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Papers

(The median citation count of Plant Biotechnology is 1. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Overexpression of a rice <i>eIF2</i>β variant modulates leaf age-dependent resistance to pathogens in <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i>	23
Efficiency of potato genome editing: Targeted mutation on the genes involved in starch biosynthesis using the CRISPR/dMac3-Cas9 system	21
Elucidation and reconstitution of hydrolyzable tannin biosynthesis	15
Novel small molecules disrupting polarized cell expansion and development in the moss, <i>Physcomitrium patens</i>	14
An efficient regeneration protocol through somatic embryogenesis and organogenesis for cassava (<i>Manihot esculenta</i> Crantz) variety Vamas 1	14
Evaluation of host status of garlic varieties for a plant-parasitic nematode, <i>Ditylenchus destructor</i>, by using in vitro inoculation	13
Recent advances in steroidal glycoalkaloid biosynthesis in the genus <i>Solanum</i>	12
Roots applicable, high sensitivity and specificity assay for the detection of <i>Candidatus</i> Liberibacter asiaticus in <i>citrus</i> roots and fruits	12
Identification of a novel Golgi-localized putative glycosyltransferase protein in <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i>	11
Heterologous production of corosolic acid, a phyto-insulin, in agroinfiltrated <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i> leaves	11
Developmental stage-specific triterpenoid saponin accumulations in <i>Ardisia crenata</i> rhizosphere and its influence on rhizosphere microbial communities	10
The blue light signaling inhibitor 3-bromo-7-nitroindazole affects gene translation at the initial reception of blue light in young <i>Arabidopsis</i> seedlings	10
Role of GSL8 in low calcium tolerance in <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i>	10
Identification of a minimal strong translation enhancer within the 5′-untranslated region of <i>OsMac3</i> mRNA	9
Agmatine coumaroyltransferase gene on the short arm of chromosome 2H is involved in hordatine biosynthesis in barley	9
Tomato lipocalins mediate ABA (abscisic acid)- and ethylene-dependent regulation of stress tolerance and fruit ripening	9
Light photon flux density affects ethanol-mediated drought avoidance in cassava (<i>Manihot esculenta</i> Crantz)	8
Citrate pretreatment promotes rice (<i>Oryza sativa</i> L.) coleoptile elongation under submergence	8
Genome editing in cells of apple cultivar ‘Fuji’ using geminivirus-derived replicons for transient expression of CRISPR/Cas9 components	8
Suppression of defense gene expression under nutrient-rich condition in <i>Arabidopsis</i> seedlings	8
Eugenol transport and biosynthesis through grafting in aromatic plants of the <i>Ocimum</i> genus	7
Improved biolistic transformation and genome editing in wheat by using trehalose for high osmotic treatment	7
Epidermal bladder cells play a role in water retention in quinoa leaves	7
Synthetic-biology approach for plant lignocellulose engineering	7
SHOOT GRAVITROPISM 5 mediates the stomatal response to darkness in <i>Arabidopsis</i>	7

Damage in old leaves of shade-treated tea trees induced by high light after shade removal and shoot harvest	7
<i>CmWOX2</i> modulates somatic embryogenesis in Chinese chestnut (<i>Castanea mollissima</i> Blume)	7
A multiple shoot induction system for peptide-mediated gene delivery into plastids in <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i>, <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i>, and <i>Fragaria</i>	7
Arbuscular mycorrhiza-induced growth promotion and disease resistance are fine-tuned by growth-defense tradeoffs in <i>Lotus japonicus</i> and tomato	7
MYB3R-mediated and cell cycle-dependent transcriptional regulation of a tobacco ortholog of <i>SCARECROW-LIKE28</i> in synchronized cultures of BY-2 cells	7
Production of benzylglucosinolate in genetically engineered carrot suspension cultures	6
Single-cell Raman spectroscopic analysis of bacteroids in soybean nodules to observe the relationship between biomolecular constituents and symbiotic nitrogen fixation activity	6
Upstream open reading frame-mediated upregulation of ANAC082 expression in response to nucleolar stress in Arabidopsis	6
Modulation of wheat grain dormancy by introducing the recombinant abscisic acid-stimulated abscisic acid biosynthesis gene	6
