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Pamela C. Ronald 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 Pamela C. Ronald sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 319 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Pamela C. Ronald 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 Pamela C. Ronald sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 105 D-Index — 98th percentile

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

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Wolf Prize in Agriculture for pioneering work on disease resistance and environmental stress tolerance in rice.
  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Pamela C. Ronald is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader disciplines, specific subfields of study include Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics, such as Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, and Transgenic Plants and Applications.

Among recent publications are:

  • "A GRF-GIF chimeric protein improves the regeneration efficiency of transgenic plants" (2020, Nature Biotechnology)
  • "Marker-free carotenoid-enriched rice generated through targeted gene insertion using CRISPR-Cas9" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Genomic mechanisms of climate adaptation in polyploid bioenergy switchgrass" (2021, Nature)
  • "A Pan-plant Protein Complex Map Reveals Deep Conservation and Novel Assemblies" (2020, Cell)
  • "Climate change challenges, plant science solutions" (2022, The Plant Cell)

Frequent co-authors collaborating in their research include Rashmi Jain, María Florencia Ercoli, Oliver Xiaoou Dong, Valley Stewart, and Ellen Youngsoo Rim.

Publication venues where the scientist has contributed frequently include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature, Frontiers in Plant Science, and Nature Biotechnology.

They have been recognized with several awards and honors:

  • Wolf Prize in Agriculture in 2022 for pioneering work on disease resistance and environmental stress tolerance in rice
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2019
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2006

Best Publications

  • A Receptor Kinase-Like Protein Encoded by the Rice Disease Resistance Gene, Xa21

    Wen Yuan Song;Guo Liang Wang;Li Li Chen;Han Suk Kim

  • Top 10 plant pathogenic bacteria in molecular plant pathology

    John Mansfield;Stephane Genin;Shimpei Magori;Vitaly Citovsky

  • Genome sequencing and analysis of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon

    John P. Vogel;David F. Garvin;Todd C. Mockler;Jeremy Schmutz

  • Sub1A is an ethylene-response-factor-like gene that confers submergence tolerance to rice

    Kenong Xu;Xia Xu;Takeshi Fukao;Patrick Canlas

  • KBase: The United States Department of Energy Systems Biology Knowledgebase.

    Adam P. Arkin;Adam P. Arkin;Robert W. Cottingham;Christopher S. Henry;Nomi L. Harris

  • Saturated molecular map of the rice genome based on an interspecific backcross population

    M A Causse;T M Fulton;Y G Cho;S N Ahn

  • Xanthomonas oryzae pathovars: model pathogens of a model crop.

    David O. Niño-Liu;Pamela C. Ronald;Adam J. Bogdanove

  • Reference genome sequence of the model plant Setaria

    Jeffrey L Bennetzen;Jeremy Schmutz;Hao Wang;Ryan Percifield;Ryan Percifield

  • Radically rethinking agriculture for the 21st century.

    N. V. Fedoroff;D. S. Battisti;R. N. Beachy;P. J. M. Cooper

  • A variable cluster of ethylene response factor-like genes regulates metabolic and developmental acclimation responses to submergence in rice.

    Takeshi Fukao;Kenong Xu;Pamela C. Ronald;Julia Bailey-Serres

  • Perception of Brassinosteroids by the Extracellular Domain of the Receptor Kinase BRI1

    Zuhua He;Zhi Yong Wang;Jianming Li;Qun Zhu

  • A GRF-GIF chimeric protein improves the regeneration efficiency of transgenic plants.

    Juan M. Debernardi;David M. Tricoli;Maria F. Ercoli;Sadiye Hayta

  • Genetic and physical analysis of the rice bacterial blight disease resistance locus, Xa21.

    Pamela C. Ronald;Beng Albano;Rodante Tabien;Lleva Abenes

  • Overexpression of a rice NPR1 homolog leads to constitutive activation of defense response and hypersensitivity to light

    Mawsheng Chern;Heather A. Fitzgerald;Patrick E. Canlas;Duroy A. Navarre

  • Evidence for a disease‐resistance pathway in rice similar to the NPR1‐mediated signaling pathway in Arabidopsis

    Maw-Sheng Chern;Heather A. Fitzgerald;Ram C. Yadav;Patrick E. Canlas

  • Submergence Tolerant Rice: SUB1's Journey from Landrace to Modern Cultivar

    Julia Bailey-Serres;Takeshi Fukao;Pamela Ronald;Abdelbagi Ismail

  • A Rapid DNA Minipreparation Method Suitable for AFLP and Other PCR Applications

    D. H. Chen;P. C. Ronald

  • A single transcription factor promotes both yield and immunity in rice

    Jing Wang;Lian Zhou;Hui Shi;Mawsheng Chern

  • Metaphase and interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization mapping of the rice genome with bacterial artificial chromosomes

    Jiming Jiang;Bikram S. Gill;Guo-Liang Wang;Pamela C. Ronald

  • A novel system for gene silencing using siRNAs in rice leaf and stem-derived protoplasts

    Rebecca S. Bart;Mawsheng Chern;Chang-Jin Park;Laura E Bartley

  • Genome sequence and rapid evolution of the rice pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae PXO99A

    Steven L Salzberg;Daniel D Sommer;Michael C Schatz;Adam M Phillippy

  • Xa21D Encodes a Receptor-like Molecule with a Leucine-Rich Repeat Domain That Determines Race-Specific Recognition and Is Subject to Adaptive Evolution

    Guo Liang Wang;De Ling Ruan;Wen Yuan Song;Steve Sideris

  • Evolution of the rice Xa21 disease resistance gene family.

    Wen-Yuan Song;Li-Ya Pi;Guo-Liang Wang;John Gardner

Frequent Co-Authors

Mawsheng Chern
Mawsheng Chern University of California, Davis
Benjamin Schwessinger
Benjamin Schwessinger Australian National University
Ki-Hong Jung
Ki-Hong Jung Kyung Hee University
Henrik Vibe Scheller
Henrik Vibe Scheller Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Guo-Liang Wang
Guo-Liang Wang The Ohio State University
Jong-Seong Jeon
Jong-Seong Jeon Kyung Hee University
Jeremy Schmutz
Jeremy Schmutz Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Joshua L. Heazlewood
Joshua L. Heazlewood University of Melbourne
Seema Singh
Seema Singh Sandia National Laboratories
Edward M. Marcotte
Edward M. Marcotte The University of Texas at Austin

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