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Plant Science and Agronomy
Tunisia
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
83
Citations
26567
World Ranking
372
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Tunisia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Tunisia Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Enzyme
  • Gene

His primary areas of study are Botany, Halophyte, Salinity, Shoot and Horticulture. His Botany research integrates issues from Potassium and Nutrient. Chedly Abdelly combines subjects such as Superoxide dismutase, Antioxidant and Phytoremediation with his study of Halophyte.

His studies deal with areas such as Oxidative stress and Agronomy, Germination as well as Salinity. His research in Shoot intersects with topics in Brassica, Calcareous, Sodium and Iron deficiency. Chedly Abdelly focuses mostly in the field of Horticulture, narrowing it down to topics relating to Field capacity and, in certain cases, Water-use efficiency.

His most cited work include:

  • Diversity, distribution and roles of osmoprotective compounds accumulated in halophytes under abiotic stress (334 citations)
  • Salinity effects on polyphenol content and antioxidant activities in leaves of the halophyte Cakile maritima. (312 citations)
  • Physiological and antioxidant responses of the perennial halophyte Crithmum maritimum to salinity (263 citations)

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

His scientific interests lie mostly in Botany, Halophyte, Salinity, Horticulture and Shoot. His Botany research incorporates elements of Polyphenol and Antioxidant. His Antioxidant research includes elements of Peroxidase, Chromatography and Food science.

His work deals with themes such as Biochemistry and Phytoremediation, which intersect with Halophyte. His Salinity study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Photosynthesis, Sodium, Nutrient and Agronomy. His Horticulture study combines topics in areas such as Proline, Field capacity, Plant nutrition and Cadmium.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (48.11%)
  • Halophyte (38.44%)
  • Salinity (34.91%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Salinity (34.91%)
  • Halophyte (38.44%)
  • Horticulture (23.82%)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Salinity, Halophyte, Horticulture, Photosynthesis and Botany. He has researched Salinity in several fields, including Ecotype, Agronomy, Abiotic component and Hordeum vulgare. His studies in Halophyte integrate themes in fields like Oxidative stress, Food science, Proteome and Antioxidant.

His Horticulture research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Proline and Rhizobacteria. His work carried out in the field of Photosynthesis brings together such families of science as Biophysics and Metabolic pathway. The Botany study combines topics in areas such as Medicago polymorpha, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum and Abiotic stress.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Strategies to Mitigate the Salt Stress Effects on Photosynthetic Apparatus and Productivity of Crop Plants (27 citations)
  • Interactive effects of salinity and nitrogen forms on plant growth, photosynthesis and osmotic adjustment in maize (23 citations)
  • Comparative analysis of salt stress, duration and intensity, on the chloroplast ultrastructure and photosynthetic apparatus in Thellungiella salsuginea. (23 citations)

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

  • Enzyme
  • Botany
  • Gene

Salinity, Halophyte, Photosynthesis, Horticulture and Agronomy are his primary areas of study. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Extracellular, Stomatal conductance, Botany and Hordeum vulgare. His study looks at the relationship between Botany and topics such as Sodium, which overlap with Rhizosphere.

His study in Halophyte focuses on Cakile in particular. His Horticulture study incorporates themes from Proline and Genotype. His work in the fields of Agronomy, such as Chlorosis, intersects with other areas such as Environmental pollution.

Best Publications

  • Diversity, distribution and roles of osmoprotective compounds accumulated in halophytes under abiotic stress

    Inès Slama;Chedly Abdelly;Alain Bouchereau;Tim Flowers

  • How reactive oxygen species and proline face stress together.

    Kilani Ben Rejeb;Chedly Abdelly;Arnould Savouré

  • Salinity effects on polyphenol content and antioxidant activities in leaves of the halophyte Cakile maritima.

    Riadh Ksouri;Wided Megdiche;Ahmed Debez;Hanen Falleh

  • Phenolic composition of Cynara cardunculus L. organs, and their biological activities

    Hanen Falleh;Riadh Ksouri;Kamel Chaieb;Najoua Karray-Bouraoui

  • Effectiveness of compost use in salt-affected soil.

