Molecular Plant

Papers
(The median citation count of Molecular Plant is 7. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Temperature-dependent regulation of seed dormancy1768
From plastids to the cytosol: Redefining boundaries for provitamin A biofortification in plants311
SCOOP10 and SCOOP12 peptides act through MIK2 receptor-like kinase to antagonistically regulate Arabidopsis leaf senescence267
Structural basis of RLP activation by a pathogen glycoside hydrolase264
Breaking the interspecific reproductive barriers in Brassicaceae227
Structural insights into the functions of Raf1 and Bsd2 in hexadecameric Rubisco assembly222
Mitigating growth-stress tradeoffs via elevated TOR signaling in rice217
An endophytic fungus interacts with the defensin-like protein OsCAL1 to regulate cadmium allocation in rice211
Long-read sequencing (method of the year 2022): The way forward for plant omics research185
Evolutionarily conserved mechanosensor PIEZO in land plants181
“Je t'aime moi non plus": A love-hate relationship between iron and phosphate171
Rice Gene Index: A comprehensive pan-genome database for comparative and functional genomics of Asian rice151
Plant triterpenoid saponins function as susceptibility factors to promote the pathogenicity of Botrytis cinerea144
CRISPR-Cas-based plant genome engineering goes viral142
Temperature regulation of CLAVATA3 arabinosylation139
Vacuolar H+-ATPase and BZR1 form a feedback loop to regulate the homeostasis of BR signaling in Arabidopsis138
A new oxidative pathway of nitric oxide production from oximes in plants138
Toward haplotype studies in polyploid plants to assist breeding134
Structural variation (SV)-based pan-genome and GWAS reveal the impacts of SVs on the speciation and diversification of allotetraploid cottons133
Woody plant cell walls: Fundamentals and utilization131
Genomic insights into the genetic basis of cotton breeding in China127
A telomere-to-telomere gap-free assembly of soybean genome119
Alternative splicing of OsNPR3 promoted by bacterial TAL effectors-targeted splicing regulator OsRBP11 antagonizes OsNPR1 function to enhance disease susceptibility in rice119
Identification and biosynthesis of plant papanridins, a group of novel oligomeric flavonoids115
The OsNAC23-Tre6P-SnRK1a feed-forward loop regulates sugar homeostasis and grain yield in rice114
Chloroplast immunity: A cornerstone of plant defense110
A novel miR167a-OsARF6-OsAUX3 module regulates grain length and weight in rice110
Rice metabolic regulatory network spanning the entire life cycle108
Global wild rice germplasm resources conservation alliance: World Wild-Rice Wiring106
Efficient and multiplex gene upregulation in plants through CRISPR-Cas-mediated knockin of enhancers106
SIZ1-mediated SUMOylation of CPSF100 promotes plant thermomorphogenesis by controlling alternative polyadenylation105
Robust transcriptional indicators of immune cell death revealed by spatiotemporal transcriptome analyses101
Nucleocytoplasmic trafficking during immunity101
Mirids secrete a TOPLESS targeting protein to enhance JA-mediated defense and gossypol accumulation for antagonizing cotton bollworms on cotton plants100
Primary metabolism: It’s more than what's for dinner98
How ignoring market-informed crop varietal development fuels food price volatility98
Light-triggered reactions do not bias boron deficiency-induced root inhibition of Arabidopsis seedlings grown in Petri dishes98
Thermomemory in shoot apical meristem: Regulation of carbohydrate metabolism and stem cell identity98
A FLASH pipeline for arrayed CRISPR library construction and the gene function discovery of rice receptor-like kinases97
A new class of receptors for plant G-proteins92
PEP7 acts as a peptide ligand for the receptor kinase SIRK1 to regulate aquaporin-mediated water influx and lateral root growth90
Mitophagy: From the dark into the spotlight88
Plant and animal positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses encode small proteins important for viral infection in their negative-sense strand87
Salicylic acid inhibits gibberellin signaling through receptor interactions86
Wheat adaptation to environmental stresses under climate change: Molecular basis and genetic improvement86
The CropGPT project: Call for a global, coordinated effort in precision design breeding driven by AI using biological big data85
The HB40-JUB1 transcriptional regulatory network controls gibberellin homeostasis in Arabidopsis83
Population genomic analysis reveals domestication of cultivated rye from weedy rye82
A cryptic inhibitor of cytokinin phosphorelay controls rice grain size82
