Molecular Plant

Papers
(The TQCC of Molecular Plant is 29. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Temperature regulation of CLAVATA3 arabinosylation2229
A solo-LTR insertion in the CreTPS3a promoter enhances γ -terpinene biosynthesis and affects consumer preference for tangerine-like aroma in citrus fruits341
Plant triterpenoid saponins function as susceptibility factors to promote the pathogenicity of Botrytis cinerea299
Warm temperature activates the TCP15-HDA4 module to suppress shoot branching through promoting auxin biosynthesis and signaling in tomato298
Genomic insights into the genetic basis of cotton breeding in China252
CRISPR-Cas-based plant genome engineering goes viral236
An endophytic fungus interacts with the defensin-like protein OsCAL1 to regulate cadmium allocation in rice229
Rice Gene Index: A comprehensive pan-genome database for comparative and functional genomics of Asian rice214
Chloroplast immunity: A cornerstone of plant defense188
Toward haplotype studies in polyploid plants to assist breeding185
Structural variation (SV)-based pan-genome and GWAS reveal the impacts of SVs on the speciation and diversification of allotetraploid cottons176
Antagonistic Regulation of Systemin Signaling Acts on Ligands and Receptors165
From plastids to the cytosol: Redefining boundaries for provitamin A biofortification in plants161
Breaking the interspecific reproductive barriers in Brassicaceae152
Long-read sequencing (method of the year 2022): The way forward for plant omics research150
Structural basis of RLP activation by a pathogen glycoside hydrolase150
Mitigating growth-stress tradeoffs via elevated TOR signaling in rice149
Structural insights into the functions of Raf1 and Bsd2 in hexadecameric Rubisco assembly149
Identification and biosynthesis of plant papanridins, a group of novel oligomeric flavonoids145
Temperature-dependent regulation of seed dormancy139
“Je t'aime moi non plus": A love-hate relationship between iron and phosphate136
Evolutionarily conserved mechanosensor PIEZO in land plants136
SCOOP10 and SCOOP12 peptides act through MIK2 receptor-like kinase to antagonistically regulate Arabidopsis leaf senescence125
Efficient and multiplex gene upregulation in plants through CRISPR-Cas-mediated knockin of enhancers124
Alternative splicing of OsNPR3 promoted by the bacterial TAL effectors-targeted splicing regulator OsRBP11 antagonizes OsNPR1 function and enhances disease susceptibility in rice122
A new oxidative pathway of nitric oxide production from oximes in plants119
Vacuolar H+-ATPase and BZR1 form a feedback loop to regulate the homeostasis of BR signaling in Arabidopsis113
The OsNAC23-Tre6P-SnRK1a feed-forward loop regulates sugar homeostasis and grain yield in rice113
A telomere-to-telomere gap-free assembly of soybean genome112
Rice metabolic regulatory network spanning the entire life cycle109
How ignoring market-informed crop varietal development fuels food price volatility107
Woody plant cell walls: Fundamentals and utilization107
SIZ1-mediated SUMOylation of CPSF100 promotes plant thermomorphogenesis by controlling alternative polyadenylation105
The HB40-JUB1 transcriptional regulatory network controls gibberellin homeostasis in Arabidopsis105
PEP7 acts as a peptide ligand for the receptor kinase SIRK1 to regulate aquaporin-mediated water influx and lateral root growth104
Complexes and complexities: INO80 takes center stage98
Robust transcriptional indicators of immune cell death revealed by spatiotemporal transcriptome analyses97
Mitophagy: From the dark into the spotlight95
Global wild rice germplasm resources conservation alliance: World Wild-Rice Wiring94
Plant and animal positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses encode small proteins important for viral infection in their negative-sense strand90
A new class of receptors for plant G-proteins90
Mirids secrete a TOPLESS targeting protein to enhance JA-mediated defense and gossypol accumulation for antagonizing cotton bollworms on cotton plants90
A FLASH pipeline for arrayed CRISPR library construction and the gene function discovery of rice receptor-like kinases89
The CropGPT project: Call for a global, coordinated effort in precision design breeding driven by AI using biological big data88
The nucleolus as a genomic safe harbor for strong gene expression in Nannochloropsis oceanica88
A cryptic inhibitor of cytokinin phosphorelay controls rice grain size87
Salicylic acid inhibits gibberellin signaling through receptor interactions87
Population genomic analysis reveals domestication of cultivated rye from weedy rye86
TBtools-II: A “one for all, all for one” bioinformatics platform for biological big-data mining86
Wheat adaptation to environmental stresses under climate change: Molecular basis and genetic improvement85
GRP7 phase separation as an interpreter of temperature cues85
