Molecular Plant

Papers
(The median citation count of Molecular Plant 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Temperature-dependent regulation of seed dormancy1905
From plastids to the cytosol: Redefining boundaries for provitamin A biofortification in plants317
SCOOP10 and SCOOP12 peptides act through MIK2 receptor-like kinase to antagonistically regulate Arabidopsis leaf senescence276
Structural basis of RLP activation by a pathogen glycoside hydrolase275
Breaking the interspecific reproductive barriers in Brassicaceae233
Long-read sequencing (method of the year 2022): The way forward for plant omics research228
Structural insights into the functions of Raf1 and Bsd2 in hexadecameric Rubisco assembly214
Evolutionarily conserved mechanosensor PIEZO in land plants197
“Je t'aime moi non plus": A love-hate relationship between iron and phosphate194
CRISPR-Cas-based plant genome engineering goes viral175
Plant triterpenoid saponins function as susceptibility factors to promote the pathogenicity of Botrytis cinerea158
An endophytic fungus interacts with the defensin-like protein OsCAL1 to regulate cadmium allocation in rice155
Identification and biosynthesis of plant papanridins, a group of novel oligomeric flavonoids153
Temperature regulation of CLAVATA3 arabinosylation146
Toward haplotype studies in polyploid plants to assist breeding146
Rice Gene Index: A comprehensive pan-genome database for comparative and functional genomics of Asian rice143
Mitigating growth-stress tradeoffs via elevated TOR signaling in rice141
Vacuolar H+-ATPase and BZR1 form a feedback loop to regulate the homeostasis of BR signaling in Arabidopsis141
The OsNAC23-Tre6P-SnRK1a feed-forward loop regulates sugar homeostasis and grain yield in rice137
A new oxidative pathway of nitric oxide production from oximes in plants126
A novel miR167a-OsARF6-OsAUX3 module regulates grain length and weight in rice125
Genomic insights into the genetic basis of cotton breeding in China124
Structural variation (SV)-based pan-genome and GWAS reveal the impacts of SVs on the speciation and diversification of allotetraploid cottons122
A telomere-to-telomere gap-free assembly of soybean genome115
Chloroplast immunity: A cornerstone of plant defense115
Efficient and multiplex gene upregulation in plants through CRISPR-Cas-mediated knockin of enhancers113
Rice metabolic regulatory network spanning the entire life cycle111
Alternative splicing of OsNPR3 promoted by the bacterial TAL effectors-targeted splicing regulator OsRBP11 antagonizes OsNPR1 function and enhances disease susceptibility in rice107
Woody plant cell walls: Fundamentals and utilization107
Nucleocytoplasmic trafficking during immunity104
Global wild rice germplasm resources conservation alliance: World Wild-Rice Wiring104
Mirids secrete a TOPLESS targeting protein to enhance JA-mediated defense and gossypol accumulation for antagonizing cotton bollworms on cotton plants103
The HB40-JUB1 transcriptional regulatory network controls gibberellin homeostasis in Arabidopsis103
The CropGPT project: Call for a global, coordinated effort in precision design breeding driven by AI using biological big data101
Robust transcriptional indicators of immune cell death revealed by spatiotemporal transcriptome analyses101
A cryptic inhibitor of cytokinin phosphorelay controls rice grain size100
Plant and animal positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses encode small proteins important for viral infection in their negative-sense strand97
SIZ1-mediated SUMOylation of CPSF100 promotes plant thermomorphogenesis by controlling alternative polyadenylation95
A FLASH pipeline for arrayed CRISPR library construction and the gene function discovery of rice receptor-like kinases92
Thermomemory in shoot apical meristem: Regulation of carbohydrate metabolism and stem cell identity91
Salicylic acid inhibits gibberellin signaling through receptor interactions91
Population genomic analysis reveals domestication of cultivated rye from weedy rye90
How ignoring market-informed crop varietal development fuels food price volatility90
Complexes and complexities: INO80 takes center stage89
A new class of receptors for plant G-proteins88
PEP7 acts as a peptide ligand for the receptor kinase SIRK1 to regulate aquaporin-mediated water influx and lateral root growth87
The nucleolus as a genomic safe harbor for strong gene expression in Nannochloropsis oceanica86
Wheat adaptation to environmental stresses under climate change: Molecular basis and genetic improvement83
Mitophagy: From the dark into the spotlight82
Too SHY 2 repress81
Super graph-based pan-genome: Bringing rice functional genomic study into a new dawn81
