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Mohammad Pessarakli

Mohammad Pessarakli

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
49
Citations
19075
World Ranking
2209
National Ranking
565

Mohammad Pessarakli 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 Mohammad Pessarakli sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 412 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mohammad Pessarakli 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 Mohammad Pessarakli sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Agriculture

His primary scientific interests are in Agronomy, Salinity, Botany, Horticulture and Nitrogen. His work on Crop, Poaceae and Cultivar is typically connected to Stress as part of general Agronomy study, connecting several disciplines of science. His research in Salinity intersects with topics in Soil water, Nutrient and Shoot.

Mohammad Pessarakli studied Botany and Plant nutrition that intersect with Chlorophyll, Thylakoid, Photoinhibition, C4 photosynthesis and Chloroplast. His study in Horticulture focuses on Crop yield in particular. His Nitrogen research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Dry matter and Sodium.

His most cited work include:

  • Reactive Oxygen Species, Oxidative Damage, and Antioxidative Defense Mechanism in Plants under Stressful Conditions (2246 citations)
  • Handbook of plant and crop stress (806 citations)
  • Handbook of Photosynthesis (514 citations)

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

Mohammad Pessarakli mostly deals with Agronomy, Horticulture, Salinity, Botany and Shoot. Mohammad Pessarakli combines subjects such as Nitrogen and Soil salinity with his study of Agronomy. His study in Horticulture is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Salt and Osmotic pressure.

His Salinity study combines topics in areas such as Arid and Sodium. The concepts of his Botany study are interwoven with issues in Plant nutrition and Antioxidant. His studies in Shoot integrate themes in fields like Dry weight, Nutrient, Cynodon dactylon and Lolium perenne.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (54.12%)
  • Horticulture (29.41%)
  • Salinity (24.71%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Agronomy (54.12%)
  • Horticulture (29.41%)
  • Cell biology (3.24%)

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

Mohammad Pessarakli spends much of his time researching Agronomy, Horticulture, Cell biology, Salinity and Biotechnology. His Agronomy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Salinity stress and Water content. His Horticulture study incorporates themes from Salicylic acid and Essential oil.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Festuca, Azotobacter, Genotype, Nutrient and Microbial inoculant. His study focuses on the intersection of Homeostasis and fields such as Methylglyoxal with connections in the field of Water stress and Crop production. His work deals with themes such as Staple food and Ammonium phosphate, which intersect with Crop.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Effects of drought stress on concentration of macro- and micro-nutrients in Castor (Ricinus communis L.) plant (13 citations)
  • P5CS expression level and proline accumulation in the sensitive and tolerant wheat cultivars under control and drought stress conditions in the presence/absence of silicon and salicylic acid (12 citations)
  • Interaction effects of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer on nitrogen mineralization of wheat residues in a calcareous soil (10 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Agriculture

His primary areas of study are Horticulture, Agronomy, Cold stress, Drought stress and Antioxidant. His Horticulture research incorporates elements of Salicylic acid, Photosynthesis, Sodium and Abiotic component. Mohammad Pessarakli combines Agronomy and Stress in his research.

His Cold stress study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Symbiosis, Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Botany and Hordeum vulgare. Mohammad Pessarakli has researched Drought stress in several fields, including Silicon, Plant growth, Water stress, Factorial experiment and Osmoregulation. The study incorporates disciplines such as Seed priming, Methylglyoxal, Nigella sativa, Gibberellin and Bronchitis in addition to Antioxidant.

Best Publications

  • Reactive Oxygen Species, Oxidative Damage, and Antioxidative Defense Mechanism in Plants under Stressful Conditions

    Pallavi Sharma;Ambuj Bhushan Jha;Rama Shanker Dubey;Mohammad Pessarakli

  • Handbook of plant and crop stress

    Mohammad Pessarakli

  • A review on biological control of fungal plant pathogens using microbial antagonists.