The dual-targeted transcription factor BAI1 orchestrates nuclear and plastid gene transcription in land plants84
Coordinated regulation of RNA metabolism and silencing by ABA signaling in plant abiotic stress responses84
Potatome: Harnessing natural variation of potatoes84
Manipulation of photosensory and circadian signaling restricts phenotypic plasticity in response to changing environmental conditions in Arabidopsis82
Too SHY 2 repress82
The super-pangenome of Populus unveils genomic facets for its adaptation and diversification in widespread forest trees81
On the evolution and genetic diversity of the bread wheat D genome81
PDX1.1-dependent biosynthesis of vitamin B6 protects roots from ammonium-induced oxidative stress79
Arabidopsis SYP121 acts as an ROP2 effector in the regulation of root hair tip growth78
Adenosine monophosphate enhances callus regeneration competence for de novo plant organogenesis77
Haplotype-based phylogenetic analysis and population genomics uncover the origin and domestication of sweetpotato77
The protein–protein interaction landscape of transcription factors during gynoecium development in Arabidopsis76
An epic war between an oomycete pathogen and plants75
Making connections with cell surface auxin signaling75
Interspecific plant interaction via root exudates structures the disease suppressiveness of rhizosphere microbiomes71
Super graph-based pan-genome: Bringing rice functional genomic study into a new dawn71
Plant-specific casein kinases phosphorylate and stabilize SMXL6/7/8 to suppress strigolactone signaling and promote shoot branching70
Reprogrammable design of DELLA as a strategy to mitigate alkaline–heat stress for sustainable agriculture70
Zinc in plants: Integrating homeostasis and biofortification70
The Dof transcription factor COG1 acts as a key regulator of plant biomass by promoting photosynthesis and starch accumulation67
HDT2-mediated lysine deacetylation promotes phytochrome A degradation during photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis67
The lncRNA MARS modulates the epigenetic reprogramming of the marneral cluster in response to ABA67
A decoy receptor derived from alternative splicing fine-tunes cytokinin signaling in Arabidopsis67
Uncover the mystery of pleiotropic effects of PROG1 during rice domestication65
A viral movement protein targets host catalases for 26S proteasome-mediated degradation to facilitate viral infection and aphid transmission in wheat65
TMK: A crucial piece of the acid growth puzzle65
How sodium gets sequestered in the vacuoles of salinized plants?64
Pathogen-induced methylglyoxal negatively regulates rice bacterial blight resistance by inhibiting OsCDR1 protease activity63
QT–GWAS: A novel method for unveiling biosynthetic loci affecting qualitative metabolic traits63
Ancestral genome reconstruction for studies of the green lineage62
Improving maize seed protein content and nitrogen-use efficiency by a teosinte asparagine synthetase62
Back to wild relatives for future breeding through super-pangenome62
pH sensing in plants61
Engineering crop resistance by manipulating disease susceptibility genes60
The transcription factor MYB44 suppresses starch synthesis to negatively regulate grain weight and yield in wheat and rice60
Adenylate cyclases tune heat-dependent stomatal responses60
Elucidation and de novo reconstitution of glyceollin biosynthesis59
Differentiation trajectories and biofunctions of symbiotic and un-symbiotic fate cells in root nodules of Medicago truncatula58
Finding my way: The role of dirigent proteins in lignin assembly57
International research initiative on genomics-guided sugarcane breeding57
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
The OsIMP1–OsRLK5 immunopeptide–receptor pair confers bacterial and fungal disease resistance in rice56
RAF22, ABI1 and OST1 form a dynamic interactive network that optimizes plant growth and responses to drought stress in Arabidopsis56
Decoding the senses: A new player in plant–virus dynamics unveiled56
Small holes, big impact: Stomata in plant–pathogen–climate epic trifecta55
WGDI: A user-friendly toolkit for evolutionary analyses of whole-genome duplications and ancestral karyotypes55
FERONIA signaling maintains cell wall integrity during brassinosteroid-induced cell expansion in Arabidopsis55
Development of a widely targeted volatilomics method for profiling volatilomes in plants54
FERONIA-mediated TIR1/AFB2 oxidation stimulates auxin signaling in Arabidopsis54
9,10-KODA, an α-ketol produced by the tonoplast-localized 9-lipoxygenase ZmLOX5, plays a signaling role in maize defense against insect herbivory54
Persulfidation of host NADPH oxidase RbohB by rhizobial 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase maintains redox homeostasis and promotes symbiotic nodulation in soybean54
Wheat2035: Integrating pan-omics and advanced biotechnology for future wheat design53
