Trends in Plant Science

Papers
(The median citation count of Trends in Plant Science is 4. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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Leveraging glycoside-targeted metabolomics to gain insight into biological function400
Decoding resilience: ecology, regulation, and evolution of biosynthetic gene clusters369
Deflecting the parasitic paradigm: new insights into mutualistic transposons in plant genomes283
Harnessing transposable elements for plant functional genomics and genome engineering271
Agroecological genomics and participatory science: optimizing crop mixtures for agricultural diversification237
Necessity for modeling hormonal crosstalk in arabidopsis root development?194
TANDEM ZINC-FINGER/PLUS3: a multifaceted integrator of light signaling190
Root cell types as an interface for biotic interactions183
Navigating nitrogen sustainability with microbiome-associated phenotypes176
The era of panomics-driven gene discovery in plants172
Transcriptional regulatory network of high-value active ingredients in medicinal plants157
Building soil sustainability from root–soil interface traits156
Fruit quality in organic and conventional farming: advantages and limitations147
Strategies to intensify CO2 capture by microalgae for the circular bioeconomy146
Harnessing biological nitrogen fixation in plant leaves141
Capturing the phosphorylation-linked protein-complex landscape in plants140
Plant-to-plant signaling: building networks for resilience to stress, or merely eavesdropping?136
Plant–pest interactions under the microscope of chemical hormesis131
Tools for studying the cytoskeleton during plant cell division129
The plant proteome delivers from discovery to innovation127
‘Microscopic engineering vehicles’ for plants under stress combination126
Achieving the impossible: prevention and eradication of invasive plants in Mediterranean-type ecosystems123
Harnessing ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) mutagenesis and multi-omics for wheat rust resistance gene discovery121
TKP-NLR calcium-permeable channels shield wheat from fungi112
Transcription factor is not just a transcription factor112
Unlocking a ‘lock–key’ mechanism governing pollen–pistil interactions103
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The parallel narrative of RGF/GLV/CLEL peptide signalling100
Co-conserving Indigenous and local knowledge systems with seeds93
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Decoding the evolution of C4 photosynthesis88
Illuminating plants: autoluminescence through big data mining and metabolic optimization84
Single cell multi-omics atlases unlock cellular mysteries84
Chinese cabbage: an emerging model for functional genomics in leafy vegetable crops81
Strategies for breeding crops for future environments79
Fungi deploy host phosphate signaling disrupter79
Sensing and regulation of plant extracellular pH77
Exploring natural product biosynthesis in plants with mass spectrometry imaging76
Next-generation proximity labeling: redefining protein interactomes75
Uvr motifs regulate the chloroplast Clp chaperone–protease system73
Fighting citrus Huanglongbing with evolutionary principles73
Why study the archeo-histories of dryland landraces now?72
Nano-selenium: a novel candidate for plant microbiome engineering72
Computational approaches that aid annotation in metabolomics71
Origins of strigolactone and karrikin signaling in plants71
Evolution of cereal floral architecture and threshability70
A nodule peptide confiscates haem to promote iron uptake in rhizobia68
Protoplasts: small cells with big roles in plant biology68
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RPM: rapid detection of chloroplast RNA editing efficiency67
Phospholipids and flowering regulation67
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Expanding the plant epigenetic code: histone short-chain acylation66
Not just signals: RALFs as cell wall-structuring peptides66
Going beyond improving soil health: cover plants as contaminant removers in agriculture65
Promoter/enhancer replacement by genome editing for crop improvement64
Microautophagy in cereal grains: protein storage or degradation?62
Pectin: a critical component in cell-wall-mediated immunity62
Toward a multiomics framework for understanding symbiotic nitrogen fixation62
Integrating root exudation into belowground carbon economics60
Plant-TFClass: a structural classification for plant transcription factors59
Begomoviruses: what is the secret(s) of their success?59
Microalgae: potential novel protein for sustainable human nutrition58
Plant species with extremely small populations conservation program: achieving Kunming–Montreal global biodiversity targets58
How volatile isoprenoids improve plant thermotolerance58
Novel insights into strigolactone perception58
Microbiota-dependent and -independent autoimmunity in plants56
Two mutations in one QTL confer shattering resistance56
A neat wheat trick to hide genes from selection55
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Sunlight-activated T6P precursor: a potent biostimulant for smart agriculture55
Can a nitrogen-fixing organelle be engineered within plants?54
