolamine triggers immunity against necrotrophs by promoting JA-signaling and ROS-homeostasis	34
Molecular-based characterization and bioengineering of Sorghum bicolor to enhance iron deficiency tolerance in iron-limiting calcareous soils	33
Signalling cascades choreographing petal cell death: implications for postharvest quality	31
BcWRKY1 confers salt sensitivity via inhibiting Reactive oxygen species scavenging	30
Individual lipid transfer proteins from Tanacetum parthenium show different specificity for extracellular accumulation of sesquiterpenes	30
Characterization of infected process and primary mechanism in rice Acuce defense against rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae	29
Correction to: Crocus transcription factors CstMYB1 and CstMYB1R2 modulate apocarotenoid metabolism by regulating carotenogenic genes	29
A cytosol-tethered YHB variant of phytochrome B retains photomorphogenic signaling activity	28
NtCycB2 negatively regulates tobacco glandular trichome formation, exudate accumulation, and aphid resistance	26
CRISPR gene editing of major domestication traits accelerating breeding for Solanaceae crops improvement	26
Identification of DELLA and GID1 genes in Catharanthus roseus and their potential role in regulating vindoline biosynthesis	26
Chemical application improves stress resilience in plants	26
Bread wheat satellitome: a complex scenario in a huge genome	25

Heat stress causes chromatin accessibility and related gene expression changes in crown tissues of barley (Hordeum vulgare)	25
Heterologous expression of Halostachys caspica pathogenesis-related protein 10 increases salt and drought resistance in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana	24
Detection of genes associated with soybean protein content using a genome-wide association study	23
Correlation analysis of transcriptome and metabolomics and functional study of Galactinol synthase gene (VcGolS3) of blueberry under salt stress	23
Transcriptomic analysis reveals the role of FOUR LIPS in response to salt stress in rice	23
Silencing Osa-miR827 via CRISPR/Cas9 protects rice against the blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae	23
Elucidating the genetic architecture controlling antioxidant status and ionic balance in barley under salt stress	22
Changes in fine structure of amylopectin and internal structures of starch granules in developing endosperms and culms caused by starch branching enzyme mutations of japonica rice	22
Cucumis sativus PHLOEM PROTEIN 2-A1 like gene positively regulates salt stress tolerance in cucumber seedlings	22
Elucidating the antioxidant potential of some flavanones as MAO-B inhibitors through DAM, in silico molecular docking and computational analysis	22
Molecular mechanisms and genetic regulation of self-incompatibility in flowering plants: implications for crop improvement and evolutionary biology	21
Vernalization promotes bolting in sugar beet by inhibiting the transcriptional repressors of BvGI	21
Role of jasmonate signaling in rice resistance to the leaf folder Cnaphalocrocis medinalis	20
Decoding plant responses to waterlogging: from stress signals to molecular mechanisms and their future implications	20
Cytonuclear coevolution in a holoparasitic plant with highly disparate organellar genomes	18
An extragenic second-site mutation in the jar1-1 mutant suppresses the response to photoperiod stress independent of jasmonic acid	18
Directed evolution of diacylglycerol acyltransferases 2 promotes lipids and triglyceride accumulation	18
The dicing activity of DCL3 and DCL4 is negatively affected by flavonoids	18
PpSCARECROW1 (PpSCR1) regulates leaf blade and mid-vein development in Physcomitrium patens	18
Suppressed expression of starch branching enzyme 1 and 2 increases resistant starch and amylose content and modifies amylopectin structure in cassava	17
The role of iron nanoparticles on morpho-physiological traits and genes expression (IRT1 and CAT) in rue (Ruta graveolens)	17
Transcriptome responses of Arabidopsis to necrotrophic fungus Alternaria brassicae reveal pathways and candidate genes associated with resistance	17
In silico analysis of NAC gene family in the mangrove plant Avicennia marina provides clues for adaptation to intertidal habitats	17
Full-length transcriptome analysis of Ophioglossum vulgatum: effects of experimentally identified chloroplast gene clusters on expression and evolutionary patterns	17
Genome-wide identification, stress- and hormone-responsive expression characteristics, and regulatory pattern analysis of Scutellaria baicalensis SbSPLs	16
