Trends in Plant Science

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(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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
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‘Microscopic engineering vehicles’ for plants under stress combination351
TANDEM ZINC-FINGER/PLUS3: a multifaceted integrator of light signaling298
Leveraging glycoside-targeted metabolomics to gain insight into biological function278
Transcription factor is not just a transcription factor241
The plant proteome delivers from discovery to innovation234
Decoding resilience: ecology, regulation, and evolution of biosynthetic gene clusters218
Harnessing transposable elements for plant functional genomics and genome engineering207
Achieving the impossible: prevention and eradication of invasive plants in Mediterranean-type ecosystems203
Capturing the phosphorylation-linked protein-complex landscape in plants174
Plant–pest interactions under the microscope of chemical hormesis170
Harnessing biological nitrogen fixation in plant leaves141
Root cell types as an interface for biotic interactions139
Fruit quality in organic and conventional farming: advantages and limitations136
The era of panomics-driven gene discovery in plants131
Agroecological genomics and participatory science: optimizing crop mixtures for agricultural diversification128
Tools for studying the cytoskeleton during plant cell division126
Hydraulic failure and tree mortality: from correlation to causation122
Pre-mRNA alternative splicing as a modulator for heat stress response in plants116
Transcriptional regulatory network of high-value active ingredients in medicinal plants110
Necessity for modeling hormonal crosstalk in arabidopsis root development?106
PRC2 activity, recruitment, and silencing: a comparative perspective99
Navigating nitrogen sustainability with microbiome-associated phenotypes99
Building soil sustainability from root–soil interface traits98
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The parallel narrative of RGF/GLV/CLEL peptide signalling97
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A nodule peptide confiscates haem to promote iron uptake in rhizobia93
The 3366 chickpea genomes for research and breeding92
Unlocking a ‘lock–key’ mechanism governing pollen–pistil interactions92
Fungi deploy host phosphate signaling disrupter90
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Exploring natural product biosynthesis in plants with mass spectrometry imaging89
Illuminating plants: autoluminescence through big data mining and metabolic optimization89
Decoding the evolution of C4 photosynthesis88
Computational approaches that aid annotation in metabolomics87
Origins of strigolactone and karrikin signaling in plants86
Why study the archeo-histories of dryland landraces now?86
Strategies for breeding crops for future environments85
Uvr motifs regulate the chloroplast Clp chaperone–protease system85
Co-conserving Indigenous and local knowledge systems with seeds85
Protoplasts: small cells with big roles in plant biology82
Chinese cabbage: an emerging model for functional genomics in leafy vegetable crops82
Promoting Ethically Responsible Use of Agricultural Biotechnology81
Dynamic epigenetic modifications in plant sugar signal transduction81
Sensing and regulation of plant extracellular pH81
Nano-selenium: a novel candidate for plant microbiome engineering80
Advances in optical phenotyping of cereal crops79
Evolution of cereal floral architecture and threshability75
Dual Functions of a Stable Peptide against Citrus Huanglongbing Disease72
NAD meets ABA: connecting cellular metabolism and hormone signaling68
Microautophagy in cereal grains: protein storage or degradation?66
Insect herbivores benefit from horizontal gene transfer65
Plant species with extremely small populations conservation program: achieving Kunming–Montreal global biodiversity targets65
RPM: rapid detection of chloroplast RNA editing efficiency65
Phospholipids and flowering regulation64
Pectin: a critical component in cell-wall-mediated immunity62
1H NMR-based metabolomics and lipidomics of microalgae62
The risk of transmitting antibiotic resistance through endophytic bacteria61
Begomoviruses: what is the secret(s) of their success?61
Not just signals: RALFs as cell wall-structuring peptides61
All Traits Are Functional: An Evolutionary Viewpoint60
Plant-TFClass: a structural classification for plant transcription factors59
Microalgae: potential novel protein for sustainable human nutrition57
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Going beyond improving soil health: cover plants as contaminant removers in agriculture57
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Novel insights into strigolactone perception51
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Microbiota-dependent and -independent autoimmunity in plants50
Proteome-Wide Chromatin Interactomics to Study Plant Epigenetics50
A neat wheat trick to hide genes from selection50
A metabolon at the heart of steroidal biosynthesis49
Two mutations in one QTL confer shattering resistance49
The control of compound inflorescences: insights from grasses and legumes48