TBtools-II: A “one for all, all for one” bioinformatics platform for biological big-data mining80
Complexes and complexities: INO80 takes center stage79
The nucleolus as a genomic safe harbor for strong gene expression in Nannochloropsis oceanica79
Too SHY 2 repress78
Super graph-based pan-genome: Bringing rice functional genomic study into a new dawn78
Making connections with cell surface auxin signaling77
GRP7 phase separation as an interpreter of temperature cues76
Plant-specific casein kinases phosphorylate and stabilize SMXL6/7/8 to suppress strigolactone signaling and promote shoot branching76
Arabidopsis SYP121 acts as an ROP2 effector in the regulation of root hair tip growth76
The protein–protein interaction landscape of transcription factors during gynoecium development in Arabidopsis75
Haplotype-based phylogenetic analysis and population genomics uncover the origin and domestication of sweetpotato75
An epic war between an oomycete pathogen and plants73
On the evolution and genetic diversity of the bread wheat D genome72
The dual-targeted transcription factor BAI1 orchestrates nuclear and plastid gene transcription in land plants72
Manipulation of photosensory and circadian signaling restricts phenotypic plasticity in response to changing environmental conditions in Arabidopsis72
Chemical control of receptor kinase signaling by rapamycin-induced dimerization70
The super-pangenome of Populus unveils genomic facets for its adaptation and diversification in widespread forest trees69
Adenosine monophosphate enhances callus regeneration competence for de novo plant organogenesis69
PDX1.1-dependent biosynthesis of vitamin B6 protects roots from ammonium-induced oxidative stress69
Zinc in plants: Integrating homeostasis and biofortification69
Potatome: Harnessing natural variation of potatoes67
Coordinated regulation of RNA metabolism and silencing by ABA signaling in plant abiotic stress responses67
TMK: A crucial piece of the acid growth puzzle66
Interspecific plant interaction via root exudates structures the disease suppressiveness of rhizosphere microbiomes66
Differentiation trajectories and biofunctions of symbiotic and un-symbiotic fate cells in root nodules of Medicago truncatula66
Finding my way: The role of dirigent proteins in lignin assembly66
QT–GWAS: A novel method for unveiling biosynthetic loci affecting qualitative metabolic traits66
Uncover the mystery of pleiotropic effects of PROG1 during rice domestication65
A decoy receptor derived from alternative splicing fine-tunes cytokinin signaling in Arabidopsis64
Arsenite provides a selective signal that coordinates arsenate uptake and detoxification through the regulation of PHR1 stability in Arabidopsis64
Reprogrammable design of DELLA as a strategy to mitigate alkaline–heat stress for sustainable agriculture63
Elucidation and de novo reconstitution of glyceollin biosynthesis63
A viral movement protein targets host catalases for 26S proteasome-mediated degradation to facilitate viral infection and aphid transmission in wheat62
Plant cytochrome P450 plasticity and evolution61
International research initiative on genomics-guided sugarcane breeding60
Decoding the senses: A new player in plant–virus dynamics unveiled60
Engineering crop resistance by manipulating disease susceptibility genes59
Ancestral genome reconstruction for studies of the green lineage58
pH sensing in plants58
The lncRNA MARS modulates the epigenetic reprogramming of the marneral cluster in response to ABA57
A k-mer-based pangenome approach for cataloging seed-storage-protein genes in wheat to facilitate genotype-to-phenotype prediction and improvement of end-use quality57
Improving maize seed protein content and nitrogen-use efficiency by a teosinte asparagine synthetase56
FERONIA signaling maintains cell wall integrity during brassinosteroid-induced cell expansion in Arabidopsis56
Pathogen-induced methylglyoxal negatively regulates rice bacterial blight resistance by inhibiting OsCDR1 protease activity56
Small holes, big impact: Stomata in plant–pathogen–climate epic trifecta55
The transcription factor MYB44 suppresses starch synthesis to negatively regulate grain weight and yield in wheat and rice54
WGDI: A user-friendly toolkit for evolutionary analyses of whole-genome duplications and ancestral karyotypes54
Back to wild relatives for future breeding through super-pangenome54
Development of a widely targeted volatilomics method for profiling volatilomes in plants54
RAF22, ABI1 and OST1 form a dynamic interactive network that optimizes plant growth and responses to drought stress in Arabidopsis54
Wheat-RegNet: An encyclopedia of common wheat hierarchical regulatory networks53
