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Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

Last updated June 1, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Zhiyong Liu
State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics
96
2
Hongkai Wang
Zhejiang University
95
3
Jian Ling
Institute of Vegetables and Flowers
80
4
Liuji Wu
Henan Agricultural University
75
5
Ramón Santos
University of Jinan
66
6
Sulaiman A. Alrumman
King Khalid University
66
7
Ria Mukhopadhyay
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute
66
8
Prashant Kaushik
Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University
65
9
Yiqiang Li
Tobacco Research Institute
59
10
Chengwei Li
Henan University of Technology
58

Rising Stars Papers

1
Comprehensive <i>Invitro</i> and <i>Insilico</i> Analysis of Secondary Metabolites from <i>Datura metel</i> : Promising Anti-Alzheimer’s Therapeutics
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2024
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Dongjiao Wang
Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences
99
2
Yujiao Xu
Nanjing Agricultural University
91
3
Hamza Tariq
Nanjing Agricultural University
88
4
Abdelaaziz Farhaoui
Laboratoire de Recherche Scientifique
82
5
Zhangying Wang
Wuhan University
79
6
Yongning Tao
Anhui Agricultural University
67
7
Wangwang Xu
Chinese Academy of Sciences
67
8
Jialong Zhang
Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
63
9
Magdalena Szechyńska‐Hebda
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany
63
10
Marzieh Alikarami
University of Tehran
59

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Targeting MELK improves PD-1 blockade efficiency in cervical cancer via enhancing antitumor immunity
Molecular Therapy Oncology|2024
6 cit.

All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Jos M. Raaijmakers
Wageningen University & Research
99
2
Hailing Jin
University of California, Riverside
93
3
Roeland L. Berendsen
Utrecht University
85
4
Hui‐Shan Guo
Chinese Academy of Sciences
78
5
Bruce W. Birren
Broad Institute
73
6
Regine Kahmann
Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
69
7
Richard P. Oliver
University of Western Australia
59
8
Bart P. H. J. Thomma
Centre for BioSystems Genomics
59
9
Nicholas J. Talbot
University of Exeter
58
10
Li‐Jun Ma
Broad Institute
56

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
The rhizosphere microbiome: significance of plant beneficial, plant pathogenic, and human pathogenic microorganisms
FEMS Microbiology Reviews|2013
2.7k cit.
2
Fungal Effectors and Plant Susceptibility
Annual Review of Plant Biology|2015
1.3k cit.
3
Disease-induced assemblage of a plant-beneficial bacterial consortium
The ISME Journal|2018
1k cit.
4
Impact of plant domestication on rhizosphere microbiome assembly and functions
Plant Molecular Biology|2015
729 cit.
5
The Genome of <i>M. acetivorans</i> Reveals Extensive Metabolic and Physiological Diversity
Genome Research|2002
632 cit.
6
Comparative Genomics Yields Insights into Niche Adaptation of Plant Vascular Wilt Pathogens
PLoS Pathogens|2011
560 cit.
7
Effectors as Tools in Disease Resistance Breeding Against Biotrophic, Hemibiotrophic, and Necrotrophic Plant Pathogens
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions|2014
395 cit.
8
Active Caspase-6 and Caspase-6-Cleaved Tau in Neuropil Threads, Neuritic Plaques, and Neurofibrillary Tangles of Alzheimer's Disease
American Journal Of Pathology|2004
280 cit.
9
Suppression of <i>Arabidopsis</i> ARGONAUTE1-Mediated Slicing, Transgene-Induced RNA Silencing, and DNA Methylation by Distinct Domains of the <i>Cucumber mosaic virus</i> 2b Protein
The Plant Cell|2012
207 cit.
10
Autophagy supports genomic stability by degrading retrotransposon RNA
Nature Communications|2014
148 cit.

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