Trends in Plant Science

Papers
(The TQCC of Trends in Plant Science is 19. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Global Warming, Climate Change, and Environmental Pollution: Recipe for a Multifactorial Stress Combination Disaster564
How Plant Hormones Mediate Salt Stress Responses508
Designing Future Crops: Genomics-Assisted Breeding Comes of Age284
Phytocannabinoids: Origins and Biosynthesis229
Root exudates impact plant performance under abiotic stress207
Plant immune networks183
Transcriptional regulatory network of plant cold-stress responses168
Proline metabolism as regulatory hub164
Twenty years of plant genome sequencing: achievements and challenges158
Connecting Chlorophyll Metabolism with Accumulation of the Photosynthetic Apparatus152
Soil carbon sequestration by root exudates141
Hormesis: Highly Generalizable and Beyond Laboratory138
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi conducting the hyphosphere bacterial orchestra126
Coumarin Communication Along the Microbiome–Root–Shoot Axis126
Priming crops for the future: rewiring stress memory123
Tightening the Phosphorus Cycle through Phosphorus-Efficient Crop Genotypes122
Challenges and Opportunities in Machine-Augmented Plant Stress Phenotyping120
Phytomelatonin: An Emerging Regulator of Plant Biotic Stress Resistance116
Nematodes as Drivers of Plant Performance in Natural Systems109
Nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide: an indispensable combination for plant functioning107
Killing softly: a roadmap of Botrytis cinerea pathogenicity106
The Induced Resistance Lexicon: Do’s and Don’ts105
Recent Advances in Arabidopsis CLE Peptide Signaling102
Small Millets for Enduring Food Security Amidst Pandemics97
Commercialization of Plant-Based Meat Alternatives96
PTI and ETI: convergent pathways with diverse elicitors94
The Coumarins: Secondary Metabolites Playing a Primary Role in Plant Nutrition and Health93
Construct design for CRISPR/Cas-based genome editing in plants89
Legacies at work: plant–soil–microbiome interactions underpinning agricultural sustainability89
The Andes through time: evolution and distribution of Andean floras88
Applications of hyperspectral imaging in plant phenotyping87
Shade Avoidance: Expanding the Color and Hormone Palette86
Plant biodiversity promotes sustainable agriculture directly and via belowground effects85
Addressing Research Bottlenecks to Crop Productivity82
How roots and shoots communicate through stressful times78
Translation of Strigolactones from Plant Hormone to Agriculture: Achievements, Future Perspectives, and Challenges76
Altering Plant Architecture to Improve Performance and Resistance76
ERF Gene Clusters: Working Together to Regulate Metabolism75
Age-Dependent Abiotic Stress Resilience in Plants74
LEDs Make It Resilient: Effects on Plant Growth and Defense70
Stomata-mediated interactions between plants, herbivores, and the environment70
Sustainable Cropping Requires Adaptation to a Heterogeneous Rhizosphere69
Pre-mRNA alternative splicing as a modulator for heat stress response in plants69
Europe’s Farm to Fork Strategy and Its Commitment to Biotechnology and Organic Farming: Conflicting or Complementary Goals?68
Coordinating Sulfur Pools under Sulfate Deprivation67
Mineral nutrient signaling controls photosynthesis: focus on iron deficiency-induced chlorosis66
Plastoquinone In and Beyond Photosynthesis66
X-ray computed tomography for 3D plant imaging66
Advances in optical phenotyping of cereal crops65
Domestication of Crop Metabolomes: Desired and Unintended Consequences65
Plant metabolic gene clusters in the multi-omics era65
Calvin–Benson cycle regulation is getting complex65
Hydroxycinnamate Amides: Intriguing Conjugates of Plant Protective Metabolites64
Insect frass and exuviae to promote plant growth and health64
Belowground facilitation and trait matching: two or three to tango?64
Ca2+talyzing Initial Responses to Environmental Stresses64
Foxtail Millet: A New Model for C4 Plants63
Cannabis Phytomolecule 'Entourage': From Domestication to Medical Use62
Polyamines: double agents in disease and plant immunity62
Modulators or facilitators? Roles of lipids in plant root–microbe interactions62
Sugar and Nitrate Sensing: A Multi-Billion-Year Story62
Hydraulic failure and tree mortality: from correlation to causation61
How do plants sense volatiles sent by other plants?60
Breeding toward improved ecological plant–microbiome interactions59
Plant microbiota dysbiosis and the Anna Karenina Principle57
Transcriptional regulatory network of high-value active ingredients in medicinal plants55
Fine-Tuning of RBOH-Mediated ROS Signaling in Plant Immunity55
Reuniting the Biogeochemistry of Algae for a Low-Carbon Circular Bioeconomy54
