Alois A. Bell

Alois A. Bell publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Alois A. Bell D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Research.com Recognitions

• 1988 - Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society
• 1958 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Best Publications

• Melanins and Their Importance in Pathogenic Fungi

  Michael H. Wheeler;Alois A. Bell

  381
  Citations

• Fungal Wilt Diseases of Plants

  Marshall E. Mace;Alois A. Bell;Carl H. Beckman

  288
  Citations

• Mapping of verticillium wilt resistance genes in cotton

  Yuksel Bolek;Kamal M. El-Zik;Alan E. Pepper;Alois A. Bell

  207
  Citations

• Resistance against various fungal pathogens and reniform nematode in transgenic cotton plants expressing Arabidopsis NPR1

  Vilas Parkhi;Vinod Kumar;LeAnne M. Campbell;Alois A. Bell

  141
  Citations

• Antimicrobial terpenoids of Gossypium: Hemigossypol, 6-methoxyhemigossypol and 6-deoxyhemigossypol

  Alois A. Bell;Robert D. Stipanovic;Charles R. Howell;Paul A. Fryxell

  134
  Citations

• Quantification of volatile terpenes of glanded and glandless Gossypium hirsutum L. cultivars and lines by gas chromatography

  Gary W. Elzen;Howard J. Williams;Alois A. Bell;Robert D. Stipanovic

  119
  Citations

• Transmission of cotton seed and boll rotting bacteria by the southern green stink bug (Nezara viridula L.).

  E.G. Medrano;J.F. Esquivel;A.A. Bell

  112
  Citations

• Pentaketide metabolites of verticillium dahliae : Identification of (+)-scytalone as a natural precursor to melanin

  Unknown

  111
  Citations

• Antimicrobial terpenoids of Gossypium: 6-methoxygossypol and 6,6′-dimethoxygossypol

  Robert D. Stipanovic;Alois A. Bell;Marshall E. Mace;Charles R. Howell

  110
  Citations

• Use of mutants to establish (+)-scytalone as an intermediate in melanin biosynthesis by Verticillium dahliae.

  Unknown

  110
  Citations

• United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service studies on polyketide toxins of Fusarium oxysporum f sp vasinfectum: potential targets for disease control.

  Alois A Bell;Michael H Wheeler;Jinggao Liu;Robert D Stipanovic

  109
  Citations

• Sesquiterpenoid aldehyde quinones and derivatives in pigment glands of Gossypium

  Alois A. Bell;Robert D. Stipanovic;Daniel H. O'Brien;Paul A. Fryxell

  103
  Citations

• Introgression of resistance to nematode Rotylenchulus reniformis into upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) from Gossypium longicalyx

  A. F. Robinson;A. A. Bell;N. D. Dighe;M. A. Menz

  101
  Citations

• Stereoselective coupling of hemigossypol to form (+)-gossypol in moco cotton is mediated by a dirigent protein

  Jinggao Liu;Robert D. Stipanovic;Alois A. Bell;Lorraine S. Puckhaber

  94
  Citations

• Occurrence of (+)- and (-)-gossypol in wild species of cotton and in Gossypium hirsutum Var. marie-galante (Watt) Hutchinson.

  Robert D. Stipanovic;Lorraine S. Puckhaber;Alois A. Bell;and Albert E. Percival

  91
  Citations

• Expression of potential defense response genes in cotton

  Yunxing Cui;Alois A. Bell;Oscar Joost;Clint Magill

  83
  Citations

• Role of Pantoea agglomerans in opportunistic bacterial seed and boll rot of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) grown in the field.

  E.G. Medrano;A.A. Bell

  82
  Citations

• Pentaketide metabolites of Verticillium dahliae. 3. Identification of (-)-3,4-dihydro-3,8-dihydroxy-1(2h)-naphtalenone((-)-vermelone) as a precursor to melanin

  Robert D. Stipanovic;Alois A. Bell

  77
  Citations

• Toxicity and role of terpenoid phytoalexins in verticillium wilt resistance in cotton

  M.E. Mace;R.D. Stipanovic;A.A. Bell

  74
  Citations

• Pentaketide metabolites of Verticillium dahliae. II. Accumulation of naphthol derivatives by the aberrant-melanin mutant BRM-2.

  Robert D. Stipanovic;Alois A. Bell

  72
  Citations

• Differential induction of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA reductase in two cotton species following inoculation with Verticillium.

  O Joost;G Bianchini;A A Bell;C R Benedict

  70
  Citations

• Effect of aging on flavonoid content and resistance of cotton leaves to verticillium wilt

  C.R. Howell;A.A. Bell;R.D. Stipanovic

  68
  Citations

• Production and Fungitoxicity of the Terpenoid Phytoalexins in Cotton Inoculated with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum

  Jiuxu Zhang;M. E. Mace;R. D. Stipanovic;A. A. Bell

  68
  Citations

• Temporal Analysis of Cotton Boll Symptoms Resulting From Southern Green Stink Bug Feeding and Transmission of a Bacterial Pathogen

  Enrique Gino Medrano;Jesus F. Esquivel;Robert L. Nichols;Alois A. Bell

  67
  Citations

• Linkage Mapping of Resistance to Reniform Nematode in Cotton following Introgression from Gossypium longicalyx (Hutch. & Lee)

  Nilesh D. Dighe;A. Forest Robinson;Alois A. Bell;Monica A. Menz

  66
  Citations

• Enhanced resistance against Thielaviopsis basicola in transgenic cotton plants expressing Arabidopsis NPR1 gene

  Vinod Kumar;Sameer G. Joshi;Alois A. Bell;Keerti S. Rathore

  65
  Citations