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D-Index
56
Citations
9233
World Ranking
1560
National Ranking
416

Lailiang Cheng 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 Lailiang Cheng sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 164 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Lailiang Cheng 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 Lailiang Cheng sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Botany

His primary areas of study are Botany, Horticulture, Malus, Biochemistry and Chlorophyll. His Botany study combines topics in areas such as Arabidopsis thaliana, Arabidopsis and DNA sequencing. His Horticulture study incorporates themes from Xanthophyll and Flavonols.

The concepts of his Malus study are interwoven with issues in Fertigation, Nitrogen cycle, RuBisCO and Annual growth cycle of grapevines. His Biochemistry research focuses on Fructose, Sorbitol, Sugar and Sucrose. His Chlorophyll research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Photochemistry and Plant physiology.

His most cited work include:

  • Rubisco activation state decreases with increasing nitrogen content in apple leaves (160 citations)
  • Developmental changes of carbohydrates, organic acids, amino acids, and phenolic compounds in 'Honeycrisp' apple flesh. (155 citations)
  • Expression patterns of genes involved in sugar metabolism and accumulation during apple fruit development. (154 citations)

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

His scientific interests lie mostly in Botany, Horticulture, Malus, Agronomy and Biochemistry. His Botany research focuses on Flavonols and how it relates to Food science. His work on Chlorophyll fluorescence, Rootstock and Cultivar as part of general Horticulture study is frequently linked to Glutathione reductase, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Protein domain, Gene expression, Gene, Flesh and Fruit tree. His Agronomy research includes themes of Urea and Antitranspirant. His study looks at the relationship between Sorbitol and fields such as Sucrose, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (41.55%)
  • Horticulture (35.21%)
  • Malus (23.94%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2020)?

  • Malus (23.94%)
  • Gene (7.04%)
  • Botany (41.55%)

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

Lailiang Cheng mostly deals with Malus, Gene, Botany, Biochemistry and Sorbitol. Lailiang Cheng combines subjects such as Jasmonic acid, Protein domain, Gene expression and Abscisic acid with his study of Malus. His study in Botany is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Quantitative trait locus and MYB.

His Fructose study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Sugar, Flux, Carbohydrate metabolism and Metabolism. His work on Invertase as part of his general Sucrose study is frequently connected to Tandem mass tag and Bisphosphoglycerate mutase, thereby bridging the divide between different branches of science. His Transcriptome research incorporates elements of Salicylic acid, Primary metabolite and Horticulture.

Between 2014 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Genome re-sequencing reveals the history of apple and supports a two-stage model for fruit enlargement (112 citations)
  • MdMYB1 Regulates Anthocyanin and Malate Accumulation by Directly Facilitating Their Transport into Vacuoles in Apples. (105 citations)
  • Proteomic analysis reveals dynamic regulation of fruit development and sugar and acid accumulation in apple (39 citations)

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

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Botany

Lailiang Cheng mainly focuses on Botany, Malus, Gene, Candidate gene and Sorbitol. Lailiang Cheng does research in Botany, focusing on Malus sieversii specifically. The concepts of his Malus study are interwoven with issues in Gene expression, Gene regulatory network, Gene expression profiling, Locus and Sequence analysis.

His research in Candidate gene tackles topics such as Genome which are related to areas like Rootstock, Abiotic stress, WRKY protein domain and Quantitative trait locus. His study focuses on the intersection of Sorbitol and fields such as Sucrose synthase with connections in the field of Fructose. He interconnects Sorbitol dehydrogenase and Metabolism in the investigation of issues within Sucrose.

Best Publications

  • Genome re-sequencing reveals the history of apple and supports a two-stage model for fruit enlargement

    Naibin Duan;Yang Bai;Honghe Sun;Nan Wang

  • Developmental changes of carbohydrates, organic acids, amino acids, and phenolic compounds in 'Honeycrisp' apple flesh.

    Yanzi Zhang;Yanzi Zhang;Pengmin Li;Lailiang Cheng

  • Expression patterns of genes involved in sugar metabolism and accumulation during apple fruit development.

    Mingjun Li;Mingjun Li;Fengjuan Feng;Fengjuan Feng;Lailiang Cheng

  • Phased diploid genome assemblies and pan-genomes provide insights into the genetic history of apple domestication.

    Xuepeng Sun;Chen Jiao;Heidi Schwaninger;C Thomas Chao

  • MdMYB1 Regulates Anthocyanin and Malate Accumulation by Directly Facilitating Their Transport into Vacuoles in Apples.

