OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of General Plant Pathology 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
First report of yambean mosaic virus infection in butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea) in Thailand	22
Studies on plant–virus interactions for development of multiple resistance to plant viruses	22
Molecular characterization of a new geminivirus isolated from tomato with curly top symptoms and development of its infectious clone	17
Bacterial rot of Chinese yam caused by Pseudomonas allii	16
Antibiosis of Paenibacillus spp. can promote the bactericidal effect of anaerobic soil disinfestation at low temperatures	14
Possible roles of immunity-related response in modulating chlorosis induced by the silencing of chloroplast HSP90C in tobacco models	13
Infectivity and characteristics of columnea latent viroid isolated from tomato seeds produced in Thailand	12
Identification and characterization of plant viruses and analysis of their diversity	11
Strategic biological control of difficult-to-control plant diseases and pests for sustainable agriculture	10
Cross-resistance between pyribencarb and azoxystrobin in eggplant isolates of Corynespora Cassiicolla that have the G143A mutation in Kochi prefecture, Japan	9
First report of Fusarium redolens causing fusarium wilt on vetch (Vicia sativa)	9
Paenibacillus spp. may facilitate anaerobic soil disinfestation at low temperatures	8
Damping-off of onion: a new symptom caused by soilborne Botrytis byssoidea	7
Ophiosphaerella agrostidis causes leaf-sheath rot of Zingiber mioga	7
Virulence analysis of wheat stem rust isolates (Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici) in Iran using differential lines	7
Tobacco remorin NtREM1.2 promotes potexvirus intercellular movement and interacts with potato virus X TGBp1	7
Search for plant factors required for virus infection	7
Artificial coat protein variants of cucumber mosaic virus induce enhanced resistance upon recognition by an R gene	7
First report of anthracnose-twister disease of welsh onion caused by Colletotrichum siamense in Taiwan	7
Curvularia brachyspora causing leaf spot on Cucurbita argyrosperma in Mexico	7
Correction: First report of bacterial brown root rot in pea sprouts (Pisum sativum L.) caused by a Pseudomonas species	6
Interdisciplinary research in plant pathology: application of plasma engineering for plant disease control and contribution to earthquake reconstruction along the coastal area of Fukushima prefecture	6
Translocation of acibenzolar, an active metabolic substance of acibenzolar-S-methyl, to distal leaves in cabbage and Japanese radish	6
Pollen grains infected with apple stem grooving virus serve as a vector for horizontal transmission of the virus	6
Antifungal activity of traversianal, a diterpenoid aldehyde from Cercospora sp. ME202, against the rice blast fungus, Pyricularia oryzae	6

Analysis of bacterial microbiomes associated with healthy and diseased turfgrass	6
First report of Fusarium sambucinum causing postharvest fruit rot of winter squash (Cucurbita maxima)	5
Phylogenetic and population genetic analyses of plantago asiatica mosaic virus isolates reveal intraspecific diversification	5
A simple and convenient method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of plant pathogenic bacteria	5
Molecular biological studies on the interactions between bromoviruses and plants	5
WRKY transcription factors identified in the transcriptome of Citrus latifolia Tan. and their expression in response to Huanglongbing disease	5
Reidentification of Pestalotiopsis sensu lato causing gray blight of tea in Japan	5
First report of potato spindle tuber viroid isolated from pepper seeds produced in Vietnam	5
The Colletotrichum higginsianum secreted effector protein ChEC91 induces plant cell death	5
Model-based forecasting of twig canker incidence of bacterial spot of peach in Fukushima Prefecture	5
Metyltetraprole activity against plant pathogens with relatively rare cytochrome b haplotypes for azoxystrobin resistance	5
Plant viruses and viroids in Japan	5
Phytophthora rot of alpine delphinium caused by Phytophthora sp. kelmania	5
First report of root and stem rot of sedum caused by five oomycete species	4
Dynamics of haplotypic variation across geographic populations of Venturia inaequalis in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, determined using microsatellite markers	4
First report of viruses infecting Vigna marina and Vigna riukiuensis in Japan	4
Acknowledgment to Reviewers	4
A multiplex RT‑PCR detection system for pepper co-infection by three potyviruses	4
