Annals of Botany

Papers
(The TQCC of Annals of Botany is 8. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Intraspecific trait variation in plants: a renewed focus on its role in ecological processes144
Significance of root hairs for plant performance under contrasting field conditions and water deficit64
Orchid conservation: from theory to practice62
Two decades of functional–structural plant modelling: now addressing fundamental questions in systems biology and predictive ecology55
The Waiting Room Hypothesis revisited by orchids: were orchid mycorrhizal fungi recruited among root endophytes?51
Root hairs are the most important root trait for rhizosheath formation of barley (Hordeum vulgare), maize (Zea mays) and Lotus japonicus (Gifu)48
Functional dissection of HGGT and HPT in barley vitamin E biosynthesis via CRISPR/Cas9-enabled genome editing48
Insights into phylogeny, age and evolution of Allium (Amaryllidaceae) based on the whole plastome sequences46
Arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization outcompetes root hairs in maize under low phosphorus availability45
Estimation of maize plant height and leaf area index dynamics using an unmanned aerial vehicle with oblique and nadir photography43
Leaf size estimation based on leaf length, width and shape41
Mechanisms for improving phosphorus utilization efficiency in plants37
Stomatal closure during water deficit is controlled by below-ground hydraulics37
Root secondary growth: an unexplored component of soil resource acquisition36
Stomatal development in the context of epidermal tissues36
Plant science’s next top models34
Characterization, costs, cues and future perspectives of phenotypic plasticity33
Patterns of intraspecific trait variation along an aridity gradient suggest both drought escape and drought tolerance strategies in an invasive herb32
Genome-wide genotyping elucidates the geographical diversification and dispersal of the polyploid and clonally propagated yam (Dioscorea alata)30
Above-ground biomass references for urban trees from terrestrial laser scanning data29
A functional–structural model of upland rice root systems reveals the importance of laterals and growing root tips for phosphate uptake from wet and dry soils28
Two decades of research with the GreenLab model in agronomy28
Does masting scale with plant size? High reproductive variability and low synchrony in small and unproductive individuals27
V-Mango: a functional–structural model of mango tree growth, development and fruit production26
Unravelling the complex story of intergenomic recombination in ABB allotriploid bananas26
Three founding ancestral genomes involved in the origin of sugarcane26
Polyploidy: its consequences and enabling role in plant diversification and evolution24
Evolution and function of red pigmentation in land plants24
Tree species mixing can increase stand productivity, density and growth efficiency and attenuate the trade-off between density and growth throughout the whole rotation23
Contrasting patterns of intraspecific trait variability in native and non-native plant species along an elevational gradient on Tenerife, Canary Islands23
Red flowers differ in shades between pollination systems and across continents23
Climate shapes the seed germination niche of temperate flowering plants: a meta-analysis of European seed conservation data23
Phylotranscriptomics of Theaceae: generic-level relationships, reticulation and whole-genome duplication23
Ascorbate glutathione-dependent H2O2 scavenging is an important process in axillary bud outgrowth in rosebush23
Growing up aspen: ontogeny and trade-offs shape growth, defence and reproduction in a foundation species23
The nature of intraspecific and interspecific genome size variation in taxonomically complex eyebrights22
Increased seminal root number associated with domestication improves nitrogen and phosphorus acquisition in maize seedlings22
Root hair phenotypes influence nitrogen acquisition in maize21
Carbohydrate storage in herbs: the forgotten functional dimension of the plant economic spectrum20
Intervessel pit membrane thickness best explains variation in embolism resistance amongst stems of Arabidopsis thaliana accessions20
Excess nitrate induces nodule greening and reduces transcript and protein expression levels of soybean leghaemoglobins20
Environmental pressures on stomatal size may drive plant genome size evolution: evidence from a natural experiment with Cape geophytes20
Comparing fruiting phenology across two historical datasets: Thoreau’s observations and herbarium specimens19
Partial mycoheterotrophy is common among chlorophyllous plants with Paris-type arbuscular mycorrhiza19
Directional change in leaf dry matter δ 13C during leaf development is widespread in C3 plants19
Evaluation of automated pipelines for tree and plot metric estimation from TLS data in tropical forest areas19
Leaf traits and performance vary with plant age and water availability in Artemisia californica19
Specific mycorrhizal associations involving the same fungal taxa in common and threatened Caladenia (Orchidaceae): implications for conservation18
The acquisitive–conservative axis of leaf trait variation emerges even in homogeneous environments18
Diversity of parental environments increases phenotypic variation inArabidopsispopulations more than genetic diversity but similarly affects productivity18
