OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Plant Biology is 9. 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.)

Article	Citations
Proline, a multifaceted signalling molecule in plant responses to abiotic stress: understanding the physiological mechanisms	232
Unravelling the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in mitigating the oxidative burst of plants under drought stress	120
Drought and crop yield	103
Melatonin as a regulatory hub of plant hormone levels and action in stress situations	101
Auxin and its role in plant development: structure, signalling, regulation and response mechanisms	96
Plant growth‐promoting endophytic bacteria augment growth and salinity tolerance in rice plants	76
Plant behaviour: an evolutionary response to the environment?	61
Nitric oxide (NO) and salicylic acid (SA): A framework for their relationship in plant development under abiotic stress	56
Assessment of proline function in higher plants under extreme temperatures	48
Hydrogen sulfide: an emerging component against abiotic stress in plants	47
The 14‐3‐3 proteins: regulators of plant metabolism and stress responses	40
Salt stress decreases seedling growth and development but increases quercetin and kaempferol content in Apocynum venetum	39
The role of species interactions for forest resilience to drought	39
Exogenous melatonin‐mediated regulation of K⁺/Na⁺ transport, H⁺‐ATPase activity and enzymatic antioxidative defence operate through endogenous hydrogen sulphide signal	36
Warming weather changes the chemical composition of oat hulls	32
Anatomical changes in stem and root of soybean plants submitted to salt stress	31
European beech dieback after premature leaf senescence during the 2018 drought in northern Switzerland	31
The effect of maize–alfalfa intercropping on the physiological characteristics, nitrogen uptake and yield of maize	30
A WRKY transcription factor, TaWRKY40‐D, promotes leaf senescence associated with jasmonic acid and abscisic acid pathways in wheat	30
Hydrogen sulphide and nitric oxide mitigate the negative impacts of waterlogging stress on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)	29
Arbuscular mycorrhiza influences carbon‐use efficiency and grain yield of wheat grown under pre‐ and post‐anthesis salinity stress	26
Blue and UV‐B light synergistically induce anthocyanin accumulation by co‐activating nitrate reductase gene expression in Anthocyanin fruit (Aft) tomato	25
Seed priming with gibberellic acid induces high salinity tolerance in Pisum sativum through antioxidants, secondary metabolites and up‐regulation of antiporter genes	25
Effect of uniconazole and nitrogen level on lodging resistance and yield potential of maize under medium and high plant density	25
Summer temperatures reach the thermal tolerance threshold of photosynthetic decline in temperate conifers	25

Central European 2018 hot drought shifts scots pine forest to its tipping point	24
Ethylene and hydrogen sulphide are essential for mitigating hexavalent chromium stress in two pulse crops	24
Hydrogen sulphide and salicylic acid regulate antioxidant pathway and nutrient balance in mustard plants under cadmium stress	24
Expression and roles of GRAS gene family in plant growth, signal transduction, biotic and abiotic stress resistance and symbiosis formation—a review	23
Melatonin application differentially modulates the enzymes associated with antioxidative machinery and ascorbate‐glutathione cycle during arsenate exposure in indica rice varieties	23
Coumarin improves tomato plant tolerance to salinity by enhancing antioxidant defence, glyoxalase system and ion homeostasis	22
Abscisic acid and hydrogen peroxide are involved in drought priming‐induced drought tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)	22
Effect of UV‐B radiation on growth, flavonoid and podophyllotoxin accumulation, and related gene expression in Sinopodophyllum hexandrum	22
Assessing alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) tolerance to salinity at seedling stage and screening of the salinity tolerance traits	22
Hydrogen sulphide alleviates cadmium stress in Trigonella foenum‐graecum by modulating antioxidant enzymes and polyamine content	21
Significance of miRNA in enhancement of flavonoid biosynthesis	21
Metabolic regulation of polyamines and γ‐aminobutyric acid in relation to spermidine‐induced heat tolerance in white clover	20
Effect of low temperature and high humidity stress on physiology of cucumber at different leaf stages	20
Interannual adjustments in stomatal and leaf morphological traits of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) demonstrate its climate change acclimation potential	20
Responses of Phragmites australis to copper stress: A combined analysis of plant morphology, physiology and proteomics	20
Leaf trait modification in European beech trees in response to climatic and edaphic drought	20
Phosphorus supplementation modulates nitric oxide biosynthesis and stabilizes the defence system to improve arsenic stress tolerance in mustard	19
Identification and characterization of long non‐coding RNAs as competing endogenous RNAs in the cold stress response of Triticum aestivum	19
Variation in nectar quality across 34 grassland plant species	19
Long‐term forest monitoring reveals constant mortality rise in European forests	19
Surface moisture increases microcracking and water vapour permeance of apple fruit skin	18
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can ameliorate salt stress in Elaeagnus angustifolia by improving leaf photosynthetic function and ultrastructure	18
