OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of New Phytologist is 6. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs	346
The molecular–physiological functions of mineral macronutrients and their consequences for deficiency symptoms in plants	263
A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements	250
Plant–microbiome interactions under a changing world: responses, consequences and perspectives	234
Evidence for the plant recruitment of beneficial microbes to suppress soil‐borne pathogens	221
Root effects on soil organic carbon: a double‐edged sword	218
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance mineralisation of organic phosphorus by carrying bacteria along their extraradical hyphae	207
An integrated framework of plant form and function: the belowground perspective	203
Plant responses to multifactorial stress combination	184
The impact of multifactorial stress combination on plant growth and survival	180
Biogeography of global drylands	178
Crop genetic erosion: understanding and responding to loss of crop diversity	173
Linking root exudation to belowground economic traits for resource acquisition	170
Climate change alters plant–herbivore interactions	167
Enabling sustainable agriculture through understanding and enhancement of microbiomes	154
The Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution and the origins of modern biodiversity	153
Linking plant hydraulics and the fast–slow continuum to understand resilience to drought in tropical ecosystems	152
Repressors of anthocyanin biosynthesis	148
Temperature and pH define the realised niche space of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	147
Integrative analyses of metabolome and genome‐wide transcriptome reveal the regulatory network governing flavor formation in kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis)	129
Why trees grow at night	127
Fight hard or die trying: when plants face pathogens under heat stress	122
Water uptake depth is coordinated with leaf water potential, water‐use efficiency and drought vulnerability in karst vegetation	117
Regulation of shoot branching in arabidopsis by trehalose 6‐phosphate	113
Apple B‐box protein BBX37 regulates jasmonic acid mediated cold tolerance through the JAZ‐BBX37‐ICE1‐CBF pathway and undergoes MIEL1‐mediated ubiquitination and degradation	112

Underappreciated plant vulnerabilities to heat waves	108
Heat stress response mechanisms in pollen development	108
Chloroplast development in green plant tissues: the interplay between light, hormone, and transcriptional regulation	107
Global negative effects of nutrient enrichment on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, plant diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality	105
Impacts of global change on the phyllosphere microbiome	104
A new Cannabis genome assembly associates elevated cannabidiol (CBD) with hemp introgressed into marijuana	103
Routes to roots: direct evidence of water transport by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to host plants	101
Overcoming the trade‐off between grain weight and number in wheat by the ectopic expression of expansin in developing seeds leads to increased yield potential	92
Molecular dissection of rice phytohormone signaling involved in resistance to a piercing‐sucking herbivore	92
Chloroplast immunity illuminated	90
A highly differentiated region of wheat chromosome 7AL encodes a Pm1a immune receptor that recognizes its corresponding AvrPm1a effector from Blumeria graminis	88
Transcriptional and post‐transcriptional regulation of heading date in rice	88
Mesophyll conductance: walls, membranes and spatial complexity	88
Seed‐borne, endospheric and rhizospheric core microbiota as predictors of plant functional traits across rice cultivars are dominated by deterministic processes	88
Coordinated resource allocation to plant growth–defense tradeoffs	87
WRKY33 interacts with WRKY12 protein to up‐regulate RAP2.2 during submergence induced hypoxia response in Arabidopsis thaliana	86
Deciphering the role of specialist and generalist plant–microbial interactions as drivers of plant–soil feedback	86
Eco‐evolutionary optimality as a means to improve vegetation and land‐surface models	85
The seed germination spectrum of alpine plants: a global meta‐analysis	82
Seed microbiota revealed by a large‐scale meta‐analysis including 50 plant species	81
Host‐induced gene silencing – mechanisms and applications	81