    Da-Gang Hu;Cui-Hui Sun;Qi-Jun Ma;Chun-Xiang You

  • Soil temperature and plant growth stage influence nitrogen uptake and amino acid concentration of apple during early spring growth

    Shufu Dong;Carolyn F. Scagel;Lailiang Cheng;Leslie H. Fuchigami

  • The sun-exposed peel of apple fruit has higher xanthophyll cycle-dependent thermal dissipation and antioxidants of the ascorbate–glutathione pathway than the shaded peel

    Fengwang Ma;Lailiang Cheng

  • Rubisco activation state decreases with increasing nitrogen content in apple leaves

    Lailiang Cheng;Leslie H. Fuchigami

  • Delay in leaf senescence of Malus hupehensis by long‐term melatonin application is associated with its regulation of metabolic status and protein degradation

    Ping Wang;Xun Sun;Cong Chang;Fengjuan Feng

  • Sugar metabolism and accumulation in the fruit of transgenic apple trees with decreased sorbitol synthesis

    Mingjun Li;Mingjun Li;Pengmin Li;Pengmin Li;Fengwang Ma;Fengwang Ma;Abhaya M Dandekar

  • Growth of young apple trees in relation to reserve nitrogen and carbohydrates.

    Lailiang Cheng;Leslie H Fuchigami

  • A natural mutation-led truncation in one of the two aluminum-activated malate transporter-like genes at the Ma locus is associated with low fruit acidity in apple

    Yang Bai;Laura Dougherty;Mingjun Li;Gennaro Fazio

  • Effects of high temperature coupled with high light on the balance between photooxidation and photoprotection in the sun-exposed peel of apple

    Li-Song Chen;Li-Song Chen;Pengmin Li;Lailiang Cheng

  • Phenylpropanoid metabolites and expression of key genes involved in anthocyanin biosynthesis in the shaded peel of apple fruit in response to sun exposure.

    Fengjuan Feng;Mingjun Li;Mingjun Li;Fengwang Ma;Lailiang Cheng

  • Nitrogen storage and its interaction with carbohydrates of young apple trees in response to nitrogen supply

    Lailiang Cheng;Fengwang Ma;Damayanthi Ranwala

  • Proteomic analysis reveals dynamic regulation of fruit development and sugar and acid accumulation in apple

    Mingjun Li;Mingjun Li;Dongxia Li;Fengjuan Feng;Sheng Zhang

  • Exposure of the Shaded Side of Apple Fruit to Full Sun Leads to Up-regulation of Both the Xanthophyll Cycle and the Ascorbate-glutathione Cycle

    Feng wang Ma;Lailiang Cheng

  • Polyphenolic profiles detected in the ripe berries of Vitis vinifera germplasm

    Zhenchang Liang;Christopher L. Owens;Gan-Yuan Zhong;Lailiang Cheng

  • Heterogeneous behavior of PSII in soybean (Glycine max) leaves with identical PSII photochemistry efficiency under different high temperature treatments.

    Pengmin Li;Pengmin Li;Lailiang Cheng;Huiyuan Gao;Chuangdao Jiang

  • Both xanthophyll cycle-dependent thermal dissipation and the antioxidant system are up-regulated in grape (Vitis labrusca L. cv. Concord) leaves in response to N limitation

    Li‐Song Chen;Lailiang Cheng

  • Sorbitol Modulates Resistance to Alternaria alternata by Regulating the Expression of an NLR Resistance Gene in Apple.

    Dong Meng;Chunlong Li;Hee-Jin Park;Jonathan González

  • Accumulation of Macro- and Micronutrients and Nitrogen Demand-supply Relationship of ‘Gala’/‘Malling 26’ Apple Trees Grown in Sand Culture

    Lailiang Cheng;Richard Raba

  • Primary and secondary metabolism in the sun-exposed peel and the shaded peel of apple fruit

    Pengmin Li;Fengwang Ma;Lailiang Cheng

  • Antisense inhibition of sorbitol synthesis leads to up-regulation of starch synthesis without altering CO2 assimilation in apple leaves

    Lailiang Cheng;Rui Zhou;Edwin J. Reidel;Thomas D. Sharkey

  • Genome-wide identification and characterization of WRKY transcriptional factor family in apple and analysis of their responses to waterlogging and drought stress

    Dong Meng;Yuanyuan Li;Yang Bai;Mingjun Li

  • Nitrogen absorption, translocation and distribution from urea applied in autumn to leaves of young potted apple (Malus domestica) trees.

    Shufu Dong;Lailiang Cheng;Carolyn F Scagel;Leslie H Fuchigami

  • Overexpression of a Malus vacuolar Na + /H + antiporter gene ( MdNHX1 ) in apple rootstock M.26 and its influence on salt tolerance

    Yonghong Li;Yanzi Zhang;Fengjuan Feng;Dong Liang

Frequent Co-Authors

Leslie H. Fuchigami
Leslie H. Fuchigami Oregon State University
Pengmin Li
Pengmin Li Northwest A&F University
Li-Song Chen
Li-Song Chen Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Abhaya M. Dandekar
Abhaya M. Dandekar University of California, Davis
Alan N. Lakso
Alan N. Lakso Cornell University
Zhangjun Fei
Zhangjun Fei Cornell University
Da-Gang Hu
Da-Gang Hu Apple (Israel)
Zhenchang Liang
Zhenchang Liang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yu-Jin Hao
Yu-Jin Hao Shandong Agricultural University
Robert Turgeon
Robert Turgeon Cornell University

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