2026 John A. Pickett: 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	105	124	119	14	12	729	39664

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

1860
Citations
Stressful 'memories' of plants: evidence and possible mechanisms

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

1114
Citations
Perception of plant volatile blends by herbivorous insects – Finding the right mix

Toby J.A. Bruce;John A. Pickett

906
Citations
The Chemical Ecology of Aphids

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

585
Citations
New roles for cis-jasmone as an insect semiochemical and in plant defense.

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

555
Citations
Identification of Semiochemicals Released During Aphid Feeding That Attract Parasitoid Aphidius ervi

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

545
Citations
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

528
Citations
Underground signals carried through common mycelial networks warn neighbouring plants of aphid attack

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

523
Citations
Wild potato repels aphids by release of aphid alarm pheromone

R. W. Gibson;J. A. Pickett

422
Citations
Aphid alarm pheromone produced by transgenic plants affects aphid and parasitoid behavior

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

417
Citations
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

417
Citations
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

388
Citations
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

364
Citations
Chemical ecology and conservation biological control

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

343
Citations
Behavioral and electrophysiological responses of Aphids to host and nonhost plant volatiles.

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

339
Citations
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

308
Citations
CYP79F1 and CYP79F2 have distinct functions in the biosynthesis of aliphatic glucosinolates in Arabidopsis.

Sixue Chen;Erich Glawischnig;Kirsten Jørgensen;Peter Naur

301
Citations
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

300
Citations
Push-pull farming systems.

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

290
Citations
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

283
Citations
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

280
Citations