Melvin D. Bolton

Melvin D. Bolton publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Melvin D. Bolton 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 Melvin D. Bolton sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary: biology and molecular traits of a cosmopolitan pathogen.

  Melvin D. Bolton;Bart P. H. J. Thomma;Berlin D. Nelson

  1377
  Citations

• Primary metabolism and plant defense--fuel for the fire.

  Melvin D. Bolton

  967
  Citations

• Wheat leaf rust caused by Puccinia triticina

  Melvin D. Bolton;James A. Kolmer;David F. Garvin

  618
  Citations

• Tomato immune receptor Ve1 recognizes effector of multiple fungal pathogens uncovered by genome and RNA sequencing

  Ronnie de Jonge;H. Peter van Esse;Karunakaran Maruthachalam;Melvin D. Bolton

  617
  Citations

• The novel Cladosporium fulvum lysin motif effector Ecp6 is a virulence factor with orthologues in other fungal species

  Melvin D Bolton;H Peter van Esse;Jack H Vossen;Ronnie de Jonge

  373
  Citations

• Extensive chromosomal reshuffling drives evolution of virulence in an asexual pathogen

  Ronnie de Jonge;Melvin D. Bolton;Anja Kombrink;Grardy C.M. van den Berg

  350
  Citations

• The Cladosporium fulvum virulence protein Avr2 inhibits host proteases required for basal defense

  H. Peter van Esse;John W. van't Klooster;Melvin D. Bolton;Melvin D. Bolton;Melvin D. Bolton;Koste A. Yadeta

  342
  Citations

• How filamentous pathogens co-opt plants: the ins and outs of fungal effectors

  Ronnie de Jonge;Melvin D Bolton;Bart P H J Thomma

  312
  Citations

• The chitin-binding Cladosporium fulvum effector protein Avr4 is a virulence factor.

  H Peter van Esse;Melvin D Bolton;Ioannis Stergiopoulos;Pierre J G M de Wit

  299
  Citations

• Lr34-mediated leaf rust resistance in wheat: transcript profiling reveals a high energetic demand supported by transient recruitment of multiple metabolic pathways.

  Melvin D. Bolton;James A. Kolmer;Wayne W. Xu;David F. Garvin

  156
  Citations

• Microbial small molecules – weapons of plant subversion

  Ioannis A. Stringlis;Hao Zhang;Corné M. J. Pieterse;Melvin D. Bolton;Melvin D. Bolton

  134
  Citations

• Identification of the G143A mutation associated with QoI resistance in Cercospora beticola field isolates from Michigan, United States.

  Melvin D Bolton;Melvin D Bolton;Viviana Rivera;Gary Secor

  127
  Citations

• Mind the gap; seven reasons to close fragmented genome assemblies

  Bart P.H.J. Thomma;Michael F. Seidl;Xiaoqian Shi-Kunne;David E. Cook

  123
  Citations

• Temperature, Moisture, and Fungicide Effects in Managing Rhizoctonia Root and Crown Rot of Sugar Beet

  Melvin D. Bolton;Lee Panella;Larry Campbell;Mohamed F. R. Khan

  121
  Citations

• Tobacco leaf spot and root rot caused by Rhizoctonia solani Kühn

  Marleny Gonzalez;Merardo Pujol;Jean-Pierre Metraux;Vicente Gonzalez-Garcia

  119
  Citations

• Molecular Characterization and Detection of Mutations Associated With Resistance to Succinate Dehydrogenase-Inhibiting Fungicides in Alternaria Solani

  I Mallik;S Arabiat;J S Pasche;M D Bolton

  116
  Citations

• Tools of the crook : Infection strategies of fungal plant pathogens

  Luis Rodriguez-Moreno;Malaika K. Ebert;Melvin D. Bolton;Bart P.H.J. Thomma

  109
  Citations

• The complexity of nitrogen metabolism and nitrogen-regulated gene expression in plant pathogenic fungi

  Melvin D. Bolton;Bart P.H.J. Thomma

  109
  Citations

• Cercospora beticola: The intoxicating lifestyle of the leaf spot pathogen of sugar beet.

  Lorena I. Rangel;Rebecca E. Spanner;Rebecca E. Spanner;Malaika K. Ebert;Malaika K. Ebert;Sarah J. Pethybridge

  99
  Citations

• Gene cluster conservation provides insight into cercosporin biosynthesis and extends production to the genus Colletotrichum

  Ronnie De Jonge;Ronnie De Jonge;Malaika K. Ebert;Malaika K. Ebert;Malaika K. Ebert;Callie R. Huitt-Roehl;Paramita Pal

  90
  Citations