OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Plant Reproduction is 2. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Comparative analysis of floral transition and floral organ formation in two contrasting species: Disocactus speciosus and D. eichlamii (Cactaceae)	42
Genome-wide identification of the C2H2-Zinc finger gene family and functional validation of CsZFP7 in citrus nucellar embryogenesis	33
Crossover patterning in plants	26
Switching it up: algal insights into sexual transitions	25
Providence 2024: meeting of the International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research	25
Distinctive development of embryo and endosperm caused by male gametes irradiated with carbon-ion beam	24
Reproductive biology of the “Brazilian pine” (Araucaria angustifolia-Araucariaceae): the pollen tube growth and the seed cone development	21
The Arabidopsis SNARE complex genes regulate the early stages of pollen–stigma interactions	19
Identification of male sterility-related genes in Saccharum officinarum and Saccharum spontaneum	18
The synthesis of papaya fruit flavor-related linalool was regulated by CpTPS18 and CpNAC56	18
The effect of the nucleotides immediately upstream of the AUG start codon on the efficiency of translation initiation in sperm cells	17
Consequences of whole genome duplication for 2n pollen performance	17
Special issue on plant reproduction research in Latin America	16
Accumulation dynamics of ARGONAUTE proteins during meiosis in Arabidopsis	15
Comparing the efficiency of six clearing methods in developing seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana	14
Repair of DNA double-strand breaks in plant meiosis: role of eukaryotic RecA recombinases and their modulators	14
Haustorial processes during the female gametophyte formation in Rosularia pallida (Schott & Kotschy) Stapf (Crassulaceae)	13
Looking for non-hermaphrodite cacti: multidisciplinary studies in Gymnocalycium bruchii endemic to central Argentina	13
Characterization of transcriptomic response in ovules derived from inter-subgeneric hybridization in Prunus (Rosaceae) species	12
Regulatory dynamics of gene expression in the developing male gametophyte of Arabidopsis	12
MsTFL1A delays flowering and regulates shoot architecture and root development in Medicago sativa	12
Application of genome editing in plant reproductive biology: recent advances and challenges	12
Ontogeny of the pollinium in Hoya carnosa provides new insights into microsporogenesis	10
Evolution of major flowering pathway integrators in Orchidaceae	9
Effect of assimilate competition during early seed development on the pod and seed growth traits in soybean	8

Hormonal influence on maize inflorescence development and reproduction	8
The epigenetic origin of life history transitions in plants and algae	8
Dissection and ultramicroscopic observation of an apical pollen tube of Pyrus	8
A review on the function of arabinogalactan-proteins during pollen grain development	8
Exploring ethylene-related genes in Cannabis sativa: implications for sexual plasticity	8
Structural and histochemical approach to the fruit and seed diversity of Cyperaceae in an evolutionary context	8
Evolutionary features of microspore and pollen grain development in Cyperaceae	7
An epiQTL underlying asexual seed formation in Arabidopsis	6
EXPANSIN15 is involved in flower and fruit development in Arabidopsis	6
A simple method for measuring pollen germination rate using machine learning	5
A semi in vivo pollination technique to assess the level of gametophytic self-incompatibility and pollen tube growth in pear (Pyrus communis L.)	5
Plant sexual reproduction: perhaps the current plant two-sex model should be replaced with three- and four-sex models?	5
Correction to: Evolution and diversity of the angiosperm anther: trends in function and development	4
Chemical emasculation in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) and dicotyledonous model species using trifluoromethanesulfonamide (TFMSA)	4
The roles of a novel CDKB/KRP/FB3 cell cycle core complex in rice gametes and initiation of embryogenesis	4
Cellular mechanism of polarized auxin transport on fruit shape determination revealed by time-lapse live imaging	4
Detection of a biolistic delivery of fluorescent markers and CRISPR/Cas9 to the pollen tube	4
A novel strategy to study apomixis, automixis, and autogamy in plants	3
Correction: Regulatory dynamics of gene expression in the developing male gametophyte of Arabidopsis	3
AtHMGB15 regulates tapetal apoptosis in pollen development and actin dynamics during pollen germination in arabidopsis	3
The TCP transcription factor HvTB2 heterodimerizes with VRS5 and controls spike architecture in barley	3
The hydroxyproline O-arabinosyltransferase FIN4 is required for tomato pollen intine development	3
Dynamics of mitochondrial distribution during development and asymmetric division of rice zygotes	3
Pollen tube invasive growth is promoted by callose	3
Ectopic expression of a thaumatin-like protein impairs the timely deposition and dissolution of callose during microsporogenesis, leading to microspore death and male sterility in Arabidopsis	2
Revisit and explore the ethylene-independent mechanism of sex expression in cucumber (Cucumis sativus)	2
Potential regulation of cleistogamy in pigeonpea through jasmonic acid and bHLH transcription factor interactions	2
Disruption of pollen tube homogalacturonan synthesis relieves pollen tube penetration defects in the Arabidopsis O-FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE1 mutant	2
The meiotic topoisomerase VI B subunit (MTOPVIB) is essential for meiotic DNA double-strand break formation in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)	2
Darwin’s inflorescence syndrome is indeed associated with bee pollination	2
MLPK function is not required for self-incompatibility in the S29 haplotype of Brassica rapa L.	2
Passiflora organensis FT/TFL1 gene family and their putative roles in phase transition and floral initiation	2
Characterization and analysis of the promoter region of monodehydroascorbate reductase 4 (CpMDAR4) in papaya	2
Transcriptomes across fertilization and seed development in the water lily Nymphaea thermarum (Nymphaeales): evidence for epigenetic patterning during reproduction	2
Comparative analysis of molecular and morphological diversity in two diploid Paspalum species (Poaceae) with contrasting mating systems	2
Plastid ribosome protein L5 is essential for post-globular embryo development in Arabidopsis thaliana	2
The emerging role of small RNAs in ovule development, a kind of magic	2