From hosts to parasites: hormones driving symbiosis-induced de novo organogenesis53
Open or closed: ROS-mediated regulation of stomatal movements52
Genetically modified crops support climate change mitigation52
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FERONIA, the kinase that phosphorylates PhyB51
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Plant domestication: setting biological clocks49
Brachypodium: 20 years as a grass biology model system; the way forward?49
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A metabolon at the heart of steroidal biosynthesis48
Tracking the early events of photosymbiosis evolution48
Moving towards the ecological intensification of tree plantations48
The genetic and molecular basis of haploinsufficiency in flowering plants48
The control of compound inflorescences: insights from grasses and legumes47
Beat the heat: plant- and microbe-mediated strategies for crop thermotolerance46
Aquaporins: a vital nexus in H2O2-gasotransmitter signaling46
The evolutionary advantage of artemisinin production by Artemisia annua46
Interplay between autophagy and proteasome during protein turnover46
Receptor-like cytoplasmic kinases: orchestrating plant cellular communication45
Revisiting plant salt tolerance: novel components of the SOS pathway45
Imaging plant tissues: advances and promising clearing practices45
Moving abscisic acid transport forward44
Applications of carbon dot-mediated transformation in plant (epi)genomic studies44
Delivering impactful solutions for the bioeconomy43
CLV3-CLV1 signaling governs flower primordia outgrowth across environmental temperatures43
Navigating genetic redundancy in plant genomes: insights for research and breeding42
Physiological functions of malate shuttles in plants and algae41
Ecology and functional potential of phyllosphere yeasts40
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Let's go bananas with paintings38
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Arsenite: the umpire of arsenate perception and responses in plants38
Plant phenotyping trinity: health checks for plants37
Fossil flowers of Phylica support a 250 Ma origin for Rhamnaceae37
Advances in digital camera-based phenotyping of Botrytis disease development37
A general concept of quantitative abiotic stress sensing37
Altered cyclone–fire interactions are changing ecosystems36
Xerobranching: a ROS-triggered Aux/IAA multimerization-based adaptive strategy36
Perfecting prime editing: achieving precise edits in dicots36
Mitochondrial functions in plant immunity35
Genetic regulation of the root angle in cereals35
The arabidopsis bHLH transcription factor family35
Killing softly: a roadmap of Botrytis cinerea pathogenicity34
Root plasticity versus elasticity – when are responses acclimative?34
Hub metabolites at the root–microbiome interface: unlocking plant drought resilience34
TurboID-based proximity labeling accelerates discovery of neighboring proteins in plants33
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Harnessing the rhizosheath for resilient crop production33
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Endoreplication controls cell size via mechanochemical signaling32
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The role of plant vasculature in tackling N2O emissions32
Memories of heat: autophagy and Golgi recovery31
SOD-GIF-FIT module controls plant organ size and iron uptake31
PASTE: a high-throughput method for large DNA insertions31
Applications and opportunities of click chemistry in plant science30
The role of gasotransmitter hydrogen sulfide in plant cadmium stress responses30
Role of cAMP in TIR1/AFB auxin signaling: open issues30
Wolffia, a minimalist plant and synthetic biology chassis30
Nutrient limitations on photosynthesis: from individual to combinational stresses30
Revisiting SA biosynthesis: new post-PAL route in plant immunity30
Photosynthetic advantages of conifers in the boreal forest30
Bending to auxin: fast acid growth for tropisms30
Phenomics: conceptualization and importance for plant physiology30
Medicinal plants enter the single-cell multi-omics era30
Bacteria deploy water channels to aid infection in plants29
Translational photobiology: towards dynamic lighting in indoor horticulture29
Nanovehicles for melatonin: a new journey for agriculture29
Uncovering the mechanism of mitochondrial translation initiation in plants28
Unlocking in vitro transformation of recalcitrant plants28
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Real-time calcium imaging in living plants28
BioClay: next-generation crop protection strategy28
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Agrifood and net zero27
Food security: solutions offered by plant science27
Fluorescence-activated protoplast sorting for crop improvement26
The microbiome orchestrates contaminant low-dose phytostimulation26
Burning lignin: overlooked cues for post-fire seed germination26
Leaf photosynthesis: do endophytes have a say?26
Releasing hidden MAMPs from precursor proteins in plants26
Unearthing opportunity amid declining plant-beneficial bacteria26
Endosperm: thermal sensor and regulator of seed thermoinhibition26
Signaling events for photomorphogenic root development25
Harnessing spatial transcriptomics for advancing plant regeneration research25
