OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Phytobiomes Journal is 3. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Foliar Fungicide Application Alters the Culturable Foliar Fungal Endophyte Community in Corn	33
Exploring the Hemp Virome and Assessing Hemp Germplasm for Resistance to an Emerging Pathogen	32
Drought Tolerance Traits in Neotropical Trees Correlate with the Composition of Phyllosphere Fungal Communities	31
A Plant Health View on Endohyphal Bacteria and Their Fungal Hosts	29
Harnessing Microbes for Crop Production: TS201 Enhances Maize Yield and Reduces Corn Rootworm Damage	25
Wood Microbiome Variation and Interactions with Fungal Symbionts of Invasive Ambrosia Beetles	24
Amplicon Sequencing ofFusariumTranslation Elongation Factor 1α Reveals that Soil Communities ofFusariumSpecies Are Resilient to Disturbances Caused by Crop and Tillage Practices	21
Host Plant Traits and Site History Shape Root Fungal Endophytic Communities of Sporobolus spartinae After Long-Term Exposure to Contaminants	20
Diverse Pseudomonas Species Engage in Beneficial and Suppressive Interactions with the Kiwifruit Pathogen Pseudomonas syringae	20
Does Emerald Ash Borer Infestation Alter Ash Phloem Microbial Communities over Time?	19
Bacterial Assembly in the Switchgrass Rhizosphere Is Shaped by Phylogeny, Host Genotype, and Growing Site	17
Rapid Restructuring of Rhizosphere and Endospheric Fungal Communities with Drought in Multiple Lines of Domesticated Sunflower	16
Host Identity Determines the Bacterial and Fungal Community and Network Structures in the Phyllosphere of Plant Species in a Temperate Steppe	16
Evidence of Phylosymbiosis in the Microbiome of Conifer Roots	16
Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing (mNGS) Data Reveal the Phyllosphere Microbiome of Wheat Plants Infected by the Fungal PathogenZymoseptoria tritici	16
Full Issue PDF	14
Comparative Analysis of Two Neighboring Conducive and Suppressive Soils Toward Plant Parasitism Caused by Phelipanche ramosa on Brassica napus	14
A Streptomyces Consortium Contributes Distinct Microbial Interactions During Arabidopsis thaliana Microbiome Assembly	13
Exploring Microbial Dysbiosis in Orchards Affected by Little Cherry Disease	13
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Suppression of Phytophthora on Chamaecyparis in Sustainable Horticultural Substrates Depends on Fertilization and Is Linked to the Rhizobiome	12
Diversity of Soilborne Oomycetes Associated with Industrial Hemp in Southeastern Pennsylvania: A Comparison of Metabarcoding Loci for Taxonomic Profiling	12
CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Mutagenesis of Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenase (CCD) Genes in Sorghum Alters Strigolactone Biosynthesis and Plant Biotic Interactions	12
Context-Dependent Effects of Microbial Inoculation on Sagebrush Seedlings During Drought Stress	11
The Root Endophytic Microbiome Shifts Under Drought in High-Performing Sorghum	11

Phyllosphere 2022: 11th International Symposium on Leaf Surface Microbiology	10
Effective Seed Sterilization Methods Require Optimization Across Maize Genotypes	10
Hemp Microbiome Composition and Function Under Developing Pest Management Solutions	10
Acknowledgment of Reviewers, 2025	10
Subtle Responses of Soil Bacterial Communities to Corn-Soybean-Wheat Rotation	10
Legacy Effects of Cover Crop on Cash Crop Rhizosphere Microbiota in a No-Till Maize–Soybean Cropping System	9
A Minimal Medium for Culturing Maize Root–Associated Microbes Based on a Plant Growth Medium	9
Drought Influences the Structure, Diversity, and Functionality of the Fungal Community Inhabiting the Grapevine Xylem and Enhances the Abundance of Phaeomoniella chlamydospora	8
Shifting Fungal Networks: How Dactylonectria macrodidyma Shapes Grapevine Mycobiome in Diverse Soils	8
A Pangenomic Analysis of the Diversity and Biological Functioning of the Genus Azotobacter	8
Changing Dynamics in the Spread and Management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt Disease in Uganda Over Two Decades	8
Erratum: Fungal Microbiome Indicators Are Associated with Genotypic Variation in Pea Root Rot Susceptibility when Intercropped with Barley	8