FERONIA, the kinase that phosphorylates PhyB48
Plant domestication: setting biological clocks48
Receptor-like cytoplasmic kinases: orchestrating plant cellular communication46
Tracking the early events of photosymbiosis evolution46
Moving towards the ecological intensification of tree plantations46
Brachypodium: 20 years as a grass biology model system; the way forward?46
Gene drive: a faster route to plant improvement46
The evolutionary advantage of artemisinin production by Artemisia annua45
Time Will Tell: Intercellular Communication in the Plant Clock45
Aquaporins: a vital nexus in H2O2-gasotransmitter signaling45
Bacterial volatile compound-based tools for crop management and quality45
The genetic and molecular basis of haploinsufficiency in flowering plants45
Imaging plant tissues: advances and promising clearing practices45
Interplay between autophagy and proteasome during protein turnover44
Genetically modified crops support climate change mitigation44
Beat the heat: plant- and microbe-mediated strategies for crop thermotolerance44
Synergistic and antagonistic pleiotropy of STOP1 in stress tolerance44
Revisiting plant salt tolerance: novel components of the SOS pathway44
Can a nitrogen-fixing organelle be engineered within plants?43
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Apart, together: reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic40
Applications of carbon dot-mediated transformation in plant (epi)genomic studies39
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TurboID-based proximity labeling accelerates discovery of neighboring proteins in plants39
Perfecting prime editing: achieving precise edits in dicots38
CLV3-CLV1 signaling governs flower primordia outgrowth across environmental temperatures38
Moving abscisic acid transport forward38
Fossil flowers of Phylica support a 250 Ma origin for Rhamnaceae37
Let's go bananas with paintings37
Peptide Signaling during Plant Reproduction37
Ornamental plant domestication by aesthetics-driven human cultural niche construction36
Arsenite: the umpire of arsenate perception and responses in plants36
Mitochondrial functions in plant immunity36
Killing softly: a roadmap of Botrytis cinerea pathogenicity35
A general concept of quantitative abiotic stress sensing35
Root plasticity versus elasticity – when are responses acclimative?35
Delivering impactful solutions for the bioeconomy35
Genetic regulation of the root angle in cereals34
Physiological functions of malate shuttles in plants and algae34
Ecology and functional potential of phyllosphere yeasts34
Hub metabolites at the root–microbiome interface: unlocking plant drought resilience34
Advances in digital camera-based phenotyping of Botrytis disease development34
Altered cyclone–fire interactions are changing ecosystems33
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The arabidopsis bHLH transcription factor family33
Translational photobiology: towards dynamic lighting in indoor horticulture32
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Endoreplication controls cell size via mechanochemical signaling32
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The role of gasotransmitter hydrogen sulfide in plant cadmium stress responses31
The role of plant vasculature in tackling N2O emissions31
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Flippant attitudes towards plant identification jeopardize early career botanists30
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Nutrient limitations on photosynthesis: from individual to combinational stresses30
Applications and opportunities of click chemistry in plant science29
SOD-GIF-FIT module controls plant organ size and iron uptake29
Photosynthetic advantages of conifers in the boreal forest29
Phenomics: conceptualization and importance for plant physiology29
Nanovehicles for melatonin: a new journey for agriculture29
Medicinal plants enter the single-cell multi-omics era29
Memories of heat: autophagy and Golgi recovery29
Food security: solutions offered by plant science28
Towards understanding the biological foundations of perenniality28
PASTE: a high-throughput method for large DNA insertions28
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Wolffia, a minimalist plant and synthetic biology chassis28
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Bending to auxin: fast acid growth for tropisms28
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Bacteria deploy water channels to aid infection in plants27
CRISPR/Cas: a toolkit for plant disease diagnostics27
Harnessing spatial transcriptomics for advancing plant regeneration research27
Uncovering the mechanism of mitochondrial translation initiation in plants27
An update on principles of m6A targeting27
Symbiotic control of canopy dominance in subtropical and tropical forests26
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Developing frameworks for nanotechnology-driven DNA-free plant genome-editing26
Soybean breeders can count on nodules26
Auxin’s origin: do PILS hold the key?25
Real-time calcium imaging in living plants25
Fluorescence-activated protoplast sorting for crop improvement24
Autophagy balances the zinc–iron seesaw caused by Zn-stress24
