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2025

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
105
Citations
39664
World Ranking
124
National Ranking
14

John A. Pickett publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John A. Pickett sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 729 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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John A. Pickett 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 John A. Pickett sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 105 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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
  • 2014 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2008 - Wolf Prize in Agriculture for their remarkable discoveries of mechanisms governing plant-insect and plant-plant interactions. Their scientific contributions on chemical ecology have fostered the development of integrated pest management and significantly advanced agricultural sustainability.
  • 1996 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Insect

His primary scientific interests are in Botany, Aphid, Pheromone, Agronomy and Sex pheromone. His study on Botany is mostly dedicated to connecting different topics, such as Host. His Aphid research includes themes of PEST analysis, Acyrthosiphon pisum, Aphididae and Olfactometer.

His Pheromone study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Odorant binding, ALARM, Apidae, Coccinella septempunctata and Honey bee. In general Agronomy, his work in Desmodium, Stemborer and Poaceae is often linked to Pennisetum purpureum linking many areas of study. His Sex pheromone study also includes fields such as

  • Ecology which intersects with area such as Signalling,
  • Nepetalactol which connect with Zoology.

His most cited work include:

  • The Use of Push-Pull Strategies in Integrated Pest Management (924 citations)
  • Stressful 'memories' of plants: evidence and possible mechanisms (529 citations)
  • Perception of plant volatile blends by herbivorous insects – Finding the right mix (447 citations)

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

Botany, Aphid, Pheromone, Sex pheromone and Agronomy are his primary areas of study. His Botany research includes elements of Host, Olfactometer and Horticulture. His Aphid research integrates issues from Rhopalosiphum padi, Aphididae, Predation and Semiochemical.

The Pheromone study combines topics in areas such as ALARM and Culex quinquefasciatus. His Sex pheromone research incorporates elements of Nepetalactol, Ecology and Stereochemistry. His study in the field of Striga, Desmodium, Striga hermonthica and Stemborer also crosses realms of Pennisetum purpureum.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (35.98%)
  • Aphid (19.29%)
  • Pheromone (15.87%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

  • Botany (35.98%)
  • Agronomy (13.27%)
  • PEST analysis (9.99%)

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

John A. Pickett mainly focuses on Botany, Agronomy, PEST analysis, Aphid and Agriculture. His Botany study which covers Olfactometer that intersects with Horticulture. His studies in PEST analysis integrate themes in fields like Chemical ecology and Infestation.

His Aphid research incorporates themes from DIMBOA, Host, Nutrient and Rhopalosiphum padi. Within one scientific family, John A. Pickett focuses on topics pertaining to Insect under Pheromone, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Semiochemical. His Sex pheromone study incorporates themes from Acanthoscelides obtectus and Ecology, Biological pest control.

Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Averting a malaria disaster: will insecticide resistance derail malaria control? (219 citations)
  • Underground signals carried through common mycelial networks warn neighbouring plants of aphid attack (204 citations)
  • Achieving food security for one million sub-Saharan African poor through push–pull innovation by 2020 (117 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Gene

John A. Pickett mainly investigates Botany, Agriculture, Agronomy, Aphid and Host. John A. Pickett combines subjects such as Plant defense against herbivory and Elicitor with his study of Botany. His study in Agriculture is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Agroforestry, Crop protection, Natural resource economics and Sustainability.

As a part of the same scientific family, he mostly works in the field of Agronomy, focusing on Monocropping and, on occasion, Crotalaria, Fodder, Sowing and Fall armyworm. His Aphid research integrates issues from Chemical signalling, Gene, Insect, Nutrient and Mycelium. His work investigates the relationship between Crop and topics such as Pheromone that intersect with problems in Zoology.

Best Publications

  • The Use of Push-Pull Strategies in Integrated Pest Management

    Samantha M. Cook;Zeyaur R. Khan;John A. Pickett

  • Stressful 'memories' of plants: evidence and possible mechanisms

    Toby J.A. Bruce;Michaela C. Matthes;Johnathan A. Napier;John A. Pickett

  • Perception of plant volatile blends by herbivorous insects – Finding the right mix

    Toby J.A. Bruce;John A. Pickett

  • The Chemical Ecology of Aphids

    J. A. Pickett;L. J. Wadhams;C. M. Woodcock;J. Hardie

  • New roles for cis-jasmone as an insect semiochemical and in plant defense.

