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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Temperature-dependent regulation of seed dormancy1465
CRISPR-Cas-based plant genome engineering goes viral295
From plastids to the cytosol: Redefining boundaries for provitamin A biofortification in plants246
Identification and biosynthesis of plant papanridins, a group of novel oligomeric flavonoids240
Structural basis of RLP activation by a pathogen glycoside hydrolase216
Breaking the interspecific reproductive barriers in Brassicaceae209
SCOOP10 and SCOOP12 peptides act through MIK2 receptor-like kinase to antagonistically regulate Arabidopsis leaf senescence197
Plant triterpenoid saponins function as susceptibility factors to promote the pathogenicity of Botrytis cinerea190
DET1 regulates HY5 through COP1: A new paradigm in the regulation of HY5160
Toward haplotype studies in polyploid plants to assist breeding157
Evolutionarily conserved mechanosensor PIEZO in land plants156
“Je t'aime moi non plus": A love-hate relationship between iron and phosphate143
Vacuolar H+-ATPase and BZR1 form a feedback loop to regulate the homeostasis of BR signaling in Arabidopsis136
Chloroplast immunity: A cornerstone of plant defense134
Genomic insights into the genetic basis of cotton breeding in China132
An endophytic fungus interacts with the defensin-like protein OsCAL1 to regulate cadmium allocation in rice128
Rice Gene Index: A comprehensive pan-genome database for comparative and functional genomics of Asian rice123
A new oxidative pathway of nitric oxide production from oximes in plants122
A novel miR167a-OsARF6-OsAUX3 module regulates grain length and weight in rice121
Structural variation (SV)-based pan-genome and GWAS reveal the impacts of SVs on the speciation and diversification of allotetraploid cottons114
Efficient and multiplex gene upregulation in plants through CRISPR-Cas-mediated knockin of enhancers110
Mitigating growth-stress tradeoffs via elevated TOR signaling in rice109
Rice metabolic regulatory network spanning the entire life cycle105
Structural insights into the functions of Raf1 and Bsd2 in hexadecameric Rubisco assembly105
A telomere-to-telomere gap-free assembly of soybean genome103
The OsNAC23-Tre6P-SnRK1a feed-forward loop regulates sugar homeostasis and grain yield in rice102
Long-read sequencing (method of the year 2022): The way forward for plant omics research102
Woody plant cell walls: Fundamentals and utilization101
Complexes and complexities: INO80 takes center stage99
PEP7 acts as a peptide ligand for the receptor kinase SIRK1 to regulate aquaporin-mediated water influx and lateral root growth98
Global wild rice germplasm resources conservation alliance: World Wild-Rice Wiring98
The nucleolus as a genomic safe harbor for strong gene expression in Nannochloropsis oceanica97
Mirids secrete a TOPLESS targeting protein to enhance JA-mediated defense and gossypol accumulation for antagonizing cotton bollworms on cotton plants96
Light-triggered reactions do not bias boron deficiency-induced root inhibition of Arabidopsis seedlings grown in Petri dishes95
How ignoring market-informed crop varietal development fuels food price volatility94
Thermomemory in shoot apical meristem: Regulation of carbohydrate metabolism and stem cell identity94
Primary metabolism: It’s more than what's for dinner94
Hydrogen sulfide-linked persulfidation of ABI4 controls ABA responses through the transactivation of MAPKKK18 in Arabidopsis93
A new class of receptors for plant G-proteins92
Population genomic analysis reveals domestication of cultivated rye from weedy rye92
SIZ1-mediated SUMOylation of CPSF100 promotes plant thermomorphogenesis by controlling alternative polyadenylation91
Mitophagy: From the dark into the spotlight90
Robust transcriptional indicators of immune cell death revealed by spatiotemporal transcriptome analyses86
Salicylic acid inhibits gibberellin signaling through receptor interactions86
The HB40-JUB1 transcriptional regulatory network controls gibberellin homeostasis in Arabidopsis86
A FLASH pipeline for arrayed CRISPR library construction and the gene function discovery of rice receptor-like kinases85
Pyramiding favorable alleles in an elite wheat variety in one generation by CRISPR-Cas9-mediated multiplex gene editing84
Nucleocytoplasmic trafficking during immunity80
The CropGPT project: Call for a global, coordinated effort in precision design breeding driven by AI using biological big data80
Wheat adaptation to environmental stresses under climate change: Molecular basis and genetic improvement79
