OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of AoB Plants is 5. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
New methods for sorghum transformation in temperate climates	194
Acclimation of functional traits leads to biomass increases in leafy green species grown in aquaponics	135
Tracking pollen tube and ovule development in vivo reveals rapid responses to pollination in Brassica napus	33
Assessment of biogeographic variation in traits of Lewis flax (Linum lewisii) for use in restoration and agriculture	32
Dianthus superbus as a critically endangered species in Latvia: evaluation of its growth conditions and conservation possibilities	31
Piperonylic acid alters growth, mineral content accumulation and reactive oxygen species-scavenging capacity in chia seedlings	28
Interconnected idioblasts in Peltaea polymorpha: a novel component of the mucilage-secretory apparatus in Malvaceae	26
Selfing in epiphytic bromeliads compensates for the limited pollination services provided by nectarivorous bats in a neotropical montane forest	25
Trait variation and performance across varying levels of drought stress in cultivated sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)	22
Pollination mechanism inSerapiaswith no pollinaria reconfiguration	21
Correction to: Heteromorphic stamens are differentially attractive in Swartzia (Fabaceae)	19
Withdrawn as duplicate: Differential Tolerance to Heat Stress of Young Leaves Compared to Mature Leaves of Whole Plants Relate to Differential Transcriptomes Involved in Metabolic Adaptations to Stres	16
Interactive effect between tree ageing and trunk-boring pest reduces hydraulics and carbon metabolism inHippophae rhamnoides	16
Allometric scaling of biomass with nitrogen and phosphorus above- and below-ground in herbaceous plants varies along water-salinity gradients	16
Presence of microbiome decreases fitness and modifies phenotype in the aquatic plant Lemna minor	16
Acid or base? How do plants regulate the ecology of their phylloplane?	15
Automated seminal root angle measurement with corrective annotation	15
Leaf habit and plant architecture integrate whole-plant economics and contextualize trait–climate associations within ecologically diverse genus Rhododendron	15
Winner and losers: examining biotic interactions in forbs and grasses in response to changes in water and temperature in a semi-arid grassland	14
Sex-specific differences in Juniperus communis: essential oil yield, growth-defence conflict and population sex ratio	14
Is seasonal flowering time of Paphiopedilum species caused by differences in initial time of floral bud differentiation?	13
Can field botany be effectively taught as a distance course? Experiences and reflections from the COVID-19 pandemic	13
Correction to: Grass leaf structural and stomatal trait responses to climate gradients assessed over the 20th century and across the Great Plains, USA	13
Soil seed bank dynamics of two invasive alien plants in Nigeria: implications for ecosystem restoration	12
Does stomatal patterning in amphistomatous leaves minimize the CO2 diffusion path length within leaves?	12

Photochemical performance of reproductive structures in Great Basin bunchgrasses in response to soil-water availability	12
Integrating stay-green and PIN-FORMED genes: PIN-FORMED genes as potential targets for designing climate-resilient cereal ideotypes	12
Limited ant co-occurrence and defensive mutualism inAcaciaplants in a West African savanna	11
Development of a root-zone temperature control system using air-source heat pump and its impact on the growth and yield of paprika	11
Flowering phenology differs among wet and dry sub-alpine meadows in southwestern China	11
Symbiotic nitrogen fixation reduces belowground biomass carbon costs of nitrogen acquisition under low, but not high, nitrogen availability	11
Tolerance of four grain legume species to waterlogging, hypoxia and anoxia at germination and recovery	11
Morpho-physiological and yield traits for selection of drought tolerant Urochloa grass ecotypes	10
Genetic structure of the endemicDipterocarpus condorensisrevealed by microsatellite markers	10
To each their own! Nectar plasticity within a flower mediates distinct ecological interactions	10
An overview of secretion in floral bracts of Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae), with emphasis on the secretory scales	10
Changes in the content of pollen total lipid and TAG inArabidopsis thaliana DGAT1mutantas11	10
A nuclear Pandora’s box: functions of nuclear envelope proteins in cell division	9
Effects of sublethal single, simultaneous and sequential abiotic stresses on phenotypic traits of Arabidopsis thaliana	9
Effect of the local wind reduction zone on seed dispersal from a single shrub element on sparsely vegetated land	9
Genome-wide analysis of flavonoid biosynthetic genes in Musaceae (Ensete, Musella, and Musa species) reveals amplification of flavonoid 3ʹ,5ʹ-hydroxylase	9
Divergence of stem biomechanics and hydraulics betweenBauhinialianas and trees	9
Global mRNA profiling reveals the effect of boron as a crop protection tool against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum	9
