Most cited papers in Plant and soil sciences

Plant and soil sciences

What are the most cited papers in Plant and soil sciences?

The most cited paper in Plant and soil sciences is "Biocontrol mechanisms of Trichoderma strains." (Tahı́a Benı́tez, Ana María Rincón, M. Carmen Limón et al., 2004), with 1,430 citations. Next come "BIOGEOGRAPHIC AREAS AND TRANSITION ZONES OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS BASED ON PANBIOGEOGRAPHIC AND CLADISTIC ANALYSES OF THE ENTOMOFAUNA" (846) and "Physiological Aspects of Grain Yield" (594).

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Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 77 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	Biocontrol mechanisms of Trichoderma strains. Tahı́a Benı́tez, Ana María Rincón, M. Carmen Limón et al. · PubMed	Dec 2004	1,430
2	BIOGEOGRAPHIC AREAS AND TRANSITION ZONES OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS BASED ON PANBIOGEOGRAPHIC AND CLADISTIC ANALYSES OF THE ENTOMOFAUNA Juan J. Morrone · Annual Review of Entomology Review	31 Aug 2005	846
3	Physiological Aspects of Grain Yield Shouichi Yoshida · Annual Review of Plant Physiology	Jun 1972	594
4	Deforestation of seasonally dry tropical forest Irma Trejo, Rodolfo Dirzo · Biological Conservation	Jul 2000	513
5	The history of tomato: From domestication to biopharming Véronique Bergougnoux · Biotechnology Advances	7 Nov 2013	383
6	Barriers to Lowland Tropical Forest Restoration in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia T. Mitchell Aide, Jaime Cavelier · Restoration Ecology	Dec 1994	355
7	A multilingual key to the genera and subgenera of the subfamily Scarabaeinae of the New World (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Fernando Zagury Vaz‐de‐Mello, W. D. Edmonds, Federico C. Ocampo et al. · Zootaxa Open access	29 Apr 2011	334
8	Vermicomposting of coffee pulp using the earthworm Eisenia fetida: Effects on C and N contents and the availability of nutrients F. H. Orozco, Juan Cegarra, Leonardo Trujillo et al. · Biology and Fertility of Soils	Apr 1996	312
9	Plantas medicinales usadas en algunas veredas de municipios del altiplano del Oriente antioqueño, Colombia Ramiro Fonnegra-Gómez, Jorge Villa-Londoño · Actualidades Biológicas Open access	26 Oct 2017	295
10	Factors affecting commercial success: case studies in cotton, turf and citrus. David I. Shapiro‐Ilan, Dawn H. Gouge, Albrecht M. Koppenhöfer · CABI Publishing eBooks Book chapter	2002	284
11	Co-innovation of family farm systems: A systems approach to sustainable agriculture Santiago Dogliotti, María Catalina Pírez García, S. Peluffo et al. · Agricultural Systems Open access	6 Apr 2013	278
12	The Multiple Use of Tropical Forests by Indigenous Peoples in Mexico: a Case of Adaptive Management Víctor M. Toledo, Benjamín Ortiz-Espejel, Leni Cortés et al. · Conservation Ecology Open access	2003	268
13	Historia Natural de Chamela David Valenzuela‐Galván · ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N S ) Open access	2005	256
14	Diversidad del género Quercus (Fagaceae) en México Susana Valencia‐Á. · Botanical Sciences Open access	15 Dec 2004	254
15	Archaeological evidence of teosinte domestication from Guilá Naquitz, Oaxaca Bruce F. Benz · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access	13 Feb 2001	234
16	Keepers of maize in Chiapas, Mexico M.R. Bellon, Stephen B. Brush · Economic Botany	Apr 1994	224
17	The ecological basis for the application of traditional agricultural technology in the management of tropical agro-ecosystems Stephen R. Gliessman, Ricardo García, Moises Amador · Agro-Ecosystems	Oct 1981	218
18	Plant resources of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán valley, Mexico Alejandro Casas, Alfonso Valiente‐Banuet, Juan Luis Viveros et al. · Economic Botany	2001	212
19	La vegetación de México Arturo Gómez‐Pompa · Botanical Sciences Open access	15 Jul 1965	208
20	Regionalización biogeográfica y evolución biótica de México: encrucijada de la biodiversidad del Nuevo Mundo Juan J. Morrone · Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad Open access	8 Nov 2019	192
21	Vegetación de la Sierra Madre Occidental, México: una síntesis M. Socorro González‐Elizondo, Martha González‐Elizondo, Jorge Alberto Tena-Flores et al. · Acta Botanica Mexicana Open access	9 Jan 2017	183
22	Fundamental biogeographic patterns across the Mexican Transition Zone: an evolutionary approach Juan J. Morrone · Ecography Open access	Apr 2010	178
23	Leaf litter decomposition of tree species in three successional phases of tropical dry secondary forest in Campeche, Mexico F Xuluc-Tolosa · Forest Ecology and Management	30 Jan 2003	173
24	Soil ecosystem services and land use in the rapidly changing Orinoco River Basin of Colombia Patrick Lavelle, Nubia Stella Rodríguez, Orlando Argüello et al. · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	15 Jan 2014	167
