New Phytologist

Papers
(The H4-Index of New Phytologist is 72. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)
ArticleCitations
Plant responses to rising vapor pressure deficit780
Host selection shapes crop microbiome assembly and network complexity330
Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2271
Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs265
FungalRoot: global online database of plant mycorrhizal associations214
A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements203
The molecular–physiological functions of mineral macronutrients and their consequences for deficiency symptoms in plants203
Systemic propagation of immunity in plants186
Wax biosynthesis in response to danger: its regulation upon abiotic and biotic stress167
Plant–microbiome interactions under a changing world: responses, consequences and perspectives161
Evidence for the plant recruitment of beneficial microbes to suppress soil‐borne pathogens161
Root effects on soil organic carbon: a double‐edged sword161
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance mineralisation of organic phosphorus by carrying bacteria along their extraradical hyphae160
The regulation of ethylene biosynthesis: a complex multilevel control circuitry156
The impact of multifactorial stress combination on plant growth and survival144
An integrated framework of plant form and function: the belowground perspective143
Lichens redefined as complex ecosystems142
Biogeography of global drylands140
Rhizosphere control of soil nitrogen cycling: a key component of plant economic strategies140
Plant small heat shock proteins – evolutionary and functional diversity138
Climate change alters plant–herbivore interactions132
Crop genetic erosion: understanding and responding to loss of crop diversity130
Temperature and pH define the realised niche space of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi121
Linking plant hydraulics and the fast–slow continuum to understand resilience to drought in tropical ecosystems121
Plant responses to multifactorial stress combination121
Linking root exudation to belowground economic traits for resource acquisition119
Wound‐ and mechanostimulated electrical signals control hormone responses118
DNA methylation in plants: mechanisms and tools for targeted manipulation112
Enabling sustainable agriculture through understanding and enhancement of microbiomes112
The Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution and the origins of modern biodiversity110
Foliar functional traits from imaging spectroscopy across biomes in eastern North America108
The ABI4‐RbohD/VTC2 regulatory module promotes reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation to decrease seed germination under salinity stress106
Amylose in starch: towards an understanding of biosynthesis, structure and function104
Pollination syndromes in the 21st century: where do we stand and where may we go?104
Components of leaf‐trait variation along environmental gradients102
Repressors of anthocyanin biosynthesis101
Plant carbon allocation in a changing world – challenges and progress: introduction to a Virtual Issue on carbon allocation99
Root traits explain rhizosphere fungal community composition among temperate grassland plant species98
Root‐specific NF‐Y family transcription factor, PdNF‐YB21, positively regulates root growth and drought resistance by abscisic acid‐mediated indoylacetic acid transport in Populus97
Why trees grow at night97
Phosphate‐solubilising microorganisms for improved crop productivity: a critical assessment95
Variation in photosynthetic induction between rice accessions and its potential for improving productivity94
Integrative analyses of metabolome and genome‐wide transcriptome reveal the regulatory network governing flavor formation in kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis)94
Root exudation as a major competitive fine‐root functional trait of 18 coexisting species in a subtropical forest94
Fight hard or die trying: when plants face pathogens under heat stress92
Regulation of shoot branching in arabidopsis by trehalose 6‐phosphate92
Abscisic acid promotes jasmonic acid biosynthesis via a ‘SAPK10‐bZIP72‐AOC’ pathway to synergistically inhibit seed germination in rice (Oryza sativa)92
Plant nutrient‐acquisition strategies drive topsoil microbiome structure and function91
An explanation for the isotopic offset between soil and stem water in a temperate tree species90
Regulating the regulator: nitric oxide control of post‐translational modifications89
Water uptake depth is coordinated with leaf water potential, water‐use efficiency and drought vulnerability in karst vegetation89
Turgor – a limiting factor for radial growth in mature conifers along an elevational gradient89
Underappreciated plant vulnerabilities to heat waves88
A rare single nucleotide variant in Pm5e confers powdery mildew resistance in common wheat87
A CNL protein in wild emmer wheat confers powdery mildew resistance86
Apple B‐box protein BBX37 regulates jasmonic acid mediated cold tolerance through the JAZ‐BBX37‐ICE1‐CBF pathway and undergoes MIEL1‐mediated ubiquitination and degradation86
Auxin‐activated MdARF5 induces the expression of ethylene biosynthetic genes to initiate apple fruit ripening85
A new Cannabis genome assembly associates elevated cannabidiol (CBD) with hemp introgressed into marijuana83
Enabling reusability of plant phenomic datasets with MIAPPE 1.181
Global negative effects of nutrient enrichment on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, plant diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality81
Heat stress response mechanisms in pollen development81
Natural variation in the promoter of TGW2 determines grain width and weight in rice80
Temperature and water potential co‐limit stem cambial activity along a steep elevational gradient79
Overcoming the trade‐off between grain weight and number in wheat by the ectopic expression of expansin in developing seeds leads to increased yield potential77
Champions of winter survival: cold acclimation and molecular regulation of cold hardiness in evergreen conifers76
ABI5 modulates seed germination via feedback regulation of the expression of the PYR/PYL/RCAR ABA receptor genes75
Fruit development and epigenetic modifications74
Chloroplast immunity illuminated74
Trait‐based aerial dispersal of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi74
The way back: recovery of trees from drought and its implication for acclimation73
Strong photoperiod sensitivity is controlled by cooperation and competition among Hd1, Ghd7 and DTH8 in rice heading73
Regulatory network of fruit ripening: current understanding and future challenges72
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