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Sunflower and Safflower Cultivation

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Ejaz-ul Hasan
Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research
2
Ancuţa Petraru
Ştefan cel Mare University of Suceava
3
M. E. El-Bially
Ain Shams University
4
Wenzhen Xu
Nantong University
5
Xiaoteng Feng
Dalian Medical University
6
Marco Todesco
Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
7
Zhenyuan Li
Zhejiang University
8
Xin Tong
Sun Yat-sen University
9
Zahra Amjadi
Regional Information Center for Science and Technology
10
En Hu
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine

Rising Stars Papers

1
Properties and Characterization of Sunflower Seeds from Different Varieties of Edible and Oil Sunflower Seeds
Foods|2024
70 cit.
2
Rapeseed—An Important Oleaginous Plant in the Oil Industry and the Resulting Meal a Valuable Source of Bioactive Compounds
Plants|2024
17 cit.
3
Sunflower seed protein: defatting, structural characterization and property analysis
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules|2025
12 cit.
4
Flaxseed Oilcake: An Ingredient with High Nutritional Value in the Realization of Innovative Food Products
Foods|2025
10 cit.
5
Tailoring a traditional Chinese medicine prescription for complex diseases: A novel multi-targets-directed gradient weighting strategy
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis|2025
9 cit.
6
A Novel Network Pharmacology Strategy Based on the Universal Effectiveness-Common Mechanism of Medical Herbs Uncovers Therapeutic Targets in Traumatic Brain Injury
Drug Design Development and Therapy|2024
6 cit.
7
A High-Quality Phased Genome Assembly of Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica ssp. dioica)
Plants|2025
5 cit.
8
Comprehensive Characterization of Armoracia rusticana Roots and Leaves: Physicochemical Properties, Functional Potential, and Nutritional Composition
International Journal of Molecular Sciences|2025
2 cit.
9
SiamTBD: A Novel Algorithm for Small and Dim Target Tracking Using Video SAR
Unknown Journal|2024
1 cit.
10
Sunflower ‘virgin births’ enable accelerated crop breeding
Nature|2025
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Natalia Bercovich
University of British Columbia
2
Mostafa G. Shahin
Ain Shams University
3
Sonia Amariei
Ştefan cel Mare University of Suceava
4
Hasan Ebrahimzadeh Maboud
University of Tehran
5
N Shruthi
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
6
Jianhua Hou
Yangzhou University
7
Ning Wang
Anhui Medical University
8
Ayman El Sabagh
Kafrelsheikh University
9
Erinç Uludamar
Adana Science and Technology University
10
Liuxi Yi
Inner Mongolia Agricultural University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Phytohormones as Growth Regulators During Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants
Frontiers in Agronomy|2022
346 cit.
2
Methyl Jasmonate Alleviated the Adverse Effects of Cadmium Stress in Pea (Pisum sativum L.): A Nexus of Photosystem II Activity and Dynamics of Redox Balance
Frontiers in Plant Science|2022
78 cit.
3
Salicylic Acid as a Tolerance Inducer of Drought Stress on Sunflower Grown in Sandy Soil
Gesunde Pflanzen|2022
75 cit.
4
Evaluating the efficiency of coarser to finer resolution multispectral satellites in mapping paddy rice fields using GEE implementation
Scientific Reports|2022
73 cit.
5
Mitigation of Salinity-Induced Oxidative Damage, Growth, and Yield Reduction in Fine Rice by Sugarcane Press Mud Application
Frontiers in Plant Science|2022
70 cit.
6
Time-course transcriptome and WGCNA analysis revealed the drought response mechanism of two sunflower inbred lines
PLoS ONE|2022
51 cit.
7
Combined GWAS and Transcriptome Analyses Provide New Insights Into the Response Mechanisms of Sunflower Against Drought Stress
Frontiers in Plant Science|2022
47 cit.
8
Physiological and Agronomic Responses and Nutrient Uptake of Soybean Genotypes Cultivated Under Various Sowing Dates
Journal of soil science and plant nutrition|2023
41 cit.
9
Alterations of Oxidative Stress Indicators, Antioxidant Enzymes, Soluble Sugars, and Amino Acids in Mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern and Coss.] in Response to Varying Sowing Time, and Field Temperature
Frontiers in Plant Science|2022
40 cit.
10
Development of New Biodegradable Agar-Alginate Membranes for Food Packaging
Membranes|2022
40 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Loren H. Rieseberg
University of British Columbia
2
Steven J. Knapp
University of California, Davis
3
John M. Burke
University of Georgia
4
Christophe Bailly
Sorbonne Université
5
Nicolas Langlade
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger
6
Gerald J. Seiler
Agricultural Research Service
7
Luis Aguirrezábal
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
8
José M. Fernández‐Martínez
Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible
9
Bushra Sadia
University of Agriculture Faisalabad
10
Muhammad Yaseen
Clemson University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Chromosomal rearrangements and speciation
Trends in Ecology & Evolution|2001
1.5k cit.
2
The frequency of polyploid speciation in vascular plants
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2009
1.5k cit.
3
Major Ecological Transitions in Wild Sunflowers Facilitated by Hybridization
Science|2003
1.3k cit.
4
Hybrid Origins of Plant Species
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics|1997
1.3k cit.
5
Active oxygen species and antioxidants in seed biology
Seed Science Research|2004
1.1k cit.
6
Exact Confidence Intervals for Heritability on a Progeny Mean Basis<sup>1</sup>
Crop Science|1985
856 cit.
7
The sunflower genome provides insights into oil metabolism, flowering and Asterid evolution
Nature|2017
834 cit.
8
Phylogenetic consequences of cytoplasmic gene flow in plants.
Europe PMC (PubMed Central)|1991
800 cit.
9
Origin and evolution of the octoploid strawberry genome
Nature Genetics|2019
749 cit.
10
Revisiting the Impact of Inversions in Evolution: From Population Genetic Markers to Drivers of Adaptive Shifts and Speciation?
Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics|2008
745 cit.

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