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Most cited papers in Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

What are the most cited papers in Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity?

The most cited paper in Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity is "The plant immune system" (Jonathan D. G. Jones, Jeffery L. Dangl, 2006), with 13,434 citations. Next come "REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES: Metabolism, Oxidative Stress, and Signal Transduction" (11,793) and "Abiotic Stress Signaling and Responses in Plants" (6,028).

Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 1,710 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 The plant immune system Jonathan D. G. Jones, Jeffery L. Dangl · Nature Open access Nov 2006 13,434
2 REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES: Metabolism, Oxidative Stress, and Signal Transduction Klaus Apel, Heribert Hirt · Annual Review of Plant Biology Review 29 Apr 2004 11,793
3 Abiotic Stress Signaling and Responses in Plants Jian‐Kang Zhu · Cell Open access Oct 2016 6,028
4 AN EVALUATION OF TECHNIQUES FOR MEASURING VESICULAR ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL INFECTION IN ROOTS Manuela Giovannetti, Barbara Mosse · New Phytologist Mar 1980 5,919
5 The rhizosphere microbiome and plant health Roeland L. Berendsen, Corné M. J. Pieterse, Peter A. H. M. Bakker · Trends in Plant Science ReviewOpen access 6 May 2012 5,533
6 Arabidopsis mesophyll protoplasts: a versatile cell system for transient gene expression analysis Sang-Dong Yoo, Young-Hee Cho, Jen Sheen · Nature Protocols 21 Jun 2007 5,307
7 Contrasting Mechanisms of Defense Against Biotrophic and Necrotrophic Pathogens Jane Glazebrook · Annual Review of Phytopathology Review 4 Mar 2005 4,461
8 Trichoderma species — opportunistic, avirulent plant symbionts Gary E. Harman, Charles R. Howell, Ada Viterbo et al. · Nature Reviews Microbiology Review 2004 4,040
9 Plant-Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Ben J. J. Lugtenberg, Faina D. Kamilova · Annual Review of Microbiology Review 8 Sep 2009 4,018
10 Plant pathogens and integrated defence responses to infection Jeffery L. Dangl, Jonathan D. G. Jones · Nature 14 Jun 2001 3,991
11 Plant–microbiome interactions: from community assembly to plant health Pankaj Trivedi, Jan E. Leach, Susannah Green Tringe et al. · Nature Reviews Microbiology Review 12 Aug 2020 3,982
12 Going back to the roots: the microbial ecology of the rhizosphere Laurent Philippot, Jos M. Raaijmakers, Philippe Lemanceau et al. · Nature Reviews Microbiology ReviewOpen access 23 Sep 2013 3,953
13 A new method which gives an objective measure of colonization of roots by vesicular—arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Terence P. McGonigle, M. H. Miller, D. G. Evans et al. · New Phytologist Open access Jul 1990 3,939
14 Plant immunity: towards an integrated view of plant–pathogen interactions Peter N. Dodds, John Paul Rathjen · Nature Reviews Genetics Review 29 Jun 2010 3,582
15 Plant salt tolerance Jian‐Kang Zhu · Trends in Plant Science Review Feb 2001 3,547
16 Significance of Inducible Defense-related Proteins in Infected Plants Leendert Cornelis van Loon, Martijn Rep, Corné M. J. Pieterse · Annual Review of Phytopathology ReviewOpen access 7 Apr 2006 3,514
17 A Renaissance of Elicitors: Perception of Microbe-Associated Molecular Patterns and Danger Signals by Pattern-Recognition Receptors Thomas Boller, Georg Felix · Annual Review of Plant Biology Review 23 Jan 2009 3,472
18 Structure and Functions of the Bacterial Microbiota of Plants Davide Bulgarelli, Klaus Schlaeppi, Stijn Spaepen et al. · Annual Review of Plant Biology Review Feb 2013 3,407
19 Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria: Mechanisms and Applications Bernard R. Glick · Scientifica Open access 2012 3,304
20 Induced Systemic Resistance by Beneficial Microbes Corné M. J. Pieterse, Christos Zamioudis, Roeland L. Berendsen et al. · Annual Review of Phytopathology ReviewOpen access 6 Jun 2014 3,282
21 THE OXIDATIVE BURST IN PLANT DISEASE RESISTANCE Chris J. Lamb, Richard Arthur Dixon · Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology Jun 1997 3,232
22 Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria as biofertilizers J. Kevin Vessey · Plant and Soil Aug 2003 3,228
23 SYSTEMIC ACQUIRED RESISTANCE Wendy E. Durrant, Xinnian Dong · Annual Review of Phytopathology Review 29 Jul 2004 3,190
24 Abiotic stress, the field environment and stress combination Ron Mittler · Trends in Plant Science Review 19 Dec 2005 3,133
25 Hormonal Modulation of Plant Immunity Corné M. J. Pieterse, Dieuwertje van der Does, Christos Zamioudis et al. · Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology ReviewOpen access 2 Mar 2011 3,085
