OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science is 7. 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
Heat stress effects on the reproductive physiology and yield of wheat	86
Appraisal for organic amendments and plant growth‐promoting rhizobacteria to enhance crop productivity under drought stress: A review	76
Hypoxia and Anoxia Stress: Plant responses and tolerance mechanisms	53
Effects of high temperature during anthesis and grain filling on physiological characteristics of winter wheat cultivars	34
Heat stress lowers yields, alters nutrient uptake and changes seed quality in quinoa grown under Mediterranean field conditions	34
Growth and physiological responses of cotton plants to salt stress	32
Drought stress in sorghum: Mitigation strategies, breeding methods and technologies—A review	31
Thermal imaging for assessment of maize water stress and yield prediction under drought conditions	29
The responses of lateral roots and root hairs to nitrogen stress in cotton based on daily root measurements	28
Competition, stress and benefits: Trees and crops in the transition zone of a temperate short rotation alley cropping agroforestry system	27
Quantifying individual and interactive effects of elevated temperature and drought stress on cotton yield and fibre quality	26
Shading under drought stress during grain filling attenuates photosynthesis, grain yield and quality of winter wheat in the Loess Plateau of China	24
Transcriptome sequencing revealed the molecular mechanism of response of pearl millet root to heat stress	22
Behind the scene: Critical role of reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species in salt stress tolerance	22
Exogenous calcium application enhances salt tolerance of sweet sorghum seedlings	20
Si fertigation attenuates water stress in forages by modifying carbon stoichiometry, favouring physiological aspects	20
Plant growth rate after, and not during, waterlogging better correlates to yield responses in wheat and barley	20
Assessment of the impact of future climate change on maize yield and water use efficiency in agro‐pastoral ecotone of Northwestern China	19
Trehalose can alleviate decreases in grain number per spike caused by low‐temperature stress at the booting stage by promoting floret fertility in wheat	18
Crosstalk between hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide mediates priming‐induced drought tolerance in wheat	18
Short‐term heat stress during flowering results in a decline in Canola seed productivity	18
Potassium, an important element to improve water use efficiency and growth parameters in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) under saline conditions	18
Plant photosynthetic responses under drought stress: Effects and management	17
The stage sensitivity of short‐term heat stress to lodging‐resistant traits and yield determination in canola (Brassica napus L.)	17
A novel raffinose biological pathway is observed by symbionts of cotton≡Verticillium dahliae to improve salt tolerance genetically on cotton	16

Low absorption of silicon via foliar in comparison to root application has an immediate antioxidant effect in mitigating water deficit damage in sugarcane	15
Trait characterization of genetic resources reveals useful variation for the improvement of cultivated Nordic red clover	15
The effect of drought stress on nodulation, plant growth, and nitrogen fixation in soybean during early plant growth	15
High night temperature during maize post‐flowering increases night respiration and reduces photosynthesis, growth and kernel number	15
Soybean seed growth dynamics exposed to heat and water stress during the filling period under field conditions	14
Multidimensional screening and evaluation of morpho‐physiological indices for salinity stress tolerance in wheat	14
Wheat and barley cultivars show plant traits acclimation and increase grain yield under simulated shade in Mediterranean conditions	13
Imposing water deficit on modern and wild wheat collections to identify drought‐resilient genotypes	13
Maximum lethal temperature for flowering and seed set in maize with contrasting male and female flower sensitivities	13
Effect of deficit irrigation scheduling and planting pattern on leaf water status and radiation use efficiency of winter wheat	13
Generating row–column field experimental designs with good neighbour balance and even distribution of treatment replications	13
Photosynthetic activity and water use efficiency of Salvia verbenaca L. under elevated CO₂ and water‐deficit conditions	13
Chemical products for crop protection against freezing stress: A review	13
Can intercropping be an adaptation to drought? A model‐based analysis for pearl millet–cowpea	12
Nitrogen stress inhibits root growth by regulating cell wall and hormone changes in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)	12
Low‐temperature stress during the flowering period alters the source–sink relationship and grain quality in field‐grown late‐season rice	12
Water‐use efficiency of maize may be increased by the plant growth regulator paclobutrazol	11
Impact of natural and synthetic growth enhancers on the productivity and yield of quinoa (chenopodium quinoa willd.) cultivated under normal and late sown circumstances	11
Gypsum amendment influences performance and mineral absorption in wheat cultivars grown in normal and saline‐sodic soils	11
Dissecting heat tolerance and yield stability in maize from greenhouse and field experiments	11
