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Plant Pathogens and Resistance

Plant Pathogens and Resistance is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 26k research works in it since 1950. 21.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on genomic and epidemiological studies of Phytophthora pathogens, particularly their impact on potato crops, forest ecosystems, and ornamental plants. The research covers topics such as genome sequencing, late blight resistance, disease epidemiology, genetic diversity, and phylogenetic analysis of these destructive plant pathogens.

  • Phytophthora
  • genome sequencing
  • late blight resistance
  • potato
  • oomycetes
  • disease epidemiology
  • plant pathogens
  • genetic diversity
  • forest ecosystems
  • phylogenetic analysis
Research works
26k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
21.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+14%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Plant Pathogens and Resistance research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (584 and 464 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 584 works
  2. 2 United States 464 works
  3. 3 India 384 works
  4. 4 Russia 119 works
  5. 5 Brazil 103 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 89 works
  7. 7 Germany 82 works
  8. 8 Italy 79 works
  9. 9 France 74 works
  10. 10 Japan 73 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 28.5%United States: 22.6%India: 18.7%Russia: 5.8%6 others listed: 24.4%28%largest
China584 · 28.5%United States464 · 22.6%India384 · 18.7%Russia119 · 5.8%6 others listed501 · 24.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Plant Pathogens and Resistance research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Wageningen University & Research publishes the most Plant Pathogens and Resistance research, followed by Agricultural Research Service and Central Potato Research Institute.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Wageningen University & Research Netherlands 24 works
  2. 2 Agricultural Research Service United States 22 works
  3. 3 Central Potato Research Institute India 21 works
  4. 4 Nanjing Agricultural University China 20 works
  5. 5 University of Florida United States 19 works
  6. 6 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs China 18 works
  7. 7 Punjab Agricultural University India 18 works
  8. 8 Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences China 16 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal de Viçosa Brazil 15 works
  10. 10 North Carolina State University United States 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Plant Pathogens and Resistance?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Plant Pathogens and Resistance include Kevin D. Hyde and Ajay Singh.

  1. 1 Kevin D. Hyde 4.8k citations
  2. 2 Ajay Singh 2.4k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Plant Pathogens and Resistance research done?

The largest centres of Plant Pathogens and Resistance research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Washington D.C. (United States), Moscow (Russia) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Shimla and Wageningen.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 121 works
  2. 2 Washington D.C. United States 45 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 38 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 36 works
  5. 5 Kunming China 30 works
  6. 6 New Delhi India 29 works
  7. 7 Wageningen Netherlands 27 works
  8. 8 Bengaluru India 22 works
  9. 9 Paris France 21 works
  10. 10 Saint Petersburg Russia 21 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ShimlaIN · 20.9 works53×
  2. WageningenNL · 26.7 works21×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Plant Pathogens and Resistance than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Plant Pathogens and Resistance?

Among universities, judged by research, Wageningen University & Research, Nanjing Agricultural University and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 34.86%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Wageningen University & Research: 24, 43.7%Nanjing Agricultural University: 20, 48.6%Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences: 13, 28.8%Punjab Agricultural University: 18, 14.6%Gansu Agricultural University: 12, 41.8%Tamil Nadu Agricultural University: 14, 17.5%Northwest A&F University: 13, 32.5%Huazhong Agricultural University: 9, 48.3%Sichuan Agricultural University: 8, 38.1%Yunnan Agricultural University: 12, 34.7%Nanjing Agricultural…Wageningen Universit…Swedish University o…Punjab Agricultural …
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Wageningen University & Research Netherlands 84.343.7%20.3×24 +13.1%
2Nanjing Agricultural University China 76.648.6%15.5×20 +0.8%
3Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden 66.428.8%25.6×13 +40.4%
4Punjab Agricultural University India 62.914.6%33.9×18 +615.0%
5Gansu Agricultural University China 60.341.8%25.7×12 -30.6%
6Tamil Nadu Agricultural University India 60.217.5%19.2×14 +374.7%
7Northwest A&F University China 58.632.5%10.3×13 -7.6%
8Huazhong Agricultural University China 55.748.3%8.1×9 -27.8%
9Sichuan Agricultural University China 55.738.1%9.4×8 +70.8%
10Yunnan Agricultural University China 54.634.7%35.3×12 -70.2%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Plant Pathogens and Resistance research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Plant Pathogens and Resistance.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.