2026 Leon A. Terry: 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	2029	1866	165	144	191	9077

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

Botany
Enzyme
Horticulture

His primary scientific interests are in Botany, Postharvest, Horticulture, Sugar and Rosaceae. His Botany research incorporates themes from Fructan and Polyphenol. The concepts of his Postharvest study are interwoven with issues in Ripening, Food science, Biochemistry and Consumer behaviour.

His study in the field of Colletotrichum and Fruit tree also crosses realms of 1-Methylcyclopropene and Systemic acquired resistance. His Sugar study combines topics in areas such as Chromatography and Sucrose. Leon A. Terry has included themes like Botrytis cinerea and Agronomy in his Rosaceae study.

His most cited work include:

Elicitors of induced disease resistance in postharvest horticultural crops: a brief review (295 citations)
The application of biosensors to fresh produce and the wider food industry. (210 citations)
1-Methylcyclopropene treatment affects strawberry fruit decay (155 citations)

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

Leon A. Terry mainly focuses on Horticulture, Postharvest, Botany, Sugar and Cultivar. His Horticulture research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Respiration rate and Sucrose. Leon A. Terry interconnects Biochemistry, Food science, Flesh and Clementine in the investigation of issues within Postharvest.

His study explores the link between Sugar and topics such as Chromatography that cross with problems in Solvent. His research integrates issues of Composition, Mangifera, Fragaria and Crop in his study of Cultivar. His Botrytis cinerea research integrates issues from Rosaceae and Petal.

He most often published in these fields:

Horticulture (52.12%)
Postharvest (35.15%)
Botany (27.27%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

Horticulture (52.12%)
Postharvest (35.15%)
Respiration rate (9.09%)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Horticulture, Postharvest, Respiration rate, Dormancy and Ripening. As part of his studies on Horticulture, Leon A. Terry frequently links adjacent subjects like Botany. His work on Petal is typically connected to Methyl jasmonate as part of general Botany study, connecting several disciplines of science.

When carried out as part of a general Postharvest research project, his work on Preharvest is frequently linked to work in Deficit irrigation, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study. His research in Dormancy intersects with topics in Bulb, Natural resource economics and Quality management. His Ripening research includes elements of Aroma and Carbohydrate content.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

Postharvest losses of fruit and vegetables during retail and in consumers’ homes: Quantifications, causes, and means of prevention (69 citations)
Variation of theanine, phenolic, and methylxanthine compounds in 21 cultivars of Camellia sinensis harvested in different seasons (27 citations)
Assuring Potato Tuber Quality during Storage: A Future Perspective. (25 citations)

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

Botany
Enzyme
Horticulture

His scientific interests lie mostly in Horticulture, Respiration rate, Cultivar, Botany and Respiration. His research in the fields of Camellia sinensis, Sprouting and Meristem overlaps with other disciplines such as Gene family and Quantitative trait locus. His Cultivar study incorporates themes from Ornamental plant, Malus, Biotechnology, Predictive modelling and Harvest season.

Leon A. Terry integrates Botany with Gallate in his study. His Respiration research focuses on subjects like Food quality, which are linked to Postharvest. His study brings together the fields of Controlled atmosphere and Postharvest.

Best Publications

Elicitors of induced disease resistance in postharvest horticultural crops: a brief review

Leon A Terry;Daryl C Joyce

588
Citations
Postharvest losses of fruit and vegetables during retail and in consumers’ homes: Quantifications, causes, and means of prevention

Ron Porat;Amnon Lichter;Leon A. Terry;Roger Harker

403
Citations
1-Methylcyclopropene treatment affects strawberry fruit decay

Yueming Jiang;Daryl C Joyce;Leon A Terry

373
Citations
Berry antioxidants: small fruits providing large benefits

George A. Manganaris;Vlasios Goulas;Ariel Roberto Vicente;Leon A. Terry

371
Citations
The application of biosensors to fresh produce and the wider food industry.

Leon A Terry;Stephen F White;Linda J Tigwell

365
Citations
Characterization of industrial onion wastes (Allium cepa L.): dietary fibre and bioactive compounds.

Vanesa Benítez;Esperanza Mollá;María A. Martín-Cabrejas;Yolanda Aguilera

354
Citations
Causes of waste across multi-tier supply networks: Cases in the UK food sector

Carlos Mena;Leon A. Terry;Adrian Williams;Lisa Ellram

261
Citations
Characterisation of major taste and health-related compounds of four strawberry genotypes grown at different Swiss production sites

Pamela Crespo;Jordi Giné Bordonaba;Leon A. Terry;Christoph Carlen

234
Citations
Effect of water deficit irrigation and inoculation with Botrytis cinerea on strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) fruit quality.

Leon A. Terry;Gemma A. Chope;Jordi Giné Bordonaba

202
Citations
Manipulating the taste-related composition of strawberry fruits (Fragaria × ananassa) from different cultivars using deficit irrigation

J. Giné Bordonaba;Leon A. Terry

194
Citations
Biochemical profiling and chemometric analysis of seventeen UK-grown black currant cultivars.

Jordi Giné Bordonaba;Leon A. Terry

168
Citations
Development of new palladium-promoted ethylene scavenger

Leon A. Terry;Thomas Ilkenhans;Stephen Poulston;Liz Rowsell

165
Citations
Sodium carbonate and bicarbonate treatments induce resistance to postharvest green mould on citrus fruit

Khamis Youssef;Simona Marianna Sanzani;Angela Ligorio;Antonio Ippolito

160
Citations
Effect of controlled atmosphere storage on abscisic acid concentration and other biochemical attributes of onion bulbs

Gemma A. Chope;Gemma A. Chope;Leon A. Terry;Philip J. White

149
Citations
Suppression of grey mould on strawberry fruit with the chemical plant activator acibenzolar

Leon A Terry;Daryl C Joyce

140
Citations
Phenolics from Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Characterisation and Potential as Biostimulants and Bioprotectants.

Musa Kisiriko;Maria Anastasiadi;Leon Alexander Terry;Abdelaziz Yasri

131
Citations
Development of a rapid method for the sequential extraction and subsequent quantification of fatty acids and sugars from avocado mesocarp tissue.

Marjolaine D Meyer;Leon A Terry

128
Citations
Fatty acid and sugar composition of avocado, cv. Hass, in response to treatment with an ethylene scavenger or 1-methylcyclopropene to extend storage life.

M.D. Meyer;L.A. Terry

127
Citations
Effects of phosphonate and salicylic acid treatments on anthracnose disease development and ripening of 'Kensington Pride' mango fruit

Zainuri;D. C. Joyce;H. Wearing;L. Coates

114
Citations
Assuring Potato Tuber Quality during Storage: A Future Perspective.

M. C. Alamar;Roberta Tosetti;Sandra Landahl;Antonio Bermejo

112
Citations
Priority research questions for the UK food system

John S. I. Ingram;Hugh L. Wright;Lucy Foster;Timothy Aldred

110
Citations
Effect of extraction procedure on measured sugar concentrations in onion (Allium cepa L.) bulbs

Frank Davis;Leon A Terry;Gemma A Chope;Charl F J Faul

103
Citations
Spatial and temporal analysis of textural and biochemical changes of imported avocado cv. Hass during fruit ripening

Sandra Landahl;Marjolaine Dorothée Meyer;Leon Alexander Terry

103
Citations