Plant Biology

Papers
(The TQCC of Plant Biology is 5. 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 2022-04-01 to 2026-04-01.)
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Fire seasonality plays a limited role in the reproduction ofAnacardium humileA. St.‐Hil. in a tropical savanna102
Tissue ontogeny and chemical composition influence bacterial biodiversity in the wood and shoot tip of Populus nigra72
Identification and analysis of HD‐Zip genes involved in the leaf development of Liriodendron chinense using multidimensional analysis70
Large flowers enhance pollination success and nutrient resorption in Yulania species63
Identification and expression pattern analysis of PtCarA and PtCarB genes in Populus trichocarpa under different nitrogen treatments53
Loss of function mutations at the tomato SSI2 locus impair plant growth and development by altering the fatty acid desaturation pathway45
Plant water uptake modelling: added value of cross‐disciplinary approaches39
Exogenous IAA application alleviated altered physiological and biochemical processes through promoting H‐ ATPase 38
Dual role of benzoxazinoids in plant response to combined drought stress and aphid feeding37
Pollination syndrome accurately predicts pollination by tangle‐veined flies (Nemestrinidae: Prosoeca s.s.) across multiple plant families34
Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals an insight into the candidate genes involved in anthocyanin and scent volatiles biosynthesis in colour changing flowers of Combretum indicum29
Nitric oxide, calmodulin and calcium protein kinase interactions in the response of Brassica napus to salinity stress25
Plant accession and insect infestation, rather than silicon supplementation, shape defence strategies of Arabidopsis halleri towards a leaf beetle23
Correction to “Different tools for different trades: contrasts in specialized metabolite chemodiversity and phylogenetic dispersion in fruit, leaves, and roots of the neotropical shrubs 23
Modulation of red wavelengths influences the response of V. Radiata plants to ionizing radiation: Implications for growth in closed ecological life‐suppo23
Duckweeds: Model organisms for research on plant sterols and steroids22
Comparative seed longevity under genebank storage and artificial ageing: a case study in heteromorphic wheat wild relatives19
Vegetation vulnerability is driven by either higher drought sensitivity or lower fog exposure in tropical cloud ecosystems18
European beech dieback after premature leaf senescence during the 2018 drought in northern Switzerland18
Assessing the adaptive potential of European beech populations to temperature and precipitation along a steep environmental gradient in the south‐eastern Carpathians18
Overexpression of jojoba wax ester synthase in poplar increases foliar lipid accumulation, alters stomatal conductance, and increases water use efficiency18
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Disentangling the effect of growth from development in size‐related trait scaling relationships17
The modelling of flower colour: spectral purity or colour contrast as biologically relevant descriptors of flower colour signals for bees depending upon the perceptual task17
Genetic and environmental regulation of arbuscular mycorrhizal responsiveness in petunia : Implications for breeding and trait selection16
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Metabolite analysis of peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) branches in response to freezing stress16
CBF1 is an underestimated plant regulatory transcription factor16
Enhanced expression and interaction of GmRDR1 and GmSGS3 proteins in resistant soybean cultivars synergistically regulate antiviral defense against mungbean yellow mosaic India v16
Auxin signalling activation and flavonoid metabolic dynamics in mowing Leymus chinensis15
Synergy between Paenibacillus lentimorbus and Pseudomonas putida mediates ecological benefit to chickpea b15
Intrinsic morphology and spatial distribution of non‐structural carbohydrates contribute to drought resistance of two mulberry cultivars15
Roots of Indian heliotrope ( Heliotropium indicum ) produce simple pyrrolizidine alkaloids using the same homospermidine oxidase involved in biosynthesis15
Leaf size in mosses is structurally constrained by cell dimensions and genome size15
Effects of diversified volatile profiles on olfactory orientation of flea beetles Phyllotreta spp. and the diamondback moth Plutella xylostella15
Cold stress triggers freezing tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) via hormone regulation and transcription of related genes15
Investigating the longstanding mystery of stigma length differences between morphs of distylous plants15