Plant and animal positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses encode small proteins important for viral infection in their negative-sense strand78
TBtools-II: A “one for all, all for one” bioinformatics platform for biological big-data mining78
A cryptic inhibitor of cytokinin phosphorelay controls rice grain size78
Too SHY 2 repress76
Super graph-based pan-genome: Bringing rice functional genomic study into a new dawn75
Manipulation of photosensory and circadian signaling restricts phenotypic plasticity in response to changing environmental conditions in Arabidopsis75
Making connections with cell surface auxin signaling75
An epic war between an oomycete pathogen and plants73
Haplotype-based phylogenetic analysis and population genomics uncover the origin and domestication of sweetpotato72
The dual-targeted transcription factor BAI1 orchestrates nuclear and plastid gene transcription in land plants72
Chemical control of receptor kinase signaling by rapamycin-induced dimerization70
On the evolution and genetic diversity of the bread wheat D genome69
GRP7 phase separation as an interpreter of temperature cues68
PDX1.1-dependent biosynthesis of vitamin B6 protects roots from ammonium-induced oxidative stress68
Arabidopsis SYP121 acts as an ROP2 effector in the regulation of root hair tip growth68
Potatome - harnessing natural variation of potatoes68
Adenosine monophosphate enhances callus regeneration competence for de novo plant organogenesis67
The protein–protein interaction landscape of transcription factors during gynoecium development in Arabidopsis67
Interspecific plant interaction via root exudates structures the disease suppressiveness of rhizosphere microbiomes66
Zinc in plants: Integrating homeostasis and biofortification65
The super-pangenome of Populus unveils genomic facets for its adaptation and diversification in widespread forest trees65
Finding my way: The role of dirigent proteins in lignin assembly64
Improving maize seed protein content and nitrogen-use efficiency by a teosinte asparagine synthetase64
TMK: A crucial piece of the acid growth puzzle64
Plant cytochrome P450 plasticity and evolution63
QT–GWAS: A novel method for unveiling biosynthetic loci affecting qualitative metabolic traits63
Uncover the mystery of pleiotropic effects of PROG1 during rice domestication63
The lncRNA MARS modulates the epigenetic reprogramming of the marneral cluster in response to ABA62
Elucidation and de novo reconstitution of glyceollin biosynthesis62
Reprogrammable design of DELLA as a strategy to mitigate alkaline–heat stress for sustainable agriculture61
International research initiative on genomics-guided sugarcane breeding61
Decoding the Senses: A New Player in Plant-Virus Dynamics Unveiled60
Engineering crop resistance by manipulating disease susceptibility genes59
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 quality59
Ancestral genome reconstruction for studies of the green lineage58
FERONIA signaling maintains cell wall integrity during brassinosteroid-induced cell expansion in Arabidopsis58
pH sensing in plants58
Pathogen-induced methylglyoxal negatively regulates rice bacterial blight resistance by inhibiting OsCDR1 protease activity58
A decoy receptor derived from alternative splicing fine-tunes cytokinin signaling in Arabidopsis57
Back to wild relatives for future breeding through super-pangenome57
Arsenite provides a selective signal that coordinates arsenate uptake and detoxification through the regulation of PHR1 stability in Arabidopsis57
RAF22, ABI1 and OST1 form a dynamic interactive network that optimizes plant growth and responses to drought stress in Arabidopsis56
Differentiation trajectories and biofunctions of symbiotic and un-symbiotic fate cells in root nodules of Medicago truncatula56
Small holes, big impact: Stomata in plant–pathogen–climate epic trifecta56
The Dof transcription factor COG1 acts as a key regulator of plant biomass by promoting photosynthesis and starch accumulation55
Development of a widely targeted volatilomics method for profiling volatilomes in plants55
A viral movement protein targets host catalases for 26S proteasome-mediated degradation to facilitate viral infection and aphid transmission in wheat55
WGDI: A user-friendly toolkit for evolutionary analyses of whole-genome duplications and ancestral karyotypes55
Wheat-RegNet: An encyclopedia of common wheat hierarchical regulatory networks54
The power of chromosome-scale, haplotype-resolved genomes53