Polyploid phylogenetics	81
Recent advances in Cannabis sativa genomics research	80
The miR172/IDS1 signaling module confers salt tolerance through maintaining ROS homeostasis in cereal crops	80
Evidence for distinct isotopic compositions of sap and tissue water in tree stems: consequences for plant water source identification	80
Hydraulic failure and tree size linked with canopy die‐back in eucalypt forest during extreme drought	80
Linking xylem network failure with leaf tissue death	78
Functional xylem characteristics associated with drought‐induced embolism in angiosperms	78
AaWRKY9 contributes to light‐ and jasmonate‐mediated to regulate the biosynthesis of artemisinin in Artemisia annua	77
Temperature responses of photosynthesis and respiration in evergreen trees from boreal to tropical latitudes	76
Auxin response factors are keys to the many auxin doors	76
On the expansion of biological functions of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases	76
Epigenetic regulation of thermomorphogenesis and heat stress tolerance	75
The thermal tolerance of photosynthetic tissues: a global systematic review and agenda for future research	75
Global models and predictions of plant diversity based on advanced machine learning techniques	73
Bio‐organic soil amendment promotes the suppression of Ralstonia solanacearum by inducing changes in the functionality and composition of rhizosphere bacterial communities	73
Species divergence with gene flow and hybrid speciation on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau	73
Embracing mountain microbiome and ecosystem functions under global change	73
Crop diversity enriches arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in an intensive agricultural landscape	73
Pore constrictions in intervessel pit membranes provide a mechanistic explanation for xylem embolism resistance in angiosperms	73
SlWRKY35 positively regulates carotenoid biosynthesis by activating the MEP pathway in tomato fruit	72
Vertical decoupling of soil nutrients and water under climate warming reduces plant cumulative nutrient uptake, water‐use efficiency and productivity	71
SPX4 interacts with both PHR1 and PAP1 to regulate critical steps in phosphorus‐status‐dependent anthocyanin biosynthesis	71
On tree longevity	70
Fine‐root functional trait responses to experimental warming: a global meta‐analysis	70
Home‐field advantage of litter decomposition: from the phyllosphere to the soil	69
Heatwave breaks down the linearity between sun‐induced fluorescence and gross primary production	69
The effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal species and taxonomic groups on stressed and unstressed plants: a global meta‐analysis	69
An increase in xylem embolism resistance of grapevine leaves during the growing season is coordinated with stomatal regulation, turgor loss point and intervessel pit membranes	69
Plant growth: the What, the How, and the Why	69

Two homologous LHY pairs negatively control soybean drought tolerance by repressing the abscisic acid responses	68
Hydraulically‐vulnerable trees survive on deep‐water access during droughts in a tropical forest	68
Drought reduces water uptake in beech from the drying topsoil, but no compensatory uptake occurs from deeper soil layers	67
Tree height and leaf drought tolerance traits shape growth responses across droughts in a temperate broadleaf forest	67
New paradigms in cell adaptation: decades of discoveries on the CrRLK1L receptor kinase signalling network	66
Climate and functional traits jointly mediate tree water‐use strategies	66
Myb10‐D confers PHS‐3D resistance to pre‐harvest sprouting by regulating NCED in ABA biosynthesis pathway of wheat	66
SubPhaser: a robust allopolyploid subgenome phasing method based on subgenome‐specific k‐mers	65
JMJ17–WRKY40 and HY5–ABI5 modules regulate the expression of ABA‐responsive genes in Arabidopsis	65
Plant sizes and shapes above and belowground and their interactions with climate	65
Rht24b, an ancient variation of TaGA2ox‐A9, reduces plant height without yield penalty in wheat	64
Genetic architecture underlying light and temperature mediated flowering in Arabidopsis, rice, and temperate cereals	64
Evolutionary biology of lichen symbioses	64
Root phosphatase activity aligns with the collaboration gradient of the root economics space	63
Replaying the evolutionary tape to investigate subgenome dominance in allopolyploid Brassica napus	63
