OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plants-Basel is 76. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
ZmADF5, a Maize Actin-Depolymerizing Factor Conferring Enhanced Drought Tolerance in Maize	288
Chemical Constituents and Antifungal Properties of Piper ceanothifolium Kunth Against Phytopathogens Associated with Cocoa Crops	281
Transcriptomic Analysis for the Identification of Metabolic Pathway Genes Related to Toluene Response in Ardisia pusilla	243
Characterization of the Slovene Autochthonous Rose Hybrid Rosa pendulina × spinosissima (Rosa reversa Waldst. and Kit) Using Biochemical Patterns of the Plant Blossoms	220
Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Normal Maize Germplasm Collected in South Sudan Revealed by SSR Markers	199
Marker-Assisted Backcross Breeding of Drought-Tolerant Maize Lines Transformed by Vacuolar H+-Pyrophosphatase Gene (AnVP1) from Ammopiptanthus nanus	179
Inoculum of Endophytic Bacillus spp. Stimulates Growth of Ex Vitro Acclimatised Apple Plantlets	177
Major Bioactive Compounds in Seeds, Husks, and Leaves of Selected Genotypes of Coffea canephora cv. Conilon from Three Consecutive Crops	174
Deficiency of Auxin Efflux Carrier OsPIN1b Impairs Chilling and Drought Tolerance in Rice	172
Biomimetic Strategies for Developing Abiotic Stress-Tolerant Tomato Cultivars: An Overview	170
Characterization and Differentiation of Grain Proteomes from Wild-Type Puroindoline and Variants in Wheat	164
Long-Term Conservation for the Safeguard of Abies nebrodensis: An Endemic and Endangered Species of Sicily	160
Supplementing the Nuclear-Encoded PSII Subunit D1 Induces Dramatic Metabolic Reprogramming in Flag Leaves during Grain Filling in Rice	156
Separate Effects of Foliar Applied Selenate and Zinc Oxide on the Accumulation of Macrominerals, Macronutrients and Bioactive Compounds in Two Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Seed Varieties	155
Characterization of Invasiveness, Thermotolerance and Light Requirement of Nine Invasive Species in China	150
Monitoring Drought Tolerance in Oil Palm: Choline Monooxygenase as a Novel Molecular Marker	149
Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of RLCK-VII Subfamily Genes Reveal Their Roles in Stress Responses of Upland Cotton	148
Chemical Constituents, Enantiomer Content, Antioxidant and Anticholinesterase Activities of Valeriana microphylla Kunth Essential Oil	140
Effects of Allopolyploidization and Homoeologous Chromosomal Segment Exchange on Homoeolog Expression in a Synthetic Allotetraploid Wheat under Variable Environmental Conditions	140
Liverworts of Magadan: Life on the Edge of Beringia	140
Phytotoxic Activity Analysis of 2-Methoxyphenol and 2,6-Di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol Present in Cistus ladanifer L. Essential Oil	132
Studying the Antifungal Effects of Ageratina adenophora (Sprengel) R. King and H. Robinson (=Eupatorium adenophorum Sprengel) as a Bio-Fumigant Plant Alone and in Combination with Biochar Against Pyth	132
Association Mapping for Evaluation of Population Structure, Genetic Diversity, and Physiochemical Traits in Drought-Stressed Maize Germplasm Using SSR Markers	129
Correction: Mourou et al. Brassicaceae Fungi and Chromista Diseases: Molecular Detection and Host–Plant Interaction. Plants 2023, 12, 1033	129
Genetic Analysis of Mutagenesis That Induces the Photoperiod Insensitivity of Wild Cotton Gossypium hirsutum Subsp. purpurascens	128

Bioprospecting Soil Bacteria from Arid Zones to Increase Plant Tolerance to Drought: Growth and Biochemical Status of Maize Inoculated with Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria Isolated from Sal Island, Ca	127
Sinorhizobium meliloti GR4 Produces Chromosomal- and pSymA-Encoded Type IVc Pili That Influence the Interaction with Alfalfa Plants	126
Two Intra-Individual ITS1 rDNA Sequence Variants Identified in the Female and Male Rotylenchulus reniformis Populations of Alabama	125
Emerging Insights into the Roles of the Rhizome–Culm System in Bamboo Shoot Development through Analysis of Non-Structural Carbohydrate Changes	123
Enhancing Red Table Grape Coloration Using Tsikoudia: A Novel and Sustainable Approach	122
Bioconversion of Food and Green Waste into Valuable Compounds Using Solid-State Fermentation in Nonsterile Conditions	118
Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of a Large USDA Sesame Collection	116
Amazon Rainforest Hidden Volatiles—Part I: Unveiling New Compounds from Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K. Jansen Essential Oil	113
How Tree Decline Varies the Anatomical Features in Quercus brantii	113
Biostimulants for Sustainable Management of Sport Turfgrass	112
Changes in Profiles of Classes and of Individual Polyphenols in Leaves of Spiraea chamaedryfolia and Spiraea media along an Altitudinal Gradient	111
Enzymatic Characterization of SpPAL Genes in S. polyrhiza and Overexpression of the SpPAL3	110
Tomato Fruit Detection Using Modified Yolov5m Model with Convolutional Neural Networks	110
Phytochemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity of Barleria albostellata C.B. Clarke Leaf and Stem Extracts	108
Identification of Transcription Factors of Santalene Synthase Gene Promoters and SaSSY Cis-Elements through Yeast One-Hybrid Screening in Santalum album L.	108
