OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Phytopathology is 39. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Reproducible Quantitative Trait Loci for Resistance to Soft Rot Caused by Dickeya dianthicola Derived from the Wild Potato Solanum microdontum (PI 458355) Are Located on Chromosomes 1, 3	1478
Endophyte Bacteria Enhanced DNA Methylation in the Karma Sequence of Eg DEF1 Gene Ramets, Preventing Abnor	587
A Survey of Xylella fastidiosa in the U.S. State of Virginia Reveals Wide Distribution of Both Subspecies fastidiosa and multiplex in Grapevine	505
Analysis of Rice Blast Fungus Genetic Diversity and Identification of a Novel Blast Resistance OsDRq12 Gene	433
Identification and Fine Mapping of Gummy Stem Blight Resistance Gene Gsb-7(t) in Melon	397
How Do Growers Respond to Host Resistance? A Conditional Gaussian Bayesian Network for Causal Inference of Fungicide Cost Savings	392
Development, Validation, and Utility of Species-Specific Diagnostic Markers for Detection of Peronospora belbahrii	272
Antifungal Activity and Possible Mechanism of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FX2 Against the Postharvest Apple Ring Rot Pathogen	256
Population Structure of Xanthomonas citri pv. citri in Iran: 1991 to 2022	255
Induction of Defense Responses and Protection of Almond Plants Against Xylella fastidiosa by Endotherapy with a Bifunctional Peptide	241
Molecular Insights into the Defense of Dioscorea opposita Cultivar Tiegun Callus Against Pathogenic and Endophytic Fungal Infection Through Transcriptome Analysis	220
Fly Density Does Not Limit Ceratocystis fimbriata Transmission to Sweetpotato by Drosophila hydei , Reveal	208
Selective Media for Isolation of Agrobacterium, Corynebacterium, Erwinia, Pseudomonas, and Xanthomonas	193
Virion-Associated Nucleic Acid-Based Metagenomics: A Decade of Advances in Molecular Characterization of Plant Viruses	180
Building Accelerated Plant Breeding Pipelines: Screening to Evaluate Lima Bean Resistance to Root-Knot Nematode in Diverse Inbred Lines and Segregating Breeding Populations	179
A Modeling Approach to Separate Within-Leaf Pathogen Growth from Whole-Plant Pathogen Dispersal – A Case Study on Pea Fungal Diseases	130
A Brief Evaluation of a Copper Resistance Mobile Genetic Island in the Bacterial Leaf Spot Pathogen Xanthomonas euvesicatoria pv. perforans	105
The Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor-Like Kinase Protein TaSERK1 Positively Regulates High-Temperature Seedling Plant Resistance to Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici by Interacting with Ta	99
Investigation of the Effectiveness and Molecular Mechanisms of Thiamin Priming to Control Early Blight Disease in Potato	93
Progression of Xylella fastidiosa Infection in Grapevines Under Field Conditions	89
Genome Sequence Data Reveal at Least Two Distinct Incursions of the Tropical Race 4 Variant of Fusarium Wilt into South America	77
Erwinia amylovora Type III Secretion System Inhibitors Reduce Fire Blight Infection Under Field Conditions	72
Genotypic and Phenotypic Analyses Show Ralstonia solanacearum Cool Virulence Is a Quantitative Trait Not Restricted to “Race 3 Biovar 2”	70
Postinfection Application of Fenhexamid at Lower Doses in Conjunction with Captan Slowed Fungicide Resistance Selection in Botrytis cinerea on Detached Grape Berries	69
Functional Characterization of Core and Unique Calcite-Dissolving Bacteria Communities from Peanut Fields	67

Phenylpropanoids Following Wounding and Infection of Sweet Sorghum Lines Differing in Responses to Stalk Pathogens	65
Glutathione Promotes Susceptibility to Meloidogyne incognita by Modulating Thiol Homeostasis in Arabidopsis	61
Comparative Genomics of Barley-Infecting Xanthomonas translucens Shows Overall Genetic Similarity but Globally Distributed Virulence Factor Diversity	57
DNA Markers, Pathogenicity Test, and Multilocus Sequence Analysis to Differentiate and Characterize Cereal-Specific Xanthomonas translucens Strains	48
Identification and Molecular Marker Detection of Leaf Rust Resistance Genes in Wheat Lines from China: Development of an Efficient Software for Gene Postulation	46
Transcriptional Activator UvXlnR Is Required for Conidiation and Pathogenicity of Rice False Smut Fungus Ustilaginoidea virens	46
Research on a Method for Identification of Peanut Pests and Diseases Based on a Lightweight LSCDNet Model	46
AG-5 II: A Novel Rhizoctonia solani Anastomosis Subgroup of AG-5 on Legumes and Sugar Beet in Sweden	45
Complete Circularized Genome Resources of Seven Strains of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. fastidiosa Using Hybrid Assembly Reveals Unknown Plasmids	43
Rapid Detection of a Downy Mildew Pathogen, Peronospora destructor, in Infected Onion Tissues and Soils by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification	43
A Case Study for Visual Detection of a Systemic Disease: Optimizing Identification of Phony Peach Disease Based on Statistical and Machine Learning Models	43
Phenotypic and Genetic Characterization of the Lentil Single Plant-Derived Core Collection for Resistance to Root Rot Caused by Fusarium avenaceum	42
The First Complete Genome Resource for the Plant-Pathogenic Fungus Exobasidium rhododendri	40
Scalable Early Detection of Grapevine Viral Infection with Airborne Imaging Spectroscopy	40