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Plant Parasitism and Resistance

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Mengjie Qiao
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2
Yizhu Qiao
Nanjing Agricultural University
3
Marta Bjornson
University of California, Davis
4
Jitendra R. Patil
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ghatkhed Amravati
5
Pei Miao
Chinese Academy of Sciences
6
Nanqi Wang
Citrus Research Institute
7
Xinhang Tan
Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences
8
Jiayan Lv
Sun Yat-sen University
9
Marium Khatun
Gazipur Agricultural University
10
Lisa Thoenen
University of Bern

Papers

1
Legume rhizodeposition promotes nitrogen fixation by soil microbiota under crop diversification
Nature Communications|2024
170 cit.
2
Publication in Nature Communications (2024) [124 citations, W4391318850]
Nature Communications|2024
124 cit.
3
Flavonoids in plant-environment interactions and stress responses
Discover Plants.|2024
123 cit.
4
Synthetic community derived from grafted watermelon rhizosphere provides protection for ungrafted watermelon against Fusarium oxysporum via microbial synergistic effects
Microbiome|2024
116 cit.
5
Publication in Microbiological Research (2024) [111 citations, W4392580630]
Microbiological Research|2024
111 cit.
6
Publication in Nature Communications (2024) [43 citations, W4401253879]
Nature Communications|2024
43 cit.
7
Publication in mSphere (2025) [1 citation, W4413500685]
mSphere|2025
1 cit.
8
Publication in Frontiers in Microbiology (2025) [W4414086573]
Frontiers in Microbiology|2025
0 cit.
9
Compartment-specific core microbiomes in potato tubers are associated with plant health across genotypes, soils, and years
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2026
0 cit.
10
Synthetic community derived from grafted watermelon rhizosphere provides protection for ungrafted watermelon against <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> via microbial synergistic effects
Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University)|2024
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
James W. Byng
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
2
Xiu‐Fang Xin
Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences
3
Pingtao Ding
Leiden University
4
Zongtao Sun
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
5
Anne‐Ruxandra Carvunis
University of Pittsburgh
6
Tom Bennett
University of Leeds
7
Hong Zhang
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
8
Anshu Rastogi
Poznań University of Technology
9
Marc T. Nishimura
Colorado State University
10
Kow Essuman
Boston Children's Hospital

Papers

1
Bacterial effectors manipulate plant abscisic acid signaling for creation of an aqueous apoplast
Cell Host & Microbe|2022
159 cit.
2
Different viral effectors suppress hormone-mediated antiviral immunity of rice coordinated by OsNPR1
Nature Communications|2023
89 cit.
3
Plant and prokaryotic TIR domains generate distinct cyclic ADPR NADase products
Science Advances|2023
68 cit.
4
A vast evolutionarily transient translatome contributes to phenotype and fitness
Cell Systems|2023
65 cit.
5
Independently evolved viral effectors convergently suppress DELLA protein SLR1-mediated broad-spectrum antiviral immunity in rice
Nature Communications|2022
61 cit.
6
Transcriptional profiling reveals a critical role of <i>GmFT2a</i> in soybean staygreen syndrome caused by the pest <i>Riptortus pedestris</i>
New Phytologist|2022
59 cit.
7
NF-YA transcription factors suppress jasmonic acid-mediated antiviral defense and facilitate viral infection in rice
PLoS Pathogens|2022
54 cit.
8
Silver nanoparticles in plant health: Physiological response to phytotoxicity and oxidative stress
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry|2024
53 cit.
9
The role of potassium on drought resistance of winter wheat cultivars under cold dryland conditions: Probed by chlorophyll a fluorescence
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry|2022
51 cit.
10
Environmental strigolactone drives early growth responses to neighboring plants and soil volume in pea
Current Biology|2022
46 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Teja Tscharntke
University of Vienna
2
Ian T. Baldwin
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
3
Corné M. J. Pieterse
Utrecht University
4
Roberto Solano
Centro Nacional de Biotecnología
5
Sheng Yang He
Wuhan Donghu University
6
Marcel Dicke
Wageningen University & Research
7
Jeffery L. Dangl
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
8
Pedro Jordano
Universidad de Sevilla
9
Steven D. Johnson
University of KwaZulu-Natal
10
Peter H. Raven
Missouri Botanical Garden

Papers

1
Landscape perspectives on agricultural intensification and biodiversity – ecosystem service management
Ecology Letters|2005
4.4k cit.
2
BUTTERFLIES AND PLANTS: A STUDY IN COEVOLUTION
Evolution|1964
3.8k cit.
3
Defining the core Arabidopsis thaliana root microbiome
Nature|2012
2.9k cit.
4
The modularity of pollination networks
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2007
2.6k cit.
5
The JAZ family of repressors is the missing link in jasmonate signalling
Nature|2007
2.4k cit.
6
SYSTEMIC RESISTANCE INDUCED BY RHIZOSPHERE BACTERIA
Annual Review of Phytopathology|1998
2.3k cit.
7
Defensive Function of Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatile Emissions in Nature
Science|2001
2.2k cit.
8
Global food security, biodiversity conservation and the future of agricultural intensification
Biological Conservation|2012
2k cit.
9
Plant Stomata Function in Innate Immunity against Bacterial Invasion
Cell|2006
2k cit.
10
Butterflies and Plants: A Study in Coevolution
Evolution|1964
1.8k cit.

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