The MdMYB16/MdMYB1‐miR7125‐MdCCR module regulates the homeostasis between anthocyanin and lignin biosynthesis during light induction in apple	63
Altered plant carbon partitioning enhanced forest ecosystem carbon storage after 25 years of nitrogen additions	63
A meta‐analysis of responses of C₃ plants to atmospheric CO₂: dose–response curves for 85 traits ranging from the molecular to the whole‐plant level	63
Functional analysis of auxin receptor OsTIR1/OsAFB family members in rice grain yield, tillering, plant height, root system, germination, and auxinic herbicide resistance	62
The making of suberin	62
RootPainter: deep learning segmentation of biological images with corrective annotation	62
Evolution of stomatal closure to optimize water‐use efficiency in response to dehydration in ferns and seed plants	61
Kiwifruit MYBS1‐like and GBF3 transcription factors influence l‐ascorbic acid biosynthesis by activating transcription of GDP‐L‐galactose phosphorylase 3	61
MYBA and MYBPA transcription factors co‐regulate anthocyanin biosynthesis in blue‐coloured berries	61
Key root traits of Poaceae for adaptation to soil water gradients	61
Coordination of stem and leaf traits define different strategies to regulate water loss and tolerance ranges to aridity	60
A mis‐regulated cyclic nucleotide‐gated channel mediates cytosolic calcium elevation and activates immunity in Arabidopsis	60
The JA‐responsive MYC2‐BADH‐like transcriptional regulatory module in Poncirus trifoliata contributes to cold tolerance by modulation of glycine betaine biosynthesis	60
A receptor‐like protein from Nicotiana benthamiana mediates VmE02 PAMP‐triggered immunity	60
HEXOKINASE1 signalling promotes shoot branching and interacts with cytokinin and strigolactone pathways	60
PdGNC confers drought tolerance by mediating stomatal closure resulting from NO and H₂O₂ production via the direct regulation of PdHXK1 expression in Populus	60
Impact of microclimatic conditions and resource availability on spring and autumn phenology of temperate tree seedlings	59
Chilled to be forced: the best dose to wake up buds from winter dormancy	59
PR1‐mediated defence via C‐terminal peptide release is targeted by a fungal pathogen effector	59
Recombination suppression and evolutionary strata around mating‐type loci in fungi: documenting patterns and understanding evolutionary and mechanistic causes	59
PIN‐mediated polar auxin transport regulations in plant tropic responses	59
Ustilago maydis effector Jsi1 interacts with Topless corepressor, hijacking plant jasmonate/ethylene signaling	58
Coumarin accumulation and trafficking in Arabidopsis thaliana: a complex and dynamic process	58
Humidity and high temperature are important for predicting fungal disease outbreaks worldwide	58
Fol‐milR1, a pathogenicity factor of Fusarium oxysporum, confers tomato wilt disease resistance by impairing host immune responses	58
The other side of droughts: wet extremes and topography as buffers of negative drought effects in an Amazonian forest	58
Contribution of soil algae to the global carbon cycle	58
Functional specificity, diversity, and redundancy of Arabidopsis JAZ family repressors in jasmonate and COI1‐regulated growth, development, and defense	57
Several geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase isoforms supply metabolic substrates for carotenoid biosynthesis in tomato	57
Vitellogenin from planthopper oral secretion acts as a novel effector to impair plant defenses	57
Patterns and mechanisms of spatial variation in tropical forest productivity, woody residence time, and biomass	56
Wood density predicts mortality threshold for diverse trees	56
Plant carbohydrate depletion impairs water relations and spreads via ectomycorrhizal networks	56
Repressor for hire! The vital roles of TOPLESS‐mediated transcriptional repression in plants	56
Rapid responses of root traits and productivity to phosphorus and cation additions in a tropical lowland forest in Amazonia	56
CAM photosynthesis: the acid test	56
Mechanisms of stress tolerance and their effects on the ecology and evolution of mycorrhizal fungi	56
The classical SOS pathway confers natural variation of salt tolerance in maize	56
The other side of tropical forest drought: do shallow water table regions of Amazonia act as large‐scale hydrological refugia from drought?	55
Fungal endophytes can eliminate the plant growth–defence trade‐off	55