Multi-omic applications for understanding and enhancing tropical fruit flavour	16
Highly divergent satellitomes of two barley species of agronomic importance, Hordeum chilense and H. vulgare	16
DELLA-GAF1 complex is involved in tissue-specific expression and gibberellin feedback regulation of GA20ox1 in Arabidopsis	16
Recent allopolyploidy alters Spartina microRNA expression in response to xenobiotic-induced stress	15
Large-scale comparative transcriptomic analysis of temperature-responsive genes in Arabidopsis thaliana	15
Variations and reduction of plastome are associated with the evolution of parasitism in Convolvulaceae	14
Arabidopsis Sar1b is critical for pollen tube growth	14
Correction: Ectopic overexpression of TaHsfA5 promotes thermomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana and thermotolerance in Oryza sativa	14
A mutation in Arabidopsis SAL1 alters its in vitro activity against IP3 and delays developmental leaf senescence in association with lower ROS levels	14
Identification of vernalization-related genes and cold memory element (CME) required for vernalization response in radish (Raphanus sativus L.)	14
How do emerging long-read sequencing technologies function in transforming the plant pathology research landscape?	14
Exploring the complexity of genome size reduction in angiosperms	14
Overexpression of vacuolar transporters OsVIT1 and OsVIT2 reduces cadmium accumulation in rice	14
Differential metabolic reprogramming in developing soybean embryos in response to nutritional conditions and abscisic acid	14
Heightened miR6024-NLR interactions facilitate necrotrophic pathogenesis in tomato	13
Overexpression of nicotinamidase 3 (NIC3) gene and the exogenous application of nicotinic acid (NA) enhance drought tolerance and increase biomass in Arabidopsis	13
Comparative transcriptome sequencing analysis to postulate the scheme of regulated leaf coloration in Perilla frutescens	13
A LBD transcription factor from moso bamboo, PheLBD12, regulates plant height in transgenic rice	13
SlRGLG2-SlBEL2 module regulates drought tolerance in tomato	13
How salt stress-responsive proteins regulate plant adaptation to saline conditions	13
The N-terminal α2 helix element is critical for the activity of the rice transcription factor MYC2	12
Molecular biology of chemical defenses	12
Shoot elongation patterns and regulatory genes controlling grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) internode elongation	12
Characterization of Cry2 genes (CRY2a and CRY2b) of B. napus and comparative analysis of BnCRY1 and BnCRY2a in regulating seedling photomorphogenesis	12
The GZnC1 variant from common wild rice influences grain Zn content	12

Biochemical characterization of benzaldehyde dehydrogenases from petunia	11
Sbmyb111 act as a transcriptional activator of flavonoid synthesis in Scutellaria baicalensis	11
Genome-wide identification of Arabidopsis non-AUG-initiated upstream ORFs with evolutionarily conserved regulatory sequences that control protein expression levels	11
The dicot homolog of maize PPR103 carries a C-terminal DYW domain and may have a role in C-to-U editing of some chloroplast RNA transcripts	11
OsNAC121 regulates root development, tillering, panicle morphology, and grain filling in rice plant	11
Leaf rolling detection in maize under complex environments using an improved deep learning method	11
Barley young leaf chlorina, a putative pentatricopeptide repeat gene, is essential for chloroplast development in young leaves	11
Transcriptomic responses of Solanum tuberosum cv. Pirol to arbuscular mycorrhiza and potato virus Y (PVY) infection	11
Tomato leaves under stress: a comparison of stress response to mild abiotic stress between a cultivated and a wild tomato species	11
Modulation of the wheat transcriptome by TaZFP13D under well-watered and drought conditions	11
Transgenerational effects of elevated CO2 on rice photosynthesis and grain yield	11
The role of CBL–CIPK signaling in plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses	11
A comprehensive review of soybean RNL and TIR domain proteins	11
Integrative transcriptome and proteome analyses provide deep insights into the molecular mechanism of salt tolerance in Limonium bicolor	10
Genomic language models with k-mer tokenization strategies for plant genome annotation and regulatory element strength prediction	10
Arabidopsis GELP7 functions as a plasma membrane-localized acetyl xylan esterase, and its overexpression improves saccharification efficiency	10
Anthocyanin accumulation and transcriptional regulation in purple flowering stalk (Brassica campestris L. var. purpurea Bailey)	10