Wheat2035: Integrating pan-omics and advanced biotechnology for future wheat design53
The Dof transcription factor COG1 acts as a key regulator of plant biomass by promoting photosynthesis and starch accumulation53
The power of chromosome-scale, haplotype-resolved genomes53
9,10-KODA, an α-ketol produced by the tonoplast-localized 9-lipoxygenase ZmLOX5, plays a signaling role in maize defense against insect herbivory52
A chromosome-level genome assembly reveals that a bipartite gene cluster formed via an inverted duplication controls monoterpenoid biosynthesis in Schizonepeta tenuifolia52
OsHYPK-mediated protein N-terminal acetylation coordinates plant development and abiotic stress responses in rice52
An MCIA-like complex is required for mitochondrial complex I assembly and seed development in maize52
FERONIA-mediated TIR1/AFB2 oxidation stimulates auxin signaling in Arabidopsis51
Blue revolution for food security under carbon neutrality: A case from the water-saving and drought-resistance rice51
The supercomplex formation between the chloroplast NADH dehydrogenase-like complex and photosystem I50
Coordinated regulation of plant immunity by poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation and K63-linked ubiquitination50
Streamline unsupervised machine learning to survey and graph indel-based haplotypes from pan-genomes50
Smart Breeding Platform: A web-based tool for high-throughput population genetics, phenomics, and genomic selection49
SH3P2, an SH3 domain-containing protein that interacts with both Pib and AvrPib, suppresses effector-triggered, Pib-mediated immunity in rice49
A cell wall-localized NLR confers resistance to Soybean mosaic virus by recognizing viral-encoded cylindrical inclusion protein48
AlphaFold-guided redesign of a plant pectin methylesterase inhibitor for broad-spectrum disease resistance48
Four plasma membrane-localized MGR transporters mediate xylem Mg2+ loading for root-to-shoot Mg2+ translocation in Arabidopsis47
Gene editing produces CoQ10 rice47
Endosperm ontogeny through the lens of epigenetics47
The cartography of plant immunity: Proximity labeling puts a novel SGT1–NSL1 regulatory module on the map47
A “protector” model for membrane trafficking-regulated and NLR-mediated plant immunity46
Gene duplication drove the loss of awn in sorghum46
Regulatory dynamics of the higher-plant PSI–LHCI supercomplex during state transitions46
Histone H4K8hib modification promotes gene expression and regulates rice immunity45
Systematic identification of wheat spike developmental regulators by integrated multi-omics, transcriptional network, GWAS, and genetic analyses45
Calcium-dependent activation of CPK12 facilitates its cytoplasm-to-nucleus translocation to potentiate plant hypoxia sensing by phosphorylating ERF-VII transcription factors45
IIIVmrMLM: The R and C++ tools associated with 3VmrMLM, a comprehensive GWAS method for dissecting quantitative traits45
Development and maintenance of the ligular region of maize leaves44
WheatOmics: A platform combining multiple omics data to accelerate functional genomics studies in wheat44
Structural insights into a plant-conserved DHFR-TS reveal a selective herbicide target44
Nuclear translocation of OsMFT1 that is impeded by OsFTIP1 promotes drought tolerance in rice44
Establishment and functions of the Casparian strip44
Cultivating potential: Harnessing plant stem cells for agricultural crop improvement44
Understanding source–sink interactions: Progress in model plants and translational research to crops44
Nitric oxide regulation of plant metabolism44
A top HAT: A maize mutant hypersusceptible to Agrobacterium transformation44
Rise of the ethylene biosynthesis machinery from the Cβ-S lyase43
Molecular mechanism of Verticillium dahliae-induced leaf senescence43
Jazzin’ up nodules: The groovy role of jasmonic acid during nodulation43
Mixing and matching SMXL proteins to fine-tune strigolactone responses43
Darwin’s orchid: Plant–pollinator coevolution, chemical ecology, and genomic insights into convergent evolution of floral scent biosynthesis43
Specialized metabolites as versatile tools in shaping plant–microbe associations42
Targeting of anti-microbial proteins to the hyphal surface amplifies protection of crop plants against Phytophthora pathogens42
Two complete telomere-to-telomere Medicago genomes reveal the landscape and evolution of centromeres41
Volatilome-based GWAS identifies OsWRKY19 and OsNAC021 as key regulators of rice aroma41
Genetic and molecular exploration of maize environmental stress resilience: Toward sustainable agriculture41
Strigolactone-gibberellin crosstalk mediated by a distant silencer fine-tunes plant height in upland cotton40
