Daniel Rigling

Daniel Rigling publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Daniel Rigling D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Best Publications

• Biological Control of Chestnut Blight in Europe

  Ursula Heiniger;Daniel Rigling

  583
  Citations

• Cryphonectria parasitica, the causal agent of chestnut blight: invasion history, population biology and disease control

  Daniel Rigling;Simone Prospero

  475
  Citations

• Widespread Phytophthora infestations in European nurseries put forest, semi-natural and horticultural ecosystems at high risk of Phytophthora diseases

  T. Jung;L. Orlikowski;B. Henricot;P. Abad-Campos

  394
  Citations

• Tree-life history prior to death: two fungal root pathogens affect tree-ring growth differently

  Paolo Cherubini;Giovanni Fontana;Daniel Rigling;Matthias Dobbertin

  248
  Citations

• Genome expansion and lineage-specific genetic innovations in the forest pathogenic fungi Armillaria

  György Sipos;Arun N. Prasanna;Mathias C. Walter;Eoin O’Connor

  188
  Citations

• Reduction of laccase activity in dsRNA-containing hypovirulent strains of Cryphonectria (Endothia) parasitica.

  D. Rigling;U. Heiniger;H. R. Hohl

  185
  Citations

• Population Structure and Disease Development of Cryphonectria parasitica in European Chestnut Forests in the Presence of Natural Hypovirulence

  Martin Bissegger;Daniel Rigling;Ursula Heiniger

  183
  Citations

• Genetic variation of Cryphonectria hypoviruses (CHV1) in Europe, assessed using restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) markers

  C. Allemann;P. Hoegger;U. Heiniger;D. Rigling

  152
  Citations

• Strategies of attack and defence in woody plant-Phytophthora interactions

  W. Oßwald;F. Fleischmann;D. Rigling;A. C. Coelho

  141
  Citations

• Temperature-dependent genotype-by-genotype interaction between a pathogenic fungus and its hyperparasitic virus.

  Sarah Franziska Bryner;Daniel Rigling

  134
  Citations

• Comparison of vegetative compatibility types in Italian and Swiss subpopulations of Cryphonectria parasitica

  P. Cortesi;D. Rigling;U. Heiniger

  132
  Citations

• Dominance of natural over released biological control agents of the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica in south-eastern France is associated with fitness-related traits

  Cécile Robin;Stefan Lanz;Alain Soutrenon;Daniel Rigling

  122
  Citations

• Saprophytic Activity and Sporulation of Cryphonectria parasitica on Dead Chestnut Wood in Forests with Naturally Established Hypovirulence

  S. Prospero;M. Conedera;U. Heiniger;D. Rigling

  109
  Citations

• Regulation of laccase biosynthesis in the plant-pathogenic fungus Cryphonectria parasitica by double-stranded RNA.

  D Rigling;N K Van Alfen

  102
  Citations

• Extra- and Intracellular Laccases of the Chestnut Blight Fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica.

  Daniel Rigling;Neal K. Van Alfen

  100
  Citations

• Sequence variation and evolution of Cryphonectria hypovirus 1 (CHV-1) in Europe.

  Davide Gobbin;Patrik J. Hoegger;Ursula Heiniger;D. Rigling

  99
  Citations

• Population History and Pathways of Spread of the Plant Pathogen Phytophthora plurivora

  Corine N. Schoebel;Jane Stewart;Jane Stewart;Niklaus J. Gruenwald;Niklaus J. Gruenwald;Daniel Rigling

  93
  Citations

• Tree mortality in an unmanaged mountain pine (Pinus mugo var. uncinata) stand in the Swiss National Park impacted by root rot fungi

  M Dobbertin;A Baltensweiler;D Rigling

  92
  Citations

• Genetic structure of newly established populations of Cryphonectria parasitica.

  Patrik J. Hoegger;Daniel Rigling;Ottmar Holdenrieder;Ursula Heiniger

  89
  Citations

• A new extracellular laccase of Cryphonectria parasitica is revealed by deletion of Lac1

  D. H. Kim;D. Rigling;L. Zhang;N. K. Van Alfen

  87
  Citations

• Comparison of the virulence of Armillaria cepistipes and Armillaria ostoyae on four Norway spruce provenances

  S. Prospero;O. Holdenrieder;D. Rigling

  81
  Citations

• Chestnut blight fungus in Croatia: diversity of vegetative compatibility types, mating types and genetic variability of associated Cryphonectria hypovirus 1

  L. Krstin;S. Novak-Agbaba;D. Rigling;M. Krajačić

  81
  Citations

• Cryphonectria parasitica in Portugal: diversity of vegetative compatibility types, mating types, and occurrence of hypovirulence

  H. Bragança;S. Simões;N. Onofre;R. Tenreiro

  80
  Citations

• Genetic population structure of three Armillaria species at the landscape scale: a case study from Swiss Pinus mugo forests

  Muriel Bendel;Felix Kienast;Daniel Rigling

  59
  Citations