The decline of plant mineral nutrition under rising CO2: physiological and molecular aspects of a bad deal53
How Plants Synthesize Pyrethrins: Safe and Biodegradable Insecticides53
Abscisic acid and its role in the modulation of plant growth, development, and yield stability53
Rhizospheric Plant–Microbe Interactions: miRNAs as a Key Mediator52
PRC2 activity, recruitment, and silencing: a comparative perspective52
Beat the heat: plant- and microbe-mediated strategies for crop thermotolerance52
Looking for Root Hairs to Overcome Poor Soils52
High-throughput plant phenotyping: a role for metabolomics?52
CRISPR/Cas-mediated plant genome editing: outstanding challenges a decade after implementation51
Towards Unraveling Macroecological Patterns in Rhizosphere Microbiomes49
Chloroplasts are key players to cope with light and temperature stress49
Exploring environmental selection on genome size in angiosperms49
De-Domestication: An Extension of Crop Evolution48
Glyphosate-Modulated Biosynthesis Driving Plant Defense and Species Interactions48
The role of ethylene in plant temperature stress response47
Ties between Stress and Lipid Droplets Pre-date Seeds47
Weed-induced crop yield loss: a new paradigm and new challenges47
Dark septate endophytes: mutualism from by-products?46
Functions of WRKYs in plant growth and development46
Waxy Editing: Old Meets New45
Active and adaptive plasticity in a changing climate44
Bacterial volatile compound-based tools for crop management and quality44
Pathogen Effectors: Exploiting the Promiscuity of Plant Signaling Hubs43
The Emerging Role of GSNOR in Oxidative Stress Regulation43
Bending to auxin: fast acid growth for tropisms43
The End of Botany43
Nitrogen Systemic Signaling: From Symbiotic Nodulation to Root Acquisition42
Making Sense of the Way Plants Sense Herbivores42
Multifaceted Roles of Plant Autophagy in Lipid and Energy Metabolism42
Susceptibility reversed: modified plant susceptibility genes for resistance to bacteria41
What Makes Bread and Durum Wheat Different?41
Machine learning bridges omics sciences and plant breeding40
Gaining Acceptance of Novel Plant Breeding Technologies40
Fuels for ROS signaling in plant immunity40
Complex cellular and molecular events determining fruit size40
NO source in higher plants: present and future of an unresolved question39
Ménage à Trois: Unraveling the Mechanisms Regulating Plant–Microbe–Arthropod Interactions39
Single-Cell Genomics and Epigenomics: Technologies and Applications in Plants39
The origin and early evolution of plants38
GRF-GIF Chimeras Boost Plant Regeneration38
Plant defense strategies against attack by multiple herbivores38
Deep inside the epigenetic memories of stressed plants38
At the Crossroads of Survival and Death: The Reactive Oxygen Species–Ethylene–Sugar Triad and the Unfolded Protein Response38
Plant organellar genomes: much done, much more to do37
Origins of strigolactone and karrikin signaling in plants37
The risk of transmitting antibiotic resistance through endophytic bacteria37
Stomata in a state of emergency: H2O2 is the target locked37
GSK3s: nodes of multilayer regulation of plant development and stress responses37
Plant Osmotic Stress Signaling: MAPKKKs Meet SnRK2s37
Building soil sustainability from root–soil interface traits37
Coordination of Phospholipid-Based Signaling and Membrane Trafficking in Plant Immunity36
Plant Defense Networks against Insect-Borne Pathogens36
All Traits Are Functional: An Evolutionary Viewpoint35
Peptide Signaling during Plant Reproduction35
Calcium signaling in plant immunity: a spatiotemporally controlled symphony35
Why and How to Dig into Plant Metabolite–Protein Interactions35
Root cell types as an interface for biotic interactions35
Genome-wide association studies in plant pathosystems: success or failure?34
A ménage à trois: salicylic acid, growth inhibition, and immunity34
Brachypodium: 20 years as a grass biology model system; the way forward?34
Microalgal nanocellulose – opportunities for a circular bioeconomy34
Mechanisms of lysigenous aerenchyma formation under abiotic stress33
Resistance genes on the verge of plant–virus interaction33
Centrality of BAGs in Plant PCD, Stress Responses, and Host Defense33
Synergistic and antagonistic pleiotropy of STOP1 in stress tolerance33
Crafting a blueprint for single-cell RNA sequencing33
Do Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases Aid in Plant Pathogenesis and Herbivory?32
Cell–cell signaling during the Brassicaceae self-incompatibility response32
Interplay between autophagy and proteasome during protein turnover32
Ecological Interactions, Environmental Gradients, and Gene Flow in Local Adaptation32
