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Plant Science and Agronomy
UK
2025

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
106
Citations
41300
World Ranking
115
National Ranking
13

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 1990 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Fungus

David Read mainly investigates Botany, Mycorrhiza, Ecology, Mycelium and Ericoid mycorrhiza. The various areas that David Read examines in his Botany study include Suillus bovinus, Agronomy, Ectomycorrhiza, Symbiosis and Nutrient. His Agronomy research integrates issues from Rhizosphere, Phosphorus and Decomposer.

His Mycorrhiza study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Endophyte, Photosynthesis, Arbuscular mycorrhiza and Glomus. His Mycelium study also includes

  • Hypha and related Fungus, Woody plant and Seedling,
  • Mycorrhizal network which connect with Root system. The Ericoid mycorrhiza study combines topics in areas such as Calluna, Resistance and Ericaceae.

His most cited work include:

  • Plant diversity and productivity experiments in european grasslands (1572 citations)
  • Large-scale forest girdling shows that current photosynthesis drives soil respiration (1541 citations)
  • Mycorrhizas in ecosystems (1287 citations)

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

His scientific interests lie mostly in Botany, Mycorrhiza, Ecology, Symbiosis and Mycelium. The concepts of his Botany study are interwoven with issues in Nutrient and Ectomycorrhiza. His research investigates the connection between Nutrient and topics such as Agronomy that intersect with problems in Rhizosphere.

His studies in Mycorrhiza integrate themes in fields like Arbuscular mycorrhiza and Shoot. His research in Symbiosis intersects with topics in Plant community and Colonization. David Read has researched Mycelium in several fields, including Seedling, Root system and Hypha.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (75.91%)
  • Mycorrhiza (45.91%)
  • Ecology (26.82%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2003-2019)?

  • Botany (75.91%)
  • Ecology (26.82%)
  • Symbiosis (21.36%)

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

David Read mainly focuses on Botany, Ecology, Symbiosis, Mycorrhiza and Ecosystem. His Botany research includes elements of Myco-heterotrophy and Nutrient. The Ecology study which covers Nitrogen cycle that intersects with Peat, Moss and Nutrient cycle.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Mutualism, Plant community, Colonization and Phylogenetic tree in addition to Symbiosis. David Read interconnects Orchidaceae, Shoot, Carex flacca, Arbuscular mycorrhiza and Obligate in the investigation of issues within Mycorrhiza. His Ecosystem research focuses on subjects like Biodiversity, which are linked to Species diversity, Monoculture and Glomus.

Between 2003 and 2019, his most popular works were:

  • Networks of power and influence: the role of mycorrhizal mycelium in controlling plant communities and agroecosystem functioning (463 citations)
  • Towards a more plant physiological perspective on soil ecology. (420 citations)
  • ECOSYSTEM EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY MANIPULATIONS IN EUROPEAN GRASSLANDS (411 citations)

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Fungus

Botany, Ecology, Mycorrhiza, Ecosystem and Myco-heterotrophy are his primary areas of study. His Botany study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Symbiosis and Ectomycorrhiza. Ecology and Agroforestry are commonly linked in his work.

His work deals with themes such as Range and Carex flacca, which intersect with Mycorrhiza. David Read combines subjects such as Biodiversity, Ericoid mycorrhiza and Mycorrhizal fungi with his study of Ecosystem. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Ceratobasidiaceae and Repens.

Best Publications

  • Plant diversity and productivity experiments in european grasslands

    A. Hector;Bernhard Schmid;Carl Beierkuhnlein;M. C. Caldeira

  • Large-scale forest girdling shows that current photosynthesis drives soil respiration

    Peter Högberg;Anders Nordgren;Nina Buchmann;Andrew F. S. Taylor

  • Mycorrhizas and nutrient cycling in ecosystems – a journey towards relevance?

