2026 Francisco Pérez-Alfocea: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	51	2020	1857	71	68	118	9409

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

Botany
Gene
Biochemistry

Francisco Pérez-Alfocea spends much of his time researching Botany, Agronomy, Solanaceae, Rootstock and Cytokinin. As part of his studies on Botany, Francisco Pérez-Alfocea often connects relevant areas like Sucrose. His study explores the link between Agronomy and topics such as Photosynthesis that cross with problems in Biomass and Plant nutrition.

He has included themes like Lycopersicon and Shoot in his Solanaceae study. His Rootstock study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Genetic variability, Vegetable crops and Crop. His Cytokinin research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Abscisic acid, Xylem and Hydrogen peroxide.

His most cited work include:

Hormonal changes in relation to biomass partitioning and shoot growth impairment in salinized tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants (274 citations)
Microbial amelioration of crop salinity stress (239 citations)
Grafting raises the salt tolerance of tomato through limiting the transport of sodium and chloride to the shoot (208 citations)

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

His primary scientific interests are in Botany, Horticulture, Agronomy, Shoot and Rootstock. Francisco Pérez-Alfocea interconnects Sucrose, Abscisic acid and Solanaceae in the investigation of issues within Botany. The study incorporates disciplines such as Indole-3-acetic acid, Cytokinin, Auxin, Zeatin and Plant hormone in addition to Abscisic acid.

Much of his study explores Agronomy relationship to Photosynthesis. He combines subjects such as Ecophysiology, Xylem and Stomatal conductance with his study of Shoot. His Rootstock study also includes

Crop yield together with Drought tolerance,
Water-use efficiency which is related to area like Abiotic stress.

He most often published in these fields:

Botany (46.94%)
Horticulture (31.63%)
Agronomy (29.59%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?

Rootstock (22.45%)
Agronomy (29.59%)
Shoot (26.53%)

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

Francisco Pérez-Alfocea mainly focuses on Rootstock, Agronomy, Shoot, Abscisic acid and Horticulture. He usually deals with Agronomy and limits it to topics linked to Photosynthesis and Invertase and Abiotic stress. Francisco Pérez-Alfocea has researched Shoot in several fields, including Cultivar and Xylem.

His Abscisic acid research integrates issues from Jasmonic acid, Zeatin, Gibberellin, Metabolic pathway and Auxin. The study incorporates disciplines such as Primordium, Botany and Cell biology in addition to Jasmonic acid. Francisco Pérez-Alfocea studies Botany, namely Solanum.

Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:

Hormonal and metabolic regulation of source–sink relations under salinity and drought: From plant survival to crop yield stability (106 citations)
Unravelling rootstock×scion interactions to improve food security (105 citations)
Early steps of adventitious rooting: morphology, hormonal profiling and carbohydrate turnover in carnation stem cuttings (49 citations)

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

Botany
Gene
Biochemistry

His primary areas of study are Agronomy, Photosynthesis, Rootstock, Yield gap and Water-use efficiency. He connects Agronomy with Food security in his study. In his work, Dwarfing, Fertilizer, Vegetative reproduction and Horticulture is strongly intertwined with Water use, which is a subfield of Rootstock.

His study in Water-use efficiency is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Wild tomato, Xylem, Shoot, Solanum pimpinellifolium and Metabolism. As part of one scientific family, Francisco Pérez-Alfocea deals mainly with the area of Invertase, narrowing it down to issues related to the Cytokinin, and often Abscisic acid. His Auxin study frequently intersects with other fields, such as Botany.