25	Innovative Bayesian and Parsimony Phylogeny of Dung Beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) Enhanced by Ontology-Based Partitioning of Morphological Characters Sergei I. Tarasov, François Génier · PLoS ONE Open access	17 Mar 2015	166
26	La fisiología ecológica de plantas Carlos Vázquez-Yanes · Botanical Sciences Open access	15 Dec 1989	164
27	Zea diploperennis (Gramineae): A New Teosinte from Mexico Hugh H. Iltis, John Doebley, Rafael Guzmán M. et al. · Science	12 Jan 1979	164
28	Effects of seedling size, El Niño drought, seedling density, and distance to nearest conspecific adult on 6-year survival of Ocotea whitei seedlings in Panamá Gregory S. Gilbert, Kyle E. Harms, David N. Hamill et al. · Oecologia	May 2001	159
29	Agroclimatic constraints for rainfed agriculture in the Bolivian Altiplano María Cruz García-González, Dirk Raes, Sven‐Erik Jacobsen et al. · Journal of Arid Environments	25 Apr 2007	158
30	Historical biogeography of scarabaeine dung beetles Adrian L. V. Davis, Clarke H. Scholtz, T. Keith Philips · Journal of Biogeography	Sep 2002	157
31	Historical Biogeography of Southern South America JV Crisci, María Marta Cigliano, Juan J. Morrone et al. · Systematic Biology	Jun 1991	152
32	La fragmentación del bosque mesófilo de montaña y patrones de uso del suelo en la región oeste de Xalapa, Veracruz, México Guadalupe Williams‐Linera, Robert H. Manson, Eduardo Isunza Vera · Madera y Bosques Open access	2 Sep 2016	150
33	Forest use at the pacific coast of chocó, colombia: A quantitative approach Gloria Luz Urrea Galeano · Economic Botany	Jul 2000	150
34	Extreme Trophic and Habitat Specialization by Peruvian Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) Trond H. Larsen, Alejandro Lopera-Toro, Adrian B. Forsyth · The Coleopterists Bulletin	18 Dec 2006	148
35	Species richness and floristic composition of Choco Region plant communities Alwyn H. Gentry · LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) Open access	Jul 1986	146
36	La condición actual de los recursos forestales en México: resultados del Inventario Forestal Nacional 2000 José Luís Palacio-Prieto, Gerardo Bocco, Alejandro Velázquez · Investigaciones Geográficas Boletín del Instituto de Geografía Open access	Aug 2000	145
37	The Productivity of Maguey Terrace Agriculture in Central Mexico during the Aztec Period Susan Toby Evans · Latin American Antiquity	Jun 1990	141
38	The fungal threat to global food security Simon V. Avery, Ian Singleton, Naresh Magan et al. · Fungal Biology Open access	2 Apr 2019	140
39	Altitudinal variation of dung beetle (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) assemblages in the Colombian Andes Federico Escobar, Jorge Miguel Lobo, Gonzalo Halffter · Global Ecology and Biogeography	30 Jun 2005	140
40	Biogeographical and Ecological Factors Affecting the Altitudinal Variation of Mountainous Communities of Coprophagous Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea): a Comparative Study Jorge Miguel Lobo, Gonzalo Halffter · Annals of the Entomological Society of America	2000	137
41	Soilless Culture Theory And Practice.pdf Michael Raviv, Israel J. Heinrich Lieth	2013	136
42	A way forward on adaptation to climate change in Colombian agriculture: perspectives towards 2050 Julián Ramírez-Villegas, Mike Salazar, Andy Jarvis et al. · Climatic Change	29 May 2012	135
43	A phylogenetic analysis of dung beetles (Scarabaeinae : Scarabaeidae): unrolling an evolutionary history T. Keith Philips, Etheresia Pretorius, Clarke H. Scholtz · Invertebrate Systematics	4 Mar 2004	130
44	Manejo de la vegetación, domesticación de plantas y origen de la agricultura en Mesoamérica Alejandro Casas, Javier Caballero, Cristina Mapes et al. · Botanical Sciences Open access	20 May 2017	128
45	Prickly pear (Opuntia spp.): A valuable fruit crop for the semi-arid lands of Mexico Enrique Pimienta-Barrios · Journal of Arid Environments	Sep 1994	128
46	Knowledge of Colombian biodiversity: published and indexed Enrique Arbeláez‐Cortés · Biodiversity and Conservation	7 Sep 2013	128
47	ORIGIN OF REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION IN THE ABSENCE OF APPARENT GENIC DIFFERENTIATION IN A GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATE OF DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA Satya Prakash · Genetics Open access	Sep 1972	127
48	Dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) diversity in continuous forest, forest fragments and cattle pastures in a landscape of Chiapas, Mexico: the effects of anthropogenic changes Darío A. Navarrete, Gonzalo Halffter · Biodiversity and Conservation	24 Apr 2008	127
49	Domestication of Corn Paul C. Mangelsdorf, Richard S. MacNeish, Walton C. Galinat · Science	7 Feb 1964	126
50	Peces de chile. Lista sistematica revisada y comentada Germán Pequeño	1989	126

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