Stem and leaf xylem of angiosperm trees experiences minimal embolism in temperate forests during two consecutive summers with moderate drought	18
Connective appendages in Huberia bradeana (Melastomataceae) affect pollen release during buzz pollination	18
Floral scent evolution in the section Pseudophrys: pollinator‐mediated selection or phylogenetic constraints?	18
Root water uptake depth determines the hydraulic vulnerability of temperate European tree species during the extreme 2018 drought	17
Management alters drought‐induced mortality patterns in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests	17
Ultra‐sculpturing of seed morphotypes in selected species of genus Salvia L. and their taxonomic significance	17
Salt glands play a pivotal role in the salt resistance of four recretohalophyte Limonium Mill. species	16
Influence of salt stress on C₄ photosynthesis in Miscanthus sinensis Anderss.	16
Function analysis of a cotton R2R3 MYB transcription factor GhMYB3 in regulating plant trichome development	16
Forest understorey plant responses to long‐term experimental warming, light and nitrogen addition	16
Adaptability of winter wheat Dongnongdongmai 1 (Triticum aestivum L.) to overwintering in alpine regions	16
Comparative effects of ascobin and glutathione on copper homeostasis and oxidative stress metabolism in mitigation of copper toxicity in rice	16
Interconnection of iron and osmotic stress signalling in plants: is FIT a regulatory hub to cross‐connect abscisic acid responses?	16
Signal transduction by plant heterotrimeric G‐protein	15
Genome‐wide identification of the light‐harvesting chlorophyll a/b binding (Lhc) family in Gossypium hirsutum reveals the influence of GhLhcb2.3 on chlorophyll a synthesis	15
Harnessing the power of hydrogen sulphide (H₂S) for improving fruit quality traits	15
Exogenous trehalose protects photosystem II by promoting cyclic electron flow under heat and drought stresses in winter wheat	15
Integrated transcriptomics and metabolites at different growth stages reveals the regulation mechanism of bolting and flowering of Angelicasinensis	15
Involvement of soluble proteins in growth and metabolic adjustments of drought‐stressed Calligonum mongolicum seedlings under nitrogen addition	15
Histone deacetylase HDA19 interacts with histone methyltransferase SUVH5 to regulate seed dormancy in Arabidopsis	15
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: Effects on secondary metabolite accumulation of traditional Chinese medicines	15
Exogenous 6‐benzyladenine application affects root morphology by altering hormone status and gene expression of developing lateral roots in Malus hupehensis	15
The effects of microcystin‐LR in Oryza sativa root cells: F‐actin as a new target of cyanobacterial toxicity	15
Hydrogen sulphide infiltration downregulates oxidative metabolism and extends postharvest life of banana	15
Universal stress protein‐like gene from mulberry enhances abiotic stress tolerance in Escherichia coli and transgenic tobacco cells	14
Glutamine synthetase: an unlikely case of functional redundancy in Arabidopsis thaliana	14
Exogenous β‐cyclocitral treatment primes tomato plants against drought by inducing tolerance traits, independent of abscisic acid	14
The soybean TGA transcription factor GmTGA13 plays important roles in the response to salinity stress	14

Heterotrimeric G protein signalling in plant biotic and abiotic stress response	14
Exogenous citric acid enhances drought tolerance in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)	14
Distinct soil microbial communities under Ageratina adenophora invasions	14
When rice gets the chills: comparative transcriptome profiling at germination shows WRKY transcription factor responses	14
Misinterpreting the adaptive value of phenotypic plasticity in studies on plant adaptation to new and variable environments	14
Exogenous hydrogen sulphide alleviates copper stress impacts in Artemisia annua L.: Growth, antioxidant metabolism, glandular trichome development and artemisinin biosynthesis	14
Hydrogen sulphide (H₂S) in the hidden half: Role in root growth, stress signalling and rhizospheric interactions	13
Enhancement of cadmium accumulation in sweet sorghum as affected by nitrate	13
Role of mitochondrial alternative oxidase in the regulation of cellular homeostasis during development of photosynthetic function in greening leaves	13
The 2018 hot drought pushed conifer wood formation to the limit of its plasticity: Consequences for woody biomass production and tree ring structure	13
Growth, physiological, biochemical and molecular changes in plants induced by magnetic fields: A review	13
The OPR gene family in watermelon: Genome‐wide identification and expression profiling under hormone treatments and root‐knot nematode infection	13
Evaluation of reference genes for RT‐qPCR gene expression analysis in Arabidopsis thaliana exposed to elevated temperatures	13
Overexpression of METAL TOLERANCE PROTEIN8 reveals new aspects of metal transport in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds	13
Transcript profiles analysis of citrus aquaporins in response to fruit water loss during storage	12
Bacterial strains integrated with surfactin molecules of Bacillus subtilis MTCC441 enrich nematocidal activity against Meloidogyne incognita	12
Interactive effects of hydrogen sulphide and silicon enhance drought and heat tolerance by modulating hormones, antioxidant defence enzymes and redox status in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)	12
Heavy metal pollution improves allelopathic effects of Canada goldenrod on lettuce germination	12
Did the 2018 megadrought change the partitioning of growth between tree sizes and species? A Swiss case‐study	12