26 Phosphate solubilizing bacteria and their role in plant growth promotion Hilda Rodrı́guez, Reynaldo Fraga · Biotechnology Advances Oct 1999 3,046
27 Host-Microbe Interactions: Shaping the Evolution of the Plant Immune Response Stephen T. Chisholm, Gitta Coaker, Brad Day et al. · Cell Open access Feb 2006 3,042
28 Defining the core Arabidopsis thaliana root microbiome Derek S. Lundberg, Sarah L. Lebeis, Sur Herrera Paredes et al. · Nature Open access 31 Jul 2012 3,001
29 Structure, variation, and assembly of the root-associated microbiomes of rice Joseph A. Edwards, Cameron S. Johnson, Christian Santos‐Medellín et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 20 Jan 2015 2,984
30 Redox Homeostasis and Antioxidant Signaling: A Metabolic Interface between Stress Perception and Physiological Responses Christine Helen Foyer, Graham Noctor · The Plant Cell Open access 29 Jun 2005 2,964
31 Deciphering the Rhizosphere Microbiome for Disease-Suppressive Bacteria Rodrigo Mendes, Marco Kruijt, Irene de Bruijn et al. · Science Open access 5 May 2011 2,913
32 Soil salinity: A serious environmental issue and plant growth promoting bacteria as one of the tools for its alleviation Pooja Shrivastava, Rajesh Kumar · Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Open access 9 Dec 2014 2,907
33 The rhizosphere microbiome: significance of plant beneficial, plant pathogenic, and human pathogenic microorganisms Rodrigo Mendes, Paolina Garbeva, Jos M. Raaijmakers · FEMS Microbiology Reviews Open access 23 Jun 2013 2,862
34 Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR): emergence in agriculture Pranaba Nanda Bhattacharyya, Dhruva Kumar Jha · World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 23 Dec 2011 2,843
35 MAP kinase signalling cascade in Arabidopsis innate immunity Tsuneaki Asai, Guillaume Tena, Joulia Plotnikova et al. · Nature Feb 2002 2,796
36 H2O2 from the oxidative burst orchestrates the plant hypersensitive disease resistance response Alex J. Levine, Raimund Tenhaken, Richard Arthur Dixon et al. · Cell Nov 1994 2,779
37 The Aerobic Pseudomonads a Taxonomic Study Roger Y. Stanier, Norberto J. Palleroni, Michael Doudoroff · Journal of General Microbiology May 1966 2,749
38 The Hidden World within Plants: Ecological and Evolutionary Considerations for Defining Functioning of Microbial Endophytes Pablo R. Hardoim, Leonard Simon van Overbeek, Gabriele Berg et al. · Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews ReviewOpen access Jul 2015 2,742
39 Breaking the Code of DNA Binding Specificity of TAL-Type III Effectors Jens Boch, Heidi Scholze, Sebastian Schornack et al. · Science 29 Oct 2009 2,728
40 Subcellular localization of H2O2 in plants. H2O2 accumulation in papillae and hypersensitive response during the barley—powdery mildew interaction Hans Thordal‐Christensen, Ziguo Zhang, Yangdou Wei et al. · The Plant Journal Open access Dec 1997 2,719
41 Role of plant hormones in plant defence responses Rajendra P. Bari, Jonathan D. G. Jones · Plant Molecular Biology 15 Dec 2008 2,681
42 Revealing structure and assembly cues for Arabidopsis root-inhabiting bacterial microbiota Davide Bulgarelli, Matthias Rott, Klaus Schlaeppi et al. · Nature 31 Jul 2012 2,667
43 Salicylic Acid, a Multifaceted Hormone to Combat Disease A. Corina Vlot, D’Maris Amick Dempsey, Daniel F. Klessig · Annual Review of Phytopathology Review 3 Aug 2009 2,640
44 Use of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria for Biocontrol of Plant Diseases: Principles, Mechanisms of Action, and Future Prospects Stéphane Compant, Brion K. Duffy, Jerzy Nowak et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology Open access Sep 2005 2,626
45 Biological control of soil-borne pathogens by fluorescent pseudomonads Dieter Haas, Geneviève Défago · Nature Reviews Microbiology Review 10 Mar 2005 2,626
46 Dynamic root exudate chemistry and microbial substrate preferences drive patterns in rhizosphere microbial community assembly Kateryna Zhalnina, Katherine Louie, Zhao Hao et al. · Nature Microbiology Open access 15 Mar 2018 2,480
47 Top 10 plant pathogenic bacteria in molecular plant pathology John W. Mansfıeld, Stéphane Genin, Shimpei Magori et al. · Molecular Plant Pathology Open access 5 Jun 2012 2,464
48 Bacillus lipopeptides: versatile weapons for plant disease biocontrol Marc Ongena, Philippe Jacques · Trends in Microbiology Review Mar 2008 2,463
49 Microbial life in the phyllosphere Julia A. Vorholt · Nature Reviews Microbiology ReviewOpen access 16 Nov 2012 2,410
50 Isochorismate synthase is required to synthesize salicylic acid for plant defence Mary C. Wildermuth, Julia Dewdney, Gang Wu et al. · Nature 29 Nov 2001 2,410

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