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PhytoFrontiers™
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PhytoFrontiers™

2690-5442

Published by: American Phytopathological Society

https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/journal/phytofr

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Molecular Biology 184 7 7 2
Plant Science and Agronomy 267 50 61 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 113
Documents by Best Scientists*: 103
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: 1.1

Top Publications

  • Revisiting the source of wilt symptoms: X-ray microcomputed tomography provides direct evidence that Ralstonia biomass clogs xylem vessels

    Brian Ingel;Denise Caldwell;Fiona Duong;Dilworth Parkinson

    (2021)
    31 Citations
  • Terminology and Guidelines for Diagnostic Assay Development and Validation: Best Practices for Molecular Tests

    (2023)
    12 Citations
  • Survey of Vineyard Insects and Plants to Identify Potential Insect Vectors and Non-crop Reservoirs of Grapevine Red Blotch Virus

    Houston Wilson;Brian N Hogg;Kai G Blaisdell;Jeremy C Andersen

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Verticillium klebahnii and V. isaacii Isolates Exhibit Host-Dependent Biological Control of Verticillium Wilt Caused by V. dahliae

    Krishna D. Puri;Xiaoping Hu;Suraj Gurung;Dylan P. G. Short

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Disease Progress and Detection of a California Resistance-Breaking Strain of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus in Tomato with LAMP and CRISPR-Cas12a Assays

    (2024)
    8 Citations
  • Mapping QTLs for Lettuce Resistance to Verticillium dahliae race 3, Plant Development and Leaf Color Using an Ultra-High-Density Bin Map Constructed from F2 Progeny

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • The Use of Aerated Steam as a Heat Treatment for Managing Angular Leaf Spot in Strawberry Nursery Production and Its Effect on Plant Yield

    William W. Turechek;Ole Myhrene;Janet Slovin;Natalia A. Peres

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Detection and species differentiation of Neopestalotiopsis spp. from strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) in Florida using a high-resolution melting (HRM) analysis

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • A draft genome resource for Marasmius tenuissimus, an emerging causal agent of thread blight disease in cacao

    (2023)
    7 Citations
  • Predicting potato diseases in smallholder agricultural areas of Nigeria using machine learning and remote sensing-based climate data

    (2023)
    7 Citations

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