Development of an efficient <i>Agrobacterium</i>-mediated transformation method and its application in tryptophan pathway modification in <i>Catharanthus roseus</i>	6
Optimizing somatic embryogenesis in Indonesian cassava genotypes: Effects of 2,4-D or Picloram supplementation and explant type	6
Synthetic biology in plants	5
Zinc gluconate protects against plant virus infection in tomato and <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i> plants	5
Molecular characterization of Satsuma mandarin (<i>Citrus unshiu</i> Marc.) VASCULAR PLANT ONE-ZINC FINGER2 (CuVOZ2) interacting with CuFT1 and CuFT3	5
Rye sprout as a host for the rapid transient production of a recombinant protein using a geminivirus DNA-containing expression vector	5
Fluorescence staining of the nucleus in living plant cells using dimidium bromide	5
Integrated gene-free potato genome editing using transient transcription activator-like effector nucleases and regeneration-promoting gene expression by <i>Agrobacterium</i> infection	5
Mutagenesis and production of double-flowered gentians via regeneration from ion beam-irradiated leaves	5
A rapid staining method for the detection of suberin lamellae in the root endodermis and exodermis	5
Enhancement of bZIP60 function through C-terminal region translated after splicing in <i>Arabidopsis</i>	5
Enhancing genetic modification in recalcitrant plants: An investigation in chili (<i>Capsicum annuum</i>) through the optimized tape sandwich protoplast isolation and polyethylene glycol-m	5
Improved rapid and efficient hairy root transformation using <i>Rhizobium rhizogenes</i> in legume crops	5
A simple method for creating transgenic pea hairy roots using a Japanese pea cultivar and a Japanese <i>Rhizobium radiobacter</i> strain	4
RNA-seq study reveals the signaling and carbohydrate metabolism regulators involved in dormancy release by warm stratification in <i>Paris polyphylla</i> var. <i>yunnanensis</i>	4
Obtainment and confirmation of intergeneric hybrids between marguerite (<i>Argyranthemum frutescens</i> (L.) Sch.Bip.) and two <i>Rhodanthemum</i> species (<i>R. hosmarie	4
Post-embryonic function of GLOBULAR EMBRYO 4 (GLE4)/OsMPK6 in rice development	4
Measurement of reactive oxygen species production by luminol-based assay in <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i>, <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> and <i>Brassica rapa</i> ssp.	4
A start codon-targeted genome editing strategy for generating hypomorphic mutants of lethal plant genes	4
Ectopic expression of BpbHLH9 suggested the presence of a self-activating loop mechanism of clade Ia bHLHs to enhance betulinic acid biosynthesis in <i>Lotus japonicus</i> hairy roots	4
High β-carotene accumulation in transgenic eggplant fruits grown under artificial light	4
Full-length transcriptome of <i>Camellia perpetua</i> reveals candidate <i>SCPL</i>1<i>A</i> gene family members involved in galloylated catechins biosynthesis	4
Effects of the sucrose concentrations and incubation periods on in vitro pollen germination and pollen tube growth in three rice cultivars	4
Complementation and protein localization analyses of R3 MYBs in an <i>Arabidopsis caprice</i> mutant	4
Recent Advances in Organelle-Targeted Gene Delivery Technologies Using Nanomaterials	4
Establishment of a genetic transformation system for <i>Codonopsis pilosula</i> callus	4
Rice resistance to lepidopteran herbivores is enhanced by overexpression of a key transcription factor gene for diterpenoid phytoalexin biosynthesis	4
Downregulation of a Phi class glutathione <i>S</i>-transferase gene in transgenic torenia yielded pale flower color	4
Oxicam-type nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs enhance <i>Agrobacterium</i>-mediated transient transformation in plants	3
A RING membrane-anchor E3 ubiquitin ligase gene is co-expressed with steroidal glycoalkaloid biosynthesis genes in tomato	3
Toward the commercialization of recombinant pharmaceuticals expressed in plants	3
Species-level bacterial community shift in rice growth stages	3
Model-based analysis of the circadian rhythm generation of bioluminescence reporter activity in duckweed	3
Early flowering phenotype of the Arabidopsis <i>altered meristem program1</i> mutant is dependent on the FLOWERING LOCUS T-mediated pathway	3
A sterile plant culture system of <i>Uncaria rhynchophylla</i> as a biosynthetic model of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids	3