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Optimizing photosynthesis, resource use efficiency, and yield in maize–soybean intercropping through row configurations in Southwest China14
Diversity and life strategies of cyanobacteria and bryophytes within biocrusts in the context of mining tailings disasters in Brazil14
Seed germination traits and dormancy classification of 27 species from a degraded karst mountain in central Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau: seed mass and moisture content correlate with germination capacity14
Mechanisms of hydraulic conductivity in the leaf galls of Meunieriella sp. (Cecidomyiidae) in Avicennia schaueriana (Acanthaceae): does vascularization explain the preferred sites of ind14
Position‐dependent resource competition within inflorescences of Sagittaria trifolia14
First line of defence: Eucalyptus leaf waxes influence infection by an aggressive fungal leaf pathogen14
Response of Melissa officinalis subsp. officinalis seedlings to Fe 3 13
Abnormal cell wall structure caused by boron nutrient imbalance in orchards could affect psyllid feeding behaviour, resulting in epidemic variation of Asian citrus psyllid13
Rubisco large and small subunits provide insights into allotetraploidy events from the genus Oryza13
Morphological responses of Arabidopsis thaliana wild type and photoreceptor genotypes to narrowband UV 13
Belowground systems in tropical savanna: Fabaceae morphoanatomical traits and their relation to fire13
Integrative evidence on the hybridization between Cenostigma microphyllum and C. pyramidale (Leguminosae) in the Caatinga dry forest13
Transcriptional and functional characterization in the terpenoid precursor pathway of the early land plant Physcomitrium patens12
Pollination versus carnivory: functional distribution of naphthoquinones in Nepenthes khasiana12
Overexpression of the Small Ubiquitin‐Like Modifier protease OTS1 gene enhances drought tolerance in sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrid)12
Heterosis and hybrid breakdown in the Dimorphandra hybrid zone in a savanna/forest ecotone12
Trait variation along an urban–rural gradient in Asian dayflower: the contribution of phenotypic plasticity and genetic divergence12
The pollination ecology of a rare case of bee‐pollinated Psittacanthus mistletoe12
Molecular biology needs a map: spatial in situ approaches in plant science11
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Natural variation‐based genetic screen in rice identifies the isopentylamine biosynthetic gene that modulates brown planthopper behaviour11
To be or not to be fragrant: floral scent of some bat‐pollinated cacti11
Extreme droughts and heatwaves endanger temperate forests11
Better reproductive success of an invasive thistle than its native relative under pollinator exclusion11
Specialized seed dispersal in Neotropical Vanilla reveals fruit unpalatability to omnivores11
Effects of post‐fire on seed germination and seedling recruitment of a generalist savanna woody species11
YABBY transcription factor family in the octoploid Fragaria × ananassa and five diploid Fragaria species11
Short‐term fire exclusion affects germination and seed traits in tropical savannas11
Effects of macrocyclic lactone anthelmintics on seed germination of temperate grassland species11
Brassica napus BnaA09.MYB52 enhances seed coat mucilage accumulation and tolerance to osmotic stress during seed germination in Arabidopsis thaliana10
Deciphering miRNA‐lncRNA‐mRNA interaction through experimental validation of miRNAs, lncRNAs, and miRNA targets on mRNAs in Cajanus cajan10
Spatial patterns of flower colour variation in native and introduced ranges ofConvolvulus arvensis(Convolvulaceae) revealed by citizen‐science data and machine learning10
Time of day of leaf wounding determines plant biomass and affects the interplay between growth and defence in Brassica crops10
Correlations between photosynthetic heat tolerance and leaf anatomy and climatic niche in Asian mangrove trees10
Time‐ and space‐resolved transcriptional regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana10
Harnessing benzamides as plant stress inhibitors, growth promoters and in management of crop resilience—A review10
Allelopathy and allelobiosis: efficient and economical alternatives in agroecosystems10
Assessing vulnerability to embolism and hydraulic safety margins in reed‐like Restionaceae10
Development of a novel multivariate germination index to quantify seed hydration memory9
Testing predictions of spatial segregation of the sexes and life‐history theory in three species of the dioecious genus Baccharis L. from southeastern Brazil9
Correction to Blue and UV ‐B light synergistically induce anthocyanin accumulation by co‐activating nitrate reductase gene expression in Anthocyanin 9
Factors affecting seedling establishment in a warm‐temperate secondary forest affected by oak wilt disease9