Role of a vacuolar iron transporter OsVIT2 in the distribution of iron to rice grains	55
Epigenetics: a catalyst of plant immunity against pathogens	55
A rice single cell transcriptomic atlas defines the developmental trajectories of rice floret and inflorescence meristems	54
The impact of invertebrate decomposers on plants and soil	54
Lack of hydraulic recovery as a cause of post‐drought foliage reduction and canopy decline in European beech	54
Plant phosphorus‐use and ‐acquisition strategies in Amazonia	53
Unveiling spatial metabolome of Paeonia suffruticosa and Paeonia lactiflora roots using MALDI MS imaging	53
An increasing number of countries regulate genome editing in crops	53
Shifting seasonal patterns of water availability: ecosystem responses to an unappreciated dimension of climate change	53
Metabolomics‐driven gene mining and genetic improvement of tolerance to salt‐induced osmotic stress in maize	52
Evidence for host–microbiome co‐evolution in apple	52
HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN8 mediates jasmonate‐triggered trichome elongation in tomato	52
Diversity and origin of carotenoid biosynthesis: its history of coevolution towards plant photosynthesis	52
Maternal effects shape the seed mycobiome in Quercus petraea	52
Imaging canopy temperature: shedding (thermal) light on ecosystem processes	52
MdMTA‐mediated m⁶A modification enhances drought tolerance by promoting mRNA stability and translation efficiency of genes involved in lignin deposition and oxidative stress	51
Soil nitrogen dynamics and competition during plant invasion: insights from Mikania micrantha invasions in China	51
NF‐Y plays essential roles in flavonoid biosynthesis by modulating histone modifications in tomato	51
Drought induces shifts in soil fungal communities that can be linked to root traits across 24 plant species	51
A phytobacterial TIR domain effector manipulates NAD⁺ to promote virulence	51
FRIZZY PANICLE defines a regulatory hub for simultaneously controlling spikelet formation and awn elongation in bread wheat	50
Inhibition of gibberellin accumulation by water deficiency promotes fast and long‐term ‘drought avoidance’ responses in tomato	50
Dual roles of the serine/arginine‐rich splicing factor SR45a in promoting and interacting with nuclear cap‐binding complex to modulate the salt‐stress response in Arabidopsis	50
PIF3/HY5 module regulates BBX11 to suppress protochlorophyllide levels in dark and promote photomorphogenesis in light	49
PuC3H35 confers drought tolerance by enhancing lignin and proanthocyanidin biosynthesis in the roots of Populus ussuriensis	49

An HD‐ZIP‐MYB complex regulates glandular secretory trichome initiation in Artemisia annua	49
GhMYB7 promotes secondary wall cellulose deposition in cotton fibres by regulating GhCesA gene expression through three distinct cis‐elements	49
Understanding and predicting forest mortality in the western United States using long‐term forest inventory data and modeled hydraulic damage	49
The IbBBX24–IbTOE3–IbPRX17 module enhances abiotic stress tolerance by scavenging reactive oxygen species in sweet potato	49
The red flesh of kiwifruit is differentially controlled by specific activation–repression systems	49
Sucrose promotes D53 accumulation and tillering in rice	49
Differential regulation of flower transpiration during abiotic stress in annual plants	48
Prioritizing host phenotype to understand microbiome heritability in plants	48
Growth–defense trade‐offs and yield loss in plants with engineered cell walls	48
Plant traits related to precipitation sensitivity of species and communities in semiarid shortgrass prairie	48
Single‐cell RNA‐sequencing of Nicotiana attenuata corolla cells reveals the biosynthetic pathway of a floral scent	48
Deciduous and evergreen oaks show contrasting adaptive responses in leaf mass per area across environments	47
Why can't we predict traits from the environment?	47
A transcriptional regulatory module controls lipid accumulation in soybean	47
Long reads and Hi‐C sequencing illuminate the two‐compartment genome of the model arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiont Rhizophagus irregularis	47
Lack of antagonism between salicylic acid and jasmonate signalling pathways in poplar	47
Genetic variation in YIGE1 contributes to ear length and grain yield in maize	47
To what extent can rising [CO₂] ameliorate plant drought stress?	47
