Annals of Botany

Papers
(The TQCC of Annals of Botany 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.)
ArticleCitations
Intraspecific trait variation in plants: a renewed focus on its role in ecological processes152
Significance of root hairs for plant performance under contrasting field conditions and water deficit68
Orchid conservation: from theory to practice65
Two decades of functional–structural plant modelling: now addressing fundamental questions in systems biology and predictive ecology55
Root hairs are the most important root trait for rhizosheath formation of barley (Hordeum vulgare), maize (Zea mays) and Lotus japonicus (Gifu)51
The Waiting Room Hypothesis revisited by orchids: were orchid mycorrhizal fungi recruited among root endophytes?51
Functional dissection of HGGT and HPT in barley vitamin E biosynthesis via CRISPR/Cas9-enabled genome editing50
Arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization outcompetes root hairs in maize under low phosphorus availability45
Estimation of maize plant height and leaf area index dynamics using an unmanned aerial vehicle with oblique and nadir photography45
Leaf size estimation based on leaf length, width and shape42
Stomatal closure during water deficit is controlled by below-ground hydraulics41
Characterization, costs, cues and future perspectives of phenotypic plasticity40
Root secondary growth: an unexplored component of soil resource acquisition38
Mechanisms for improving phosphorus utilization efficiency in plants37
Stomatal development in the context of epidermal tissues37
Patterns of intraspecific trait variation along an aridity gradient suggest both drought escape and drought tolerance strategies in an invasive herb33
Genome-wide genotyping elucidates the geographical diversification and dispersal of the polyploid and clonally propagated yam (Dioscorea alata)30
Above-ground biomass references for urban trees from terrestrial laser scanning data29
Two decades of research with the GreenLab model in agronomy28
Does masting scale with plant size? High reproductive variability and low synchrony in small and unproductive individuals28
V-Mango: a functional–structural model of mango tree growth, development and fruit production28
A functional–structural model of upland rice root systems reveals the importance of laterals and growing root tips for phosphate uptake from wet and dry soils28
Three founding ancestral genomes involved in the origin of sugarcane26
Evolution and function of red pigmentation in land plants26
Polyploidy: its consequences and enabling role in plant diversification and evolution25
Climate shapes the seed germination niche of temperate flowering plants: a meta-analysis of European seed conservation data24
Increased seminal root number associated with domestication improves nitrogen and phosphorus acquisition in maize seedlings24
Tree species mixing can increase stand productivity, density and growth efficiency and attenuate the trade-off between density and growth throughout the whole rotation24
Phylotranscriptomics of Theaceae: generic-level relationships, reticulation and whole-genome duplication23
Ascorbate glutathione-dependent H2O2 scavenging is an important process in axillary bud outgrowth in rosebush23
The nature of intraspecific and interspecific genome size variation in taxonomically complex eyebrights23
Root hair phenotypes influence nitrogen acquisition in maize23
Red flowers differ in shades between pollination systems and across continents23
Partial mycoheterotrophy is common among chlorophyllous plants with Paris-type arbuscular mycorrhiza21
Directional change in leaf dry matter δ 13C during leaf development is widespread in C3 plants21
Environmental pressures on stomatal size may drive plant genome size evolution: evidence from a natural experiment with Cape geophytes21
Intervessel pit membrane thickness best explains variation in embolism resistance amongst stems of Arabidopsis thaliana accessions21
Diversity of parental environments increases phenotypic variation inArabidopsispopulations more than genetic diversity but similarly affects productivity21
Carbohydrate storage in herbs: the forgotten functional dimension of the plant economic spectrum20
Leaf traits and performance vary with plant age and water availability in Artemisia californica20
Comparing fruiting phenology across two historical datasets: Thoreau’s observations and herbarium specimens19
Growth of 19 conifer species is highly sensitive to winter warming, spring frost and summer drought19
The moss traits that rule cyanobacterial colonization19
Evolution of floral scent in relation to self-incompatibility and capacity for autonomous self-pollination in the perennial herb Arabis alpina19
Evaluation of automated pipelines for tree and plot metric estimation from TLS data in tropical forest areas19
Pericarp growth dynamics associate with final grain weight in wheat under contrasting plant densities and increased night temperature19
Specific mycorrhizal associations involving the same fungal taxa in common and threatened Caladenia (Orchidaceae): implications for conservation18