<i>Colletotrichum tofieldiae</i> enhances phosphorus uptake and biomass production and alters the microbial interactions in the rhizosphere of komatsuna (<i>Brassica rapa</i> v	3
Comprehensive identification of terpene synthase genes and organ-dependent accumulation of terpenoid volatiles in a traditional medicinal plant <i>Angelica archangelica</i> L.	3
Optimizing genome editing efficiency in wheat: Effects of heat treatments and different promoters for single guide RNA expression	3
Identification of <i>CqCYP76AD5v1</i>, a gene involved in betaxanthin biosynthesis in <i>Chenopodium quinoa</i>, and its product, betaxanthin, which inhibits amyloid-β aggregat	3
The influences of fungal endophytes inoculation on the biochemical status of grape cells of different varieties in vitro	3
Peculiar properties of tuber starch in a potato mutant lacking the α-glucan water dikinase 1 gene <i>GWD1</i> created by targeted mutagenesis using the CRISPR/dMac3-Cas9 system	3

Identification of a regiospecific <i>S</i>-oxygenase for the production of marasmin in traditional medicinal plant <i>Tulbaghia violacea</i>	3
Transcriptional regulation of cell proliferation competence-associated Arabidopsis genes, <i>CDKA;1</i>, <i>RID1</i> and <i>SRD2</i>, by phytohormones in tissue cul	3
Various types of mycorrhizal fungi sequences detected in single intracellular vesicles	3
Genome editing and molecular analyses of an <i>Arabidopsis</i> transcription factor, LATE FLOWERING	2
Research advances in regulation and genetic engineering of floral scents	2
Free <i>N</i>-glycans occurring in plant extracellular fluid or cytosol interact with an auxin, indole-3-acetic acid: Putative biofunction of free <i>N</i>-glycans in plants	2
Study on the structure of root nodules of <i>Hedysarum polybotrys</i> Hand.-Mazz. and the isolation and identification of rhizobia	2
Root-exuded sugars as drivers of rhizosphere microbiome assembly	2
Disruption of <i>DELLA</i> or <i>ERECTA</i> suppresses the enlarged phloem phenotype caused by <i>hawaiian skirt</i> in the tomato cv. Micro-Tom	2
Distribution, biosynthesis, and synthetic biology of phenylethanoid glycosides in the order Lamiales	2
Structural features of T-DNA that induce transcriptional gene silencing during agroinfiltration	2
Comparison of functional properties of unripe papaya fruits of different sexes	2
Oxalate synthesis pathways that contribute to oxalate accumulation in leaves of bitter dock (<i>Rumex obtusifolius</i> L.) differ between day and night	2
Isopropylmalate synthase <i>NtIPMS</i> as a potential molecular marker for seed vigor in tobacco	2
Design and construction of artificial metabolic pathways for the bioproduction of useful compounds	2
Tetraploidization promotes radial stem growth in poplars	2
Oxylipin KODA enhances the early growth of rice (<i>Oryza sativa</i> L.) under low-temperature stress at night to simulate a natural temperature condition	2
Phosphatidylinositol-phospholipase C4 suppresses the hypersensitive response of <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i>	2
Progress and new questions in understanding the mechanisms controlling plant nitrogen responses	2
Preface to the special issue “Diverse Symbiotic Relationships between Plants and Microbes in the Phyllosphere and Rhizosphere”	2
Rice <i>KORPOKKUR</i> gene is expressed in mitotic cells and regulates pleiotropic features during vegetative phase	2
Histone chaperone NUCLEOSOME ASSEMBLY PROTEIN 1 proteins affect plant growth under nitrogen deficient conditions in <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i>	2
Suppressed expression of ErbB3-binding protein 1 (EBP1) genes compromised the hypersensitive response cell death in <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i>	2
Efficient double-flowered gentian plant production using the CRISPR/Cas9 system	2
Isolation and characterization of <i>LEAFY</i>-homologous genes from two <i>Tricyrtis</i> spp. showing different inflorescence architecture	2
Transformation of <i>Nicotiana paniculata</i> L., a recalcitrant species, using a T-DNA construct carrying two <i>WUSCHEL-related homeobox</i> genes	2
Expressing recombinant human lactoferrin with antibacterial activity in <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i>	2
Characterization of γ-glutamyltransferase- and phytochelatin synthase-mediated catabolism of glutathione and glutathione <i>S</i>-conjugates in <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i>	2
