OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Phytobiomes Journal is 6. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Foliar Fungicide Application Alters the Culturable Foliar Fungal Endophyte Community in Corn	38
Exploring the Hemp Virome and Assessing Hemp Germplasm for Resistance to an Emerging Pathogen	34
Drought Tolerance Traits in Neotropical Trees Correlate with the Composition of Phyllosphere Fungal Communities	33
Harnessing Microbes for Crop Production: TS201 Enhances Maize Yield and Reduces Corn Rootworm Damage	32
A Plant Health View on Endohyphal Bacteria and Their Fungal Hosts	28
Wood Microbiome Variation and Interactions with Fungal Symbionts of Invasive Ambrosia Beetles	27
Diverse Pseudomonas Species Engage in Beneficial and Suppressive Interactions with the Kiwifruit Pathogen Pseudomonas syringae	26
Does Emerald Ash Borer Infestation Alter Ash Phloem Microbial Communities over Time?	23
Host Plant Traits and Site History Shape Root Fungal Endophytic Communities of Sporobolus spartinae After Long-Term Exposure to Contaminants	21
Amplicon Sequencing ofFusariumTranslation Elongation Factor 1α Reveals that Soil Communities ofFusariumSpecies Are Resilient to Disturbances Caused by Crop and Tillage Practices	21
Evidence of Phylosymbiosis in the Microbiome of Conifer Roots	20
Comparative Analysis of Two Neighboring Conducive and Suppressive Soils Toward Plant Parasitism Caused by Phelipanche ramosa on Brassica napus	20
Bacterial Assembly in the Switchgrass Rhizosphere Is Shaped by Phylogeny, Host Genotype, and Growing Site	18
Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing (mNGS) Data Reveal the Phyllosphere Microbiome of Wheat Plants Infected by the Fungal PathogenZymoseptoria tritici	17
Host Identity Determines the Bacterial and Fungal Community and Network Structures in the Phyllosphere of Plant Species in a Temperate Steppe	16
Rapid Restructuring of Rhizosphere and Endospheric Fungal Communities with Drought in Multiple Lines of Domesticated Sunflower	16
Suppression of Phytophthora on Chamaecyparis in Sustainable Horticultural Substrates Depends on Fertilization and Is Linked to the Rhizobiome	14
Full Issue PDF	14
Context-Dependent Effects of Microbial Inoculation on Sagebrush Seedlings During Drought Stress	14
Exploring Microbial Dysbiosis in Orchards Affected by Little Cherry Disease	14
The Root Endophytic Microbiome Shifts Under Drought in High-Performing Sorghum	13
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
Full Issue PDF	12
A Streptomyces Consortium Contributes Distinct Microbial Interactions During Arabidopsis thaliana Microbiome Assembly	12

Acknowledgment of Reviewers, 2025	11
A Minimal Medium for Culturing Maize Root–Associated Microbes Based on a Plant Growth Medium	11
Hemp Microbiome Composition and Function Under Developing Pest Management Solutions	11
Phyllosphere 2022: 11th International Symposium on Leaf Surface Microbiology	11
Legacy Effects of Cover Crop on Cash Crop Rhizosphere Microbiota in a No-Till Maize–Soybean Cropping System	10
Drought Influences the Structure, Diversity, and Functionality of the Fungal Community Inhabiting the Grapevine Xylem and Enhances the Abundance of Phaeomoniella chlamydospora	10
Effective Seed Sterilization Methods Require Optimization Across Maize Genotypes	9
Subtle Responses of Soil Bacterial Communities to Corn-Soybean-Wheat Rotation	9
Unraveling Bacterial Adaptation Strategies in the Microbiome Shaped by the Chemical Environment of the Plant Rhizosphere	9
Changing Dynamics in the Spread and Management of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt Disease in Uganda Over Two Decades	8
Leaf Endophyte Community Composition and Network Structures Differ Between Tolerant and Susceptible English Boxwood	8
Phyllosphere Bacteria-Based Biocontrol Solution Against Botrytis cinerea and Plasmopara viticola in Grapev	8
Fungal Communities Shift with Soybean Cyst Nematode Abundance in Soils	8
Composition and Assembly of the Endophytic Fungal Community of Alpine Rhododendron Hosts Along Elevation Gradients	8
Viruses of Nitrogen-Fixing Mesorhizobium Bacteria in Globally Distributed Chickpea Root Nodules	8
Persistence and Microbiome Modification in Rhizoctonia solani-Inoculated Rhizosphere Following Amendment with a Bacillus Biocontrol Agent	8
Erratum: Fungal Microbiome Indicators Are Associated with Genotypic Variation in Pea Root Rot Susceptibility when Intercropped with Barley	8
The Effect of Septoria glycines and Fungicide Application on the Soybean Phyllosphere Mycobiome	8
A Pangenomic Analysis of the Diversity and Biological Functioning of the Genus Azotobacter	8
Deep-Rooted Plant Species Recruit Distinct Bacterial Communities in the Subsoil	8
Shifting Fungal Networks: How Dactylonectria macrodidyma Shapes Grapevine Mycobiome in Diverse Soils	8
Nursery Origin and Propagation Stage Influence the Endophytic Fungal Communities Inhabiting Grapevine Planting Stocks	7
Stimulating New Ways of Thinking in Agricultural Microbiome Research: A Community-Based Interactive Thinkathon Workshop	7
The Genetic Architecture of Arabidopsis thaliana in Response to Native Non-Pathogenic Bacterial Species Revealed by Genome-Wide Association Mapping in Field Conditions	7
Effects of Plant Health-Protecting Product Applications on the Root-Associated Microbiota of Apple Saplings and Strawberries	7
Dominance of Ciliophora and Chlorophyta Among Phyllosphere Protists of Solanaceous Plants	7
The Phytovirome	7
Establishment of Biocontrol Agents and Their Impact on Rhizosphere Microbiome and Induced Grapevine Defenses Are Highly Soil-Dependent	7
Legacy Effects of Cropping System and Precipitation Influence the Core Camelina sativa Microbiome	7
Mild Constitutive Immune Activation Promotes a Pathogen-Depleted Rhizosphere Microbiome in Maize	6
Searching the Pinus taeda Foliar Mycobiome for Emerging Pathogens Among Brown-Spot Needle Blight and Needlecast Outbreaks in the Southeast United States	6
Microbial Community Analysis Offers Insight into the Complex Origins of Plant Disease in a Smallholder Farm Context	6
Impact of Growing Conditions and Potato Cultivars on the Diversity of Endophytic Microbial Communities	6
Fungicide-Mediated Shifts in the Foliar Fungal Community of an Invasive Grass	6
Exploring the Effects of Trichoderma virens Biofungicide on Carrot Cavity Spot and Soil Fungal Community Dynamics	6
Phyllosphere Bacterial Communities in Spinach Are Influenced by Soil Nitrogen Availability	6
Exploring Diverse Approaches to Iterative Microbiome Passaging in Soil and Plant Systems	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
Degradation of Organic Matter by Ecologically Distinct Microbiomes Uniformly Promotes Growth of Brachypodium distachyon	6
Tare Soil Alters the Composition of the Developing Potato Rhizosphere Microbiome	6
Engineering the Citrus Phyllosphere Microbiome for Enhanced Disease Resistance to Bacterial Canker	6