Quantitative estimation of water status in field‐grown wheat using beta mixed regression modelling based on fast chlorophyll fluorescence transients: A method for drought tolerance estimation	11
Foliar application of magnesium mitigates soil acidity stress in wheat	11
Early‐ And late‐waterlogging differentially affect the yield of wheat, barley, oilseed rape and field pea through changes in leaf area index, radiation interception and radiation use efficiency	11
Physiological and biochemical adaptive traits support the specific breeding of alfalfa (Medicago sativa) for severely drought‐stressed or moisture‐favourable environments	10
Drought stress during the growing season: Changes in reducing sugars, starch content and respiration rate during storage of two potato cultivars differing in drought sensitivity	10
Salinity tolerance of lentil is achieved by enhanced proline accumulation, lower level of sodium uptake and modulation of photosynthetic traits	10
Dissecting the combined effects of air temperature and relative humidity on water‐use efficiency of barley under drought stress	10
Heat stress affects floral morphology, silique set and seed quality in chamber and field grown winter canola	10
Maize is stressed by salt rather than water under drip irrigation with soil matric potential higher than −50 kPa in an arid saline area	10
Widely targeted metabolomics reveals the different metabolic changes in leaves and roots of two cotton varieties under drought stress	10
Safeners improve early‐stage chilling‐stress tolerance in sorghum	10
Prospects of alleviating early planting‐associated cold susceptibility of soybean using microbes: New insights from microbiome analysis	10
Effect of Bacillus paralicheniformis on soybean (Glycine max) roots colonization, nutrient uptake and water use efficiency under drought stress	10
Sorghum bicolor prioritizes the recovery of its photosynthetic activity when re‐watered after severe drought stress, while manages to preserve it under elevated CO₂ and dr	10
Seed weight determination in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.)	10
Effects of elevated CO₂ on grain yield and quality in five wheat cultivars	9
Endogenous hormones improve the salt tolerance of maize (Zea mays L.) by inducing root architecture and ion balance optimizations	9
Modelling the advancement of chilling tolerance breeding in Northeast China	9
The effect of auxins on amelioration of heat stress‐induced wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grain loss	9
Variability and selection among mutant families of wheat for biomass allocation, yield and yield‐related traits under drought‐stressed and non‐stressed conditions	9
Development of an irrigation regime for winter wheat to save water resources by avoiding irrigation at anthesis stage	9
High‐throughput phenotyping of plant growth rate to screen for waterlogging tolerance in lentil	9
Mesophyll conductance modulates photosynthetic rate in cotton crops exposed to heat stress under field conditions	9
Phenotyping of productivity and resilience in sweetpotato under water stress through UAV‐based multispectral and thermal imagery in Mozambique	9
Modelling climate change impacts on wet and dry season rice in Cambodia	9
Effects of chilling at the booting and flowering stages on rice phenology and yield: A case study in Northeast China	9
Photosynthetic characteristics of subtending leaves and their relationships with soybean pod development under heat, drought and combined stresses	8
Decline of seedling phosphorus use efficiency in the heterotic pool of flint maize breeding lines since the onset of hybrid breeding	8
The physiological and proteomic characteristics of oilseed rape stem affect seed yield and lodging resistance under different planting densities and row spacing	8
Interactions between drought and shade on the productivity of winter pea grown in a 25‐year‐old walnut‐based alley cropping system	8

Modulation of photosynthesis under salinity and the role of mineral nutrients in Jatropha curcas L.	8
Yield response of wheat grown under periodic heat stress imposed by using mini heat tents	8
Atmospheric and soil water deficit induced changes in chemical and hydraulic signals in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)	8
Does the drought tolerance of guar [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.] extend belowground to root nodules?	8
Frequency of compound hot–dry weather extremes has significantly increased in Australia since 1889	8
Middle portion of the wheat culm remobilizes more carbon reserve to grains under drought	8
Root system growth and anatomy of cotton seedlings under suboptimal temperature	7
Short‐term drought is a stronger driver of plant morphology and nutritional composition than warming in two common pasture species	7
Variation in quinoa roots growth responses to drought stresses	7
Responses of a root system structure to soil compaction stress among maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids	7
Effect of waterlogging stress on grain nutritional quality and pod yield of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)	7
The effect of silicon fertilizers on agronomic performance of bread wheat under drought stress and non‐stress conditions	7
CO₂ exchange, dry matter accumulation and growth response of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) to terminal drought as affected by potassium and blended‐NPSBZn fertilization	7