Terrestrial laser scanning: a new standard of forest measuring and modelling?18
Highly diverse and highly successful: invasive Australian acacias have not experienced genetic bottlenecks globally18
Environmental variation drives the decoupling of leaf and root traits within species along an elevation gradient18
The acquisitive–conservative axis of leaf trait variation emerges even in homogeneous environments18
The phylogeny of Salix revealed by whole genome re-sequencing suggests different sex-determination systems in major groups of the genus17
Broken, silent, and in hiding: tamed endogenous pararetroviruses escape elimination from the genome of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris)17
A bee’s eye view of remarkable floral colour patterns in the south-west Australian biodiversity hotspot revealed by false colour photography17
Comparative analysis of root sprouting and its vigour in temperate herbs: anatomical correlates and environmental predictors17
Impact of genome duplication on secondary metabolite composition in non-cultivated species: a systematic meta-analysis17
Genome-wide association study dissects the genetic control of plant height and branch number in response to low-phosphorus stress in Brassica napus17
Diel scent and nectar rhythms of an African orchid in relation to bimodal activity patterns of hawkmoth pollinators16
Above- and below-ground plant traits are not consistent in response to drought and competition treatments16
Lichens buffer tundra microclimate more than the expanding shrub Betula nana16
Extensin, an underestimated key component of cell wall defence?16
Associations between phytohormones and cellulose biosynthesis in land plants16
Recent ecophysiological, biochemical and evolutional insights into plant carnivory16
Reconstruction of the spatio-temporal diversification and ecological niche evolution ofHelianthemum(Cistaceae) in the Canary Islands using genotyping-by-sequencing data16
Heterogeneous nutrient supply promotes maize growth and phosphorus acquisition: additive and compensatory effects of lateral roots and root hairs16
Automatic extraction and measurement of individual trees from mobile laser scanning point clouds of forests15
Leaf photosynthesis is positively correlated with xylem and phloem areas in leaf veins in rice (Oryza sativa) plants15
Root pressure–volume curve traits capture rootstock drought tolerance15
Co-ordination between xylem anatomy, plant architecture and leaf functional traits in response to abiotic and biotic drivers in a nurse cushion plant15
Plastome phylogenomics of Cephalotaxus (Cephalotaxaceae) and allied genera15
Complex polyploid and hybrid species in an apomictic and sexual tropical forage grass group: genomic composition and evolution in Urochloa (Brachiaria) species14
Frugivory and seed dispersal in a hyperdiverse plant clade and its role as a keystone resource for the Neotropical fauna14
Substantial intraspecific genome size variation in golden-brown algae and its phenotypic consequences14
Leaf phosphorus fractionation in rice to understand internal phosphorus-use efficiency14
Aiming off the target: recycling target capture sequencing reads for investigating repetitive DNA14
Soil microbes alter seedling performance and biotic interactions under plant competition and contrasting light conditions14
Effects of intrinsic environmental predictability on intra-individual and intra-population variability of plant reproductive traits and eco-evolutionary consequences14
Genome size evolution is associated with climate seasonality and glucosinolates, but not life history, soil nutrients or range size, across a clade of mustards14
Pollen limitation and xenia effects in a cultivated mass-flowering tree, Macadamia integrifolia (Proteaceae)14
Forest above-ground volume assessments with terrestrial laser scanning: a ground-truth validation experiment in temperate, managed forests13
Inter- and intraspecific variation in grass phytolith shape and size: a geometric morphometrics perspective13
Root and xylem anatomy varies with root length, root order, soil depth and environment in intermediate wheatgrass (Kernza®) and alfalfa13
The leaf economics spectrum’s morning coffee: plant size-dependent changes in leaf traits and reproductive onset in a perennial tree crop13
Genetic and gene expression analysis of flowering time regulation by light quality in lentil13
The Cassandra retrotransposon landscape in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) and related Amaranthaceae: recombination and re-shuffling lead to a high structural variability13
Rice withSUB1QTL possesses greater initial leaf gas film thickness leading to delayed perception of submergence stress13
Fundamentally different repetitive element composition of sex chromosomes in Rumex acetosa13
Rare earth elements, aluminium and silicon distribution in the fernDicranopteris linearisrevealed by μPIXE Maia analysis12
Endopolyploidy is a common response to UV-B stress in natural plant populations, but its magnitude may be affected by chromosome type12
