OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Cereal Research Communications is 3. 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
Characterization of phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity in sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] grains	49
Challenges and opportunities in productivity and sustainability of rice cultivation system: a critical review in Indian perspective	39
Exogenous application of strigolactone alleviates drought stress in maize seedlings by regulating the physiological and antioxidants defense mechanisms	32
Zinc oxide and titanium dioxide nanoparticles influence heat stress tolerance mediated by antioxidant defense system in wheat	29
Biostimulants and their role in improving plant growth under drought and salinity	26
Soil and foliar applications of zinc sulfate and iron sulfate alleviate the destructive impacts of drought stress in wheat	21
Salicylic acid: a key signal molecule ameliorating plant stresses	18
Salicylic acid ameliorates zinc and chromium-induced stress responses in wheat seedlings: a biochemical and computational analysis	18
Maize: an underexploited golden cereal crop	15
Nutritional value and end-use quality of durum wheat	14
Assessment of terminal heat tolerance based on agro-morphological and stress selection indices in wheat	14
The effects of drought after anthesis on the grain quality of bread wheat depend on drought severity and drought resistance of the variety	12
Yield and biochemical properties of grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) affected by nano-fertilizer under field drought stress	12
Mapping of additive and epistatic QTLs linked to seed longevity in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)	11
Genotype-specific patterns of physiological and antioxidative responses in barley under salinity stress	11
Exploration of wheat wild relative diversity from Lahaul valley: a cold arid desert of Indian Himalayas	11
Investigating the effect of Aspergillus niger inoculated press mud (biofertilizer) on the potential of enhancing maize (Zea mays. L) yield, potassium use efficiency and potassium agronomic efficiency	10
Effect of maturity stage on yield, morphological characteristics, and feed value of sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] cultivars	10
Genotypic variation in grain nutritional content and agronomic traits of upland rice: strategy to reduce hunger and malnutrition	10
Effect of straw return with nitrogen fertilizer on photosynthetic characteristics and yield of rice in soda saline–alkali rice paddy fields	9
Biostimulant priming in Oryza sativa: a novel approach to reprogram the functional biology under nutrient-deficient soil	9
Biochemical characterization of maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids under excessive soil moisture stress	9
The AMMI model application to analyze the genotype–environmental interaction of spring wheat grain yield for the breeding program purposes	9
Effect of salt stress on growth, physiological and biochemical parameters and activities of antioxidative enzymes of rice cultivars	9
Screening of oat varieties and landraces at early vegetative stage under salt stress conditions: Morpho-physiological and PCA biplot analysis	8

Nutritional benefit and development of quality protein maize (QPM) in Ethiopia: review article	8
Impacts of cadmium toxicity on seed germination and seedling growth of Triticum durum cultivars	8
Tan spot of wheat in Northern Tunisia: distribution, prevalence, incidence and severity	7
EMS-based mutants are useful for enhancing drought tolerance in spring wheat	7
Assessment of 25 genes reported to influence thousand grain weight in winter wheat germplasm	7
Most drought-induced DNA methylation changes switched to pre-stress state after re-irrigation in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cultivars	7
Mycotoxin contamination of maize (Zea mays L.) samples in Hungary, 2012–2017	7
Simultaneous selection of high-yielding and drought-tolerant barley landraces using GT, GYT and GYSI methodologies	7
Corn diseases in Algeria: first report of three Bipolaris and two Exserohilum species causing leaf spot and leaf blight diseases	7
Effect of Fusarium infection on wheat quality parameters	7
Physiological, biochemical, and molecular responses of rice (Oryza sativa L.) towards elevated ozone tolerance	7
Molecular cytogenetic analysis of novel wheat-rye translocation lines and their characterization for drought tolerance and yellow rust resistance	7
Nitrogen stress-induced TaDof1 expression in diverse wheat genotypes and its relation with nitrogen use efficiency	7
Inheritance of some flag leaf and yield characteristics by half-diallel analysis in rice crops (Oryza Sativa L.)	7
WUE, protein and grain yield of wheat under the interaction of biological and chemical fertilizers and different moisture regimes	7
Genetic gains in grain yield in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars developed from 1965 to 2020 for irrigated production conditions of northwestern plains zone of India	6
Humic acid regulates gene expression and activity of antioxidant enzymes to inhibit the salt-induced oxidative stress in finger millet	6
Ultraviolet-B radiation in relation to agriculture in the context of climate change: a review	6