GRP7 phase separation as an interpreter of temperature cues81
TBtools-II: A “one for all, all for one” bioinformatics platform for biological big-data mining81
Manipulation of photosensory and circadian signaling restricts phenotypic plasticity in response to changing environmental conditions in Arabidopsis79
The protein–protein interaction landscape of transcription factors during gynoecium development in Arabidopsis79
Making connections with cell surface auxin signaling79
An epic war between an oomycete pathogen and plants79
Haplotype-based phylogenetic analysis and population genomics uncover the origin and domestication of sweetpotato76
On the evolution and genetic diversity of the bread wheat D genome76
Zinc in plants: Integrating homeostasis and biofortification75
The dual-targeted transcription factor BAI1 orchestrates nuclear and plastid gene transcription in land plants75
The super-pangenome of Populus unveils genomic facets for its adaptation and diversification in widespread forest trees75
PDX1.1-dependent biosynthesis of vitamin B6 protects roots from ammonium-induced oxidative stress73
Potatome: Harnessing natural variation of potatoes73
Arabidopsis SYP121 acts as an ROP2 effector in the regulation of root hair tip growth72
Adenosine monophosphate enhances callus regeneration competence for de novo plant organogenesis72
Interspecific plant interaction via root exudates structures the disease suppressiveness of rhizosphere microbiomes71
Finding my way: The role of dirigent proteins in lignin assembly70
Plant-specific casein kinases phosphorylate and stabilize SMXL6/7/8 to suppress strigolactone signaling and promote shoot branching70
Coordinated regulation of RNA metabolism and silencing by ABA signaling in plant abiotic stress responses70
TMK: A crucial piece of the acid growth puzzle69
Uncover the mystery of pleiotropic effects of PROG1 during rice domestication68
QT–GWAS: A novel method for unveiling biosynthetic loci affecting qualitative metabolic traits68
pH sensing in plants66
International research initiative on genomics-guided sugarcane breeding66
Engineering crop resistance by manipulating disease susceptibility genes66
Ancestral genome reconstruction for studies of the green lineage66
Decoding the senses: A new player in plant–virus dynamics unveiled65
Plant cytochrome P450 plasticity and evolution65
Reprogrammable design of DELLA as a strategy to mitigate alkaline–heat stress for sustainable agriculture63
A k-mer-based pangenome approach for cataloging seed-storage-protein genes in wheat to facilitate genotype-to-phenotype prediction and improvement of end-use quality63
FERONIA signaling maintains cell wall integrity during brassinosteroid-induced cell expansion in Arabidopsis62
A viral movement protein targets host catalases for 26S proteasome-mediated degradation to facilitate viral infection and aphid transmission in wheat62
Back to wild relatives for future breeding through super-pangenome60
The lncRNA MARS modulates the epigenetic reprogramming of the marneral cluster in response to ABA60
Differentiation trajectories and biofunctions of symbiotic and un-symbiotic fate cells in root nodules of Medicago truncatula60
Small holes, big impact: Stomata in plant–pathogen–climate epic trifecta58
Arsenite provides a selective signal that coordinates arsenate uptake and detoxification through the regulation of PHR1 stability in Arabidopsis58
Pathogen-induced methylglyoxal negatively regulates rice bacterial blight resistance by inhibiting OsCDR1 protease activity57
The transcription factor MYB44 suppresses starch synthesis to negatively regulate grain weight and yield in wheat and rice57
The Dof transcription factor COG1 acts as a key regulator of plant biomass by promoting photosynthesis and starch accumulation57
Elucidation and de novo reconstitution of glyceollin biosynthesis56
RAF22, ABI1 and OST1 form a dynamic interactive network that optimizes plant growth and responses to drought stress in Arabidopsis56
WGDI: A user-friendly toolkit for evolutionary analyses of whole-genome duplications and ancestral karyotypes55
Improving maize seed protein content and nitrogen-use efficiency by a teosinte asparagine synthetase55
Wheat-RegNet: An encyclopedia of common wheat hierarchical regulatory networks54
The power of chromosome-scale, haplotype-resolved genomes54
Development of a widely targeted volatilomics method for profiling volatilomes in plants54
HDT2-mediated lysine deacetylation promotes phytochrome A degradation during photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis54
A decoy receptor derived from alternative splicing fine-tunes cytokinin signaling in Arabidopsis54
Smart Breeding Platform: A web-based tool for high-throughput population genetics, phenomics, and genomic selection54
