Nicolás Toro

Nicolás Toro 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 Nicolás Toro sits on this spectrum.

Nicolás Toro 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 Nicolás Toro sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Description of new Ensifer strains from nodules and proposal to transfer Ensifer adhaerens Casida 1982 to Sinorhizobium as Sinorhizobium adhaerens comb. nov. Request for an opinion

  Anne Willems;Manuel Fernández-López;Estefania Muñoz-Adelantado;Johan Goris

  140
  Citations

• Mesorhizobium chacoense sp. nov., a novel species that nodulates Prosopis alba in the Chaco Arido region (Argentina).

  Encarna Velazquez;José Mariano Igual;Anne Willems;Maria P. Fernandez

  138
  Citations

• Identification of differentially expressed small non-coding RNAs in the legume endosymbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti by comparative genomics.

  Unknown

  132
  Citations

• Isolation and characterization of alfalfa-nodulating rhizobia present in acidic soils of central argentina and uruguay

  María F. del Papa;Laura J. Balagué;Susana Castro Sowinski;Caren Wegener

  128
  Citations

• The Agrobacterium tumefaciens virC1 gene product binds to overdrive, a T-DNA transfer enhancer.

  N Toro;A Datta;O A Carmi;C Young

  117
  Citations

• A Rhizobium meliloti mutant that forms ineffective pseudonodules in alfalfa produces exopolysaccharide but fails to form beta-(1----2) glucan

  Unknown

  110
  Citations

• The coexistence of symbiosis and pathogenicity-determining genes in Rhizobium rhizogenes strains enables them to induce nodules and tumors or hairy roots in plants.

  Encarna Velázquez;Alvaro Peix;José Luis Zurdo-Piñeiro;José Luis Palomo

  101
  Citations

• Characterization and splicing in vivo of a Sinorhizobium meliloti group II intron associated with particular insertion sequences of the IS630‐Tc1/IS3 retroposon superfamily

  Unknown

  86
  Citations

• Construction and Environmental Release of a Sinorhizobium meliloti Strain Genetically Modified To Be More Competitive for Alfalfa Nodulation

  Unknown

  85
  Citations

• Role of the overdrive sequence in T-DNA border cleavage in Agrobacterium

  Nicolas Toro;Asis Datta;Marty Yanofsky;Eugene Nester

  84
  Citations

• The rhizosphere microbiome of burned holm-oak: potential role of the genus Arthrobacter in the recovery of burned soils.

  Antonio J. Fernández-González;Pilar Martínez-Hidalgo;José F. Cobo-Díaz;Pablo J. Villadas

  84
  Citations

• The Rhizobium meliloti putA gene: its role in the establishment of the symbiotic interaction with alfalfa

  Unknown

  82
  Citations

• Bacterial community structure in the rhizosphere of three cactus species from semi-arid highlands in central Mexico.

  Unknown

  77
  Citations

• Genome-wide profiling of Hfq-binding RNAs uncovers extensive post-transcriptional rewiring of major stress response and symbiotic regulons in Sinorhizobium meliloti.

  Omar Torres-Quesada;Jan Reinkensmeier;Jan-Philip Schlüter;Marta Robledo

  75
  Citations

• Characterization of a large plasmid of Rhizobium meliloti involved in enhancing nodulation

  Unknown

  72
  Citations

• The Sinorhizobium meliloti RNA chaperone Hfq influences central carbon metabolism and the symbiotic interaction with alfalfa

  Unknown

  70
  Citations

• Effect of a Sinorhizobium meliloti strain with a modified putA gene on the rhizosphere microbial community of alfalfa.

  Unknown

  68
  Citations

• Homing of a bacterial group II intron with an intron‐encoded protein lacking a recognizable endonuclease domain

  Unknown

  68
  Citations

• Nodulation competitiveness in the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis

  Unknown

  65
  Citations

• Nucleotide sequence and characterization of Rhizobium meliloti nodulation competitiveness genes nfe.

  Marı́a J. Soto;Adolfo Zorzano;Jesús Mercado-Blanco;Viviana Lepek

  64
  Citations