    Michael A. Birkett;Colin A. M. Campbell;Keith Chamberlain;Emilio Guerrieri

  • Identification of Semiochemicals Released During Aphid Feeding That Attract Parasitoid Aphidius ervi

    Yongjun Du;Guy M. Poppy;Wilf Powell;John A. Pickett

  • Exploiting chemical ecology and species diversity : stem borer and striga control for maize and sorghum in Africa

    Zeyaur R Khan;John A Pickett;Johnnie van den Berg;Lester J Wadhams

  • Underground signals carried through common mycelial networks warn neighbouring plants of aphid attack

    Zdenka Babikova;Lucy Gilbert;Toby J. A. Bruce;Michael Birkett

  • Wild potato repels aphids by release of aphid alarm pheromone

    R. W. Gibson;J. A. Pickett

  • Aphid alarm pheromone produced by transgenic plants affects aphid and parasitoid behavior

    Michael H. Beale;Michael A. Birkett;Toby J. A. Bruce;Keith Chamberlain

  • A climate-adapted push-pull system effectively controls fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J E Smith), in maize in East Africa

    Charles A.O. Midega;Jimmy O. Pittchar;John A. Pickett;Girma W. Hailu

  • Achieving food security for one million sub-Saharan African poor through push–pull innovation by 2020

    Zeyaur R. Khan;Charles A. O. Midega;Jimmy O. Pittchar;Alice W. Murage

  • Integrated pest management: the push-pull approach for controlling insect pests and weeds of cereals, and its potential for other agricultural systems including animal husbandry.

    Ahmed Hassanali;Hans Herren;Zeyaur R Khan;John A Pickett

  • Chemical ecology and conservation biological control

    Zeyaur R. Khan;David G. James;Charles A.O. Midega;John A. Pickett

  • Behavioral and electrophysiological responses of Aphids to host and nonhost plant volatiles.

    Stephen F. Nottingham;Jim Hardie;Glenn W. Dawson;Alastair J. Hick

  • Characterisation of Bombyx Mori Odorant-Binding Proteins Reveals that a General Odorant-Binding Protein Discriminates between Sex Pheromone Components.

    Jing-Jiang Zhou;Giles Robertson;Xiaoli He;Samuel Dufour

  • CYP79F1 and CYP79F2 have distinct functions in the biosynthesis of aliphatic glucosinolates in Arabidopsis.

    Sixue Chen;Erich Glawischnig;Kirsten Jørgensen;Peter Naur

  • Exploiting phytochemicals for developing a ‘push–pull’ crop protection strategy for cereal farmers in Africa

    Zeyaur R. Khan;Charles A. O. Midega;Toby J. A. Bruce;Antony M. Hooper

  • Push-pull farming systems.

    John A Pickett;Christine M Woodcock;Charles A O Midega;Zeyaur R Khan

  • Control of witchweed Striga hermonthica by intercropping with Desmodium spp., and the mechanism defined as allelopathic.

    Zeyaur R. Khan;Ahmed Hassanali;William Overholt;Tsanuo M. Khamis

  • Volatiles functioning as host cues in a blend become nonhost cues when presented alone to the black bean aphid

    Ben Webster;Toby Bruce;John Pickett;Jim Hardie

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael A. Birkett
Michael A. Birkett Rothamsted Research
Christine M. Woodcock
Christine M. Woodcock Rothamsted Research
Lester J. Wadhams
Lester J. Wadhams Rothamsted Research
Zeyaur R. Khan
Zeyaur R. Khan International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
Toby J. A. Bruce
Toby J. A. Bruce Keele University
Charles A. O. Midega
Charles A. O. Midega International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
Johnathan A. Napier
Johnathan A. Napier Rothamsted Research
Ahmed Hassanali
Ahmed Hassanali Kenyatta University
Keith Chamberlain
Keith Chamberlain Rothamsted Research
Jim Hardie
Jim Hardie Imperial College London

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