SH3P2, an SH3 domain-containing protein that interacts with both Pib and AvrPib, suppresses effector-triggered, Pib-mediated immunity in rice52
9,10-KODA, an α-ketol produced by the tonoplast-localized 9-lipoxygenase ZmLOX5, plays a signaling role in maize defense against insect herbivory52
Wheat2035: Integrating pan-omics and advanced biotechnology for future wheat design52
A cell wall-localized NLR confers resistance to Soybean mosaic virus by recognizing viral-encoded cylindrical inclusion protein52
An MCIA-like complex is required for mitochondrial complex I assembly and seed development in maize51
FERONIA-mediated TIR1/AFB2 oxidation stimulates auxin signaling in Arabidopsis51
The supercomplex formation between the chloroplast NADH dehydrogenase-like complex and photosystem I51
Streamline unsupervised machine learning to survey and graph indel-based haplotypes from pan-genomes50
A chromosome-level genome assembly reveals that a bipartite gene cluster formed via an inverted duplication controls monoterpenoid biosynthesis in Schizonepeta tenuifolia49
OsHYPK-mediated protein N-terminal acetylation coordinates plant development and abiotic stress responses in rice49
Blue revolution for food security under carbon neutrality: A case from the water-saving and drought-resistance rice49
Coordinated regulation of plant immunity by poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation and K63-linked ubiquitination49
AlphaFold-guided redesign of a plant pectin methylesterase inhibitor for broad-spectrum disease resistance49
Regulatory dynamics of the higher-plant PSI–LHCI supercomplex during state transitions48
Calcium-dependent activation of CPK12 facilitates its cytoplasm-to-nucleus translocation to potentiate plant hypoxia sensing by phosphorylating ERF-VII transcription factors48
Structural insights into a plant-conserved DHFR-TS reveal a selective herbicide target47
Nitric oxide regulation of plant metabolism47
Establishment and functions of the Casparian strip46
Gene editing produces CoQ10 rice46
Understanding source–sink interactions: Progress in model plants and translational research to crops46
Four plasma membrane-localized MGR transporters mediate xylem Mg2+ loading for root-to-shoot Mg2+ translocation in Arabidopsis46
Endosperm ontogeny through the lens of epigenetics46
The cartography of plant immunity: Proximity labeling puts a novel SGT1–NSL1 regulatory module on the map46
A “protector” model for membrane trafficking-regulated and NLR-mediated plant immunity46
Gene duplication drove the loss of awn in sorghum46
Histone H4K8hib modification promotes gene expression and regulates rice immunity45
Systematic identification of wheat spike developmental regulators by integrated multi-omics, transcriptional network, GWAS, and genetic analyses45
Jazzin’ up nodules: The groovy role of jasmonic acid during nodulation45
A top HAT: A maize mutant hypersusceptible to Agrobacterium transformation45
Rise of the ethylene biosynthesis machinery from the Cβ-S lyase45
Cultivating potential: Harnessing plant stem cells for agricultural crop improvement45
WheatOmics: A platform combining multiple omics data to accelerate functional genomics studies in wheat45
IIIVmrMLM: The R and C++ tools associated with 3VmrMLM, a comprehensive GWAS method for dissecting quantitative traits45
Molecular mechanism of Verticillium dahliae-induced leaf senescence44
OsPRMT6a-mediated arginine methylation of OsJAZ1 regulates jasmonate signaling and spikelet development in rice44
Darwin’s orchid: Plant–pollinator coevolution, chemical ecology, and genomic insights into convergent evolution of floral scent biosynthesis44
Asymmetric brassinosteroid signaling and biosynthesis during symmetric cell divisions44
Volatilome-based GWAS identifies OsWRKY19 and OsNAC021 as key regulators of rice aroma43
Activation of stress-response genes by retrograde signaling-mediated destabilization of nuclear importin IMPα-9 and its interactor TPR243
Verticillium dahliae secretory effector PevD1 induces leaf senescence by promoting ORE1-mediated ethylene biosynthesis43
A new phase of treasure hunting in plant genebanks43
Steroidal scaffold decorations in Solanum alkaloid biosynthesis43
AraENCODE: A comprehensive epigenomic database of Arabidopsis thaliana43
Mixing and matching SMXL proteins to fine-tune strigolactone responses41
Development and maintenance of the ligular region of maize leaves41
Strigolactone-gibberellin crosstalk mediated by a distant silencer fine-tunes plant height in upland cotton41
CONSTANS alters the circadian clock in Arabidopsis thaliana41
Specialized metabolites as versatile tools in shaping plant–microbe associations40