A cell wall-localized NLR confers resistance to Soybean mosaic virus by recognizing viral-encoded cylindrical inclusion protein53
Blue revolution for food security under carbon neutrality: A case from the water-saving and drought-resistance rice52
The supercomplex formation between the chloroplast NADH dehydrogenase-like complex and photosystem I52
An MCIA-like complex is required for mitochondrial complex I assembly and seed development in maize52
Coordinated regulation of plant immunity by poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation and K63-linked ubiquitination52
FERONIA-mediated TIR1/AFB2 oxidation stimulates auxin signaling in Arabidopsis51
Streamline unsupervised machine learning to survey and graph indel-based haplotypes from pan-genomes51
Wheat2035: Integrating pan-omics and advanced biotechnology for future wheat design50
A chromosome-level genome assembly reveals that a bipartite gene cluster formed via an inverted duplication controls monoterpenoid biosynthesis in Schizonepeta tenuifolia49
SH3P2, an SH3 domain-containing protein that interacts with both Pib and AvrPib, suppresses effector-triggered, Pib-mediated immunity in rice49
Endosperm ontogeny through the lens of epigenetics48
AlphaFold-guided redesign of a plant pectin methylesterase inhibitor for broad-spectrum disease resistance48
Histone H4K8hib modification promotes gene expression and regulates rice immunity48
9,10-KODA, an α-ketol produced by the tonoplast-localized 9-lipoxygenase ZmLOX5, plays a signaling role in maize defense against insect herbivory48
Smart Breeding Platform: A web-based tool for high-throughput population genetics, phenomics, and genomic selection48
Gene editing produces CoQ10 rice48
OsHYPK-mediated protein N-terminal acetylation coordinates plant development and abiotic stress responses in rice48
A “protector” model for membrane trafficking-regulated and NLR-mediated plant immunity48
The cartography of plant immunity: Proximity labeling puts a novel SGT1–NSL1 regulatory module on the map47
Nuclear translocation of OsMFT1 that is impeded by OsFTIP1 promotes drought tolerance in rice46
Understanding source–sink interactions: Progress in model plants and translational research to crops46
Nitric oxide regulation of plant metabolism46
Systematic identification of wheat spike developmental regulators by integrated multi-omics, transcriptional network, GWAS, and genetic analyses46
A top HAT: a maize mutant hypersusceptible to Agrobacterium transformation46
Bromodomain-containing proteins BRD1, BRD2, and BRD13 are core subunits of SWI/SNF complexes and vital for their genomic targeting in Arabidopsis46
Regulatory dynamics of the higher-plant PSI–LHCI supercomplex during state transitions45
Calcium-dependent activation of CPK12 facilitates its cytoplasm-to-nucleus translocation to potentiate plant hypoxia sensing by phosphorylating ERF-VII transcription factors45
A virus-derived siRNA activates plant immunity by interfering with ROS scavenging45
Four plasma membrane-localized MGR transporters mediate xylem Mg2+ loading for root-to-shoot Mg2+ translocation in Arabidopsis45
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
Cultivating potential: Harnessing plant stem cells for agricultural crop improvement44
Mixing and matching SMXL proteins to fine-tune strigolactone responses44
Gene duplication drove the loss of awn in sorghum44
Jazzin’ up nodules: The groovy role of jasmonic acid during nodulation44
WheatOmics: A platform combining multiple omics data to accelerate functional genomics studies in wheat44
Rise of the ethylene biosynthesis machinery from the Cβ-S lyase43
Darwin’s Orchid: Plant–Pollinator Coevolution, Chemical Ecology and Genomic Insights into Convergent Evolution of Floral Scent Biosynthesis43
AraENCODE: A comprehensive epigenomic database of Arabidopsis thaliana43
Molecular mechanism of Verticillium dahliae-induced leaf senescence42
A new phase of treasure hunting in plant genebanks41
Asymmetric brassinosteroid signaling and biosynthesis during symmetric cell divisions41
Pollen hydration: A tale of two peptides41
OsPRMT6a-mediated arginine methylation of OsJAZ1 regulates jasmonate signaling and spikelet development in rice40
Steroidal scaffold decorations in Solanum alkaloid biosynthesis40
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
Targeting of anti-microbial proteins to the hyphal surface amplifies protection of crop plants against Phytophthora pathogens40
Conserved and differentiated functions of CIK receptor kinases in modulating stem cell signaling in Arabidopsis40