Analysis of physiological and metabolite response of Celosia argentea to copper stress	12
Genome‐wide identification and characterization of microRNAs responding to ABA and GA in maize embryos during seed germination	12
Effect of postharvest hydrogen sulphide on lignification and biochemical markers of pointed gourd	11
Seed viability and fatty acid profiles of five orchid species before and after ageing	11
The gene NtMYC2a acts as a ‘master switch’ in the regulation of JA‐induced nicotine accumulation in tobacco	11
Halothermal and hydrothermal time models describe germination responses of canola seeds to ageing	11
Hemicelluloses and associated compounds determine gall functional traits	11
Hydrogen sulphide signalling in plant response to abiotic stress	11
The Ca²⁺‐regulated protein kinase CIPK1 integrates plant responses to phosphate deficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana	11
Transcriptome profiling analysis reveals distinct resistance response of cucumber leaves infected with powdery mildew	11
Effects of heat treatment on metabolism of tobacco plants infected with Potato virus Y	11
Plant growth shapes the effects of elevation on the content and variability of flavonoids in subalpine bilberry stands	11
The least effective pollinator principle: specialized morphology despite generalized ecology	11
Optimal NH₄⁺/NO₃⁻ ratios enhance the shade tolerance of soybean seedlings under low light conditions	11
Reproductive biology of Syagrus coronata (Arecaceae): sex‐biased insect visitation and the unusual case of scent emission by peduncular bracts	11
The role of alternative oxidase in plant hypersensitive response	11
Horizontal orientation of zygomorphic flowers: significance for rain protection and pollen transfer	11
Intraspecific variability of specific leaf area fosters the persistence of understorey specialists across a light availability gradient	10
Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) S‐adenosylmethionine decarboxylase confers transgenic tobacco with elevated tolerance to salt stress	10
Functions and interaction of plant lipid signalling under abiotic stresses	10
Transpiration difference under high evaporative demand in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) may be explained by differences in the water transport pathway in the root cylinder	10
Rice OsClo5, a caleosin protein, negatively regulates cold tolerance through the jasmonate signalling pathway	10
Satellite data track spatial and temporal declines in European beech forest canopy characteristics associated with intense drought events in the Rhön Biosphere Reserve, central Germany	10
Evolutionary disruption in the pollination system of Vanilla (Orchidaceae)	10
A novel study approach on Scutellaria altissima L. cultivated at the Ghirardi Botanic Garden (Lombardy, Italy)	10
Using genetic evaluation to guide conservation of remnant Juniperus communis (Cupressaceae) populations	10
Linking wood anatomy with growth vigour and susceptibility to alternate bearing in composite apple and pear trees	10
Hydrogen sulphide: an emerging regulator of plant defence signalling	10
The phytotoxin COR induces transcriptional reprogramming of photosynthetic, hormonal and defence networks in tomato	10
Response of nutrient resorption of Leymus chinensis to nitrogen and phosphorus addition in a meadow steppe of northeast China	10
Germination responses to winter warm spells and warming vary widely among woody plants in a temperate forest	10
Hydrogen sulphide‐mediated alleviation and its interplay with other signalling molecules during temperature stress	9
An invasive alien Proteaceae lures some, but not all nectar‐feeding bird pollinators away from native Proteaceae in South African fynbos	9
Correlations between photosynthetic heat tolerance and leaf anatomy and climatic niche in Asian mangrove trees	9
Augmenting salt tolerance in rice by regulating uptake and tissue specific accumulation of Na⁺‐ through Ca²⁺‐induced alteration of biochemical events	9
Evolution of AITR family genes in cotton and their functions in abiotic stress tolerance	9
Effects of zinc application on the growth and photosynthetic characteristics of pecan at the seedling stage	9
Identification and characterization of circRNAs in maize seedlings under deficient nitrogen	9
Do water and soil nutrient scarcities differentially impact the performance of diploid and tetraploid Solidago gigantea (Giant Goldenrod, Asteraceae)?	9
Contrasting response of two Lotus corniculatus L. accessions to combined waterlogging–saline stress	9
The efficient physiological strategy of a novel tomato genotype to adapt to chronic combined water and heat stress	9
Reproductive isolation between wild and domesticated chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius) in sympatry	9
Effect of copper on the photosynthesis and growth of Eichhornia crassipes	9
Seed dormancy of 80 tropical montane forest species in Sri Lanka, the first dormancy profile for a tropical montane forest community	9
Stover return and nitrogen application affect soil organic carbon and nitrogen in a double‐season maize field	9
Leaf morphology, photosynthesis and pigments change with age and light regime in savin juniper	9
Crosstalk between H₂S and NO: an emerging signalling pathway during waterlogging stress in legume crops	9
Hydrogen sulphide regulates the growth of tomato root cells by affecting cell wall biosynthesis under CuO NPs stress	9
Characterizing the impact of high temperature during grain filling on phytohormone levels, enzyme activity and metabolic profiles of an early indica rice variety	9