    David Read;J Perez-Moreno

  • Mycorrhizas in ecosystems

    David Read

  • Floristic diversity in a model system using experimental microcosms

    J. P. Grime;J. M. L. Mackey;S. H. Hillier;D. J. Read

  • Networks of power and influence: the role of mycorrhizal mycelium in controlling plant communities and agroecosystem functioning

    Jonathan Leake;David Johnson;Damian Donnelly;Gemma Muckle

  • Mycorrhizal fungi as drivers of ecosystem processes in heathland and boreal forest biomes

    David J Read;Jonathan R Leake;Jesus Perez-Moreno

  • The structure and function of the vegetative mycelium of ectomycorrhizal plants

    Gary D. Bending;David J. Read

  • ECOSYSTEM EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY MANIPULATIONS IN EUROPEAN GRASSLANDS

    E. M. Spehn;A. Hector;J. Joshi;M. Scherer-Lorenzen

  • Towards a more plant physiological perspective on soil ecology.

    Peter Högberg;David J. Read

  • Changing partners in the dark: isotopic and molecular evidence of ectomycorrhizal liaisons between forest orchids and trees.

    Martin I. Bidartondo;Bastian Burghardt;Gerhard Gebauer;Thomas D. Bruns

  • VESICULAR-ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA IN NATURAL VEGETATION SYSTEMS. I. THE OCCURRENCE OF INFECTION

    David Read;HK Koucheki;J Hodgson

  • Plant communities affect arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity and community composition in grassland microcosms

    David Johnson;David Johnson;Philippe J. Vandenkoornhuyse;Jonathan R. Leake;Lucy Gilbert

  • THE ROLE OF PROTEINS IN THE NITROGEN NUTRITION OF ECTOMYCORRHIZAL PLANTS

    RA Abuzinadah;RD Finlay;David Read

  • No Consistent Effect of Plant Diversity on Productivity

    M. A. Huston;L. W. Aarssen;M. P. Austin;B. S. Cade

  • THE ROLE OF PROTEINS IN THE NITROGEN NUTRITION OF ECTOMYCORRHIZAL PLANTS. I. UTILIZATION OF PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS BY ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNGI

    RA Abuzinadah;David Read

  • OBSERVATIONS ON THE MYCORRHIZAL STATUS OF SOME ALPINE PLANT COMMUNITIES

    David Read;K Haselwandter

  • The biology of mycorrhiza in the Ericaceae

    V Pearson;David Read

  • In situ13CO2 pulse-labelling of upland grassland demonstrates a rapid pathway of carbon flux from arbuscular mycorrhizal mycelia to the soil

    David Johnson;J. R. Leake;N. Ostle;P. Ineson

  • Mineral nutrition, toxic element accumulation and water relations of arbuscular mycorrhizal plants

    Sally E. Smith;David Read

  • Symbiotic fungal associations in 'lower' land plants.

    David Read;JG Duckett;R Francis;R Ligrone

  • THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE VEGETATIVE MYCELIUM OF ECTOMYCORRHIZAL PLANTS .1. TRANSLOCATION OF C-14-LABELED CARBON BETWEEN PLANTS INTERCONNECTED BY A COMMON MYCELIUM

    RD Finlay;David Read

  • Structure and function of mycorrhizal rhizomorphs with special reference to their role in water transport

    JA Duddridge;A Malibari;David Read

  • The contributions of mycorrhizal fungi to the determination of plant community structure

    R. Francis;D. J. Read

  • Ecological interactions in soil : plants, microbes and animals

    Alastair Fitter;D. Atkinson;D. J. Read

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan R. Leake
Jonathan R. Leake University of Sheffield
Peter Högberg
Peter Högberg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Martin I. Bidartondo
Martin I. Bidartondo Imperial College London
Ernst-Detlef Schulze
Ernst-Detlef Schulze Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Christa P. H. Mulder
Christa P. H. Mulder University of Alaska Fairbanks
Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos
Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos University of the Aegean
Ari Jumpponen
Ari Jumpponen Kansas State University
Kerstin Huss-Danell
Kerstin Huss-Danell Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Kevin K. Newsham
Kevin K. Newsham British Antarctic Survey
Michel Loreau
Michel Loreau Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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