Genotype by yield*trait (GYT) biplot analysis: a novel approach for evaluating advance lines of durum wheat	6
Zinc biofortification of bread winter wheat grain by single zinc foliar application	6
Molecular heterosis for biomass and biofuel related traits in rice	6
Humic acid effects on retrotransposon polymorphisms caused by zinc and iron in the maize (Zea mays L.) genome	6
Delineation of physiological and transcriptional responses of different barley genotypes to salt stress	6
Investigating PGPR bacteria for their competence to protect hybrid maize from the factor drought stress	6
Comparative assessments between conventional and promising technologies for wheat aging or mold detection	6
Assessment of genetic and agro-physiological diversity in a global durum wheat germplasm	6
Effects of artificial aging on physiological quality and cell ultrastructure of maize (Zea mays L.)	6
Chromosomes polymorphisms of Sichuan wheat cultivars displayed by ND-FISH landmarks	6
Halotolerant endophytic bacteria from desert-adapted halophyte plants alleviate salinity stress in germinating seeds of the common wheat Triticum aestivum L.	6
Performance and yield stability of doubled haploid population of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under high-temperature regime	5
The wheat NAC transcription factor TaNAC22 enhances cadmium stress tolerance in wheat	5
Coronal roots and stem lignin content as significant contributors for lodging tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)	5
A comprehensive meta-analysis to identify transcriptional signatures of abiotic stress responses in barley (Hordeum vulgare)	5
Resistance to diseases in samples of rare wheat species from the N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources	5
Expression of the W36, P5CS, P5CR, MAPK3, and MAPK6 genes and proline content in bread wheat genotypes under drought stress	5
Wheat quality index: new holistic approach to identify quality superior genotypes	5
Screening antioxidant capacity of Mexican maize (Zea mays L.) landraces with colored grain using ABTS, DPPH and FRAP methods	5
Relationship between allelic variation at the Glu-3 loci and qualitative traits in bread wheat	5
Uncovering the Iranian wheat landraces for salinity stress tolerance at early stages of plant growth	5
Brief review of malting quality and frontier areas in barley	5
Estimation of genetic divergence in wheat genotypes based on agro-morphological traits through agglomerative hierarchical clustering and principal component analysis	5
Functional relevance of bioactive compounds in purple maize: a contemporary extraction progressions and prospective applications	5
Genotype-by-year interaction for grain yield of Iranian wheat cultivars and its interpretation using Vrn and Ppd functional markers and environmental covariables	5
Enhancing genetic gains through marker-assisted recurrent selection: from phenotyping to genotyping	5
Multiplex PCR assay for the detection of Lr24 and Lr68 in salt tolerant wheat genotypes	5
Mapping QTLs for morpho-physiological traits related to grain yield under late sown conditions in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)	5
Evaluation of the morpho-physiological traits and the genetic diversity of some Egyptian bread wheat cultivars under salt stress conditions	5
Allocation of the oat powdery mildew resistance gene Pm3 to oat chromosome 1A	5
Mycorrhizal symbiosis improved drought resistance in wheat using physiological traits	5
Changes in hormonal status of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and spelt wheat (Triticum spelta L.) after heat stress and in recovery period	5

Protein profiling in a set of wild rice species and rice cultivars: a stepping stone to protein quality improvement	5
Who is to blame for the increasing prevalence of dietary sensitivity to wheat?	5
Allelism and resistance loci of powdery mildew and leaf rust in Egyptian hexaploid bread wheat	5
Research trends and status of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) based on the Essential Science Indicators during 2010–2020: a bibliometric analysis	4
Understanding heat and drought stress adaptation mechanisms in maize on the molecular level	4
Nutrient biofortification in wheat: opportunities and challenges	4
Integrative expressional regulation of TaHKT2;1, TaNa+/H+ vacuolar antiporter, and TaSOS1 genes improve salt tolerance in gamma-ray induced bread wheat mutants	4
Assessment of the genetic diversity, population structure and allele distribution of major plant development genes in bread wheat cultivars using DArT and gene-specific markers	4
Physiological introspection of leaf photochemical activity and antioxidant metabolism in selected indigenous finger millet genotypes in relation to drought stress	4
Races, disease symptoms and genetic variability in Pyrenophora tritici-repentis isolates from Oklahoma that cause tan spot of winter wheat	4
Phyto-remedial of excessive copper and evaluation of its impact on the metabolic activity of Zea mays	4
Resistance to stripe rust in Turkish durum wheat varieties and wild emmer genotypes	4
Role of silicon in abiotic stress tolerance in wheat	4
Foliar zinc application for zinc biofortification in diverse wheat genotypes under low Zn soil	4