Fruit softening: evidence for pectate lyase actionin vivoin date (Phoenix dactylifera) and rosaceous fruit cell walls12
Plant responses to heterogeneous salinity: agronomic relevance and research priorities12
Autopolyploids ofArabidopsis thalianaare more phenotypically plastic than their diploid progenitors12
Fleshy fruit traits and seed dispersers: which traits define syndromes?12
Down, then up: non-parallel genome size changes and a descending chromosome series in a recent radiation of the Australian allotetraploid plant species, Nicotiana section Suaveolentes (S12
The CAM lineages of planet Earth12
Seed size, number and strategies in annual plants: a comparative functional analysis and synthesis12
Extreme undersaturation in the intercellular airspace of leaves: a failure of Gaastra or Ohm?12
The role of perennation traits in plant community soil frost stress responses12
Continental-scale distribution and diversity ofCeratobasidiumorchid mycorrhizal fungi in Australia12
Archaeosporites rhyniensis gen. et sp. nov. (Glomeromycota, Archaeosporaceae) from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert: a fungal lineage morphologically unchanged for more than 400 million years12
Recent hybrid speciation at the origin of the narrow endemicPulmonaria helvetica12
Differential modulation of the lipoxygenase cascade during typical and latent Pectobacterium atrosepticum infections12
Foliar nutrient allocation patterns in Banksia attenuata and Banksia sessilis differing in growth rate and adaptation to low-phosphorus habitats11
Effects of fragmentation of clones compound over vegetative generations in the floating plantPistia stratiotes11
Caution with colour calculations: spectral purity is a poor descriptor of flower colour visibility11
Disturbance reinforces community assembly processes differentially across spatial scales11
Functional seed traits and germination patterns predict species coexistence in Northeast Mediterranean foredune communities11
Selective pollination by fungus gnats potentially functions as an alternative reproductive isolation among fiveArisaemaspecies11
Understanding crown shyness from a 3-D perspective11
Target enrichment improves phylogenetic resolution in the genus Zanthoxylum (Rutaceae) and indicates both incomplete lineage sorting and hybridization events11
The role of individual variation in flowering and pollination in the reproductive success of a crepuscular buzz-pollinated plant11
Comparative anatomy of leaf petioles in temperate trees and shrubs: the role of plant size, environment and phylogeny11
Diversity, phylogeny and evolution of the rapidly evolving genusPsidiumL. (Myrtaceae, Myrteae)11
Low availability of functional seed trait data from the tropics could negatively affect global macroecological studies, predictive models and plant conservation11
Theoretical evidence that root penetration ability interacts with soil compaction regimes to affect nitrate capture11
Distinct responses of growth and respiration to growth temperatures in two mangrove species10
Rapid evolution of post-zygotic reproductive isolation is widespread in Arctic plant lineages10
Effects of primary seed dormancy on lifetime fitness of Arabidopsis thaliana in the field10
On the modelling of tropical tree growth: the importance of intra-specific trait variation, non-linear functions and phenotypic integration10
Spatial distribution characteristics of stomata at the areole level in Michelia cavaleriei var. platypetala (Magnoliaceae)10
Nickel hyperaccumulation in New Caledonian Hybanthus (Violaceae) and occurrence of nickel-rich phloem in Hybanthus austrocaledonicus10
Chromosome size matters: genome evolution in the cyperid clade10
Biogeography and genome size evolution of the oldest extant vascular plant genus,Equisetum(Equisetaceae)10
Investigating tree and fruit growth through functional–structural modelling: implications of carbon autonomy at different scales10
Morpho-anatomical affinities and evolutionary relationships of three paleoendemic podocarp genera based on seed cone traits10
Regulation of sugar metabolism genes in the nitrogen-dependent susceptibility of tomato stems toBotrytis cinerea10
Not that young: combining plastid phylogenomic, plate tectonic and fossil evidence indicates a Palaeogene diversification of Cycadaceae10
Landscape and taxon age are associated with differing patterns of hybridization in twoEucalyptus(Myrtaceae) subgenera10
Sampling forests with terrestrial laser scanning10
Evolution of pollination syndromes and corolla symmetry in Balsaminaceae reconstructed using phylogenetic comparative analyses9
Evolution of genome space occupation in ferns: linking genome diversity and species richness9
Boron bridging of rhamnogalacturonan-II inRosaand arabidopsis cell cultures occurs mainly in the endo-membrane system and continues at a reduced rate after secretion9
Changes in plant collection practices from the 16th to 21st centuries: implications for the use of herbarium specimens in global change research9
Leaf surface traits contributing to wettability, water interception and uptake of above-ground water sources in shrubs of Patagonian arid ecosystems9