    Abdelbasset Lakhdar;Mokded Rabhi;Tahar Ghnaya;Francesco Montemurro

  • Medicinal halophytes: potent source of health promoting biomolecules with medical, nutraceutical and food applications.

    Riadh Ksouri;Wided Megdiche Ksouri;Inès Jallali;Ahmed Debez

  • Physiological and antioxidant responses of the perennial halophyte Crithmum maritimum to salinity

    Nader Ben Amor;Karim Ben Hamed;Ahmed Debez;Claude Grignon

  • Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the edible medicinal halophyte Tamarix gallica L. and related polyphenolic constituents

    Riadh Ksouri;Hanen Falleh;Wided Megdiche;Najla Trabelsi

  • Influence of biological, environmental and technical factors on phenolic content and antioxidant activities of Tunisian halophytes.

    Riadh Ksouri;Wided Megdiche;Hanen Falleh;Nejla Trabelsi

  • Salinity effects on germination, growth, and seed production of the halophyte Cakile maritima

    Ahmed Debez;Karim Ben Hamed;Claude Grignon;Chedly Abdelly

  • Total phenolic, flavonoid and tannin contents and antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of organic extracts of shoots of the plant Limonium delicatulum

    Faten Medini;Hanen Fellah;Riadh Ksouri;Chedly Abdelly

  • Effects of magnesium deficiency on photosynthesis and carbohydrate partitioning

    Nèjia Farhat;Amine Elkhouni;Walid Zorrig;Abderrazak Smaoui

  • Nickel, cadmium and lead phytotoxicity and potential of halophytic plants in heavy metal extraction

    T. Amari;T. Ghnaya;C. Abdelly

  • Effect of water stress on growth, osmotic adjustment, cell wall elasticity and water-use efficiency in Spartina alterniflora

    Kamel Hessini;Juan Pablo Martínez;Mhemmed Gandour;Ali Albouchi

  • Cadmium effects on growth and mineral nutrition of two halophytes: Sesuvium portulacastrum and Mesembryanthemum crystallinum.

    Tahar Ghnaya;Issam Nouairi;Inès Slama;Dorsaf Messedi

  • Potassium deficiency in plants: effects and signaling cascades

    Chokri Hafsi;Ahmed Debez;Chedly Abdelly

  • Antioxidant properties of the essential oil of Eugenia caryophyllata and its antifungal activity against a large number of clinical Candida species.

    Kamel Chaieb;Tarek Zmantar;Riadh Ksouri;Hafedh Hajlaoui

  • Diversity in expression patterns and functional properties in the rice HKT transporter family.

    Mehdi Jabnoune;Sandra Espeout;Delphine Mieulet;Cécile Fizames

  • Response of antioxidant systems to NaCl stress in the halophyte Cakile maritima

    Nader Ben Amor;Ana Jiménez;Wided Megdiche;Marianne Lundqvist

  • Solvent effects on phenolic contents and biological activities of the halophyte Limoniastrum monopetalum leaves

    Najla Trabelsi;Wided Megdiche;Riadh Ksouri;Hanen Falleh

Frequent Co-Authors

Ahmed Debez
Ahmed Debez University of Hannover
Riadh Ksouri
Riadh Ksouri Center of Biotechnology of Borj-Cedria
Abderrazak Smaoui
Abderrazak Smaoui Tunis El Manar University
Mokded Rabhi
Mokded Rabhi Center of Biotechnogy of Borj Cédria
Arnould Savouré
Arnould Savouré Sorbonne University
Kamel Hessini
Kamel Hessini Center of Biotechnogy of Borj Cédria
Graziano Zocchi
Graziano Zocchi University of Milan
Stanley Lutts
Stanley Lutts Université Catholique de Louvain
Jean-Jacques Drevon
Jean-Jacques Drevon INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Hans-Werner Koyro
Hans-Werner Koyro University of Giessen

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