Interrelationships among different grain characteristics of wheat grown under optimum and late sowning date conditions in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic plains of India	4
Effects of straw returning on soil moisture and maize yield in semi-humid area	4
Overexpression of TaWRKY46 enhances drought tolerance in transgenic wheat	4
Bread-making properties of einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum ssp. monococcoum) and its suitability for whole wheat bread production	4
Influence of variety and growing conditions on Fusarium occurrence, mycotoxicological quality, and yield parameters of hulled oats	4
Salicylic acid and thiourea ameliorated adverse effects of salinity and drought-induced changes in physiological traits and yield of wheat	4
Evaluation of yield traits and tolerance indices of different wheat genotypes under drought stress conditions	4
Profiling of amino acids in traditional and improved rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties of Sri Lanka and their health promoting aspects	4
Molecular mapping of a novel QTL for resistance to cereal cyst nematode in F4 wheat population	3
Screening of salt-tolerant wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) through morphological and molecular markers	3
Architecture of paleas and lemmas dominates seed shattering trait in naked oat (Avena nuda)	3
Genetic variability of panicle architecture and nutritional parameters in indigenous finger millet genotypes from Koraput, Eastern Ghats of India	3
Towards mapping of Helminthosporium leaf blight/Pyrenophora leaf spot resistance genes/QTLs in oats	3
Genetics of root traits influencing nitrogen use efficiency under varied nitrogen level in spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)	3
Chromosome morphology and cytomolecular characteristics of the perennial rye cultivar ‘Kriszta’	3
Association analysis between Lipoxygenase activity and SSR markers in wheat grains	3
Systemic response to Fusarium graminearum and culmorum inoculations: changes in detoxification of flag leaves in wheat	3
Multiple sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis of wheat pathogens using conserved genes for identification and development of diagnostic markers	3
The traits affecting wheat grain yield and determining tolerant genotypes using drought indices	3
Antioxidant potential of tolerant and susceptible wheat varieties under drought and recovery	3
Genetic dissection of physiological traits over trait based breeding in bread wheat conferring terminal heat tolerance	3
In silico characterization of Thinopyrum elongatum-derived PsyE1 gene and validation in 7D/7E bread wheat introgression lines open avenues for carotenoid biofortification in wheat	3
Mitigation of low temperature stress and plant growth promotion in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) by inoculation of psychrotrophic P-solubilizing Serratia nematodiphila EU-PW75	3
Molecular cloning and characterization of the wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) starch synthase III gene sheds light on its structure	3
Studies on genetic variability and identification of sequence variations among cultivars and landraces of rice (Oryza sativa L.) for apparent amylose and amylopectin contents	3
Differential expression of the AP2/EREBP gene family in the contrasting genotypes of maize provides insights of abiotic stress tolerance	3
Identification of four functional component content QTLs of brown rice in the Yunnan mini-core collection and its near-isogenic lines using association mapping	3
Preliminary screening of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) germplasm for salinity stress tolerance at the early seedling stage	3
Germination characteristics of different maize inbred hybrids and their parental lines	3
Assessment of wheat genotypes based on genotype-by-environment interaction for durable resistance to spot blotch disease in hot spot	3
Action of nanoparticles in the amelioration of heavy metal phytotoxicity	3
Improvement of physiological performance of selected cereals by modulating pregerminative metabolic activity in seeds	3
Deciphering novel QTL for spectral reflectance indices in spring wheat	3
Winter hardiness analysis of wheat-rye 5R(5A)-substituted lines in Western Siberia	3
A case study of seed biopriming and chemical priming: seed coating with two types of bioactive compounds improves the physiological state of germinating seeds in durum wheat	3
Evaluation of yield and some resistance-related traits of three maize hybrids against European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis (Hubner)	3
Roles of stomata in gramineous crops growth and biomass production	3
Genetic variance components and GGE interaction of tropical maize genotypes under Northern leaf blight disease infection	3
Mapping QTLs for rice (Oryza sativa L.) grain protein content via chromosome segment substitution lines	3
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) biochemical and nutritional properties affected by plant growth regulators under field drought conditions	3
Relevance of yield-related growth parameters in protein, iron and zinc and the prospects of their utilization for wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) improvement	3