Alex Costa

Alex Costa publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alex Costa sits on this spectrum.

Alex Costa D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alex Costa sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Rice OsHKT2;1 transporter mediates large Na+ influx component into K+-starved roots for growth

  Tomoaki Horie;Alex Costa;Tae Houn Kim;Min Jung Han

  449
  Citations

• Isolation of a strong Arabidopsis guard cell promoter and its potential as a research tool

  Yingzhen Yang;Alex Costa;Nathalie Leonhardt;Robert S Siegel

  399
  Citations

• Nitric Oxide Is Involved in Cadmium-Induced Programmed Cell Death in Arabidopsis Suspension Cultures

  Roberto De Michele;Emanuela Vurro;Chiara Rigo;Alex Costa

  308
  Citations

• OsHKT1;5 mediates Na+ exclusion in the vasculature to protect leaf blades and reproductive tissues from salt toxicity in rice.

  Natsuko I. Kobayashi;Naoki Yamaji;Hiroki Yamamoto;Kaoru Okubo

  298
  Citations

• H2O2 in plant peroxisomes: an in vivo analysis uncovers a Ca(2+)-dependent scavenging system.

  Alex Costa;Ilaria Drago;Smrutisanjita Behera;Michela Zottini

  241
  Citations

• Thioredoxin-regulated β-amylase (BAM1) triggers diurnal starch degradation in guard cells, and in mesophyll cells under osmotic stress

  Unknown

  239
  Citations

• The fluorescent protein sensor roGFP2-Orp1 monitors in vivo H2O2 and thiol redox integration and elucidates intracellular H2O2 dynamics during elicitor-induced oxidative burst in Arabidopsis

  Thomas Nietzel;Thomas Nietzel;Marlene Elsässer;Marlene Elsässer;Cristina Ruberti;Janina Steinbeck

  231
  Citations

• Salicylic acid activates nitric oxide synthesis in Arabidopsis

  Michela Zottini;Alex Costa;Roberto De Michele;Maria Ruzzene

  227
  Citations

• β-amylase 1 (BAM1) degrades transitory starch to sustain proline biosynthesis during drought stress

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  213
  Citations

• OsHKT1;4-mediated Na(+) transport in stems contributes to Na(+) exclusion from leaf blades of rice at the reproductive growth stage upon salt stress.

  Kei Suzuki;Naoki Yamaji;Alex Costa;Eiji Okuma

  210
  Citations

• ATP sensing in living plant cells reveals tissue gradients and stress dynamics of energy physiology

  Valentina De Col;Valentina De Col;Philippe Fuchs;Thomas Nietzel;Marlene Elsässer

  205
  Citations

• K+ transport by the OsHKT2;4 transporter from rice with atypical Na+ transport properties and competition in permeation of K+ over Mg2+ and Ca2+ ions.

  Tomoaki Horie;Dennis E. Brodsky;Alex Costa;Toshiyuki Kaneko

  185
  Citations

• AtKC1, a conditionally targeted Shaker-type subunit, regulates the activity of plant K+ channels.

  Unknown

  157
  Citations

• Cellular Ca2+ Signals Generate Defined pH Signatures in Plants

  Smrutisanjita Behera;Smrutisanjita Behera;Zhaolong Xu;Laura Luoni;Maria Cristina Bonza

  155
  Citations

• Agroinfiltration of grapevine leaves for fast transient assays of gene expression and for long-term production of stable transformed cells

  Michela Zottini;Elisabetta Barizza;Alex Costa;Elide Formentin

  143
  Citations

• Redox homeostasis in photosynthetic organisms: Novel and established thiol-based molecular mechanisms

  Mirko Zaffagnini;Simona Fermani;Christophe H. Marchand;Alex Costa

  141
  Citations

• Perception of soft mechanical stress in Arabidopsis leaves activates disease resistance

  Lehcen Benikhlef;Floriane L’Haridon;Eliane Abou-Mansour;Mario Serrano

  134
  Citations

• The contribution of organelles to plant intracellular Calcium signalling.

  Alex Costa;Lorella Navazio;Ildiko Szabo

  134
  Citations

• Nuclear Accumulation of Cytosolic Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase in Cadmium-Stressed Arabidopsis Roots

  Unknown

  125
  Citations

• The EF-Hand Ca2+ Binding Protein MICU Choreographs Mitochondrial Ca2+ Dynamics in Arabidopsis

  Stephan Wagner;Smrutisanjita Behera;Sara De Bortoli;David C. Logan

  118
  Citations