First report of rust disease on Potentilla indica caused by Phragmidium duchesneae in Japan	4
Overexpression of BBF3 encoding a tobacco Dof transcription factor alters gene expression and cell death induction during N-mediated hypersensitivity to tobacco mosaic virus	4
Development of plant pathogen detection and diagnostic techniques for downy mildew of onion, foot rot of sweet potato, and citrus greening	4
Correction to: Contribution of ethyl β-d-glucoside, amino acids, and organic acids in tomato root exudates to the chemotaxis of Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum	4
Enhanced transmission efficiency of begomoviruses by a single whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) using a microcage technique	4
First report of Fusarium verticillioides causing Fusarium wilt on pistachio trees (Pistacia vera)	4
Proximity-dependent biotin labeling technique identifies pathogenic target candidates of cauliflower mosaic virus multifunctional transactivator/viroplasmin protein	4
New editorial office	3
Identification and characterization of Fusarium commune, a causal agent of lotus rhizome rot	3
Temporal changes in colonization levels of Ustilago esculenta in different parts of Zizania latifolia plants competent and incompetent for stem gall formation	3
Removal of exudates from flower bud bases of hydrangea reduces incidence of flower bud rot during forcing culture	3
Inhibitory effect of l-methionine on bacterial speck of tomato	3
Mitochondrial dynamics in Pyricularia oryzae during conidiation monitored by fluorescent microscopy	3
Efficacy of RNA-spray-induced silencing of Phakopsora pachyrhizi chitin synthase genes to control soybean rust	3
Prediction of gene clusters associated with host specificity of Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum race 4 based on comparative genomic analysis	3
First report of anthracnose of Curcuma alismatifolia caused by Colletotrichum curcumae in Japan	3
Chemical decontamination of greenhouses to control tomato black leaf mold	3
Corky root of lettuce caused by Rhizorhapis suberifaciens in Japan	3
Pathogenicity of Colletotrichum species isolated from rotten fruit and asymptomatic flowers of loquat in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan and characterization of C. nagasakiense Takata & Kyoko Watan. sp	3
Genome sequence of strawberry pseudo mild yellow edge virus isolated in Japan	3
First report of black leaf spot on Atractylodes lancea caused by Alternaria gaisen in Japan	3
First report of leaf spot caused by Colletotrichum siamense on Ocimum tenuiflorum in India	3
Lettuce black root rot pathogen is genetically distinct from other Japanese isolates of Berkeleyomyces rouxiae	2
First report of sooty spot caused by Cladosporium tenuissimum on mature calyces of Cape gooseberry grown in greenhouse	2
First report of brown stripe on perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) caused by Acidovorax avenae	2
Multiple Colletotrichum species cause anthracnose disease on Japanese pickling melon var. Katsura-uri (Cucumis melo var. conomon)	2
First report of Colletotrichum queenslandicum causing leaf anthracnose on Dracaena cambodiana in China	2
My family history	2
Identification of Berkeleyomyces rouxiae causing black root rot disease on cotton seedlings in New South Wales, Australia	2
In vitro pesticides susceptibility of Erwinia sp. causing papaya (Carica papaya) black rot in Okinawa, Japan and captan effectiveness on papaya pot seedlings	2
Acknowledgment to Reviewers	2
Lisianthus enation leaf curl virus, a begomovirus new to Japan, is more virulent than the prevalent tomato yellow leaf curl virus in Ty-gene-mediated resistant tomato cultivars	2

Flagellar motility of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae biovar 3 contributes to bacterial infection through stomata	2
Elucidating the nature of seed-borne transmission of tomato brown rugose fruit virus in tomato, bell pepper, and eggplant	2
Inhibitory potential of metabolites produced by Cercospora sp. strain ME202 isolated from Trifolium incarnatum against anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum orbiculare	2
The first report of rot disease of onion occurred by Pseudomonas kitaguniensis, causing severe rot symptoms at lower temperatures	2
Taxonomical identification of Chinese cabbage yellows inhibitory fungus isolated from disease suppressive soil	2
Development of a real-time loop-mediated isothermal amplification method with toothpick sampling for non-destructive detection of Ustilago esculenta in Zizania latifolia	2
Pseudomonas amygdali (syn. Pseudomonas savastanoi) pv. adzukicola pv. nov., causal agent of bacterial stem rot of adzuki bean	2
