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Bengt Söderström

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Plant Science and Agronomy
Sweden
2022

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
59
Citations
10180
World Ranking
1298
National Ranking
26

Bengt Söderström 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 Bengt Söderström sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 104 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Bengt Söderström 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 Bengt Söderström sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Fungus

His primary areas of study are Botany, Mycelium, Agronomy, Mycorrhiza and Biomass. When carried out as part of a general Botany research project, his work on Respiration rate is frequently linked to work in Compounds of carbon, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study. His work in the fields of Mycelium, such as Fungal mycelium, intersects with other areas such as Acid phosphatase and Vital stain.

His Agronomy research incorporates themes from Fungal biomass, Podzol, Scots pine and Respiration. His Mycorrhiza research includes elements of Asparagine and Phycomycetes. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Soil water, Soil horizon, Mycorrhizosphere, Cycling and Ecosystem.

His most cited work include:

  • The use of phospholipid and neutral lipid fatty-acids to estimate biomass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soil (377 citations)
  • Vital staining of fungi in pure cultures and in soil with fluorescein diacetate (296 citations)
  • Decrease in soil microbial activity and biomasses owing to nitrogen amendments (242 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Botany, Mycorrhiza, Mycelium, Paxillus involutus and Ectomycorrhiza are his primary areas of study. His research integrates issues of Soil water, Soil horizon and Symbiosis in his study of Botany. His Mycorrhiza research also works with subjects such as

  • Colonization which is related to area like Inoculation,
  • Horticulture which connect with Fertilizer.

His Mycelium research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Shoot, Agronomy, Peat, Soil pH and Hypha. His research in Paxillus involutus intersects with topics in Amino acid, Glutamine, Biochemistry and Pinus contorta. His Ectomycorrhiza research focuses on Hartig net and how it connects with Cell biology.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (64.15%)
  • Mycorrhiza (30.19%)
  • Mycelium (28.30%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1993-2005)?

  • Botany (64.15%)
  • Mycorrhiza (30.19%)
  • Paxillus involutus (23.58%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Bengt Söderström spends much of his time researching Botany, Mycorrhiza, Paxillus involutus, Ectomycorrhiza and Mycelium. His research in Botany is mostly concerned with Hypha. The Mycorrhiza study combines topics in areas such as Colonization, Picea abies, Fatty acid, Soil pH and Phycomycetes.

His Paxillus involutus research includes themes of Glutamate synthase, Biochemistry, Pinus contorta and Rhizopogon. He combines subjects such as Paxillus, Betula pendula, Suillus variegatus and Sporocarp with his study of Ectomycorrhiza. The study incorporates disciplines such as cDNA library and Rhizosphere in addition to Mycelium.

Between 1993 and 2005, his most popular works were:

  • The use of phospholipid and neutral lipid fatty-acids to estimate biomass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soil (377 citations)
  • The Mycota. IV Environmental and Microbial Relationships (131 citations)
  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi respond to the substrate pH of their extraradical mycelium by altered growth and root colonization (125 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Fungus

His primary scientific interests are in Botany, Mycorrhiza, Mycelium, Paxillus involutus and Ectomycorrhiza. His Botany study frequently intersects with other fields, such as Nutrient. His Mycorrhiza study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Biochemistry, Fatty acid, Phycomycetes and Hypha.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including cDNA library, Rhizosphere, Symbiosis and Expressed sequence tag. His study in Paxillus involutus is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Regulation of gene expression, Gene expression, Gene, Hartig net and Betula pendula. His Ectomycorrhiza research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Paxillus, Sporocarp, Rhizopogon and Cell biology.