Activation of stress-response genes by retrograde signaling-mediated destabilization of nuclear importin IMPα-9 and its interactor TPR240
Nitrate confers rice adaptation to high ammonium by suppressing its uptake but promoting its assimilation40
A new phase of treasure hunting in plant genebanks40
CONSTANS alters the circadian clock in Arabidopsis thaliana40
AraENCODE: A comprehensive epigenomic database of Arabidopsis thaliana40
Gapless indica rice genome reveals synergistic contributions of active transposable elements and segmental duplications to rice genome evolution40
Steroidal scaffold decorations in Solanum alkaloid biosynthesis40
OsPRMT6a-mediated arginine methylation of OsJAZ1 regulates jasmonate signaling and spikelet development in rice39
Phase separation of the nuclear pore complex facilitates selective nuclear transport to regulate plant defense against pathogen and pest invasion39
Cells know how big they are39
Asymmetric brassinosteroid signaling and biosynthesis during symmetric cell divisions39
Verticillium dahliae secretory effector PevD1 induces leaf senescence by promoting ORE1-mediated ethylene biosynthesis39
Low phosphorus promotes NSP1–NSP2 heterodimerization to enhance strigolactone biosynthesis and regulate shoot and root architecture in rice39
From the T2T cotton genome to a tripartite regulatory module governing embryo folding38
The BCM1-EGY1 module balances chlorophyll biosynthesis and breakdown to confer chlorophyll homeostasis in land plants38
Control of H2S synthesis by the monomer–oligomer transition of OsCBSX3 for modulating rice growth-immunity balance38
Botanical timekeepers: Deciphering evolutionary relationships in plants38
Protein phase separation of plant nuclear pore complex38
A molecular framework underlying low-nitrogen-induced early leaf senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana38
The RALF1-FERONIA complex interacts with and activates TOR signaling in response to low nutrients37
GEFormer: A genotype-environment interaction-based genomic prediction method that integrates the gating multilayer perceptron and linear attention mechanisms37
Breaking the spatial restriction of pluripotency acquisition by environmental stimuli36
Unraveling the sorghum domestication36
Nitrogen–iron interaction as an emerging factor influencing crop productivity and nutrient use efficiency36
The winners of Rising Stars in Plant Sciences 202436
Perenniality: From model plants to applications in agriculture36
NAC1 goes TOPLESS to manage cortex proliferation36
Insects manipulate plant immunity via a cross-kingdom small RNA effector35
Heat stress-induced decapping of WUSCHEL mRNA enhances stem cell thermotolerance in Arabidopsis35
Root bacteria fine-tune rice tillering through phytohormone interference and mimicry35
Distinctive and complementary roles of E2F transcription factors during plant replication stress responses35
WD40-protein-mediated crosstalk among three epigenetic marks regulates chromatin states and yield in rice35
A telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of the cultivated peanut35
Multifaceted roles of phosphorylation-mediated regulation of heterotrimeric G proteins in plant cellular signaling34
Genome sequences of five Sitopsis species of Aegilops and the origin of polyploid wheat B subgenome34
Regulation of jasmonate signaling by reversible acetylation of TOPLESS in Arabidopsis34
Rewilding staple crops for the lost halophytism: Toward sustainability and profitability of agricultural production systems34
Underwater survival: Calcium signaling keeps plants afloat34
Mobilizing Triticeae diversity from gene banks to farmer’s field33
Polycomb and trithorax: Their yin-yang dynamics in plants33
A war on the cell wall33
Epitranscriptome engineering in crop improvement33
Epigenetic reprogramming by glucose-TOR signaling controls plant development33
(Not) an elementary question: How to mobilize the iron in the wall?33
Chloroplast state transitions modulate nuclear genome stability via cytokinin signaling in Arabidopsis32
A step forward in breeding for ratooning ability in rice31
SUMOylation-modified Pelota-Hbs1 RNA surveillance complex restricts the infection of potyvirids in plants31
Comparative genomic and transcriptomic analyses uncover the molecular basis of high nitrogen-use efficiency in the wheat cultivar Kenong 920430
A karyopherin constrains nuclear activity of the NLR protein SNC1 and is essential to prevent autoimmunity in Arabidopsis30
Lack of ethylene does not affect reproductive success and synergid cell death in Arabidopsis30
Toward the next step to the New Green Revolution30