Phase separation of the nuclear pore complex facilitates selective nuclear transport to regulate plant defense against pathogen and pest invasion40
Volatilome-based GWAS identifies OsWRKY19 and OsNAC021 as key regulators of rice aroma39
Gapless indica rice genome reveals synergistic contributions of active transposable elements and segmental duplications to rice genome evolution39
Specialized metabolites as versatile tools in shaping plant–microbe associations39
CONSTANS alters the circadian clock in Arabidopsis thaliana39
Low phosphorus promotes NSP1–NSP2 heterodimerization to enhance strigolactone biosynthesis and regulate shoot and root architecture in rice38
Genetic and molecular exploration of maize environmental stress resilience: Toward sustainable agriculture38
Verticillium dahliae secretory effector PevD1 induces leaf senescence by promoting ORE1-mediated ethylene biosynthesis38
From the T2T cotton genome to a tripartite regulatory module governing embryo folding37
Cells know how big they are37
Underwater survival: Calcium signaling keeps plants afloat37
GEFormer: A genotype-environment interaction-based genomic prediction method that integrates the gating multilayer perceptron and linear attention mechanisms37
Protein phase separation of plant nuclear pore complex37
Nitrate confers rice adaptation to high ammonium by suppressing its uptake but promoting its assimilation37
Heat stress-induced decapping of WUSCHEL mRNA enhances stem cell thermotolerance in Arabidopsis36
Botanical timekeepers: Deciphering evolutionary relationships in plants36
Three functionally redundant plant-specific paralogs are core subunits of the SAGA histone acetyltransferase complex in Arabidopsis36
A telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of the cultivated peanut36
Control of H2S synthesis by the monomer–oligomer transition of OsCBSX3 for modulating rice growth-immunity balance36
Breaking the spatial restriction of pluripotency acquisition by environmental stimuli35
Unraveling the sorghum domestication35
Insects manipulate plant immunity via a cross-kingdom small RNA effector35
The winners of Rising Stars in Plant Sciences 202435
Plant virus–derived siRNAs “turn on” broad-spectrum plant immunity in wheat35
Distinctive and complementary roles of E2F transcription factors during plant replication stress responses35
NAC1 goes TOPLESS to manage cortex proliferation35
A molecular framework underlying low-nitrogen-induced early leaf senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana35
Perenniality: From model plants to applications in agriculture34
The RALF1-FERONIA complex interacts with and activates TOR signaling in response to low nutrients34
Nitrogen–iron interaction as an emerging factor influencing crop productivity and nutrient use efficiency34
The BCM1-EGY1 module balances chlorophyll biosynthesis and breakdown to confer chlorophyll homeostasis in land plants34
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
WD40 protein-mediated crosstalk among three epigenetic marks regulates chromatin states and yield in rice33
Epigenetic reprogramming by glucose-TOR signaling controls plant development33
Mobilizing Triticeae diversity from gene banks to farmer’s field33
Chloroplast state transitions modulate nuclear genome stability via cytokinin signaling in Arabidopsis33
Genome sequences of five Sitopsis species of Aegilops and the origin of polyploid wheat B subgenome33
A step forward in breeding for ratooning ability in rice33
Toward the next step to the New Green Revolution33
A war on the cell wall33
A karyopherin constrains nuclear activity of the NLR protein SNC1 and is essential to prevent autoimmunity in Arabidopsis33
(Not) an elementary question: How to mobilize the iron in the wall?33
Methylesterification of cell-wall pectin controls the diurnal flower-opening times in rice32
Comparative genomic and transcriptomic analyses uncover the molecular basis of high nitrogen-use efficiency in the wheat cultivar Kenong 920432
Polycomb and trithorax: Their yin-yang dynamics in plants32
A SPX domain vacuolar transporter links phosphate sensing to homeostasis in Arabidopsis32
SUMOylation-modified Pelota-Hbs1 RNA surveillance complex restricts the infection of potyvirids in plants32
SoyOmics: A deeply integrated database on soybean multi-omics32
CIK receptor kinases in root meristem32
RIN enhances plant disease resistance via root exudate-mediated assembly of disease-suppressive rhizosphere microbiota31
Epitranscriptome engineering in crop improvement31