Enhanced saccharification yields from rice straw by senescence-induced expression of a cytokinin biosynthesis gene in intragenic rice plants	2
Gene-flow investigation between garden and wild roses planted in close distance	1
Dual benefits of <i>Lysinibacillus xylanilyticus</i> strain GIC41 in mitigating Pythium root rot and enhancing plant growth across cultivation systems	1
Drought stress induces early flowering and the stress tolerance of offspring in <i>Petunia hybrida</i>	1
Production of recombinant human transferrin using transgenic rice cell culture	1
Continuous farmyard manure application increases nitrogen fixation capacity of soils and relative abundance of iron-oxidizing diazotrophs in nutrient-deficient paddy fields in Madagascar	1
Molecular cloning and biochemical characterization of indole-3-acetic acid methyltransferase from Japanese star anise (<i>Illicium anisatum</i>)	1
Translocation of green fluorescent protein in homo- and hetero-transgrafted plants	1
Transcriptome analysis of tomato plants following salicylic acid-induced immunity against <i>Clavibacter michiganensis</i> ssp. <i>michiganensis</i>	1
Near-complete genome assembly of tomato (<i>Solanum lycopersicum</i>) cultivar Micro-Tom	1
A rapid method for detection of the root-knot nematode resistance gene, <i>Mi-1.2</i>, in tomato cultivars	1
Preface to the special issue “Synthetic Biology and Bioproduction in Plants”	1
<i>Methylobacterium</i> as a key symbiont in plant-microbe interactions: Its ecological and agricultural significance	1
Identification of a di-glucose conjugate of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid in bamboo cells expressing bacterial 4-hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA hydratase/lyase	1
Improvement of culture and acclimation conditions in a bio-nursery system for <i>Paeonia lactiflora</i>	1
Bioproduction of <i>N</i><sup>6</sup>-benzyladenine <i>N</i><sup>9</sup>-β-D-glucopyranoside using suspension cells of bamboo (<i>Phyllostachys ni	1
Variety-dependent accumulation of glucomannan in the starchy endosperm and aleurone cell walls of rice grains and its possible genetic basis	1
Exogenous treatment with N-acetylglutamic acid confers tolerance to heat stress in plants	1
Comparative analysis of <i>Bacillus pumilus</i> TUAT1 endospores and vegetative cells: Implications for plant growth promotion and soil microbiome modulation	1
TALE-based C-to-T base editor for multiple homologous genes with flexible precision	1
Improvement of simultaneous genome editing of homoeologous loci in polyploid wheat using CRISPR/Cas9 applying tRNA processing system	1
DNA extraction from a maize (<i>Zea mays</i> L.) seed without damaging germination ability	1
Functional redundancy of R2R3-MYB transcription factors involved in anthocyanin biosynthesis is manifested in anther pigmentation in petunia	1
The deficiency of methylglyoxal synthase promotes cell proliferation in <i>Synechocystis</i> sp. PCC 6803 under mixotrophic conditions	1
High productivity of oxylipin KODA using <i>E. coli</i> transformed with lipoxygenase and allene oxide synthase genes of <i>Lemna paucicostata</i>	1
Fipexide (FPX), a chemical callus inducer, promotes in vitro shoot regeneration and <i>Agrobacterium</i>-mediated genetic transformation in three fruit tree species	1
<i>Rhizobium rhizogenes</i>-mediated hairy-root transformation of daughter plants from the model strawberry <i>Fragaria vesca</i>’s stolons	1
Whole-mount immunostaining that avoids cross-reaction between antibodies from different host species for simultaneous visualization of actin filaments and microtubules	1
Non-functional allele of <i>RESTORER OF FERTILITY 4</i> is functional for the reduction of <i>orf288</i> RNA in <i>japonica</i> rice	1
Production of flavonoid <i>O</i>-diglycoside naringin via sequential glycosylation in engineered <i>Schizosaccharomyces pombe</i> as a whole-cell biocatalyst	1
Selection of a histidine auxotrophic <i>Marchantia polymorpha</i> strain with an auxotrophic selective marker	1
Comprehensive effects of heavy-ion beam irradiation on sweet potato (<i>Ipomoea batatas</i> [L.] Lam.)	1
Effect of climate conditions on the free and glycoside-derived volatile compounds in tomato cultivars	1
Evaluation of viable regions for successful cryopreservation of orchid protocorms	1
IRE1-mediated cytoplasmic splicing and regulated IRE1-dependent decay of mRNA in the liverwort <i>Marchantia polymorpha</i>	1