2026 Caroline S. Bledsoe: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	35	5195	4866	1267	1134	64	3967

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Plant Science and Agronomy

5195

4866

1267

1134

3967

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index

Citations

3967

World Ranking

5195

National Ranking

1267

Research.com Recognitions

2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Best Publications

Nitrogen transfer within and between plants through Common Mycorrhizal Networks (CMNs)

Xin-Hua He;Christa Critchley;Caroline Bledsoe

380
Citations
Contributions of the Long-Term Ecological Research Program

Jerry F. Franklin;Caroline S. Bledsoe;James T. Callahan

293
Citations
Contrasting ectomycorrhizal fungal communities on the roots of co-occurring oaks (Quercus spp.) in a California woodland

Melissa H. Morris;Matthew E. Smith;David M. Rizzo;Marcel Rejmánek

198
Citations
Effects of ectomycorrhizae and solution pH on [15N]ammonium uptake by coniferous seedlings

Paul T. Rygiewicz;Caroline S. Bledsoe;Robert J. Zasoski

183
Citations
Pure culture response of ectomycorrhizal fungi to imposed water stress

Mark D. Coleman;Caroline S. Bledsoe;William Lopushinsky

166
Citations
Seasonal and diurnal patterns of soil water potential in the rhizosphere of blue oaks: evidence for hydraulic lift

C. Millikin Ishikawa;C.S. Bledsoe

156
Citations
Extraction of DNA from Basidiomycetes for ribosomal DNA hybridizations

Scott O. Rogers;Stephen Rehner;Caroline Bledsoe;George J. Mueller

128
Citations
Biomass and distribution of fine and coarse roots from blue oak (Quercus douglasii) trees in the northern Sierra Nevada foothills of California

Catherine S. Millikin;Caroline S. Bledsoe

119
Citations
Influence of host species on ectomycorrhizal communities associated with two co-occurring oaks (Quercus spp.) in a tropical cloud forest.

Melissa H. Morris;Miguel A. Pérez-Pérez;Matthew E. Smith;Caroline S. Bledsoe

116
Citations
COOPERATION IN THE RHIZOSPHERE AND THE “FREE RIDER” PROBLEM

R. Ford Denison;Caroline Bledsoe;Michael Kahn;Fergal O'Gara

115
Citations
A survey of mycorrhizal plants on Truelove Lowland, Devon Island, N.W.T., Canada.

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105
Citations
Epiphytic and terrestrial mycorrhizas in a lower montane Costa Rican cloud forest.

Kai Coshow Rains;Nalini M. Nadkarni;Caroline S. Bledsoe

98
Citations
Nodulated N2-fixing Casuarina cunninghamiana is the sink for net N transfer from non-N2-fixing Eucalyptus maculata via an ectomycorrhizal fungus Pisolithus sp. using 15NH4+ or 15NO3- supplied as ammonium nitrate.

Xinhua He;Xinhua He;Xinhua He;Christa Critchley;Hock Ng;Caroline Bledsoe

95
Citations
Multiple species of ectomycorrhizal fungi are frequently detected on individual oak root tips in a tropical cloud forest

Melissa H. Morris;Miguel A. Pérez-Pérez;Matthew E. Smith;Caroline S. Bledsoe

93
Citations
Rapid nitrogen transfer from ectomycorrhizal pines to adjacent ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal plants in a California oak woodland

Xinhua He;Caroline S. Bledsoe;Robert J. Zasoski;Darlene Southworth

89
Citations
Reciprocal N (15NH4+ or 15NO3−) transfer between nonN2‐fixing Eucalyptus maculata and N2‐fixing Casuarina cunninghamiana linked by the ectomycorrhizal fungus Pisolithus sp.

Xinhua He;Xinhua He;Christa Critchley;Hock Ng;Caroline Bledsoe

88
Citations
Contrasting root associated fungi of three common oak-woodland plant species based on molecular identification: host specificity or non-specific amplification?

Greg W. Douhan;Carolyn Petersen;Caroline S. Bledsoe;David M. Rizzo

86
Citations
Nitrogen uptake and growth in vitro by Hebeloma crustuliniforme and other Pacific Northwest mycorrhizal fungi

Willis R. Littke;Caroline S. Bledsoe;Robert L. Edmonds

78
Citations
Root hydraulic conductivity and xylem sap levels of zeatin riboside and abscisic acid in ectomycorrhizal Douglas fir seedlings

Mark D. Coleman;Caroline S. Bledsoe;Barbara A. Smit

77
Citations
Effects of ammonium and nitrate on growth and nitrogen uptake by mycorrhizal Douglas-fir seedlings

Caroline S. Bledsoe;R. J. Zasoski

76
Citations
Mycorrhizal Effects on Potassium Fluxes by Northwest Coniferous Seedlings

Paul T. Rygiewicz;Caroline S. Bledsoe

71
Citations
Characterization of Pinus ectomycorrhizas from mixed conifer and pygmy forests using morphotyping and molecular methods

Nina Wurzburger;Martin I. Bidartondo;Caroline S. Bledsoe

61
Citations
ECTOMYCORRHIZAS AFFECT IONIC BALANCE DURING AMMONIUM UPTAKE BY DOUGLAS-FIR ROOTS

Caroline S. Bledsoe;Paul T. Rygiewicz

58
Citations
Preferences for 15N-ammonium, 15N-nitrate, and 15N-glycine differ among dominant exotic and subordinate native grasses from a California oak woodland

Zachary T. Aanderud;Zachary T. Aanderud;Caroline S. Bledsoe

57
Citations