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Interactive effects of nitrogen deposition and climate change on a globally rare forest geophyte9
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Methodological insights into root responses under multifactorial abiotic constraints: growth, omics and imaging approaches9
To produce many small or a few large seeds: size‐dependent germination strategies of herbs in a species‐rich natural alpine grassland9
Seed germination requirements of the rare Helosciadium repens (aka Apium repens) determine persistence of seeds in the soil seed bank9
OsCM regulates rice defence system in response to UV light supplemented with drought stress8
Saline irrigation improves survival of forage sorghum but limits growth and increases toxicity8
Comparative analysis of R2R3‐MYB transcription factors in the flower of Iris laevigata identifies a novel gene regulating tobacco cold tolerance8
Ecological divergence in the silver moss Bryum argenteum : developmental, ontogenetic and life‐history trait variations across contrasting tropical ecosy8
Germination of shrub species from Chinese subtropical forests: implications for restoration8
Echinacea purpurea microbiota: bacterial–fungal interactions and the interplay with host and non‐host plant species in vitro dual culture8
Tip‐to‐base water storage strategies and their relationship to hydraulic safety in two temperate conifer species8
A novel type of neighbour perception elicits reproductive plasticity in an annual plant with a mixed mating system8
Modelling seed dormancy cycling and seedling emergence of Thlaspi arvense in field soils and a global warming scenario8
Investigating properties of sweet cherry (Prunus avium) flower buds that help promote freezing avoidance by supercooling8
Overexpression of OsLTSD2 decreases cold tolerance in rice8
Comparative metabolomics reveals how the severity of predation by the invasive insect Cydalima perspectalis modulates the metabolism re–orchestration of native Buxus sempervirens8
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Drought reduces productivity and anti‐herbivore defences, but not mycorrhizal associations, of perennial prairie forbs8
Soil VOC emissions of a Mediterranean woodland are sensitive to shrub invasion8
Legacies from early‐season hot drought: how growth cessation alters tree water dynamics and modifies stress responses in Scots pine8
Mycorhizomes and ectomycorrhizal associations facilitate a mycoheterotrophic nutritional mode in the green orchid Cymbidium kanran7
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Synchrony strategies of six gall inducers that share a superhost, Eugenia copacabanensis (Myrtaceae)7
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Advances in physiological mechanisms of selenium to improve heavy metal stress tolerance in plants7
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Integrated cytological and molecular analysis reveals the seedless mechanism in a 60 Co 7
Linking phylogenetic niche conservatism in bacterial communities in sorghum root compartments revealed by the Hongyingzi cultivar7
Skewed morph ratios lead to lower genetic diversity of the heterostylousPrimula verisin fragmented grasslands7
Unravelling the drivers of seed dispersal distance in Brazilian savanna anemochoric species: The role of abiotic and biotic factors7
Drought memory in Acanthostachys strobilacea, a CAM epiphytic bromeliad7
Production of transgenic periclinal chimeras in pumpkin – a tool for revealing cell fates of L1 meristem7
α‐costic acid, the main sesquiterpenoid isolated from Dittrichia viscosa (L) Greuter, induces oxidative stress and autophagy in tomato7
Alkaloids and antioxidant mechanisms in galls: insights from Peumus boldusDasineura sp. interactions7
Extreme low pH, not Al3+, is a key abiotic stressor for the extremophyte Carex angustisquama (Cyperaceae) in highly acidic solfatara fields6
Non‐conserved microRNAs and their roles in plants: the case for legumes6
First record of bat‐pollination in Merremia (Convolvulaceae)6
Recent advances in the genetics underlying wheat grain protein content and grain protein deviation in hexaploid wheat6
Identification and characterization of genome‐wide long terminal repeat retrotransposons provide an insight into elucidating the trait evolution of five Rhododendron species6
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Evolution of UV reflection in bee‐ and bird‐pollinated flowers6
Immunocytochemical evaluation of aquaporins and cell wall components and their influence on foliar water uptake in Andean Melastomataceae6
Does acclimation in distinct light conditions determine differences in the photosynthetic heat tolerance of coffee plants?6
The effect of inflorescence display size and flower position on pollination success in two deceptive and one rewarding orchid6
