OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Plants People Planet 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Extinction risk of Mesoamerican crop wild relatives	48
Scientists' warning to humanity on tree extinctions	47
Exploring, harnessing and conserving marine genetic resources towards a sustainable seaweed aquaculture	47
Edible mycorrhizal fungi of the world: What is their role in forest sustainability, food security, biocultural conservation and climate change?	44
The role of millets in attaining United Nation's sustainable developmental goals	33
Can arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi speed up carbon sequestration by enhanced weathering?	33
Plant awareness is linked to plant relevance: A review of educational and ethnobiological literature (1998–2020)	26
Quantifying apple diversity: A phenomic characterization of Canada’s Apple Biodiversity Collection	26
Can common mycorrhizal fungal networks be managed to enhance ecosystem functionality?	26
Detecting and predicting forest degradation: A comparison of ground surveys and remote sensing in Tanzanian forests	25
Changing times: Opportunities for altering winter wheat phenology	24
Assessing climate risk to support urban forests in a changing climate	22
Botanical boom: A new opportunity to promote the public appreciation of botany	22
Urban park visitor preferences for vegetation – An on‐site qualitative research study	21
“Ceylon cinnamon”: Much more than just a spice	21
Perception gaps that may explain the status of taro (Colocasia esculenta) as an “orphan crop”	20
Assessing extinction risk across the geographic ranges of plant species in Europe	20
High‐resolution minirhizotrons advance our understanding of root‐fungal dynamics in an experimentally warmed peatland	20
Enhancement of sorghum grain yield and nutrition: A role for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi regardless of soil phosphorus availability	20
The plant microbiome: The dark and dirty secrets of plant growth	20
Global shortfalls in threat assessments for endemic flora by country	19
Managing the functional diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for the sustainable intensification of crop production	18
WorldForestID: Addressing the need for standardized wood reference collections to support authentication analysis technologies; a way forward for checking the origin and identity of traded timber	18
Lords of the biosphere: Plant winners and losers in the Anthropocene	17
A network to understand the changing socio‐ecology of the southern African woodlands (SEOSAW): Challenges, benefits, and methods	17

Prioritising crop wild relatives to enhance agricultural resilience in sub‐Saharan Africa under climate change	16
An integrative environmental pollen diversity assessment and its importance for the Sustainable Development Goals	15
Coping with environmental constraints: Geographically divergent adaptive evolution and germination plasticity in the transcontinentalPopulus tremuloides	15
Genomic evidence supports an independent history of Levantine and Eurasian grapevines	15
The emerging threat of human‐use antifungals in sustainable and circular agriculture schemes	14
Cultivar‐dependent increases in mycorrhizal nutrient acquisition by barley in response to elevated CO₂	14
Bringing access and benefit sharing into the digital age	14
Uses and benefits of digital sequence information from plant genetic resources: Lessons learnt from botanical collections	14
Phylogeny reveals non‐random medicinal plant organ selection by local people in Benin	13
Discovering the wild side of urban plants through public engagement	13
The international political process around Digital Sequence Information under the Convention on Biological Diversity and the 2018–2020 intersessional period	12
Reaching the highest shelf: A review of organic production, nutritional quality, and shelf life of kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)	12
Defining biodiverse reforestation: Why it matters for climate change mitigation and biodiversity	12
High‐throughput phenotyping for breeding targets—Current status and future directions of strawberry trait automation	11
Practical consequences of digital sequence information (DSI) definitions and access and benefit‐sharing scenarios from a plant genebank’s perspective	11
Vanilla aerial and terrestrial roots host rich communities of orchid mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal fungi	11
Ancient plastid genomes solve the tree species mystery of the imperial wood “Nanmu” in the Forbidden City, the largest existing wooden palace complex in the world	11
Large trees in tropical rain forests require big plots	11
Genetic threats to the Forest Giants of the Amazon: Habitat degradation effects on the socio‐economically important Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa)	11
Seeing the green cucumber: Reflections on variation theory and teaching plant identification	10
A simple tree planting framework to improve climate, air pollution, health, and urban heat in vulnerable locations using non‐traditional partners	10
Genomic structure and diversity of oak populations in British parklands	10
How to reconcile renewable energy and agricultural production in a drying world	10
Collection of native Theobroma cacao L. accessions from the Ecuadorian Amazon highlights a hotspot of cocoa diversity	9
The king of fruits	9
The long road to a sustainable banana trade	9
(Poly)phenols of apples contribute to in vitro antidiabetic properties: Assessment of Canada's Apple Biodiversity Collection	9
Data sharing for conservation: A standardized checklist of US native tree species and threat assessments to prioritize and coordinate action	9