From pollen dispersal to plant diversification: genetic consequences of pollination mode	47
The Arabidopsis leucine‐rich repeat receptor‐like kinase MIK2 is a crucial component of early immune responses to a fungal‐derived elicitor	46
CsMYB1 integrates the regulation of trichome development and catechins biosynthesis in tea plant domestication	46
Tree crown injury from wildland fires: causes, measurement and ecological and physiological consequences	46
Positive pressure in xylem and its role in hydraulic function	46
Canopy occupation volume as an indicator of canopy photosynthetic capacity	46
Orobanchaceae parasite–host interactions	46
Group IIc WRKY transcription factors regulate cotton resistance to Fusarium oxysporum by promoting GhMKK2‐mediated flavonoid biosynthesis	46
TaERF87 and TaAKS1 synergistically regulate TaP5CS1/TaP5CR1‐mediated proline biosynthesis to enhance drought tolerance in wheat	45
Virus‐induced phytohormone dynamics and their effects on plant–insect interactions	45
WRKY46 promotes ammonium tolerance in Arabidopsis by repressing NUDX9 and indole‐3‐acetic acid‐conjugating genes and by inhibiting ammonium efflux in the root elongation zone	45
Increasing climatic sensitivity of global grassland vegetation biomass and species diversity correlates with water availability	45
Three polarly localized ammonium transporter 1 members are cooperatively responsible for ammonium uptake in rice under low ammonium condition	45
Anthocyanins in photoprotection: knowing the actors in play to solve this complex ecophysiological issue	45
Targeted CRISPR‐Cas9‐based gene knockouts in the model brown alga Ectocarpus	44
Comparative genomics reveals dynamic genome evolution in host specialist ectomycorrhizal fungi	44
Silencing the alarm: an insect salivary enzyme closes plant stomata and inhibits volatile release	44
RNAi suppression of DNA methylation affects the drought stress response and genome integrity in transgenic poplar	44
The stem rust effector protein AvrSr50 escapes Sr50 recognition by a substitution in a single surface‐exposed residue	44
Activation of anthocyanin biosynthesis in high light – what is the initial signal?	44
An optimized genetically encoded dual reporter for simultaneous ratio imaging of Ca²⁺ and H⁺ reveals new insights into ion signaling in plants	44
Impacts of plant invasions in native plant–pollinator networks	43
Canopy and understory nitrogen addition have different effects on fine root dynamics in a temperate forest: implications for soil carbon storage	43
Climate warming dominates over plant genotype in shaping the seasonal trajectory of foliar fungal communities on oak	43
Arabidopsis ADR1 helper NLR immune receptors localize and function at the plasma membrane in a phospholipid dependent manner	43
miR169c‐NFYA‐C‐ENOD40 modulates nitrogen inhibitory effects in soybean nodulation	43
Arabidopsis MADS‐box factor AGL16 is a negative regulator of plant response to salt stress by downregulating salt‐responsive genes	43
Plant herbivore protection by arbuscular mycorrhizas: a role for fungal diversity?	43
Role of H1 and DNA methylation in selective regulation of transposable elements during heat stress	43
Crafting the plant root metabolome for improved microbe‐assisted stress resilience	43
Stomata on the abaxial and adaxial leaf surfaces contribute differently to leaf gas exchange and photosynthesis in wheat	43
Retrograde signalling from the mitochondria to the nucleus translates the positive effect of ethylene on dormancy breaking of Arabidopsis thaliana seeds	42
The root‐knot nematode effector MiEFF18 interacts with the plant core spliceosomal protein SmD1 required for giant cell formation	42
Mycorrhizal symbiosis pathway and edaphic fertility frame root economics space among tree species	42
The functional role of ericoid mycorrhizal plants and fungi on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in forests	42
Characterisation of Medicago truncatula CLE34 and CLE35 in nitrate and rhizobia regulation of nodulation	42
Direct phosphorylation of HY5 by SPA kinases to regulate photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis	42
Con‐Ca²⁺‐tenating plant immune responses via calcium‐permeable cation channels	42
Shedding light on the dark side of xanthophyll cycles	42
Growth‐regulating factor 5 (GRF5)‐mediated gene regulatory network promotes leaf growth and expansion in poplar	41