Burning lignin: overlooked cues for post-fire seed germination23
BioClay: next-generation crop protection strategy23
Reuniting the Biogeochemistry of Algae for a Low-Carbon Circular Bioeconomy23
Unearthing opportunity amid declining plant-beneficial bacteria23
Leaf photosynthesis: do endophytes have a say?23
Agrifood and net zero23
Truncated variants of Ca2+-dependent protein kinases: a conserved regulatory mechanism?23
Nitrogen-loss and carbon-footprint reduction by plant-rhizosphere exudates22
Endosperm: thermal sensor and regulator of seed thermoinhibition22
How roots and shoots communicate through stressful times22
Signaling events for photomorphogenic root development22
Releasing hidden MAMPs from precursor proteins in plants21
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JA Shakes Hands with ABA to Delay Seed Germination21
Global change and plant-ecosystem functioning in freshwaters21
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The microbiome orchestrates contaminant low-dose phytostimulation21
Sowing success: ecological insights into seedling microbial colonisation for robust plant microbiota engineering21
Unlocking the genetic blueprint of bamboo for climate adaption21
A gift from parent to offspring: transgenerational hormesis20
Turning a bacterial gaseous virulence trigger off20
Expanding genomic prediction in plant breeding: harnessing big data, machine learning, and advanced software20
The ORFans’ tale: new insights in plant biology20
Emerging roles of protein phosphorylation in plant iron homeostasis20
Two roads diverge for cellulose synthase complex trafficking20
NO: from plant immunity to fungal virulence factor20
Improving editing efficiency of prime editor in plants20
Bending during seedling emergence: Mechanochemical insight20
Molecular evolution and functional modification of plant miRNAs with CRISPR19
Genome editing creates disease-resistant crops without yield penalties19
PRIMER cells: immune hotspots in plants19
Leveraging brassinosteroids towards the next Green Revolution18
Pseudomonas in the spotlight: emerging roles in the nodule microbiome18
Proline metabolism as regulatory hub18
PTI and ETI: convergent pathways with diverse elicitors18
Mutual dependence of brassinosteroid homeostasis and plasmodesmata permeability18
Plant metabolic gene clusters in the multi-omics era18
Evolution of reactive oxygen species cellular targets for plant development18
University herbaria are uniquely important18
Winners take all: competition for carbon resource determines grain fate18
Critical period for yield determination across grain crops18
How do plants sense volatiles sent by other plants?18
Does mRNA targeting explain gene retention in chloroplasts?18
Sterols, pleiotropic players in plant–microbe interactions18
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Extracellular vesicles: a new avenue for mRNA delivery17
New start sites for plant immune gene transcription17
Low-input single-cell based chromatin profiling in plants17
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Plant morpho evo-devo17
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Plants upcycle gene functions to suit their roots16
Br(e)aking the tomato fruit size–sweetness trade-off16
New whole-genome alignment tools are needed for tapping into plant diversity16
Salicylic acid-driven innate antiviral immunity in plants16
On the role of transposons in balancing drought tolerance and yield16
Bacterial community and root endodermis: a complementary relationship16
EU legal proposal for genome-edited crops hints at a science-based approach16
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Hexose transport reverts the growth penalty of mlo resistance16
Methyl-salicylate (MeSA)-mediated airborne defence16
AtSWEET11 and AtSWEET12: the twin traders of sucrose15
Noninvasive imaging technologies in plant phenotyping15
Panomics to manage combined abiotic stresses in plants15
Toward kingdom-wide analyses of gene expression15
Beyond photorespiration: the significance of glycine and serine in leaf metabolism15
The plant disease triangle facing climate change: a molecular perspective15
Priming crops for the future: rewiring stress memory15
Species-specific transcriptional reprogramming during adventitious root initiation14
Age-Dependent Abiotic Stress Resilience in Plants14
Unraveling plant–microbe symbioses using single-cell and spatial transcriptomics14
X-ray-μCT: nondestructively identifying hidden microphenotypes inside living crop seeds14
Auxin–cytokinin interplay shapes root functionality under low-temperature stress14
Rhizosphere engineering for sustainable crop production: entropy-based insights13
Fortifying nematode resistance through susceptibility gene inactivation13
After silencing suppression: miRNA targets strike back13
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Flower heterochrony and crop yield13
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Sustainability: a 21st century concept?13
H2O2-driven plant immunity requires post-translational modification as a switch13
A call to arms for cell–cell interactions between bacteria in the plant microbiome13
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