The role of multiple reproductive barriers: strong post-pollination interactions govern cytotype isolation in a tetraploid–octoploid contact zone18
The moss traits that rule cyanobacterial colonization18
Evolution of floral scent in relation to self-incompatibility and capacity for autonomous self-pollination in the perennial herb Arabis alpina18
Highly diverse and highly successful: invasive Australian acacias have not experienced genetic bottlenecks globally18
Pericarp growth dynamics associate with final grain weight in wheat under contrasting plant densities and increased night temperature18
Terrestrial laser scanning: a new standard of forest measuring and modelling?17
Broken, silent, and in hiding: tamed endogenous pararetroviruses escape elimination from the genome of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris)17
A bee’s eye view of remarkable floral colour patterns in the south-west Australian biodiversity hotspot revealed by false colour photography17
Comparative analysis of root sprouting and its vigour in temperate herbs: anatomical correlates and environmental predictors17
Impact of genome duplication on secondary metabolite composition in non-cultivated species: a systematic meta-analysis17
Genome-wide association study dissects the genetic control of plant height and branch number in response to low-phosphorus stress in Brassica napus17
Extensin, an underestimated key component of cell wall defence?16
Environmental variation drives the decoupling of leaf and root traits within species along an elevation gradient16
Reconstruction of the spatio-temporal diversification and ecological niche evolution ofHelianthemum(Cistaceae) in the Canary Islands using genotyping-by-sequencing data16
Recent ecophysiological, biochemical and evolutional insights into plant carnivory16
Diel scent and nectar rhythms of an African orchid in relation to bimodal activity patterns of hawkmoth pollinators16
Associations between phytohormones and cellulose biosynthesis in land plants16
Turgor-driven plant growth applied in a soybean functional–structural plant model15
Growth of 19 conifer species is highly sensitive to winter warming, spring frost and summer drought15
Leaf photosynthesis is positively correlated with xylem and phloem areas in leaf veins in rice (Oryza sativa) plants15
Automatic extraction and measurement of individual trees from mobile laser scanning point clouds of forests15
Lichens buffer tundra microclimate more than the expanding shrub Betula nana15
Above- and below-ground plant traits are not consistent in response to drought and competition treatments15
The phylogeny of Salix revealed by whole genome re-sequencing suggests different sex-determination systems in major groups of the genus15
Leaf phosphorus fractionation in rice to understand internal phosphorus-use efficiency14
Complex polyploid and hybrid species in an apomictic and sexual tropical forage grass group: genomic composition and evolution in Urochloa (Brachiaria) species14
Plastome phylogenomics of Cephalotaxus (Cephalotaxaceae) and allied genera14
Heterogeneous nutrient supply promotes maize growth and phosphorus acquisition: additive and compensatory effects of lateral roots and root hairs14
Effects of intrinsic environmental predictability on intra-individual and intra-population variability of plant reproductive traits and eco-evolutionary consequences14
Genome size evolution is associated with climate seasonality and glucosinolates, but not life history, soil nutrients or range size, across a clade of mustards14
Pollen limitation and xenia effects in a cultivated mass-flowering tree, Macadamia integrifolia (Proteaceae)14
Co-ordination between xylem anatomy, plant architecture and leaf functional traits in response to abiotic and biotic drivers in a nurse cushion plant14
Frugivory and seed dispersal in a hyperdiverse plant clade and its role as a keystone resource for the Neotropical fauna14
Substantial intraspecific genome size variation in golden-brown algae and its phenotypic consequences14
Model-assisted comparison of sugar accumulation patterns in ten fleshy fruits highlights differences between herbaceous and woody species13
Fundamentally different repetitive element composition of sex chromosomes in Rumex acetosa13
Aiming off the target: recycling target capture sequencing reads for investigating repetitive DNA13
Soil microbes alter seedling performance and biotic interactions under plant competition and contrasting light conditions13
Simulating the effects of water limitation on plant biomass using a 3D functional–structural plant model of shoot and root driven by soil hydraulics13
How plant allometry influences bud phenology and fruit yield in two Vaccinium species13
Radiation history of Asian Asarum (sect. Heterotropa, Aristolochiaceae) resolved using a phylogenomic approach based on double-digested RAD-seq data13
Forest above-ground volume assessments with terrestrial laser scanning: a ground-truth validation experiment in temperate, managed forests13
Inter- and intraspecific variation in grass phytolith shape and size: a geometric morphometrics perspective13
The Cassandra retrotransposon landscape in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) and related Amaranthaceae: recombination and re-shuffling lead to a high structural variability13