Gapless indica rice genome reveals synergistic contributions of active transposable elements and segmental duplications to rice genome evolution40
Genetic and molecular exploration of maize environmental stress resilience: Toward sustainable agriculture40
Phase separation of the nuclear pore complex facilitates selective nuclear transport to regulate plant defense against pathogen and pest invasion40
Low phosphorus promotes NSP1–NSP2 heterodimerization to enhance strigolactone biosynthesis and regulate shoot and root architecture in rice39
Protein phase separation of plant nuclear pore complex39
The RALF1-FERONIA complex interacts with and activates TOR signaling in response to low nutrients39
Nitrate confers rice adaptation to high ammonium by suppressing its uptake but promoting its assimilation39
The BCM1-EGY1 module balances chlorophyll biosynthesis and breakdown to confer chlorophyll homeostasis in land plants39
Botanical timekeepers: Deciphering evolutionary relationships in plants39
From the T2T cotton genome to a tripartite regulatory module governing embryo folding39
Two complete telomere-to-telomere genome assemblies of Medicago reveal the landscape and evolution of its centromeres39
Control of H2S synthesis by the monomer–oligomer transition of OsCBSX3 for modulating rice growth-immunity balance39
Unraveling the sorghum domestication38
Root bacteria fine-tune rice tillering through phytohormone interference and mimicry38
GEFormer: A genotype-environment interaction-based genomic prediction method that integrates the gating multilayer perceptron and linear attention mechanisms38
Underwater survival: Calcium signaling keeps plants afloat38
Regulation of jasmonate signaling by reversible acetylation of TOPLESS in Arabidopsis38
The winners of Rising Stars in Plant Sciences 202437
Perenniality: From model plants to applications in agriculture37
NAC1 goes TOPLESS to manage cortex proliferation37
Breaking the spatial restriction of pluripotency acquisition by environmental stimuli37
WD40-protein-mediated crosstalk among three epigenetic marks regulates chromatin states and yield in rice36
Distinctive and complementary roles of E2F transcription factors during plant replication stress responses36
Nitrogen–iron interaction as an emerging factor influencing crop productivity and nutrient use efficiency36
Insects manipulate plant immunity via a cross-kingdom small RNA effector36
Heat stress-induced decapping of WUSCHEL mRNA enhances stem cell thermotolerance in Arabidopsis36
A war on the cell wall35
A molecular framework underlying low-nitrogen-induced early leaf senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana35
Multifaceted roles of phosphorylation-mediated regulation of heterotrimeric G proteins in plant cellular signaling35
Rewilding staple crops for the lost halophytism: Toward sustainability and profitability of agricultural production systems35
Genome sequences of five Sitopsis species of Aegilops and the origin of polyploid wheat B subgenome35
A telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of the cultivated peanut35
(Not) an elementary question: How to mobilize the iron in the wall?34
Epitranscriptome engineering in crop improvement34
Mobilizing Triticeae diversity from gene banks to farmer’s field33
The ferroxidases LPR1 and LPR2 control iron translocation in the xylem of Arabidopsis plants33
Epigenetic reprogramming by glucose-TOR signaling controls plant development32
Toward the next step to the New Green Revolution32
Polycomb and trithorax: Their yin-yang dynamics in plants32
Cell-type-specific transcriptomics reveals that root hairs and endodermal barriers play important roles in beneficial plant-rhizobacterium interactions31
A karyopherin constrains nuclear activity of the NLR protein SNC1 and is essential to prevent autoimmunity in Arabidopsis31
A step forward in breeding for ratooning ability in rice31
Exploring maize transcriptional regulatory landscape through large-scale profiling of transcription factor binding sites31
Chloroplast state transitions modulate nuclear genome stability via cytokinin signaling in Arabidopsis31
Arabidopsis WRKY1 promotes monocarpic senescence by integrative regulation of flowering, leaf senescence, and nitrogen remobilization30
RIN enhances plant disease resistance via root exudate-mediated assembly of disease-suppressive rhizosphere microbiota30
SUMOylation-modified Pelota-Hbs1 RNA surveillance complex restricts the infection of potyvirids in plants30
Lack of ethylene does not affect reproductive success and synergid cell death in Arabidopsis30
Comparative genomic and transcriptomic analyses uncover the molecular basis of high nitrogen-use efficiency in the wheat cultivar Kenong 920430