Evolution-Driven Versatility of N Terminal Acetylation in Photoautotrophs32
Silicon mobilisation by root-released carboxylates31
Molecular evolution and functional modification of plant miRNAs with CRISPR31
Charting plant gene functions in the multi-omics and single-cell era31
Botanical Monography in the Anthropocene31
A gift from parent to offspring: transgenerational hormesis31
Revisiting plant salt tolerance: novel components of the SOS pathway31
Modeling Ambitions Outpace Observations of Forest Carbon Allocation31
Physiological functions of malate shuttles in plants and algae30
Energy crosstalk between photosynthesis and the algal CO2-concentrating mechanisms30
Genetically modified crops support climate change mitigation30
Opportunity and challenges of phenotyping plant salt tolerance29
Harnessing biological nitrogen fixation in plant leaves29
Weeds: Against the Rules?28
Predicting ecosystem productivity based on plant community traits28
Lineage-Specific Genes and Cryptic Sex: Parallels and Differences between Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Fungal Pathogens28
Integrated strategies for increasing rapeseed yield27
Incorporating clonality into the plant ecology research agenda27
A rulebook for peptide control of legume–microbe endosymbioses27
Take-All Disease: New Insights into an Important Wheat Root Pathogen27
Mitochondrial functions in plant immunity27
Microalgae strain improvement strategies: random mutagenesis and adaptive laboratory evolution27
Promoting Ethically Responsible Use of Agricultural Biotechnology26
How to Grow a Tree: Plant Voltage-Dependent Cation Channels in the Spotlight of Evolution26
Breeding Next-Generation Naturally Colored Cotton26
Dynamic interplay between nano-enabled agrochemicals and the plant-associated microbiome25
Anatomics: High-throughput phenotyping of plant anatomy25
Shining a light on NAD- and NADP-based metabolism in plants25
Algae: a frontline photosynthetic organism in the microplastic catastrophe25
Early diversifications of angiosperms and their insect pollinators: were they unlinked?25
Noninvasive imaging technologies in plant phenotyping25
Making sense of the natural antisense transcript puzzle24
Toward kingdom-wide analyses of gene expression24
Zn2+-Dependent Histone Deacetylases in Plants: Structure and Evolution24
Parsimonious Use of Pesticide-Treated Seeds: An Integrated Pest Management Framework24
MicroRNAs: emerging regulators in horticultural crops24
Dynamic epigenetic modifications in plant sugar signal transduction24
CBF-phyB-PIF Module Links Light and Low Temperature Signaling24
Emerging Trends in Metalloid-Dependent Signaling in Plants24
Tripartite hormonal regulation of plasma membrane H+-ATPase activity24
Does Gene Expression Noise Play a Functional Role in Plants?24
Cysteine thiol-based post-translational modification: What do we know about transcription factors?23
JA Shakes Hands with ABA to Delay Seed Germination23
Noncoding but Coding: Pri-miRNA into the Action23
Emerging Plant Thermosensors: From RNA to Protein23
Cheap, cost-effective, and quick stress biomarkers for drought stress detection and monitoring in plants23
Time Will Tell: Intercellular Communication in the Plant Clock23
Cell-wall microdomain remodeling controls crucial developmental processes22
Stomata–pathogen interactions: over a century of research22
Phyllotaxis from a Single Apical Cell22
Ecology and functional potential of phyllosphere yeasts22
Protoplasts: small cells with big roles in plant biology22
Bioinformatic tools support decision-making in plant disease management21
A primer on artificial intelligence in plant digital phenomics: embarking on the data to insights journey21
Begomoviruses: what is the secret(s) of their success?21
Into the weeds: new insights in plant stress21
Ecosystem services of cover crops: a research roadmap20
What can mechanistic models tell us about guard cells, photosynthesis, and water use efficiency?20
Seeking Crops with Balanced Parts for the Ideal Whole19
Post-translational activation of CBF for inducing freezing tolerance19
Alternative Routes to Improving Photosynthesis in Field Crops19
Timing to grow: roles of clock in thermomorphogenesis19
TALE-induced cell death executors: an origin outside immunity?19
Mutagenesis and genome editing in crop improvement: perspectives for the global regulatory landscape19
Exploring New Blue Carbon Plants for Sustainable Ecosystems19
ABA is important not only under stress – revealed by the discovery of new ABA transporters19
Altered cyclone–fire interactions are changing ecosystems19
What is missing to advance foliar fertilization using nanotechnology?19
Circular biomanufacturing through harvesting solar energy and CO219
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