The ferroxidases LPR1 and LPR2 control iron translocation in the xylem of Arabidopsis plants31
Arabidopsis WRKY1 promotes monocarpic senescence by integrative regulation of flowering, leaf senescence, and nitrogen remobilization31
Lack of ethylene does not affect reproductive success and synergid cell death in Arabidopsis31
Cell-type-specific transcriptomics reveals that root hairs and endodermal barriers play important roles in beneficial plant-rhizobacterium interactions30
A complete reference genome assembly for foxtail millet and Setaria-db, a comprehensive database for Setaria30
Stomatal regulation: Role of H2S-induced persulfidation in ABA signaling30
The tip of the iceberg: ROP2 directly interacts with SYP121 to regulate root-hair polarization, elongation, and exocytosis29
Increasing seed lint fiber density for promoting cotton yield: Opportunities and challenges29
An unprecedented one-arrow-two-hawks strategy achieves high yield with early flowering in rice29
Genetic insights into adaptation of alfalfa29
A highly efficient and environmentally friendly strategy to obtain transgene-free genome-edited progeny in flowering plants28
Creating one-line hybrid crops by synthetic apomixis28
RLKdb: A comprehensively curated database of plant receptor-like kinase families28
High-temperature wheat leaf rust resistance gene Lr13 exhibits pleiotropic effects on hybrid necrosis28
Cytokinin signaling connects the chloroplast function with nuclear genome stability28
Improving rice photosynthesis and yield through trehalose 6-phosphate signaling27
Cherish your weeds27
Moving magnesium27
DNA damage: Driver of methylome reshaping?27
A circular single-stranded DNA mycovirus infects plants and confers broad-spectrum fungal resistance27
A gap-free complete genome assembly of oat and OatOmics, a multi-omics database27
Why 2022 is a revolutionary year for potato genomics26
Genomic, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analyses reveal convergent evolution of oxime biosynthesis in Darwin’s orchid26
Legume-specific SnRK1 promotes malate supply to bacteroids for symbiotic nitrogen fixation26
The genome of the recretohalophyte Limonium bicolor provides insights into salt gland development and salinity adaptation during terrestrial evolution26
Improving the haploidization toolbox: Maternal factors take the stage26
Overproduction of OsRACK1A, an effector-targeted scaffold protein promoting OsRBOHB-mediated ROS production, confers rice floral resistance to false smut disease without yield penalty25
Cellulose synthesis in land plants25
Sensing H2O2 for defense in plants25
Graph-based pangenome provides insights into structural variations and genetic basis of metabolic traits in potato25
Plant PAQR-like sensors activate heterotrimeric G proteins to confer resistance against multiple pathogens25
Arsenite provides a selective signal that coordinates arsenate uptake and detoxification through the regulation of PHR1 stability in Arabidopsis25
Sailing in complex nutrient signaling networks: Where I am, where to go, and how to go?25
The genomes of Taxus species unveil novel candidates in the biosynthesis of taxoids25
Inferring the genome-wide history of grasses25
Smart breeding driven by big data, artificial intelligence, and integrated genomic-enviromic prediction25
Launching, perceiving, and diminishing of airborne signals25
Phosphoinositides: Emerging players in plant salinity stress tolerance25
COG1 – A master transcription factor regulating photosynthesis25
Plant breeding highlights master genes in major regulatory pathways24
Dt1 inhibits SWEET-mediated sucrose transport to regulate photoperiod-dependent seed weight in soybean24
Phosphorus lights up the trade-off between growth and immunity24
Speed vernalization to accelerate generation advance in winter cereal crops24
A useful toolbox for the detection of SCF E3 ligase activity24
Phased, chromosome-scale genome assemblies of tetraploid potato reveal a complex genome, transcriptome, and predicted proteome landscape underpinning genetic diversity24
A viral protein orchestrates rice ethylene signaling to coordinate viral infection and insect vector-mediated transmission24
Co-evolved plant and blast fungus ascorbate oxidases orchestrate the redox state of host apoplast to modulate rice immunity24
Eat at the right time: Regulation of ER-phagy receptors in plant response to environmental stresses23
ITPK1 functions as both a kinase and an ADP phosphotransferase in Pi signaling23
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