Negative effects of winter and spring warming on the regeneration of forest spring geophytes6
Flower colour contrast, ‘spectral purity’ and a red herring6
Spore germination response to capsule size and smoke: co‐expression of bet‐hedging and best‐bet strategies in peatland mosses6
Growth, physiological, biochemical and molecular changes in plants induced by magnetic fields: A review6
Current understanding of the role of the cell wall in Cuscuta parasitism6
Micro‐morpho‐anatomical transitions at various stages of in vitro development of Crinum malabaricum Lekhak and Yadav: A critically endangered medicinal plant6
24‐Epibrassinolide alleviates drought effects in young Carapa guianensis plants, improving the hydraulic safety margin, gas exchange and antioxidant defence6
Impacts of droughts and drought legacies on plants and ecosystems6
Be prepared: how does discontinuous hydration in Tabebuia heterophylla seeds induce stress tolerance in seedlings?6
Sensitivity of seed germination to water stress in high‐altitude populations of a threatened palm species6
Genome‐wide identification and characterization of SNW/SKIP domain‐containing proteins in plants6
Ecology and evolution of plant chemodiversity6
Arabidopsis GH3 .10 conjugates jasmonates6
Suppression of mitochondrial alternative oxidase can result in upregulation of the ROS scavenging network: some possible mechanisms underlying the compensation effect6
Drought‐induced aesthetic decline and ecological impacts on ornamentals: mechanisms of damage and innovative strategies for mitigation5
Neighbourhood effects on tree survival in Huangshan secondary forest community5
Nematode–citrus plant interactions: host preference, damage rate and molecular characterization of Citrus root nematode Tylenchulus semipenetrans5
Genome‐wide analysis, expression profiling and molecular docking of tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) calmodulin ( SlCaM 5
Diaspore dispersal season influences root growth and seed traits, but not germination responses, of sympatric Piper species in a seasonal forest5
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In thermotolerance tests of tropical tree leaves, the chlorophyll fluorescence parameter Fv/Fm measured soon after heat exposure is not a reliable predictor of tiss5
Different tools for different trades: contrasts in specialized metabolite chemodiversity and phylogenetic dispersion in fruit, leaves, and roots of the neotropical shrubs Psychotria and Pali5
Proline accumulation and antioxidant response are crucial for citrus tolerance to UV‐B light‐induced stress5
Growth and population structure of Lodoicea maldivica in natural stands in Seychelles5
Organ‐specific terpenoid responses in Tanacetum vulgare are chemotype‐dependent5
Repeated colonization of alpine habitats by Arabidopsis arenosa viewed through freezing resistance and ice management strategies5
Drought affects Fe deficiency‐induced responses in a purple durum wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum) genotype5
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The first intron of EIJ1 confers a specific response to wounding and herbivore stresses5
Anatomical variations along the leaf axis modulate photosynthetic responses of sorghum and maize under different water availabilities5
Molecular GA pathways as conserved integrators for adaptive responses5
PHS1ΔP as a promising tool to study microtubule‐related processes in plant sciences5
Interspecific hybridization and inoculation with Pantoea eucalypti improve forage performance of Lotus crop species under alkaline stress5
Shifts in plant architecture drive species‐specific responses to drought in a Sorghum recombinant inbred line population5
Genome‐wide analysis of salicylic acid and jasmonic acid signalling marker gene families in wheat5
First evidence of late‐acting self‐incompatibility in the Aristolochiaceae5
Fire intensity effects on flowering and post‐fire bud activity in the endemic savanna bunchgrass Aristida beyrichiana5
B‐class gene GLOBOSA – a facilitator for enriched species diversity of Salvia in the New World?5
Salicylic acid priming before cadmium exposure increases wheat growth but does not uniformly reverse cadmium effects on membrane glycerolipids5
Genome‐wide association study of metabolic traits in the giant duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza5
Stomatal conductance, not biochemistry, drives low temperature acclimation of photosynthesis in Populus balsamifera, regardless of nitrogen availability5
Seedling responses to moderate and severe herbivory: a field‐clipping experiment with a keystone Mediterranean palm5
Soil legacies of tree species richness in a young plantation do not modulate tree seedling response to watering regime5
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