Deciphering the fingerprint of disturbance on the three‐dimensional structure of the world’s forests	41
The contribution of photodegradation to litter decomposition in a temperate forest gap and understorey	41
Multi‐trait genetic variation in resource‐use strategies and phenotypic plasticity correlates with local climate across the range of a Mediterranean oak (Quercus faginea)	41
Competition‐induced transgenerational plasticity influences competitive interactions and leaf decomposition of offspring	41
An ethylene‐hypersensitive methionine sulfoxide reductase regulated by NAC transcription factors increases methionine pool size and ethylene production during kiwifruit ripening	41
Combining UAV‐RGB high‐throughput field phenotyping and genome‐wide association study to reveal genetic variation of rice germplasms in dynamic response to drought stress	41
A core microbiome in the hyphosphere of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi has functional significance in organic phosphorus mineralization	41
Intentional and unintentional selection during plant domestication: herbivore damage, plant defensive traits and nutritional quality of fruit and seed crops	40
Stress granule‐associated TaMBF1c confers thermotolerance through regulating specific mRNA translation in wheat (Triticum aestivum)	40
Temporal complementarity between roots and mycorrhizal fungi drives wheat nitrogen use efficiency	40
Carbon allocation to root exudates is maintained in mature temperate tree species under drought	40
Fine roots and mycorrhizal fungi accelerate leaf litter decomposition in a northern hardwood forest regardless of dominant tree mycorrhizal associations	40
Molecular mechanisms involved in functional macroevolution of plant transcription factors	40
Reversing extinction trends: new uses of (old) herbarium specimens to accelerate conservation action on threatened species	40
A bootstrap approach is a superior statistical method for the comparison of non‐normal data with differing variances	40
Root growth responses to mechanical impedance are regulated by a network of ROS, ethylene and auxin signalling in Arabidopsis	40
Adaptive introgression: how polyploidy reshapes gene flow landscapes	40
What happens after drought ends: synthesizing terms and definitions	40
Physiological roles of Casparian strips and suberin in the transport of water and solutes	40
Calmodulin‐like protein CML24 interacts with CAMTA2 and WRKY46 to regulate ALMT1‐dependent Al resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana	40
COP1 promotes ABA‐induced stomatal closure by modulating the abundance of ABI/HAB and AHG3 phosphatases	39
Lotus japonicus Nuclear Factor YA1, a nodule emergence stage‐specific regulator of auxin signalling	39
Coordination of spring vascular and organ phenology in deciduous angiosperms growing in seasonally cold climates	39
Trees as net sinks for methane (CH₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) in the lowland tropical rain forest on volcanic Réunion Island	39
Genome‐wide functional analysis of hot pepper immune receptors reveals an autonomous NLR clade in seed plants	39
NIN is essential for development of symbiosomes, suppression of defence and premature senescence in Medicago truncatula nodules	39
ABI5 acts downstream of miR159 to delay vegetative phase change in Arabidopsis	39
Community response of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to extreme drought in a cold‐temperate grassland	39
Broadening the roles of UDP‐glycosyltransferases in auxin homeostasis and plant development	39
Shade‐induced reduction of stem nonstructural carbohydrates increases xylem vulnerability to embolism and impedes hydraulic recovery in Populus nigra	39
Stepwise selection of natural variations at CTB2 and CTB4a improves cold adaptation during domestication of japonica rice	39
Evolution of rapid blue‐light response linked to explosive diversification of ferns in angiosperm forests	39
A critical review of 25 years of glomalin research: a better mechanical understanding and robust quantification techniques are required	39
A novel pathogenicity determinant hijacks maize catalase 1 to enhance viral multiplication and infection	39
Bitter and sweet make tomato hard to (b)eat	39
A global phylogenetic regionalization of vascular plants reveals a deep split between Gondwanan and Laurasian biotas	39
Unraveling the roles of plant specialized metabolites: using synthetic biology to design molecular biosensors	39