Best Publications

Hormonal changes in relation to biomass partitioning and shoot growth impairment in salinized tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants

Alfonso Albacete;Michel Edmond Ghanem;Cristina Martínez-Andújar;Manuel Acosta

588
Citations
Microbial amelioration of crop salinity stress

Ian C. Dodd;Francisco Pérez-Alfocea

549
Citations
Grafting raises the salt tolerance of tomato through limiting the transport of sodium and chloride to the shoot

Maria T. Estañ;Maria M. Martinez-Rodriguez;Francisco Perez-Alfocea;Timothy J. Flowers

449
Citations
Hormonal changes during salinity-induced leaf senescence in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

Michel Edmond Ghanem;Alfonso Albacete;Cristina Martínez-Andújar;Manuel Acosta

345
Citations
The rootstock effect on the tomato salinity response depends on the shoot genotype

Ana Santa-Cruz;Maria M. Martinez-Rodriguez;Francisco Perez-Alfocea;Remedios Romero-Aranda

317
Citations
Unravelling rootstock×scion interactions to improve food security

Alfonso Albacete;Cristina Martínez-Andújar;Ascensión Martínez-Pérez;Andrew J. Thompson

302
Citations
Root-synthesized cytokinins improve shoot growth and fruit yield in salinized tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants

Michel Edmond Ghanem;Alfonso Albacete;Ann C. Smigocki;Ivo Frébort

286
Citations
Root growth promotion by humic acids from composted and non-composted urban organic wastes

Keiji Jindo;Silvia Aparecida Martim;Elena Cantero Navarro;Francisco Pérez-Alfocea

281
Citations
Hormonal and metabolic regulation of source–sink relations under salinity and drought: From plant survival to crop yield stability

Alfonso A. Albacete;Cristina Martínez-Andújar;Francisco Pérez-Alfocea

268
Citations
Interaction between hydrogen peroxide and plant hormones during germination and the early growth of pea seedlings

G. Barba-Espin;P. Diaz-Vivancos;M. J. Clemente-Moreno;A. Albacete

259
Citations
Rootstock-mediated changes in xylem ionic and hormonal status are correlated with delayed leaf senescence, and increased leaf area and crop productivity in salinized tomato

Alfonso Albacete;Cristina Martínez-Andújar;Michel Edmond Ghanem;Manuel Acosta

254
Citations
Agronomical and physiological characterization of salinity tolerance in a commercial tomato hybrid

F. Pérez-Alfocea;M. E. Balibrea;A. Santa Cruz;M. T. Estañ

254
Citations
Carbon partitioning and sucrose metabolism in tomato plants growing under salinity

Maria E. Balibrea;Jose Dell'Amico;Mariaa C. Bolarin;Francisco Perez-Alfocea

238
Citations
Priming of seeds with NaCl induces physiological changes in tomato plants grown under salt stress

E. Cayuela;F. Perez-Alfocea;M. Caro;M. C. Bolarin

211
Citations
Hormonal regulation of source-sink relations to maintain crop productivity under salinity: a case study of root-to-shoot signalling in tomato.

Francisco Perez-Alfocea;Alfonso Albacete;Alfonso Albacete;Michel Edmond Ghanem;Ian C. Dodd

172
Citations
Osmotic adjustment in Lycopersicon esculentum and L. Pennellii under NaCl and polyethylene glycol 6000 iso–osmotic stresses

F. Perez-Alfocea;M. T. Estan;M. Caro;G. Guerrier

171
Citations
Mucilage and polysaccharides in the halophyte plant species Kosteletzkya virginica: localization and composition in relation to salt stress.

Michel Edmond Ghanem;Rui-Ming Han;Birgit Classen;Joëlle Quetin-Leclerq

146
Citations
Changes in free polyamine levels induced by salt stress in leaves of cultivated and wild tomato species

Ana Santa-Cruz;Manuel Acosta;Francisco Perez-Alfocea;Maria C. Bolarin

143
Citations
Evaluation of salt tolerance in cultivated and wild tomato species through in vitro shoot apex culture

Emilio A. Cano;Francisco Pérez-Alfocea;Vicente Moreno;Manuel Caro

138
Citations
Short-term Solute Changes in Leaves and Roots of Cultivated and Wild Tomato Seedlings Under Salinity

M.C. Bolarín;A. Santa-Cruz;E. Cayuela;F. Pérez-Alfocea

136
Citations