How regulatory issues surrounding new breeding technologies can impact smallholder farmer breeding: A case study from the Philippines	9
Variability and genetic determinants of cocoa aromas in trees native to South Ecuadorian Amazonia	9
A method for making Red List assessments with herbarium data and distribution models for species‐rich plant taxa: Lessons from the Neotropical genus Guatteria (Annonaceae)	9
Mycorrhizal technologies for an agriculture of the middle	9
Bounded openness: A robust modality of access to genetic resources and the sharing of benefits	8
Endosymbionts in cranberry: Diversity, effect on plant growth, and pathogen biocontrol	8
Is the Nagoya Protocol designed to conserve biodiversity?	8
Pedigree reconstruction for triploid apple cultivars using single nucleotide polymorphism array data	8
Sustainable intensification with irrigation raises farm profit despite climate emergency	8
Ecological legacies of past fire and human activity in a Panamanian forest	8
Cuticular waxes affect fruit surface color in blueberries	8
Preventing species extinctions: A global conservation consortium for Erica	8
Environment‐dependent influence of fruit size upon the distribution of the Malesian archipelagic flora	8
A social perennial vision: Transdisciplinary inquiry for the future of diverse, perennial grain agriculture	8
A digital catalog of high‐density markers for banana germplasm collections	8
Biosafety legislation and the regulatory status of the products of precision breeding in the Latin America and the Caribbean region	8
Introgression between Betula tianshanica and Betula microphylla and its implications for conservation	7
Insight into the genetic contribution of maximum yield potential, spikelet development and abortion in barley	7
Phenotypic characterization of a strawberry (Fragaria ×ananassa Duchesne ex Rosier) diversity collection	7
What lies behind a fruit crop variety name? A case study of the barnī date palm from al‐‘Ulā oasis, Saudi Arabia	7
The seed transcriptome of Rafflesia reveals horizontal gene transfer and convergent evolution: Implications for conserving the world's largest flower	7
Kew declaration on reforestation for biodiversity, carbon capture and livelihoods	7

Living in the shadows: Gastrodia orchids lack functional leaves and open flowers	7
Impacts of aphid herbivory on mycorrhizal growth responses across three cultivars of wheat	7
Multiple compensatory mutations contribute to the de‐domestication of Iberian weedy rice	6
Building a feral future: Open questions in crop ferality	6
Sustainable production of ectomycorrhizal fungi in the Mediterranean region to support the European Green Deal	6
Plants make our existence possible	6
Parental origins of the cultivated tetraploid sour cherry (Prunus cerasus L.)	6
The contributions of urban horticulture to cities' liveability and resilience: Insights from Singapore	6
Opportunities and challenges for strawberry cultivation in urban food production systems	6
Spatial distribution of Annonaceae across biomes and anthromes: Knowledge gaps in spatial and ecological data	6
Predicting the potential for spread of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) in Great Britain: What can we learn from other affected areas?	6
The benefits of informed management of sunlight in production greenhouses and polytunnels	6
The importance of the continuity of practice: Ethnobotany of Kihnu island (Estonia) from 1937 to 2021	6
Global benefits and domestic costs of a cooperative surveillance strategy to control transboundary crop pathogens	6
Utilizing mycorrhizal responses to guide selective breeding for agricultural sustainability	6
Effects of nitrogen deposition on carbon allocation between wood and leaves in temperate forests	6
A nationwide assessment of microplastic abundance in agricultural soils: The influence of plastic crop covers within the United Kingdom	5
The grassy ecosystems of Madagascar in context: Ecology, evolution, and conservation	5
Specific arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal–plant interactions determine radionuclide and metal transfer into Plantago lanceolata	5
Linking soil health to human health: Arbuscular mycorrhizae play a key role in plant uptake of the antioxidant ergothioneine from soils	5
Arisaema: Pollination by lethal attraction	5
A transdisciplinary approach to define and assess wild food plant sustainable foraging in Norway	5
Herbarium records reveal multiple phases in the relationship between minimum residence time and invasion ranges of alien plant species	5
Genomics in neglected and underutilized fruit crops: A chromosome‐scale genome sequence of cherimoya (Annona cherimola)	5
Biodiversity data: The importance of access and the challenges regarding benefit sharing	5
Meta‐analysis of apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) fruit and juice quality traits for potential use in hard cider production	5
BotanizeR: A flexible R package with Shiny app to practice plant identification for online teaching and beyond	5
Comparative phylogeographic analysis of Cuscuta campestris and Cuscuta reflexa in Kenya: Implications for management of highly invasive vines	5
Botanic gardens: Seizing the moment while imagining the future	5
Cider and dessert apples: What is the difference?	5
Desert hyacinths: An obscure solution to a global problem?	5
Mycorrhizal mediation of sustainable development goals	5
Food tree species selection for nutrition‐sensitive forest landscape restoration in Burkina Faso	5
Extreme environments as sources of fungal endophytes mitigating climate change impacts on crops in Mediterranean‐type ecosystems	5
The Red List for the endemic trees of Colombia: Effective conservation targeted for plants required in biodiversity hotspots	5