An Assessment of Vegetation Changes in the Three-River Headwaters Region, China: Integrating NDVI and Its Spatial Heterogeneity	107
Functional Identification of Malus halliana MhbZIP23 Gene Demonstrates That It Enhances Saline–Alkali Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana	106
Characterization of a New Citrus Mutant Induced by Gamma Irradiation with a Unique Fruit Shape, Gwonje-Early, and Determination of Specific Selection Markers Using Allele-Specific PCR	104
Aster × chusanensis Growth and Phenolic Acid Composition under Different Cultivation Temperatures	103
Minimum-Run Resolution IV Design for Optimized Bio Removal of Fe2+ Using Enteromorpha intestinalis Aqueous Extract and Its Extract-Coated Silver Nanoparticles	102
Bioactive Extracts from Salicornia ramosissima J. Woods Biorefinery as a Source of Ingredients for High-Value Industries	101
Establishment of a Genetic Transformation and Gene Editing Method by Floral Dipping in Descurainia sophia	100
Maize Herbivore-Induced Volatiles Enhance Xenobiotic Detoxification in Larvae of Spodoptera frugiperda and S. litura	98
Hawaiian Treeline Ecotones: Implications for Plant Community Conservation under Climate Change	94
Interactions of Fusarium Crown Rot of Wheat with Nitrogen	94
A Plant Strategy: Irrigation, Nitrogen Fertilization, and Climatic Conditions Regulated the Carbon Allocation and Yield of Oilseed Flax in Semi-Arid Area	93
Use of Multivariate Analysis to Unravel the Differences between Two Chamomile Varieties and Their Anticancer and Antioxidant Activities	93
Azolla as a Safe Food: Suppression of Cyanotoxin-Related Genes and Cyanotoxin Production in Its Symbiont, Nostoc azollae	93
Top Canopy Height and Stem Size Variation Enhance Aboveground Biomass across Spatial Scales in Seasonal Tropical Forests	91
A Review of Biological Control One Decade After the Sorghum Aphid (Melanaphis sorghi) Outbreak	90
12-Oxophytodienoate Reductase Overexpression Compromises Tolerance to Botrytis cinerea in Hexaploid and Tetraploid Wheat	89
Comprehensive Evaluation of Tomato Growth Status under Aerated Drip Irrigation Based on Critical Nitrogen Concentration and Nitrogen Nutrient Diagnosis	88
A Sustainable Strategy for Marker-Assisted Selection (MAS) Applied in Grapevine (Vitis spp.) Breeding for Resistance to Downy (Plasmopara Viticola) and Powdery (Erysiphe Necator) Mildews	88
The Protective Role of Cranberries and Blueberries in Oral Cancer	87
Isolation and Characterization of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria from the Rhizosphere of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Minthostachys verticillata	85
Comparative In Vitro and In Silico Enzyme Inhibitory Screening of Rosa x damascena and Pelargonium graveolens Essential Oils and Geraniol	84
Identification of PgRg1-3 Gene for Ginsenoside Rg1 Biosynthesis as Revealed by Combining Genome-Wide Association Study and Gene Co-Expression Network Analysis of Jilin Ginseng Core Collection	84
Cancer Chemopreventive Effect of 2′,4′-Dihydroxy-6′-methoxy-3′,5′-dimethylchalcone on Diethylnitrosamine-Induced Early Stages of Hepatocarcinogenesis in Rats	83
MicroRNA Profiling Revealed the Mechanism of Enhanced Cold Resistance by Grafting in Melon (Cucumis melo L.)	83
OsMDH12: A Peroxisomal Malate Dehydrogenase Regulating Tiller Number and Salt Tolerance in Rice	83
Antiviral Potential and Chemical Composition of Wild Baccharis crispa Spreng. Populations (Asteraceae) from Córdoba, Argentina: Perspective on Population Variability	83
Comparative Insights into Photosynthetic, Biochemical, and Ultrastructural Mechanisms in Hibiscus and Pelargonium Plants	82
Phenolic Antioxidant Protection in the Initial Growth of Cryptocarya alba: Two Different Responses against Two Invasive Fabaceae	80
LC-ESI QToF MS Non-Targeted Screening of Latex Extracts of Euphorbia seguieriana ssp. seguieriana Necker and Euphorbia cyparissias and Determination of Their Potential Anticancer Activity	80
Transcriptome Remodeling in Arabidopsis: A Response to Heterologous Poplar MSL-lncRNAs Overexpression	79
Potential to Ensure Safe Production of Water Spinach in Heavy Metals-Contaminated Soil by Substituting Chemical Fertilizer with Organic Fertilizer	78
Genome-Wide Identification and Abiotic Stress Expression Analysis of CKX and IPT Family Genes in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)	78
Strategies of NaCl Tolerance in Saline–Alkali-Tolerant Green Microalga Monoraphidium dybowskii LB50	77
Foliar Spraying with ZnSO4 or ZnO of Vitis vinifera cv. Syrah Increases the Synthesis of Photoassimilates and Favors Winemaking	77
Planning Spatial Layout of a Typical Salt Tolerant Forage of Sweet Sorghum in the Yellow River Delta via Considering Resource Constraints, Nitrogen Use Efficiency, and Economic Benefits	77

Silicon Enhances Brassica napus Tolerance to Boron Deficiency by the Remobilisation of Boron and by Changing the Expression of Boron Transporters	77
Nitrogen Addition and Heterotroph Exclusion Affected Plant Species Diversity–Biomass Relationship by Affecting Plant Functional Traits	76
Heterologous Expression of Chrysanthemum TCP Transcription Factor CmTCP13 Enhances Salinity Tolerance in Arabidopsis	76