2026 Mary-Dell Chilton: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	51	1970	1808	517	451	91	14133

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Plant Science and Agronomy

1970

1808

517

451

14133

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index

Citations

14133

World Ranking

1970

National Ranking

517

Research.com Recognitions

2015 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2011 - CSSA Presidential Award, American Society of Agronomy
1993 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1985 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

Stable incorporation of plasmid DNA into higher plant cells: the molecular basis of crown gall tumorigenesis

Mary-Dell Chilton;Martin H. Drummond;Donald J. Merlo;Daniela Sciaky

1519
Citations
The hypervirulence of Agrobacterium tumefaciens A281 is encoded in a region of pTiBo542 outside of T-DNA.

E E Hood;G L Helmer;R T Fraley;M D Chilton

1159
Citations
Agrobacterium rhizogenes inserts T-DNA into the genomes of the host plant root cells

Mary-Dell Chilton;Mary-Dell Chilton;David A. Tepfer;Annik Petit;Chantal David

1049
Citations
A chimaeric antibiotic resistance gene as a selectable marker for plant cell transformation

Michael W. Bevan;Richard B. Flavell;Mary-Dell Chilton

984
Citations
Plasmid required for virulence of Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

B Watson;T C Currier;M P Gordon;M D Chilton

977
Citations
Agrobacterium tumefaciens DNA and PS8 bacteriophage DNA not detected in crown gall tumors

Mary-Dell Chilton;Thomas C. Currier;Stephen K. Farrand;Arnold J. Bendich

870
Citations
Fingerprints of Agrobacterium Ti plasmids.

Daniela Sciaky;Alice L. Montoya;Mary-Dell Chilton

507
Citations
Regeneration of intact tobacco plants containing full length copies of genetically engineered T-DNA, and transmission of T-DNA to R1 progeny.

Kenneth A. Barton;Kenneth A. Barton;Andrew N. Binns;Antonius J.M. Matzke;Mary-Dell Chilton

405
Citations
Short direct repeats flank the T-DNA on a nopaline Ti plasmid

Narendra S. Yadav;Jos Vanderleyden;Donald R. Bennett;Wayne M. Barnes

354
Citations
T-DNA from Agrobacterium Ti plasmid is in the nuclear DNA fraction of crown gall tumor cells

Mary-Dell Chilton;Randall K. Saiki;Narendra Yadav;Milton P. Gordon

351
Citations
Agropine in “null-type” crown gall tumors: Evidence for generality of the opine concept

Pierre Guyon;Mary-Dell Chilton;Annik Petit;Jacques Tempé

333
Citations
Mini-Ti: a new vector strategy for plant genetic engineering

Annick J. de Framond;Kenneth A. Barton;Mary-Dell Chilton

332
Citations
Octopine and nopaline metabolism in Agrobacterium tumefaciens and crown gall tumor cells: role of plasmid genes.

A L Montoya;M D Chilton;M P Gordon;D Sciaky

324
Citations
T-DNA of the Agrobacterium TI and RI Plasmids

Michael Webster Bevan;Mary-Dell Chilton

316
Citations
Foreign DNA of bacterial plasmid origin is transcribed in crown gall tumours

Martin H. Drummond;Milton P. Gordon;Eugene W. Nester;Mary-Dell Chilton

274
Citations
Trait stacking in transgenic crops: challenges and opportunities.

Qiudeng Que;Mary-Dell M. Chilton;Cheryl M. de Fontes;Chengkun He

220
Citations
T-DNA of a crown gall teratoma is covalently joined to host plant DNA.

N. S. Yadav;K. Postle;R. K. Saiki;M. F. Thomashow

163
Citations
T-strand integration in maize protoplasts after codelivery of a T-DNA substrate and virulence genes

Geneviève Hansen;Raymond D. Shillito;Mary-Dell Chilton

158
Citations
Highly conserved DNA of Ti plasmids overlaps T-DNA maintained in plant tumours

Mary-Dell Chilton;Martin H. Drummond;Donald J. Merlo;Daniela Sciaky

155
Citations
Corn metabolites affect growth and virulence of Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

Shivendra V. Sahi;Mary-Dell Chilton;William Scott Chilton

154
Citations