A complete reference genome assembly for foxtail millet and Setaria-db, a comprehensive database for Setaria30
Methylesterification of cell-wall pectin controls the diurnal flower-opening times in rice30
The tip of the iceberg: ROP2 directly interacts with SYP121 to regulate root-hair polarization, elongation, and exocytosis29
A SPX domain vacuolar transporter links phosphate sensing to homeostasis in Arabidopsis29
Dampened nuclear localization of SnRK1 by brassinosteroid signaling inhibits stomatal development in Arabidopsis29
An unprecedented one-arrow-two-hawks strategy achieves high yield with early flowering in rice29
SoyOmics: A deeply integrated database on soybean multi-omics29
DNA damage: Driver of methylome reshaping?28
Cherish your weeds28
Cytokinin signaling connects the chloroplast function with nuclear genome stability28
Moving magnesium28
Improving the haploidization toolbox: Maternal factors take the stage28
RLKdb: A comprehensively curated database of plant receptor-like kinase families28
Improving rice photosynthesis and yield through trehalose 6-phosphate signaling28
Genetic insights into adaptation of alfalfa27
Plant PAQR-like sensors activate heterotrimeric G proteins to confer resistance against multiple pathogens27
Why 2022 is a revolutionary year for potato genomics27
Creating one-line hybrid crops by synthetic apomixis27
Genomic, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analyses reveal convergent evolution of oxime biosynthesis in Darwin’s orchid27
Overproduction of OsRACK1A, an effector-targeted scaffold protein promoting OsRBOHB-mediated ROS production, confers rice floral resistance to false smut disease without yield penalty27
Increasing seed lint fiber density for promoting cotton yield: Opportunities and challenges27
The genome of the recretohalophyte Limonium bicolor provides insights into salt gland development and salinity adaptation during terrestrial evolution26
A highly efficient and environmentally friendly strategy to obtain transgene-free genome-edited progeny in flowering plants26
Smart breeding driven by big data, artificial intelligence, and integrated genomic-enviromic prediction26
A circular single-stranded DNA mycovirus infects plants and confers broad-spectrum fungal resistance26
A gap-free complete genome assembly of oat and OatOmics, a multi-omics database25
Cellulose synthesis in land plants25
Arsenite provides a selective signal that coordinates arsenate uptake and detoxification through the regulation of PHR1 stability in Arabidopsis25
Phosphoinositides: Emerging players in plant salinity stress tolerance25
Sailing in complex nutrient signaling networks: Where I am, where to go, and how to go?25
Legume-specific SnRK1 promotes malate supply to bacteroids for symbiotic nitrogen fixation25
BAI1: A plant transcription factor governing nuclear and plastid gene expression25
COG1 – A master transcription factor regulating photosynthesis25
Dt1 inhibits SWEET-mediated sucrose transport to regulate photoperiod-dependent seed weight in soybean25
Structural insights into ABA receptor agonists reveal critical features to optimize and design a broad-spectrum ABA signaling activator25
Structural basis of auxin recognition and transport by the plant influx carrier AUX125
Launching, perceiving, and diminishing of airborne signals25
Inferring the genome-wide history of grasses25
Plant breeding highlights master genes in major regulatory pathways24
Sensing H2O2 for defense in plants24
A teosinte-derived allele of a MYB transcription repressor confers multiple disease resistance in maize24
Speed vernalization to accelerate generation advance in winter cereal crops24
The genomes of Taxus species unveil novel candidates in the biosynthesis of taxoids24
A useful toolbox for the detection of SCF E3 ligase activity24
Phosphorus lights up the trade-off between growth and immunity24
Graph-based pangenome provides insights into structural variations and genetic basis of metabolic traits in potato24
Phased, chromosome-scale genome assemblies of tetraploid potato reveal a complex genome, transcriptome, and predicted proteome landscape underpinning genetic diversity23
On breakthroughs and limits: Resolving structural fine-tuning of photosynthetic supercomplexes23
Co-evolved plant and blast fungus ascorbate oxidases orchestrate the redox state of host apoplast to modulate rice immunity23
The molecular basis of heat stress responses in plants23
A viral protein orchestrates rice ethylene signaling to coordinate viral infection and insect vector-mediated transmission23
The long non-coding RNA CARMA directs sucrose-responsive osmoregulation23
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