OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Plant Disease is 26. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Novel distinct strains of Pseudomonas syringae pv. aptata associated with bacterial leaf spot of sugar beet in Serbia	143
Transgenic diffusible signaling factor (DSF)-producing rootstocks confer resistance to Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri in grafted non-transgenic scions	72
Influence of soil-related factors on distribution of plant-parasitic nematodes in tropical fruit fields in South Florida	67
First Report of Bacterial Speck Caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato Race 1 Affecting Tomato in Different Regions of Chile	61
First Report of Bitter Rot Caused by Colletotrichum scovillei on Apple in Korea	59
First Report of Cytospora ailanthicola Causing Canker on Cherry Blossom (Cerasus serrulata) in China	43
Molecular and Morphological Identification of Monilia yunnanensis Causing Brown Rot on Chinese Quince and Peach in Yunnan, China	42
First Report of Pepino Mosaic Virus Infecting Tomato in South Korea	38
First Report of Cape Gooseberry Scab Caused by Cladosporium exasperatum in Thailand	37
First Report of Impatiens Necrotic Spot Orthotospovirus Infecting Tulbaghia violacea in China	36
First Report of Stenocarpella macrospora Causing Diplodia Leaf Streak Disease of Maize in Yunnan Province, China	35
Identification of 16S rXXX-A Phytoplasma Associated with Salt Cedar (Tamarix chinensis) Witches’-Broom in Southern Xinjiang of China	34
First Report of Pearl Millet Bacterial Leaf Blight Caused by Pantoea stewartii Subspecies indologenes in India	34
First Report of Tobacco Ringspot Virus Naturally Infecting Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) in the United States	33
First Report of Pantoea anthophila Causing Shoot Dieback Disease of Ceylon Ironwood (Mesua ferrea) in Malaysia	33
First Report of Bipolaris yamadae and Exserohilum rostratum Associated with Leaf Spots of Maize (Zea mays) in Zambia	32
Ampelopsis grossedentata Represents a New Host of the 16SrI Group Phytoplasma Associated with Yellow Leaf Symptoms in China	32
Distinct Genomic Loci Underlie Quantitative Resistance to Meloidogyne enterolobii Galling and Reproduction in Citrullus amarus	30
First Report of Botrytis cinerea Causing Gray Mold on Alternanthera philoxeroides in China	29
A Genome Sequence Resource of Nigrospora sphaerica Causing Fruit Dried-Shrink Disease in Akebia trifoliata	29
First Report of Bacterial Leaf Spot on Muskmelon Caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae in China	29
Effect of Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) on Barley: A Precise Assessment of Reductions in Yield Components Under Variable Disease Severities	28
First Report of Sclerotinia minor Causing Soft Rot of Scabiosa atropurpurea in California	28
First Report of Broad Bean Wilt Virus 2 Infecting Balsam (Impatiens balsamina) in China	28
First Report of Leaf Spot Caused by an Undescribed Pseudocercospora species on Zelkova serrata in South Korea	27

First Report of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae Race 2 Causing Fusarium Wilt of Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) in California	26
A Real-Time PCR Assay to Detect and Quantify Root-Knot Nematodes from Soil Extracts	26