Symbiotic control of canopy dominance in subtropical and tropical forests25
Developing frameworks for nanotechnology-driven DNA-free plant genome-editing25
Distinguishing varying and carrying populations in holobiont breeding25
CRISPR/Cas: a toolkit for plant disease diagnostics25
Linkages between plant tannins and the organic nitrogen cycle25
Nitrogen-loss and carbon-footprint reduction by plant-rhizosphere exudates25
Sowing success: ecological insights into seedling microbial colonisation for robust plant microbiota engineering24
Global change and plant-ecosystem functioning in freshwaters24
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Soybean breeders can count on nodules24
Plant metabolic gene clusters in the multi-omics era23
Genome editing creates disease-resistant crops without yield penalties23
The ORFans’ tale: new insights in plant biology22
Unlocking the genetic blueprint of bamboo for climate adaption22
Improving editing efficiency of prime editor in plants22
Two roads diverge for cellulose synthase complex trafficking22
Mutual dependence of brassinosteroid homeostasis and plasmodesmata permeability22
Evolution of reactive oxygen species cellular targets for plant development22
PRIMER cells: immune hotspots in plants22
University herbaria are uniquely important22
Molecular evolution and functional modification of plant miRNAs with CRISPR21
NO: from plant immunity to fungal virulence factor21
Sterols, pleiotropic players in plant–microbe interactions21
Emerging roles of protein phosphorylation in plant iron homeostasis21
Pseudomonas in the spotlight: emerging roles in the nodule microbiome21
Phased telomere-to-telomere super-pangenome: definitive reference genome in plants20
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On the role of transposons in balancing drought tolerance and yield20
Leveraging brassinosteroids towards the next Green Revolution20
Critical period for yield determination across grain crops20
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Winners take all: competition for carbon resource determines grain fate20
Expanding genomic prediction in plant breeding: harnessing big data, machine learning, and advanced software20
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Bacterial community and root endodermis: a complementary relationship19
Does mRNA targeting explain gene retention in chloroplasts?19
Salicylic acid-driven innate antiviral immunity in plants19
Beyond photorespiration: the significance of glycine and serine in leaf metabolism19
AtSWEET11 and AtSWEET12: the twin traders of sucrose19
Hexose transport reverts the growth penalty of mlo resistance19
Species-specific transcriptional reprogramming during adventitious root initiation19
Low-input single-cell based chromatin profiling in plants19
Br(e)aking the tomato fruit size–sweetness trade-off19
Root-driven microbiome memory enhances plant disease resistance18
EU legal proposal for genome-edited crops hints at a science-based approach18
X-ray-μCT: nondestructively identifying hidden microphenotypes inside living crop seeds18
Transposable elements: mediators of epigenetic inheritance in plants17
Extracellular vesicles: a new avenue for mRNA delivery17
Plant invasions under accumulating global change factors17
Land plant evolution: from microbial interaction to horizontal gene transfer17
Expanding plant single-cell transcriptomics toward the analysis of cell-type-specific isoforms17
Women in plant science around the world16
Plant morpho evo-devo16
Panomics to manage combined abiotic stresses in plants16
Flower heterochrony and crop yield16
New start sites for plant immune gene transcription16
Priming crops for the future: rewiring stress memory16
The plant disease triangle facing climate change: a molecular perspective16
Auxin–cytokinin interplay shapes root functionality under low-temperature stress16
New whole-genome alignment tools are needed for tapping into plant diversity16
Unraveling plant–microbe symbioses using single-cell and spatial transcriptomics16
Toward kingdom-wide analyses of gene expression16
Methyl-salicylate (MeSA)-mediated airborne defence16
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Sustainability: a 21st century concept?15
Mass spectrometry imaging techniques: a versatile toolbox for plant metabolomics15
After silencing suppression: miRNA targets strike back15
Response to Colbach et al.15
Linking herbivory and ecosystem services in urban forests15
Biomagnetic resonance: an innovative approach for the mitigation of plant diseases15
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Belowground persistence types relevant to severe disturbance15
The origin and early evolution of plants14
Nonhistone deacetylation: a switch for crop resilience14
Energy crosstalk between photosynthesis and the algal CO2-concentrating mechanisms14
Interactive database of genome editing applications in crops and future policy making in the European Union14
Weed-induced crop yield loss: a new paradigm and new challenges14
The genetic basis of prickle loss in the Solanaceae14
H2O2-driven plant immunity requires post-translational modification as a switch14
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