First report of fludioxonil resistance isolate of Colletotrichum fructicola emerging on strawberry in Japan	2
First report of tomato zonate spot virus on green pepper in Japan	2
Identification of antifungal compound isolated from Cercospora sp. ME202 and evaluation of its inhibitory activity against Colletotrichum orbiculare	2
Benzothiadiazole is superior to salicylic acid for immune priming in Nicotiana benthamiana, and the 2b protein of cucumber mosaic virus affects viral infection dynamics in the artificially induced res	2
Bulk sample testing with real-time PCR to detect Diaporthe destruens in sweet potato seedlings	2
Genetic characterization of the parasitic specialization in the blast and anthracnose fungi	2
Acknowledgment to Reviewers	2
First report of Rhizoctonia solani AG-4 HG-I causing leaf blight disease on Cattleya × hybrid in Taiwan	1
Rapid detection of mutations and chromosomal rearrangements in T-DNA insertion mutants of Colletotrichum higginsianum using long-read whole-genome sequencing	1
Spatiotemporal population dynamics of aflatoxigenic Aspergillus species and their ecological requirements across groundnut-growing areas of Ethiopia	1
First report of anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum cigarro in pitcher plant in Japan	1
Possible invasion pathway of Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum race 4 in ginger plant	1
Development of a simple method for simultaneous detection and differentiation of Globodera pallida and G. rostochiensis	1
Studies on ecology and pathology for integrated management of emerging plant virus diseases	1
Foot rot disease of sweet potato in Japan caused by Diaporthe destruens: first report, pathogenicity and taxonomy	1
Regulation of defense responses via heat shock transcription factors in Cucumis sativus L. against Botrytis cinerea	1
Control of tomato southern blight caused by Athelia rolfsii (syn. Sclerotium rolfsii) using the soil isolate Streptomyces sasae strain GT4041	1
Diverse RNA viruses in a parasitic flowering plant (spruce dwarf mistletoe) revealed through RNA-seq data mining	1
Serine and purine synthesis pathways are involved in the virulence of Burkholderia gladioli, the causative agent of gladiolus rot	1
Acibenzolar-S-methyl efficacy against bacterial brown stripe caused by Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae in creeping bentgrass	1
Expression analysis of defense-related genes in wild kiwifruit (Actinidia rufa) tolerant to bacterial canker	1
Tobamoviruses: old and new threats to tomato cultivation	1
Enhanced virus infection in Nicotiana benthamiana transiently overexpressing MDP92, encoding a tobacco MYB transcription factor	1
Effect of red crown rot of soybean on occurrence of wrinkled seeds	1
First report of damping-off caused by Pythium aphanidermatum in seedlings of wax gourd	1
Covering cabbage leaves with cellulose nanofiber confers resistance against Pseudomonas cannabina pv. alisalensis	1
Suppressive effects of low-pH solutions on root rot in hydroponically grown Welsh onion	1
First report of torenia root rot caused by oomycete species	1
Japanese star anise ringspot-associated virus is a distinct emaravirus transmitted by the eriophyid mite (the family Diptilomiopidae)	1
Multiplex PCR specific for genus Phytophthora and P. nicotianae with an internal plant DNA control for effective quarantine of Phytophthora species in Japan	1
Colletotrichum species associated with loquat anthracnose in Kagawa and Tokushima prefectures, Japan	1
Pepper yellow leaf curl Aceh virus: a recombinant replacing the parental begomovirus is highly virulent and breaks Ty-1-mediated resistance in tomato	1
A next-generation-sequencing approach to diagnose viral diseases of greenhouse ranunculus	1
Green synthesis of Cu2O nanoparticles: characterization and application to control tobacco mosaic virus infection	1
Specific detection of Pyricularia oryzae pathotype Triticum using qPCR and LAMP methods	1
Studies on virulence mechanisms of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae	1
First report of bacterial brown root rot in pea sprouts (Pisum sativum L.) caused by a Pseudomonas species	1
Model-based forecasting of bacterial black node of barley using a hierarchical Bayesian model	1
Japanese white oak seedlings killed by Phytophthora castaneae: a potential source of chestnut trunk rot	1
CEP peptide induces susceptibility of Arabidopsis thaliana to non-adapted pathogens	1
The efficient systemic movement of cucumber mosaic virus vector conferred by 2b and its application for virus-induced gene silencing vector in potato	1