Correction: DUO1 Activated Zinc Finger (AtDAZ) protein role in the generative cell body morphogenesis	10
The Capsicum terpenoid biosynthetic module is affected by spider-mite herbivory	10
HY5 and ABI5 transcription factors physically interact to fine tune light and ABA signaling in Arabidopsis	10
Low-dose 60Co-γ-ray irradiation promotes the growth of cucumber seedlings by inducing CsSAUR37 expression	10
Transcriptome analysis and functional validation reveal the novel role of LhCYCL in axillary bud development in hybrid Liriodendron	10
The interplay between cell wall integrity and cell cycle progression in plants	10
Xylobiose treatment triggers a defense-related response and alters cell wall composition	9
A de novo gene originating from the mitochondria controls floral transition in Arabidopsis thaliana	9
Molecular mechanism of different flower color formation of Cymbidium ensifolium	9
Correction: Genome-wide view and characterization of natural antisense transcripts in Cannabis Sativa L	9
Integrating ATAC-seq and RNA-seq to identify differentially expressed genes with chromatin-accessible changes during photosynthetic establishment in Populus leaves	9
Phenylmercury stress induces root tip swelling through auxin homeostasis disruption	9
Genetic diversity, transcript heterogeneity and allele mining of TaSKP1-6B-4 gene variants across diverse genotypes under terminal heat stress and genome wide characterization of TaSKP1 gene family fr	9
Transcriptomic analysis of wrinkled leaf development of Tai-cai (Brassica rapa var. tai-tsai) and its synthetic allotetraploid via RNA and miRNA sequencing	9
Physio-biochemical and molecular mechanisms of low nitrogen stress tolerance in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)	9
Chemically-induced cellular stress signals are transmitted to alternative splicing via UsnRNA levels to alter gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana	9
DArTseq genotyping facilitates identification of Aegilops biuncialis chromatin introgressed into bread wheat Mv9kr1	9
Correction to: Field-transcriptome analyses reveal developmental transitions during flowering in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)	9
A novel QTL qRYM-7H for barley yellow mosaic resistance identified by GWAS and linkage analysis	9
Engineering plant photoreceptors towards enhancing plant productivity	8
The involvement of AtMKK1 and AtMKK3 in plant-deleterious microbial volatile compounds-induced defense responses	8
Emerging trends in transgene-free crop development: insights into genome editing and its regulatory overview	8
The dual function of elicitors and effectors from insects: reviewing the ‘arms race’ against plant defenses	8
The enzymatic properties of Arabidopsis thaliana DNA polymerase λ suggest a role in base excision repair	8
Deep learning modeling of RNA ac4C deposition reveals the importance of plant alternative splicing	8
Phenylpropanoids for the control of fungal diseases of postharvest fruit	8
Enhanced growth rate under elevated CO2 conditions was observed for transgenic lines of genes identified by intraspecific variation analyses in Arabidopsis thaliana	8
Characterizing serotonin biosynthesis in Setaria viridis leaves and its effect on aphids	8
Coordination between two cis-elements of WRKY33, bound by the same transcription factor, confers humid adaption in Arabidopsis thaliana	8
Protein targeting to starch 1, a functional protein of starch biosynthesis in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)	8
Disrupted H2 synthesis combined with methyl viologen treatment inhibits photosynthetic electron flow to synergistically enhance glycogen accumulation in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803	8
GATA transcription factor in common bean: A comprehensive genome-wide functional characterization, identification, and abiotic stress response evaluation	8
Assessing the role of REM13, REM34 and REM46 during the transition to the reproductive phase in Arabidopsis thaliana	8
Genome-wide identification of GATA transcription factor family and the effect of different light quality on the accumulation of terpenoid indole alkaloids in Uncaria rhynchophylla	8
Delineation of genes for a major QTL governing heat stress tolerance in chickpea	8
Genome-wide identification and in-silico expression analysis of CCO gene family in sunflower (Helianthus annuus) against abiotic stress	8
Exploration of molecular mechanism of intraspecific cross-incompatibility in sweetpotato by transcriptome and metabolome analysis	8