Complex floral traits shape pollinator attraction to ornamental plants9
Propagule pressure and the establishment of emergent polyploid populations9
Flavonoids are involved in phosphorus-deficiency-induced cluster-root formation in white lupin9
Impact of mating system on range size and niche breadth inEpipactis(Orchidaceae)9
Hybridization and introgression are prevalent in Southern European Erysimum (Brassicaceae) species9
Resource manipulation through experimental defoliation has legacy effects on allocation to reproductive and vegetative organs inQuercus ilex9
Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature9
Seed longevity of maize conserved under germplasm bank conditions for up to 60 years9
Evolution of long-distance signalling upon plant terrestrialization: comparison of action potentials in Characean algae and liverworts9
Fossil evidence from South America for the diversification of Cunoniaceae by the earliest Palaeocene9
Large seasonal fluctuations in whole-tree carbohydrate reserves: is storage more dynamic in boreal ecosystems?9
Anchorage by seed mucilage prevents seed dislodgement in high surface flow: a mechanistic investigation9
Species-specific flowering phenology responses to experimental warming and drought alter herbaceous plant species overlap in a temperate–boreal forest community9
Shifts in fine root traits within and among species along a fine-scale hydrological gradient9
Seed macro- and micromorphology in Allium (Amaryllidaceae) and its phylogenetic significance9
Expansion of the rareEucalyptus risdoniiunder climate change through hybridization with a closely related species despite hybrid inferiority9
Integrating terrestrial laser scanning with functional–structural plant models to investigate ecological and evolutionary processes of forest communities9
Interspecific interactions alter plant functional strategies in a revegetated shrub-dominated community in the Mu Us Desert, China8
Phylotranscriptomic analyses reveal multiple whole-genome duplication events, the history of diversification and adaptations in the Araceae8
Into the range: a latitudinal gradient or a center-margins differentiation of ecological strategies in Arabidopsis thaliana?8
Does half a millimetre matter? Root hairs for yield stability. A commentary on ‘Significance of root hairs for plant performance under contrasting field conditions and water deficit’8
Stomatal development in the cycad family Zamiaceae8
Deer exclusion unveils abiotic filtering in forest understorey plant assemblages8
Tracking population genetic signatures of local extinction with herbarium specimens8
Brassinosteroids regulate petal spur length in Aquilegia by controlling cell elongation8
Increased resolution in the face of conflict: phylogenomics of the Neotropical bellflowers (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae), a rapid plant radiation8
Correlations between leaf economics, mechanical resistance and drought tolerance across 41 cycad species8
Resolution, conflict and rate shifts: insights from a densely sampled plastome phylogeny forRhododendron(Ericaceae)8
Above and belowground traits impacting transpiration decline during soil drying in 48 maize (Zea mays) genotypes8
Earlier onset of flowering and increased reproductive allocation of an annual invasive plant in the north of its novel range8
Interactive effects of phosphorus fertilization and salinity on plant growth, phosphorus and sodium status, and tartrate exudation by roots of two alfalfa cultivars8
Atmospheric CO2 decline and the timing of CAM plant evolution8
Characterization and practical use of self-compatibility in outcrossing grass species8
Plant clonality in a soil-impoverished open ecosystem: insights from southwest Australian shrublands8
An invasive plant rapidly increased the similarity of soil fungal pathogen communities8
Analysis of β-d-glucan biosynthetic genes in oat reveals glucan synthesis regulation by light8
Above- and below-ground resource acquisition strategies determine plant species responses to nitrogen enrichment8
Influence of Pliocene and Pleistocene climates on hybridization patterns between two closely related oak species in China8
Phylotranscriptomics of liverworts: revisiting the backbone phylogeny and ancestral gene duplications8
Differential regulatory pathways associated with drought-inhibition and post-drought recuperation of rhizome development in perennial grass8
A GWAS approach to find SNPs associated with salt removal in rice leaf sheath8
Functional trade-offs in volume allocation to xylem cell types in 75 species from the Brazilian savanna Cerrado8
Direct and indirect facilitation affect community productivity through changes in functional diversity in an alpine system8
Corner’s rules pass the test of time: little effect of phenology on leaf–shoot and other scaling relationships8
Influence of increased nutrient availability on biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions and leaf anatomy of subarctic dwarf shrubs under climate warming and increased cloudiness8
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