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in soil

    Lijbert Brussaard;Val M. Behan-Pelletier;David E. Bignell;Valerie K. Brown

  • The use of phospholipid and neutral lipid fatty-acids to estimate biomass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soil

    Pål Axel Olsson;Erland Bååth;Iver Jakobsen;Bengt Söderström

  • Vital staining of fungi in pure cultures and in soil with fluorescein diacetate

    Bengt Söderström

  • Decrease in soil microbial activity and biomasses owing to nitrogen amendments

    Bengt Söderström;Erland Bååth;B. Lundgren

  • Effects of experimental acidification and liming on soil organisms and decomposition in a Scots pine forest

    Erland Bååth;Björn Berg;Ulrik Lohm;Bo Lundgren

  • Changes in carbon content, respiration rate, ATP content, and microbial biomass in nitrogen-fertilized pine forest soils in Sweden

    H.Ö. Nohrstedt;Kristina Arnebrant;Erland Bååth;Bengt Söderström

  • Mycorrhiza and carbon flow to the soil

    Roger Finlay;Bengt Söderström

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi respond to the substrate pH of their extraradical mycelium by altered growth and root colonization

    Ingrid M. Van Aarle;Pål Axel Olsson;Bengt Söderström

  • Reduction of decomposition rates of Scots pine needle litter due to heavy-metal pollution

    Björn Berg;Gunnar Ekbohm;Bengt Söderström;Håkan Staaf

  • Fungal biomass and nitrogen in decomposing scots pine needle litter

    B. Berg;Bengt Söderström

  • Uptake, translocation and assimilation of nitrogen from 15N‐labelled ammonium and nitrate sources by intact ectomycorrhizal systems of Fagus sylvatica infected with Paxillus involutus

    R.D. Finlay;H. Ek;G. Odham;Bengt Söderström

  • Microfungi and microbial activity along a heavy metal gradient.

    Anders Nordgren;Erland Bååth;Bengt Söderström

  • Evaluation of soil respiration characteristics to assess heavy-metal effects on soil-microorganisms using glutamic-acid as a substrate

    Anders Nordgren;Erland Bååth;Bengt Söderström

  • A comparison of methods for soil microbial population and biomass studies

    Klaus Heinz Domsch;T. Beck;John Phillip Evans Anderson;B. Soderstrom

  • Mycelial uptake, translocation and assimilation of nitrogen from 15N-labelled ammonium by Pinus sylvestris plants infected with four different ectomycorrhizal fungi

    R.D. Finlay;H. Ek;G. Odham;Bengt Söderström

  • Do nutrient additions alter carbon sink strength of ectomycorrhizal fungi

    MI Bidartondo;H Ek;Håkan Wallander;Bengt Söderström

  • Seasonal fluctuations of active fungal biomass in horizons of a podzolized pine-forest soil in central Sweden

    Bengt Söderström

  • The Mycota. IV Environmental and Microbial Relationships

    DT Wicklow;Bengt Söderström

  • Nitrogen translocation between Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. seedlings inoculated with Frankia sp. and Pinus contorta Doug, ex Loud seedlings connected by a common ectomycorrhizal mycelium

    Kristina Arnebrant;Hans Ek;Roger D. Finlay;Bengt Söderström

  • Effect of nitrogen and carbon supply on the development of soil organism populations and pine seedlings - microcosm experiment

    Erland Bååth;Ulrik Lohm;Björn Lundgren;Thomas Rosswall

  • Effects of liming on ectomycorrhizal fungi infecting Pinus sylvestris L.

    Susanne Erland;Bengt Söderström

  • Fungal biomass and fungal immobilization of plants nutrients in swedish coniferous forest soils

    Erland Bååth;Bengt Söderström

  • Respiratory activity of intact and excised ectomycorrhizal mycelial systems growing in unsterilized soil

    Bengt Söderström;D.J. Read

  • Environmental and microbial relationships

    Donald T. Wicklow;B. E. Söderström

Frequent Co-Authors

Erland Bååth
Erland Bååth Lund University
Roger D. Finlay
Roger D. Finlay Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Pål Axel Olsson
Pål Axel Olsson Lund University
Michel Chalot
Michel Chalot University of Franche-Comté
Svante Wold
Svante Wold Umeå University
David Read
David Read University of Sheffield
Björn Berg
Björn Berg University of Helsinki
Erik Johansson
Erik Johansson Umeå University
Anders Tunlid
Anders Tunlid Lund University
Iver Jakobsen
Iver Jakobsen University of Copenhagen

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