Smart Breeding Platform: A web-based tool for high-throughput population genetics, phenomics, and genomic selection52
OsHYPK-mediated protein N-terminal acetylation coordinates plant development and abiotic stress responses in rice51
Streamline unsupervised machine learning to survey and graph indel-based haplotypes from pan-genomes51
The supercomplex formation between the chloroplast NADH dehydrogenase-like complex and photosystem I51
The power of chromosome-scale, haplotype-resolved genomes51
An MCIA-like complex is required for mitochondrial complex I assembly and seed development in maize51
Coordinated regulation of plant immunity by poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation and K63-linked ubiquitination50
Wheat-RegNet: An encyclopedia of common wheat hierarchical regulatory networks49
A cell wall-localized NLR confers resistance to Soybean mosaic virus by recognizing viral-encoded cylindrical inclusion protein49
Structural insights into a plant-conserved DHFR-TS reveal a selective herbicide target49
A chromosome-level genome assembly reveals that a bipartite gene cluster formed via an inverted duplication controls monoterpenoid biosynthesis in Schizonepeta tenuifolia49
Blue revolution for food security under carbon neutrality: A case from the water-saving and drought-resistance rice49
SH3P2, an SH3 domain-containing protein that interacts with both Pib and AvrPib, suppresses effector-triggered, Pib-mediated immunity in rice49
AlphaFold-guided redesign of a plant pectin methylesterase inhibitor for broad-spectrum disease resistance49
Nitric oxide regulation of plant metabolism48
A top HAT: A maize mutant hypersusceptible to Agrobacterium transformation48
Regulatory dynamics of the higher-plant PSI–LHCI supercomplex during state transitions48
The cartography of plant immunity: Proximity labeling puts a novel SGT1–NSL1 regulatory module on the map48
A “protector” model for membrane trafficking-regulated and NLR-mediated plant immunity48
IIIVmrMLM: The R and C++ tools associated with 3VmrMLM, a comprehensive GWAS method for dissecting quantitative traits48
Establishment and functions of the Casparian strip48
Systematic identification of wheat spike developmental regulators by integrated multi-omics, transcriptional network, GWAS, and genetic analyses47
Endosperm ontogeny through the lens of epigenetics47
Histone H4K8hib modification promotes gene expression and regulates rice immunity46
Cultivating potential: Harnessing plant stem cells for agricultural crop improvement46
Gene editing produces CoQ10 rice46
Design of effective synbiotics against aboveground insect herbivory through characterization of host plant rhizosphere microbiota and metabolites45
Four plasma membrane-localized MGR transporters mediate xylem Mg2+ loading for root-to-shoot Mg2+ translocation in Arabidopsis45
WheatOmics: A platform combining multiple omics data to accelerate functional genomics studies in wheat44
Development and maintenance of the ligular region of maize leaves44
Calcium-dependent activation of CPK12 facilitates its cytoplasm-to-nucleus translocation to potentiate plant hypoxia sensing by phosphorylating ERF-VII transcription factors44
Gene duplication drove the loss of awn in sorghum44
Two complete telomere-to-telomere genome assemblies of Medicago reveal the landscape and evolution of its centromeres44
Understanding source–sink interactions: Progress in model plants and translational research to crops44
Mixing and matching SMXL proteins to fine-tune strigolactone responses44
Jazzin’ up nodules: The groovy role of jasmonic acid during nodulation44
Verticillium dahliae secretory effector PevD1 induces leaf senescence by promoting ORE1-mediated ethylene biosynthesis43
Asymmetric brassinosteroid signaling and biosynthesis during symmetric cell divisions43
Specialized metabolites as versatile tools in shaping plant–microbe associations43
Molecular mechanism of Verticillium dahliae-induced leaf senescence43
Darwin’s orchid: Plant–pollinator coevolution, chemical ecology, and genomic insights into convergent evolution of floral scent biosynthesis43
Genetic and molecular exploration of maize environmental stress resilience: Toward sustainable agriculture43
Phase separation of the nuclear pore complex facilitates selective nuclear transport to regulate plant defense against pathogen and pest invasion42
Activation of stress-response genes by retrograde signaling-mediated destabilization of nuclear importin IMPα-9 and its interactor TPR242
Steroidal scaffold decorations in Solanum alkaloid biosynthesis41
CONSTANS alters the circadian clock in Arabidopsis thaliana41
Volatilome-based GWAS identifies OsWRKY19 and OsNAC021 as key regulators of rice aroma41
Strigolactone-gibberellin crosstalk mediated by a distant silencer fine-tunes plant height in upland cotton41
OsPRMT6a-mediated arginine methylation of OsJAZ1 regulates jasmonate signaling and spikelet development in rice40
