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Maria J. Harrison

Maria J. Harrison

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
82
Citations
30451
World Ranking
384
National Ranking
131

Maria J. Harrison 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 Maria J. Harrison sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 155 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Maria J. Harrison 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 Maria J. Harrison sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • DNA

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Botany, Medicago truncatula, Symbiosis, Fungus and Periarbuscular membrane. Her Botany study incorporates themes from Host, Mycorrhiza and Phosphate. Maria J. Harrison interconnects Arbuscular mycorrhiza and Mycelium in the investigation of issues within Mycorrhiza.

Her work carried out in the field of Medicago truncatula brings together such families of science as Medicago sativa, Gene expression and Transformation, Agrobacterium. Her Gene expression research is within the category of Gene. Her studies deal with areas such as Ecology, Endosymbiosis and Hypha as well as Fungus.

Her most cited work include:

  • Activation tagging of the floral inducer FT. (1144 citations)
  • Activation tagging in Arabidopsis. (913 citations)
  • A Phosphate Transporter from Medicago truncatula Involved in the Acquisition of Phosphate Released by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (601 citations)

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

Her main research concerns Botany, Medicago truncatula, Symbiosis, Gene and Biochemistry. Her Botany research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Arbuscular mycorrhiza, Gene expression, Mycorrhiza and Phosphate. Maria J. Harrison is studying Periarbuscular membrane, which is a component of Medicago truncatula.

Her research integrates issues of Ecology, Nutrient, Endosymbiosis, Mutant and Hypha in her study of Symbiosis. Gene is a subfield of Genetics that Maria J. Harrison tackles. In general Biochemistry, her work in Chalcone synthase, Apoplast and Chalcone isomerase is often linked to Phytoalexin linking many areas of study.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (55.40%)
  • Medicago truncatula (42.45%)
  • Symbiosis (36.69%)

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

  • Symbiosis (36.69%)
  • Botany (55.40%)
  • Cell biology (19.42%)

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

Maria J. Harrison mainly focuses on Symbiosis, Botany, Cell biology, Arbuscular mycorrhiza and Gene. Her Symbiosis study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Photosynthesis, Sorghum and 16S ribosomal RNA, Gammaproteobacteria. Her Botany research includes themes of Crop, Rhizophagus irregularis, Signal transduction, Alphaproteobacteria and Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

Her studies deal with areas such as Gene expression, Endosymbiosis, Mutant, Periarbuscular membrane and Hypha as well as Cell biology. Within one scientific family, she focuses on topics pertaining to Medicago truncatula under Arbuscular mycorrhiza, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Biochemistry. Her studies in Gene integrate themes in fields like Kinase and Fungal colonization.

Between 2016 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Arbuscular mycorrhiza-specific enzymes FatM and RAM2 fine-tune lipid biosynthesis to promote development of arbuscular mycorrhiza. (125 citations)
  • Plant Signaling and Metabolic Pathways Enabling Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis. (105 citations)
  • A comprehensive draft genome sequence for lupin (Lupinus angustifolius), an emerging health food: insights into plant–microbe interactions and legume evolution (99 citations)

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

  • Gene
  • DNA
  • Enzyme

Her scientific interests lie mostly in Endosymbiosis, Botany, Gene, Genome and Medicago truncatula. Maria J. Harrison usually deals with Endosymbiosis and limits it to topics linked to Cell biology and Mutant, Transcription factor, Gene expression and Metabolic pathway. Her Gene study contributes to a more complete understanding of Genetics.

Maria J. Harrison works on Medicago truncatula which deals in particular with Periarbuscular membrane. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including RNA interference, Endoplasmic reticulum and Transcription. Her Agronomy research incorporates themes from Plant disease resistance and Symbiosis.

Best Publications

  • The Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

    Maria J. Harrison

  • Activation tagging of the floral inducer FT.

    Igor Kardailsky;Vipula K. Shukla;Ji Hoon Ahn;Nicole Dagenais

  • Activation tagging in Arabidopsis.