Root pressure–volume curve traits capture rootstock drought tolerance13
Plant responses to heterogeneous salinity: agronomic relevance and research priorities12
Seed size, number and strategies in annual plants: a comparative functional analysis and synthesis12
Differential modulation of the lipoxygenase cascade during typical and latent Pectobacterium atrosepticum infections12
Time-resolved laboratory micro-X-ray fluorescence reveals silicon distribution in relation to manganese toxicity in soybean and sunflower12
Continental-scale distribution and diversity ofCeratobasidiumorchid mycorrhizal fungi in Australia12
Recent hybrid speciation at the origin of the narrow endemicPulmonaria helvetica12
The role of perennation traits in plant community soil frost stress responses12
Fleshy fruit traits and seed dispersers: which traits define syndromes?12
Down, then up: non-parallel genome size changes and a descending chromosome series in a recent radiation of the Australian allotetraploid plant species, Nicotiana section Suaveolentes (S12
Lack of strong selection pressures maintains wide variation in floral traits in a food-deceptive orchid12
Genetic and gene expression analysis of flowering time regulation by light quality in lentil12
Archaeosporites rhyniensis gen. et sp. nov. (Glomeromycota, Archaeosporaceae) from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert: a fungal lineage morphologically unchanged for more than 400 million years12
Root and xylem anatomy varies with root length, root order, soil depth and environment in intermediate wheatgrass (Kernza®) and alfalfa12
Rare earth elements, aluminium and silicon distribution in the fernDicranopteris linearisrevealed by μPIXE Maia analysis12
Endopolyploidy is a common response to UV-B stress in natural plant populations, but its magnitude may be affected by chromosome type12
Assessing the variation in manganese use efficiency traits in Scottish barley landrace Bere (Hordeum vulgare L.)12
Caution with colour calculations: spectral purity is a poor descriptor of flower colour visibility11
Theoretical evidence that root penetration ability interacts with soil compaction regimes to affect nitrate capture11
Rice withSUB1QTL possesses greater initial leaf gas film thickness leading to delayed perception of submergence stress11
Extreme undersaturation in the intercellular airspace of leaves: a failure of Gaastra or Ohm?11
Effects of fragmentation of clones compound over vegetative generations in the floating plantPistia stratiotes11
The CAM lineages of planet Earth11
Disturbance reinforces community assembly processes differentially across spatial scales11
The leaf economics spectrum’s morning coffee: plant size-dependent changes in leaf traits and reproductive onset in a perennial tree crop11
Fruit softening: evidence for pectate lyase actionin vivoin date (Phoenix dactylifera) and rosaceous fruit cell walls11
Foliar nutrient allocation patterns in Banksia attenuata and Banksia sessilis differing in growth rate and adaptation to low-phosphorus habitats11
Understanding crown shyness from a 3-D perspective11
Target enrichment improves phylogenetic resolution in the genus Zanthoxylum (Rutaceae) and indicates both incomplete lineage sorting and hybridization events11
Autopolyploids ofArabidopsis thalianaare more phenotypically plastic than their diploid progenitors11
Functional seed traits and germination patterns predict species coexistence in Northeast Mediterranean foredune communities11
Selective pollination by fungus gnats potentially functions as an alternative reproductive isolation among fiveArisaemaspecies11
Spatial distribution characteristics of stomata at the areole level in Michelia cavaleriei var. platypetala (Magnoliaceae)10
Morpho-anatomical affinities and evolutionary relationships of three paleoendemic podocarp genera based on seed cone traits10
Effects of primary seed dormancy on lifetime fitness of Arabidopsis thaliana in the field10
The role of individual variation in flowering and pollination in the reproductive success of a crepuscular buzz-pollinated plant10
Investigating tree and fruit growth through functional–structural modelling: implications of carbon autonomy at different scales10
Low availability of functional seed trait data from the tropics could negatively affect global macroecological studies, predictive models and plant conservation10
On the modelling of tropical tree growth: the importance of intra-specific trait variation, non-linear functions and phenotypic integration10
Sampling forests with terrestrial laser scanning10
Not that young: combining plastid phylogenomic, plate tectonic and fossil evidence indicates a Palaeogene diversification of Cycadaceae10
Landscape and taxon age are associated with differing patterns of hybridization in twoEucalyptus(Myrtaceae) subgenera10
Nickel hyperaccumulation in New Caledonian Hybanthus (Violaceae) and occurrence of nickel-rich phloem in Hybanthus austrocaledonicus9
Shifts in fine root traits within and among species along a fine-scale hydrological gradient9
Leaf surface traits contributing to wettability, water interception and uptake of above-ground water sources in shrubs of Patagonian arid ecosystems9