AraENCODE: A comprehensive epigenomic database of Arabidopsis thaliana40
Rise of the ethylene biosynthesis machinery from the Cβ-S lyase40
A new phase of treasure hunting in plant genebanks39
Low phosphorus promotes NSP1–NSP2 heterodimerization to enhance strigolactone biosynthesis and regulate shoot and root architecture in rice39
Nitrate confers rice adaptation to high ammonium by suppressing its uptake but promoting its assimilation39
GEFormer: A genotype-environment interaction-based genomic prediction method that integrates the gating multilayer perceptron and linear attention mechanisms39
Root bacteria fine-tune rice tillering through phytohormone interference and mimicry38
From the T2T cotton genome to a tripartite regulatory module governing embryo folding38
WD40-protein-mediated crosstalk among three epigenetic marks regulates chromatin states and yield in rice38
The winners of Rising Stars in Plant Sciences 202438
Control of H2S synthesis by the monomer–oligomer transition of OsCBSX3 for modulating rice growth-immunity balance38
The BCM1-EGY1 module balances chlorophyll biosynthesis and breakdown to confer chlorophyll homeostasis in land plants37
A telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of the cultivated peanut37
Perenniality: From model plants to applications in agriculture37
Multifaceted roles of phosphorylation-mediated regulation of heterotrimeric G proteins in plant cellular signaling37
Nitrogen–iron interaction as an emerging factor influencing crop productivity and nutrient use efficiency36
Protein phase separation of plant nuclear pore complex36
Unraveling the sorghum domestication36
Botanical timekeepers: Deciphering evolutionary relationships in plants36
Breaking the spatial restriction of pluripotency acquisition by environmental stimuli35
Underwater survival: Calcium signaling keeps plants afloat35
NAC1 goes TOPLESS to manage cortex proliferation34
Rewilding staple crops for the lost halophytism: Toward sustainability and profitability of agricultural production systems34
The RALF1-FERONIA complex interacts with and activates TOR signaling in response to low nutrients34
Distinctive and complementary roles of E2F transcription factors during plant replication stress responses33
Heat stress-induced decapping of WUSCHEL mRNA enhances stem cell thermotolerance in Arabidopsis33
Regulation of jasmonate signaling by reversible acetylation of TOPLESS in Arabidopsis32
Insects manipulate plant immunity via a cross-kingdom small RNA effector32
Genome sequences of five Sitopsis species of Aegilops and the origin of polyploid wheat B subgenome32
A molecular framework underlying low-nitrogen-induced early leaf senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana32
Polycomb and trithorax: Their yin-yang dynamics in plants31
A complete reference genome assembly for foxtail millet and Setaria-db, a comprehensive database for Setaria31
Mobilizing Triticeae diversity from gene banks to farmer’s field31
Lack of ethylene does not affect reproductive success and synergid cell death in Arabidopsis31
Dampened nuclear localization of SnRK1 by brassinosteroid signaling inhibits stomatal development in Arabidopsis31
The RLI1–OsPUB77–OsBZR3 module mediates the crosstalk between phosphate starvation and brassinosteroid signaling pathways to shape rice shoot architecture31
Chloroplast state transitions modulate nuclear genome stability via cytokinin signaling in Arabidopsis31
Petota (potatoes) evolved from fortuitous hybridization between Tomato and Etuberosum ancestors30
Cell-type-specific transcriptomics reveals that root hairs and endodermal barriers play important roles in beneficial plant-rhizobacterium interactions30
A SPX domain vacuolar transporter links phosphate sensing to homeostasis in Arabidopsis30
Exploring the maize transcriptional regulatory landscape through large-scale profiling of transcription factor binding sites30
SUMOylation-modified Pelota-Hbs1 RNA surveillance complex restricts the infection of potyvirids in plants30
Arabidopsis WRKY1 promotes monocarpic senescence by integrative regulation of flowering, leaf senescence, and nitrogen remobilization30
A step forward in breeding for ratooning ability in rice30
Epigenetic reprogramming by glucose-TOR signaling controls plant development29
Comparative genomic and transcriptomic analyses uncover the molecular basis of high nitrogen-use efficiency in the wheat cultivar Kenong 920429
SoyOmics: A deeply integrated database on soybean multi-omics29
RIN enhances plant disease resistance via root exudate-mediated assembly of disease-suppressive rhizosphere microbiota29
Toward the next step to the New Green Revolution29
The ferroxidases LPR1 and LPR2 control iron translocation in the xylem of Arabidopsis plants29
A war on the cell wall29
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