    Detlef Weigel;Ji Hoon Ahn;Miguel A. Blázquez;Justin O. Borevitz

  • SIGNALING IN THE ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL SYMBIOSIS

    Maria J. Harrison

  • A Phosphate Transporter from Medicago truncatula Involved in the Acquisition of Phosphate Released by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

    Maria J. Harrison;Gary Rs Dewbre;Jinyuan Liu

  • Early events in the activation of plant defense responses

    R. A. Dixon;M. J. Harrison;C. J. Lamb

  • Phosphate transport in Arabidopsis: Pht1;1 and Pht1;4 play a major role in phosphate acquisition from both low- and high-phosphate environments.

    Heungsop Shin;Hwa-Soo Shin;Gary R. Dewbre;Maria J. Harrison

  • A Medicago truncatula phosphate transporter indispensable for the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis.

    Hélène Javot;R. Varma Penmetsa;Nadia Terzaghi;Douglas R. Cook

  • A phosphate transporter from the mycorrhizal fungus Glomus versiforme

    M J Harrison;M L van Buuren

  • MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ASPECTS OF THE ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL SYMBIOSIS

    Maria J. Harrison

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis is accompanied by local and systemic alterations in gene expression and an increase in disease resistance in the shoots.

    Jinyuan Liu;Ignacio Maldonado-Mendoza;Melina Lopez-Meyer;Foo Cheung

  • Using membrane transporters to improve crops for sustainable food production

    Julian I. Schroeder;Emmanuel Delhaize;Wolf B. Frommer;Mary Lou Guerinot

  • Phosphate in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis: transport properties and regulatory roles

    Hélène Javot;Nathan Pumplin;Maria J. Harrison

  • Activation, structure, and organization of genes involved in microbial defense in plants

    Richard A. Dixon;Maria J. Harrison

  • A Chloroplast Phosphate Transporter, PHT2;1, Influences Allocation of Phosphate within the Plant and Phosphate-Starvation Responses

    Wayne K. Versaw;Maria J. Harrison

  • The transcriptome of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices (DAOM 197198) reveals functional tradeoffs in an obligate symbiont

    E. Tisserant;A. Kohler;P. Dozolme-Seddas;R. Balestrini

  • Cloning and characterization of two phosphate transporters from Medicago truncatula roots: regulation in response to phosphate and to colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi.

    Henry Liu;Anthony T. Trieu;Laura A. Blaylock;Maria J. Harrison

  • Transcript Profiling Coupled with Spatial Expression Analyses Reveals Genes Involved in Distinct Developmental Stages of an Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

    Jinyuan Liu;Laura A. Blaylock;Gabriella Endre;Jennifer Cho

  • Transformation of Medicago truncatula via infiltration of seedlings or flowering plants with Agrobacterium.

    Anthony T. Trieu;Stephen H. Burleigh;Igor V. Kardailsky;Ignacio E. Maldonado-Mendoza

  • Isoflavonoid accumulation and expression of defense gene transcripts during the establishment of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal associations in roots of Medicago truncatula

    M. J Harrison;R. A Dixon

  • A phosphate transporter gene from the extra-radical mycelium of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices is regulated in response to phosphate in the environment.

    Ignacio E. Maldonado-Mendoza;Gary R. Dewbre;Maria J. Harrison

  • Medicago truncatula and Glomus intraradices gene expression in cortical cells harboring arbuscules in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

    S Karen Gomez;Hélène Javot;Hélène Javot;Prasit Deewatthanawong;Ivone Torres-Jerez

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Dixon
Richard A. Dixon University of North Texas
Christopher J. Lamb
Christopher J. Lamb John Innes Centre
Ignacio E. Maldonado-Mendoza
Ignacio E. Maldonado-Mendoza Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Michael K. Udvardi
Michael K. Udvardi Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Philipp Franken
Philipp Franken Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Uta Paszkowski
Uta Paszkowski University of Cambridge
Zeng-Yu Wang
Zeng-Yu Wang Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Zhangjun Fei
Zhangjun Fei Cornell University
Axel Visel
Axel Visel Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Detlef Weigel
Detlef Weigel Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

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