Heterostylous plants in an era of global change: a review on the consequences of habitat loss and fragmentation	8
Humic acid improves wheat growth by modulating auxin and cytokinin biosynthesis pathways	8
Indigenous Australian grass seeds as grains: macrostructure, microstructure and histochemistry	8
Development and application of an inexpensive open-source dendrometer for detecting xylem water potential and radial stem growth at high spatial and temporal resolution	8
Exogenous melatonin induces drought stress tolerance by promoting plant growth and antioxidant defence system of soybean plants	8
Differential tolerance to heat stress of young leaves compared to mature leaves of whole plants relate to differential transcriptomes involved in metabolic adaptations to stress	8
Understanding how an amphicarpic species with a mixed mating system responds to fire: a population genetic approach	8
Bark anatomy of Euphorbia tirucalli (Euphorbiaceae): a unique way of bark dilatation on a stem succulent tree	8
Positive pressure in bamboo is generated in stems and rhizomes, not in roots	8
Plant image identification application demonstrates high accuracy in Northern Europe	8
Persistent calyces increase floral longevity and female fitness inSalvia miltiorrhiza(Lamiaceae)	8
Phylogeography of Iris loczyi (Iridaceae) in Qinghai–Tibet Plateau revealed by chloroplast DNA and microsatellite markers	8
Male sterility significantly elevates shape variation and fluctuating asymmetry of zygomorphic corolla in gynodioecious Glechoma hederacea (Lamiaceae)	7
Plastic response of leaf traits to N deficiency in field-grown maize	7
Chlorophyll fluorescence characteristics and H2O2 contents of Chinese tallow tree are dependent on population origin, nutrients and salinity	7
Correction to: Positive pressure in bamboo is generated in stems and rhizomes, not in roots	7
The dynamics of external water conduction in the dryland moss Syntrichia	7
Exitrons: offering new roles to retained introns—the novel regulators of protein diversity and utility	7
Correction to: Degeneration of oil bodies by rough endoplasmic reticulum (rER)-associated protein during seed germination in Cannabis sativa L.	7
Floral morph variation mediated by clonal growth and pollinator functional groups of Limonium otolepis in a heterostylous fragmented population	7
Transcriptome analysis of the common moss Bryum pseudotriquetrum grown under Antarctic field condition	7
Impact of palladium nanoparticles on plant and its fungal pathogen. A case study:Brassica napus–Plenodomus lingam	6
Near extinct Argyreia versicolor and rare Argyreia mekongensis are dependent on carpenter bee pollinators	6
Out of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau and rapid radiation across Eurasia for Allium section Daghestanica (Amaryllidaceae)	6
Response of seed germination and seedling emergence ofHaloxylon ammodendronto rain frequency and temperature change from four desert ecosystems, Northwest China	6
Drought timing and species growth phenology determine intra-annual recovery of tree height and diameter growth	6
Adaptive constraints at the range edge of a widespread and expanding invasive plant	6
Effect of life cycle and venation pattern on the coordination between stomatal and vein densities of herbs	6
Nutritional strategy underlying plant specialization to gypsum soils	6
Mating system, morphological and genetic evidence endorse clonality as an essential reproductive mode in Daphnopsis filipedunculata (Thymelaeaceae), a dioecious and endemic species from the Ama	6
Molecular mechanism of flower colour formation in Rhododendron simsii Planchon revealed by integration of microRNAome and RNAomics	6
Greater flowering and response to flooding inLythrum virgatumthanL. salicaria(purple loosestrife)	5

Heatwaves exacerbate pollen limitation through reductions in pollen production and pollen vigour	5
3D phytomer-based geometric modelling method for plants—the case of maize	5
Introduction to the Special Issue: The ecology and genetics of population differentiation in plants	5
The environmental adaptation strategy of seed germination, and roles of the seed pappus on dispersal and hypocotyl hairs on seedling anchorage inTamarix ramosissima	5
Determining tolerant tomato genotypes to salt stress according to physiological and morphological manner	5
Survival and growth of a high-mountain daisy transplanted outside its local range, and implications for climate-induced distribution shifts	5
How chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum × grandiflorum) ‘Palisade White’ deals with long-term salt stress	5
The relative role of plasticity and demographic history in Capsella bursa-pastoris: a common garden experiment in Asia and Europe	5
Vascular variants in seed plants—a developmental perspective	5
Genome size and endoreplication in two pairs of cytogenetically contrasting species of Pulmonaria (Boraginaceae) in Central Europe	5
Above- and below-ground functional trait coordination in the Neotropical understory genus Costus	5
Heteromorphic stamens are differentially attractive in Swartzia (Fabaceae)	5