OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant Disease is 26. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Novel distinct strains of Pseudomonas syringae pv. aptata associated with bacterial leaf spot of sugar beet in Serbia	159
Transgenic diffusible signaling factor (DSF)-producing rootstocks confer resistance to Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri in grafted non-transgenic scions	76
Influence of soil-related factors on distribution of plant-parasitic nematodes in tropical fruit fields in South Florida	70
First Report of Bacterial Speck Caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato Race 1 Affecting Tomato in Different Regions of Chile	65
First Report of Bitter Rot Caused by Colletotrichum scovillei on Apple in Korea	64
First Report of Cytospora ailanthicola Causing Canker on Cherry Blossom (Cerasus serrulata) in China	47
Molecular and Morphological Identification of Monilia yunnanensis Causing Brown Rot on Chinese Quince and Peach in Yunnan, China	43
First Report of Pepino Mosaic Virus Infecting Tomato in South Korea	40
First Report of Cape Gooseberry Scab Caused by Cladosporium exasperatum in Thailand	39
First Report of Impatiens Necrotic Spot Orthotospovirus Infecting Tulbaghia violacea in China	37
First Report of Stenocarpella macrospora Causing Diplodia Leaf Streak Disease of Maize in Yunnan Province, China	36
First Report of Tobacco Ringspot Virus Naturally Infecting Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) in the United States	35
First Report of Pantoea anthophila Causing Shoot Dieback Disease of Ceylon Ironwood (Mesua ferrea) in Malaysia	35
Ampelopsis grossedentata Represents a New Host of the 16SrI Group Phytoplasma Associated with Yellow Leaf Symptoms in China	35
First Report of Bipolaris yamadae and Exserohilum rostratum Associated with Leaf Spots of Maize (Zea mays) in Zambia	33
First Report of Botrytis cinerea Causing Gray Mold on Alternanthera philoxeroides in China	32
First Report of Sclerotinia minor Causing Soft Rot of Scabiosa atropurpurea in California	29
First Report of Bacterial Leaf Spot on Muskmelon Caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae in China	29
First Report of Black Spot on Ophiopogon japonicus Caused by Alternaria alternata in Zhejiang Province, China	29
First Report of Broad Bean Wilt Virus 2 Infecting Balsam (Impatiens balsamina) in China	29
Construction of a Comprehensive Meteorological Risk Index for Wheat Fusarium Head Blight Prediction Based on More than a Half-Century of Monitoring Data	29
Presence of Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum (Phylotype I) in Aquatic Environments in the Netherlands	28
Optimizing Quantitative PCR Detection of ‘ Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’: Introducing a New Type of Internal Standard	28
Phylogenetics and Evolution of Potato Virus V: Another Potyvirus that Originated in the Andes	28
Effect of Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) on Barley: A Precise Assessment of Reductions in Yield Components Under Variable Disease Severities	27

Detached leaf assays reveal long-term efficacy of the systemic fungicide flutriafol against boxwood blight	26
First Report of Leaf Spot Caused by an Undescribed Pseudocercospora species on Zelkova serrata in South Korea	26