A complete reference genome assembly for foxtail millet and Setaria-db, a comprehensive database for Setaria30
A SPX domain vacuolar transporter links phosphate sensing to homeostasis in Arabidopsis30
Dampened Nuclear Localization of SnRK1 by Brassinosteroid Signaling Inhibits Stomatal Development in Arabidopsis29
SoyOmics: A deeply integrated database on soybean multi-omics29
Arabidopsis WRKY1 promotes monocarpic senescence by integrative regulation of flowering, leaf senescence, and nitrogen remobilization29
Cell-type-specific transcriptomics reveals that root hairs and endodermal barriers play important roles in beneficial plant-rhizobacterium interactions29
RIN enhances plant disease resistance via root exudate-mediated assembly of disease-suppressive rhizosphere microbiota29
The ferroxidases LPR1 and LPR2 control iron translocation in the xylem of Arabidopsis plants29
Methylesterification of cell-wall pectin controls the diurnal flower-opening times in rice29
Legume-specific SnRK1 promotes malate supply to bacteroids for symbiotic nitrogen fixation28
DNA damage: Driver of methylome reshaping?28
The tip of the iceberg: ROP2 directly interacts with SYP121 to regulate root-hair polarization, elongation, and exocytosis28
Moving magnesium28
RLKdb: A comprehensively curated database of plant receptor-like kinase families28
Genetic insights into adaptation of alfalfa28
Cytokinin signaling connects the chloroplast function with nuclear genome stability28
A highly efficient and environmentally friendly strategy to obtain transgene-free genome-edited progeny in flowering plants28
An unprecedented one-arrow-two-hawks strategy achieves high yield with early flowering in rice28
Overproduction of OsRACK1A, an effector-targeted scaffold protein promoting OsRBOHB-mediated ROS production, confers rice floral resistance to false smut disease without yield penalty27
Why 2022 is a revolutionary year for potato genomics27
Creating one-line hybrid crops by synthetic apomixis27
Improving the haploidization toolbox: Maternal factors take the stage27
Cherish your weeds27
A gap-free complete genome assembly of oat and OatOmics, a multi-omics database26
Improving rice photosynthesis and yield through trehalose 6-phosphate signaling26
Genomic, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analyses reveal convergent evolution of oxime biosynthesis in Darwin’s orchid26
Plant PAQR-like sensors activate heterotrimeric G proteins to confer resistance against multiple pathogens26
Increasing seed lint fiber density for promoting cotton yield: Opportunities and challenges26
The genome of the recretohalophyte Limonium bicolor provides insights into salt gland development and salinity adaptation during terrestrial evolution25
Launching, perceiving, and diminishing of airborne signals25
Inferring the genome-wide history of grasses25
Cellulose synthesis in land plants25
Arsenite provides a selective signal that coordinates arsenate uptake and detoxification through the regulation of PHR1 stability in Arabidopsis25
COG1 – A master transcription factor regulating photosynthesis25
A circular single-stranded DNA mycovirus infects plants and confers broad-spectrum fungal resistance25
Smart breeding driven by big data, artificial intelligence, and integrated genomic-enviromic prediction25
Sailing in complex nutrient signaling networks: Where I am, where to go, and how to go?25
Sensing H2O2 for defense in plants24
BAI1: A plant transcription factor governing nuclear and plastid gene expression24
Plant breeding highlights master genes in major regulatory pathways24
Phosphorus lights up the trade-off between growth and immunity24
Phosphoinositides: Emerging players in plant salinity stress tolerance24
A useful toolbox for the detection of SCF E3 ligase activity24
The genomes of Taxus species unveil novel candidates in the biosynthesis of taxoids24
Graph-based pangenome provides insights into structural variations and genetic basis of metabolic traits in potato23
Co-evolved plant and blast fungus ascorbate oxidases orchestrate the redox state of host apoplast to modulate rice immunity23
Structural basis of auxin recognition and transport by the plant influx carrier AUX123
A viral protein orchestrates rice ethylene signaling to coordinate viral infection and insect vector-mediated transmission23
Speed vernalization to accelerate generation advance in winter cereal crops23
Dt1 inhibits SWEET-mediated sucrose transport to regulate photoperiod-dependent seed weight in soybean23
A teosinte-derived allele of a MYB transcription repressor confers multiple disease resistance in maize23
Roots dOdge streSs22
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