Gilles Pilate

Gilles Pilate publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Gilles Pilate D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gilles Pilate sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• The genome of black cottonwood, Populus trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray)

  G. A. Tuskan;G. A. Tuskan;S. DiFazio;S. DiFazio;S. Jansson;J. Bohlmann

  5137
  Citations

• Field and pulping performances of transgenic trees with altered lignification

  Gilles Pilate;Emma Guiney;Karen Holt;Michel Petit-Conil

  522
  Citations

• Structural Alterations of Lignins in Transgenic Poplars with Depressed Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase or Caffeic Acid O-Methyltransferase Activity Have an Opposite Impact on the Efficiency of Industrial Kraft Pulping

  Catherine Lapierre;Brigitte Pollet;Michel Petit-Conil;Gabriel Toval

  519
  Citations

• Red Xylem and Higher Lignin Extractability by Down-Regulating a Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase in Poplar

  M. Baucher;B. Chabbert;G. Pilate;J. Van Doorsselaere

  494
  Citations

• Downregulation of Cinnamoyl-Coenzyme A Reductase in Poplar: Multiple-Level Phenotyping Reveals Effects on Cell Wall Polymer Metabolism and Structure

  Jean-Charles Leplé;Jean-Charles Leplé;Jean-Charles Leplé;Rebecca Dauwe;Rebecca Dauwe;Kris Morreel;Kris Morreel;Véronique Storme;Véronique Storme

  467
  Citations

• A novel lignin in poplar trees with a reduced caffeic acid/5-hydroxyferulic acid O-methyltransferase activity

  Jan Van Doorsselaere;Marie Baucher;Emmanuelle Chognot;Brigitte Chabbert

  374
  Citations

• Toxicity to Chrysomela tremulae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of transgenic poplars expressing a cysteine proteinase inhibitor

  Jean Charles Leplé;Michel Bonadé-Bottino;Sylvie Augustin;Gilles Pilate

  332
  Citations

• Diverse effects of overexpression of LEAFY and PTLF, a poplar (Populus) homolog of LEAFY/FLORICAULA, in transgenic poplar and Arabidopsis.

  William H. Rottmann;Richard Meilan;Lorraine A. Sheppard;Amy M. Brunner

  309
  Citations

• Elucidation of new structures in lignins of CAD- and COMT-deficient plants by NMR.

  John Ralph;John Ralph;Catherine Lapierre;Jane M Marita;Jane M Marita;Hoon Kim;Hoon Kim

  277
  Citations

• Poplar genes encoding fasciclin‐like arabinogalactan proteins are highly expressed in tension wood

  Florian Lafarguette;Florian Lafarguette;Jean-Charles Leplé;Annabelle Déjardin;Françoise Laurans

  247
  Citations

• Improved saccharification and ethanol yield from field-grown transgenic poplar deficient in cinnamoyl-CoA reductase.

  Rebecca Van Acker;Jean-Charles Leplé;Dirk Aerts;Véronique Storme

  239
  Citations

• Wood formation in Angiosperms.

  Annabelle Déjardin;Françoise Laurans;Dominique Arnaud;Christian Breton

  212
  Citations

• Tissue- and cell-specific expression of a cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase promoter in transgenic poplar plants.

  Catherine Feuillet;Virginie Lauvergeat;Christine Deswarte;Gilles Pilate

  208
  Citations

• Improved high-level constitutive foreign gene expression in plants using an AMV RNA4 untranslated leader sequence

  Raju S.S. Datla;Faouzi Bekkaoui;Joe K. Hammerlindl;Gilles Pilate

  204
  Citations

• Lignification and tension wood

  Gilles Pilate;Brigitte Chabbert;Bernard Cathala;Arata Yoshinaga

  191
  Citations

• Plant Fiber Formation: State of the Art, Recent and Expected Progress, and Open Questions

  Tatyana Gorshkova;Nina Brutch;Brigitte Chabbert;Michael Deyholos

  189
  Citations

• Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of hybrid larch (Larix kaempferi T L. decidua) and transgenic plant regenerationn.

  V. Levée;M.-A. Lelu;L. Jouanin;D. Cornu

  160
  Citations

• NMR Evidence for Benzodioxane Structures Resulting from Incorporation of 5-Hydroxyconiferyl Alcohol into Lignins of O-Methyltransferase-Deficient Poplars

  John Ralph;Catherine Lapierre;Fachuang Lu;Jane M Marita

  153
  Citations

• Different Routes for Conifer- and Sinapaldehyde and Higher Saccharification upon Deficiency in the Dehydrogenase CAD1

  Rebecca Van Acker;Annabelle Déjardin;Sandrien Desmet;Lennart Hoengenaert

  140
  Citations

• Tension wood as a model for functional genomics of wood formation

  Gilles Pilate;Annabelle Déjardin;Françoise Laurans;Jean-Charles Leplé

  140
  Citations

• Xylem anatomy correlates with gas exchange, water-use efficiency and growth performance under contrasting water regimes: evidence from Populus deltoides × Populus nigra hybrids

  Régis Fichot;Françoise Laurans;Romain Monclus;Romain Monclus;Alain Moreau

  129
  Citations

• Maturation Stress Generation in Poplar Tension Wood Studied by Synchrotron Radiation Microdiffraction

  Bruno Clair;Tancrède Alméras;Gilles Pilate;Delphine Jullien

  121
  Citations

• Signatures of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase deficiency in poplar lignins

  Catherine Lapierre;Gilles Pilate;Brigitte Pollet;Isabelle Mila

  119
  Citations

• The genome of black cottonwood, Populus trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray) - eScholarship

  G.A. Tuskan;S. DiFazio;S. Jansson;J. Bohlmann

  2
  Citations

• Diverseeffects of overexpressionof LEAFYand PTLF, a poplar (Populus) homolog of LEAFWFLORICAULA, ..

  William H. Rottmann;Richard Meilan;Lorraine A. Sheppard;Amy M. Brunner

  0
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