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Plant Science and Agronomy
USA
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
102
Citations
46079
World Ranking
144
National Ranking
48

Genetics

D-Index
102
Citations
45818
World Ranking
700
National Ranking
355

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Blake C. Meyers is affiliated with the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in the United States. Their research work spans multiple areas within agricultural and biological sciences, with a strong emphasis on plant science and molecular biology. Their contributions include an extensive publication record focused on genetic and molecular processes in plants.

The main fields of study Meyers engages in are Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. These fields intersect with several subfields where their work is concentrated, including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, and Biophysics.

Main topics covered in their research include Plant Molecular Biology Research, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Plant Reproductive Biology, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics, and Plant Virus Research Studies.

Among their frequent publication venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Plant Cell
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • The Plant Journal
  • New Phytologist

Meyers has published multiple recent papers. Notable publications include:

  • "PhasiRNAs in Plants: Their Biogenesis, Genic Sources, and Roles in Stress Responses, Development, and Reproduction" (2020) in The Plant Cell
  • "Plant Small RNAs: Their Biogenesis, Regulatory Roles, and Functions" (2023) in Annual Review of Plant Biology
  • "Sex Determination by Two Y-Linked Genes in Garden Asparagus" (2020) in The Plant Cell
  • "Arabidopsis apoplastic fluid contains sRNA- and circular RNA-protein complexes that are located outside extracellular vesicles" (2022) in The Plant Cell
  • "Dicer-like 5 deficiency confers temperature-sensitive male sterility in maize" (2020) in Nature Communications

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Meyers include Patricia Baldrich, Sébastien Bélanger, Nancy A. Eckardt, Chong Teng, and Junpeng Zhan.

Blake C. Meyers was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution

    Shusei Sato;Satoshi Tabata;Hideki Hirakawa;Erika Asamizu

  • Genome sequencing and analysis of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon

    John P. Vogel;David F. Garvin;Todd C. Mockler;Jeremy Schmutz

  • Genome-Wide Analysis of NBS-LRR–Encoding Genes in Arabidopsis

    Blake C. Meyers;Alexander Kozik;Alyssa Griego;Hanhui Kuang

  • Genome sequence and analysis of the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans.

    Brian J Haas;Sophien Kamoun;Sophien Kamoun;Michael C Zody;Michael C Zody;Rays H Y Jiang;Rays H Y Jiang

  • The Medicago genome provides insight into the evolution of rhizobial symbioses

    Nevin D Young;Frédéric Debellé;Frédéric Debellé;Giles E D Oldroyd;Rene Geurts

  • Criteria for Annotation of Plant MicroRNAs

    Blake C. Meyers;Michael J. Axtell;Bonnie Bartel;David P. Bartel

  • Clusters of resistance genes in plants evolve by divergent selection and a birth-and-death process.

    Richard W. Michelmore;Blake C. Meyers

  • Plant disease resistance genes encode members of an ancient and diverse protein family within the nucleotide‐binding superfamily

    Blake C. Meyers;Allan W. Dickerman;Richard W. Michelmore;Subramoniam Sivaramakrishnan;Subramoniam Sivaramakrishnan

  • Global identification of microRNA-target RNA pairs by parallel analysis of RNA ends.

    Marcelo A German;Manoj Pillay;Dong-Hoon Jeong;Amit Hetawal

  • MicroRNAs as master regulators of the plant NB-LRR defense gene family via the production of phased, trans-acting siRNAs

    Jixian Zhai;Dong-Hoon Jeong;Emanuele De Paoli;Sunhee Park

  • Elucidation of the small RNA component of the transcriptome.

    Cheng Lu;Shivakundan Singh Tej;Shujun Luo;Christian D. Haudenschild

  • Dissecting Arabidopsis thaliana DICER function in small RNA processing, gene silencing and DNA methylation patterning

    Ian R Henderson;Xiaoyu Zhang;Cheng Lu;Lianna Johnson

  • Phased, Secondary, Small Interfering RNAs in Posttranscriptional Regulatory Networks

    Qili Fei;Rui Xia;Blake C. Meyers

  • Plant disease resistance genes encode members of an ancient and diverse protein family within the nucleotide-binding superfamily.

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  • Abundance, Distribution, and Transcriptional Activity of Repetitive Elements in the Maize Genome

    Blake C. Meyers;Scott V. Tingey;Michele Morgante

  • Evolution of plant genome architecture

    Jonathan F. Wendel;Scott A. Jackson;Blake C. Meyers;Blake C. Meyers;Rod A. Wing

  • Genome evolution following host jumps in the Irish potato famine pathogen lineage

    Sylvain Raffaele;Rhys A. Farrer;Liliana M. Cano;David J. Studholme

  • Genome assembly with in vitro proximity ligation data and whole-genome triplication in lettuce.

    Sebastian Reyes-Chin-Wo;Zhiwen Wang;Xinhua Yang;Alexander Kozik

  • MicroRNAs and other small RNAs enriched in the Arabidopsis RNA-dependent RNA polymerase-2 mutant.

    Cheng Lu;Karthik Kulkarni;Frédéric F. Souret;Ramesh MuthuValliappan

  • Revisiting Criteria for Plant MicroRNA Annotation in the Era of Big Data.

    Michael J Axtell;Blake C Meyers;Blake C Meyers

  • Evolving disease resistance genes

    Blake C Meyers;Shail Kaushik;Raja Sekhar Nandety

  • The Major Resistance Gene Cluster in Lettuce Is Highly Duplicated and Spans Several Megabases

    Blake C. Meyers;Doris B. Chin;Katherine A. Shen;Subramoniam Sivaramakrishnan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jixian Zhai
Jixian Zhai Southern University of Science and Technology
Pamela J. Green
Pamela J. Green University of Delaware
Richard W. Michelmore
Richard W. Michelmore University of California, Davis
Guo-Liang Wang
Guo-Liang Wang The Ohio State University
Xuemei Chen
Xuemei Chen University of California, Riverside
Virginia Walbot
Virginia Walbot Stanford University
Xiaofeng Cao
Xiaofeng Cao Chinese Academy of Sciences
C. Robin Buell
C. Robin Buell University of Georgia
Rod A. Wing
Rod A. Wing University of Arizona
Steven E. Jacobsen
Steven E. Jacobsen University of California, Los Angeles

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