Composition and Assembly of the Endophytic Fungal Community of Alpine Rhododendron Hosts Along Elevation Gradients	8
The Effect of Septoria glycines and Fungicide Application on the Soybean Phyllosphere Mycobiome	7
Persistence and Microbiome Modification in Rhizoctonia solani-Inoculated Rhizosphere Following Amendment with a Bacillus Biocontrol Agent	7
Nursery Origin and Propagation Stage Influence the Endophytic Fungal Communities Inhabiting Grapevine Planting Stocks	7
Leaf Endophyte Community Composition and Network Structures Differ Between Tolerant and Susceptible English Boxwood	7
Unraveling Bacterial Adaptation Strategies in the Microbiome Shaped by the Chemical Environment of the Plant Rhizosphere	7
The Phytovirome	7
Fungal Communities Shift with Soybean Cyst Nematode Abundance in Soils	7
Stimulating New Ways of Thinking in Agricultural Microbiome Research: A Community-Based Interactive Thinkathon Workshop	6
Dominance of Ciliophora and Chlorophyta Among Phyllosphere Protists of Solanaceous Plants	6
Deep-Rooted Plant Species Recruit Distinct Bacterial Communities in the Subsoil	6
Effects of Plant Health-Protecting Product Applications on the Root-Associated Microbiota of Apple Saplings and Strawberries	6
Phyllosphere Bacterial Communities in Spinach Are Influenced by Soil Nitrogen Availability	6
The Genetic Architecture of Arabidopsis thaliana in Response to Native Non-Pathogenic Bacterial Species Revealed by Genome-Wide Association Mapping in Field Conditions	6
The Root-Associated Microbiome and Metabolome Spatially Vary Across the Root System of a Mature Maize Plant and Are Inconsistently Altered by Microbial Treatment	6
Legacy Effects of Cropping System and Precipitation Influence the Core Camelina sativa Microbiome	6
Viruses of Nitrogen-Fixing Mesorhizobium Bacteria in Globally Distributed Chickpea Root Nodules	6
Establishment of Biocontrol Agents and Their Impact on Rhizosphere Microbiome and Induced Grapevine Defenses Are Highly Soil-Dependent	6
Tare Soil Alters the Composition of the Developing Potato Rhizosphere Microbiome	5
Impact of Growing Conditions and Potato Cultivars on the Diversity of Endophytic Microbial Communities	5
Microbial Community Analysis Offers Insight into the Complex Origins of Plant Disease in a Smallholder Farm Context	5
Engineering the Citrus Phyllosphere Microbiome for Enhanced Disease Resistance to Bacterial Canker	5
Drought Shifts Sorghum Root Metabolite and Microbiome Profiles and Enriches for Pipecolic Acid	5
Degradation of Organic Matter by Ecologically Distinct Microbiomes Uniformly Promotes Growth of Brachypodium distachyon	5
Fungicide-Mediated Shifts in the Foliar Fungal Community of an Invasive Grass	5
Exploring Diverse Approaches to Iterative Microbiome Passaging in Soil and Plant Systems	5
Rhizosphere and Root Community Analysis of Oomycetes Associated with Poor Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) Seedling Establishment	5
The Tomato's Tale: Exploring Taxonomy, Biogeography, Domestication, and Microbiome for Enhanced Resilience	5
Searching the Pinus taeda Foliar Mycobiome for Emerging Pathogens Among Brown-Spot Needle Blight and Needlecast Outbreaks in the Southeast United States	5
Exploring the Effects of Trichoderma virens Biofungicide on Carrot Cavity Spot and Soil Fungal Community Dynamics	5
Newly Isolated Trichoderma spp. Show Multifaceted Biocontrol Strategies to Inhibit Potato Late Blight Causal Agent Phytophthora infestans both In Vitro and In Planta	5
Digging into the Lettuce Cold-Specific Root Microbiome in Search of Chilling Stress Tolerance-Conferring Plant-Growth-Promoting Bacteria	5
Fire Blight Canker Microbiome: Insights into the Key Ecological Niche for Erwinia amylovora	4
Changes in Bacterial Communities and Functions Associated with Litter Degradation During Forest Succession Caused by Forest Disease	4
Heritable Genetic Differences Affect Sunflower Rhizosphere Archaeal, Bacterial, and Fungal Communities Across All Taxonomic Levels	4
Host- and Fusarium-Adapted Bacterial Consortia Alter Microbial Community Structures in Arabidopsis Roots and Suppress Fusarium oxysporum	4