Complex floral traits shape pollinator attraction to ornamental plants9
Flavonoids are involved in phosphorus-deficiency-induced cluster-root formation in white lupin9
Large seasonal fluctuations in whole-tree carbohydrate reserves: is storage more dynamic in boreal ecosystems?9
Evolution of genome space occupation in ferns: linking genome diversity and species richness9
Distinct responses of growth and respiration to growth temperatures in two mangrove species9
Changes in plant collection practices from the 16th to 21st centuries: implications for the use of herbarium specimens in global change research9
Regulation of sugar metabolism genes in the nitrogen-dependent susceptibility of tomato stems toBotrytis cinerea9
Seed longevity of maize conserved under germplasm bank conditions for up to 60 years9
Integrating terrestrial laser scanning with functional–structural plant models to investigate ecological and evolutionary processes of forest communities9
Fossil evidence from South America for the diversification of Cunoniaceae by the earliest Palaeocene9
Hybridization and introgression are prevalent in Southern European Erysimum (Brassicaceae) species9
The protected tree Dimorphandra wilsonii (Fabaceae) is a population of inter-specific hybrids: recommendations for conservation in the Brazilian Cerrado/Atlantic Forest ecotone9
Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature9
Chromosome size matters: genome evolution in the cyperid clade9
Rapid evolution of post-zygotic reproductive isolation is widespread in Arctic plant lineages9
Seed macro- and micromorphology in Allium (Amaryllidaceae) and its phylogenetic significance9
Biogeography and genome size evolution of the oldest extant vascular plant genus,Equisetum(Equisetaceae)9
Expansion of the rareEucalyptus risdoniiunder climate change through hybridization with a closely related species despite hybrid inferiority9
Anchorage by seed mucilage prevents seed dislodgement in high surface flow: a mechanistic investigation9
Species-specific flowering phenology responses to experimental warming and drought alter herbaceous plant species overlap in a temperate–boreal forest community9
Differential regulatory pathways associated with drought-inhibition and post-drought recuperation of rhizome development in perennial grass8
Corner’s rules pass the test of time: little effect of phenology on leaf–shoot and other scaling relationships8
Plant clonality in a soil-impoverished open ecosystem: insights from southwest Australian shrublands8
Correlations between leaf economics, mechanical resistance and drought tolerance across 41 cycad species8
Direct and indirect facilitation affect community productivity through changes in functional diversity in an alpine system8
Above- and below-ground resource acquisition strategies determine plant species responses to nitrogen enrichment8
Comparative anatomy of leaf petioles in temperate trees and shrubs: the role of plant size, environment and phylogeny8
Resource manipulation through experimental defoliation has legacy effects on allocation to reproductive and vegetative organs inQuercus ilex8
Diversity, phylogeny and evolution of the rapidly evolving genusPsidiumL. (Myrtaceae, Myrteae)8
Interactive effects of phosphorus fertilization and salinity on plant growth, phosphorus and sodium status, and tartrate exudation by roots of two alfalfa cultivars8
Influence of increased nutrient availability on biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions and leaf anatomy of subarctic dwarf shrubs under climate warming and increased cloudiness8
An invasive plant rapidly increased the similarity of soil fungal pathogen communities8
Above and belowground traits impacting transpiration decline during soil drying in 48 maize (Zea mays) genotypes8
Increased resolution in the face of conflict: phylogenomics of the Neotropical bellflowers (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae), a rapid plant radiation8
Impact of mating system on range size and niche breadth inEpipactis(Orchidaceae)8
Resolution, conflict and rate shifts: insights from a densely sampled plastome phylogeny forRhododendron(Ericaceae)8
Boron bridging of rhamnogalacturonan-II inRosaand arabidopsis cell cultures occurs mainly in the endo-membrane system and continues at a reduced rate after secretion8
Does half a millimetre matter? Root hairs for yield stability. A commentary on ‘Significance of root hairs for plant performance under contrasting field conditions and water deficit’8
A GWAS approach to find SNPs associated with salt removal in rice leaf sheath8
Brassinosteroids regulate petal spur length in Aquilegia by controlling cell elongation8
Analysis of β-d-glucan biosynthetic genes in oat reveals glucan synthesis regulation by light8
Characterization and practical use of self-compatibility in outcrossing grass species8
Interspecific interactions alter plant functional strategies in a revegetated shrub-dominated community in the Mu Us Desert, China8
Tracking population genetic signatures of local extinction with herbarium specimens8
Propagule pressure and the establishment of emergent polyploid populations8
Into the range: a latitudinal gradient or a center-margins differentiation of ecological strategies in Arabidopsis thaliana?8
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