    Asghar Heydari;Mohammad Pessarakli

  • Handbook of Photosynthesis

    Mohammad Pessarakli

  • Handbook of plant and crop physiology

    Mohammad Pessarakli

  • Mineral Nutrient Acquisition and Response by Plants Grown in Saline Environments

    Mohammad Pessarakli;Stephen R. Grattan;Catherine M. Grieve

  • Influence of silicon and nano-silicon on salinity tolerance of cherry tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.) at early growth stage

    Maryam Haghighi;Mohammad Pessarakli

  • Stomatal responses to drought stress

    Hadi Pirasteh-Anosheh;Armin Saed-Moucheshi;Hassan Pakniyat;Mohammad Pessarakli

  • Soil Salinity and Sodicity as Particular Plant/Crop Stress Factors

    Mohammad Pessarakli

  • Effect of silicon on photosynthetic gas exchange, photosynthetic pigments, cell membrane stability and relative water content of different wheat cultivars under drought stress conditions

    Kobra Maghsoudi;Yahya Emam;Mohammad Pessarakli

  • Dry matter yield and nitrogen-15 uptake by tomatoes under sodium chloride stress

    M. Pessarakli;T. C. Tucker

  • Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Generation and Detoxifying in Plants

    Armin Saed-Moucheshi;Avat Shekoofa;Mohammad Pessarakli

  • Physiological Mechanisms of Nitrogen Absorption and Assimilation in Plants Under Stressful Conditions

    Rama Shanker Dubey;Rajneesh Kumar Srivastava;Mohammad Pessarakli

  • Assessment of DNA Yield and Purity: an Overlooked Detail of PCR Troubleshooting

    Kelly A. Boesenberg-Smith;Mohammad M. Pessarakli;Donna M. Wolk

  • Handbook of Turfgrass Management and Physiology

    Mohammad Pessarakli

  • Response of Wheat Plants to Zinc, Iron, and Manganese Applications and Uptake and Concentration of Zinc, Iron, and Manganese in Wheat Grains

    Mohammad R. Pahlavan‐Rad;Mohammad Pessarakli

  • Salinity tolerance and salt gland excretion efficiency of bermudagrass turf cultivars

    K. B. Marcum;M. Pessarakli

  • Uptake of nitrogen-15 by cotton under salt stress

    M. Pessarakli;T.C. Tucker

  • P5CS expression level and proline accumulation in the sensitive and tolerant wheat cultivars under control and drought stress conditions in the presence/absence of silicon and salicylic acid

    Kobra Maghsoudi;Yahya Emam;Ali Niazi;Mohammad Pessarakli

  • Physiological responses of Brassica napus to fulvic acid under water stress: Chlorophyll a fluorescence and antioxidant enzyme activity

    Ramin Lotfi;Mohammad Pessarakli;Puriya Gharavi-Kouchebagh;Hossein Khoshvaghti

  • Molecular and physiological responses of Iranian Perennial ryegrass as affected by Trinexapac ethyl, Paclobutrazol and Abscisic acid under drought stress

    Mohammad Hossein Sheikh Mohammadi;Nematollah Etemadi;Mohammad Mehdi Arab;Mostafa Aalifar

  • Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,Third Edition

    Unknown

  • Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology, Third Edition

    Unknown

  • The Physiology of Plants Under Stress, Soil and Biotic Factors.

    Mohammad Pessarakli

Frequent Co-Authors

Rama Shanker Dubey
Rama Shanker Dubey Banaras Hindu University
C.B. Theurer
C.B. Theurer University of Arizona
J.T. Huber
J.T. Huber Natural Resources Canada
R. S. Swingle
R. S. Swingle University of Arizona
Heba I. Mohamed
Heba I. Mohamed Ain Shams University
Vahid Niknam
Vahid Niknam University of Tehran
Kazem Ghassemi-Golezani
Kazem Ghassemi-Golezani University of Tabriz
Marian Brestic
Marian Brestic Slovak University of Agriculture
Matthew A. Jenks
Matthew A. Jenks University of Arizona
Mohammad Reza Naghavi
Mohammad Reza Naghavi University of Tehran

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