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Prey Breakdown and Nitrogen Cycling: Functional Insights from Bacteria Isolated from Carnivorous Plants	4

Rapid Multilocus Adaptation of Clonal Cabbage Leaf Curl Virus Populations to Arabidopsis thaliana	4
Continuous Monoculture Alters the Fungal Community and Accumulates Potential Pathogenic Strains in the Rhizosphere of Codonopsis pilosula	4
A New Oomycete Metabarcoding Method Using the rps10 Gene	4
Analyses of Fungal Communities from Culture-Dependent and -Independent Studies Reveal Novel Mycobiomes Associated with Globodera and Heterodera Species	4
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Interaction of Environment and Vineyard Management Effects Shape Microbial Functionality, Terroir , and Grape Qualities	4
The Single-Seed Microbiota Reveals Rare Taxa-Associated Community Robustness	4
Genetically Similar Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni Strains and Associated Phages Display Phenotypic and Genotypic Variation Across 35 Years	4
Apple Genotypes and Soil Properties Shape the Soil Microbiome and Influence the Plant Response to Replant Disease-Affected Soil	4
Contrasting Nitrogen Fertilization andBrassica napus(Canola) Variety Development Impact Recruitment of the Root-Associated Microbiome	4
Microbial Colonizers in an Agroecosystem Under Diverse Cover Crop Treatments	4
Metagenomic and Culture-Based Detection of Pectobacterium spp.: What You See Is Not Always What You Get	4
Establishment and Effect of a Protist Consortium on the Maize Rhizosphere	4
RNA Viral Communities Are Structured by Host Plant Phylogeny in Oak and Conifer Leaves	4
Pathobiome Analyses Reveal Structural Changes in Maize Microbiomes Associated with Phyllachora maydis and Tar Spot Disease	4
Differential Impacts of Drought and Esca Expression on Ascomycota Fungi in the Trunks and Young Organs of Mature Grapevines	3
Potato Soil Core Microbiomes Are Regionally Variable Across the Continental United States	3
Plant-Guided Microbiome Selection Produces Transient Effects on Insect Performance and Rhizosphere Community Assembly	3
Changes in Fungal and Oomycete Community Composition Following Irrigation Reductions Aimed at Increasing Water Use Efficiency in a Containerized Nursery Crop	3
Seasonal Fluctuations in Plant-Parasitic Nematode Vertical Distributions and Their Interactions with Edaphic Factors in Vegetable Fields of South Georgia, U.S.A.	3
Diversity of Bacillaceae on Rice Grown in Acid Sulfate Soils in Vietnam: Taxonomy, Specialized Metabolites, and Inhibitory Effects on Fungal Pathogens	3
Climatic Clustering and Longitudinal Analysis with Impacts on Food, Bioenergy, and Pandemics	3
Full Issue PDF	3
Assessment of the Endophytic Microbiome of Soybean Seeds Under the Agricultural Ecosystem in Mississippi, U.S.A.	3
Phyllosphere, Front and Center: Focus on a Formerly ‘Ecologically Neglected’ Microbial Milieu	3
Endemism and Reemergence Potential of the Ipomovirus Sweet Potato Mild Mottle Virus (FamilyPotyviridae) in Eastern Africa: Half a Century of Mystery	3
Genome Sequence Source of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Strain GD4a, a Bacterial Endophyte Associated with Switchgrass Plants	3
Omics-Based Insights into Microbial Community Changes and Pathogen Identification in Strawberries Under Continuous Cropping	3
Predictive Ecology and Management of Phyllosphere Microbial Communities Through Cross-Scale Synthesis	3
Incorporating Culture-Independent Methods to Identify Net Syndrome-Associated Fusarium Species in Peanuts	3
Abiotic Stress Reorganizes Rhizosphere and Endosphere Network Structure of Sorghum bicolor	3
Biotic and Abiotic Stress Factors Induce Microbiome Shifts and Enrichment of Distinct Beneficial Bacteria in Tomato Roots	3
Ecological Connectivity of Plant Communities for Red Blotch Disease Dynamics Revealed by the Dietary Profiles and Landscape-Level Movement of Spissistilus festinus	3
Coupled Phylogenetic and Functional Enrichment in the Tomato Rhizosphere Microbiome	3
Hereditary Leaf Symbiosis in Tropical Plants: Evolution and Function of Vertically Transmitted Bacterial Symbionts	3
The Bacterial and Viral Communities Associated with Onion Bacterial Bulb Rot	3