Mary-Dell Chilton

Mary-Dell Chilton publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Mary-Dell Chilton 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 Mary-Dell Chilton sits on this spectrum.

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