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Paola Bonfante

Paola Bonfante

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Plant Science and Agronomy
Italy
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
106
Citations
33688
World Ranking
118
National Ranking
2

Paola Bonfante 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 Paola Bonfante sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 450 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.

Paola Bonfante 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 Paola Bonfante sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 106 D-Index — 98th percentile

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

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Italy Leader Award
  • 2019 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Fungus

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Botany, Mycorrhiza, Symbiosis, Ecology and Fungus. Paola Bonfante has included themes like Medicago truncatula, Glomeromycota and Cell biology in her Botany study. Paola Bonfante has researched Mycorrhiza in several fields, including 16S ribosomal RNA, Biochemistry, Lotus japonicus, Glomus and Complementation.

Her work deals with themes such as Obligate, Genome and Colonization, which intersect with Symbiosis. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Bacterial Physiological Phenomena and Microbial ecology. Her studies deal with areas such as Habitat, Truffle, Mycorrhizosphere, Ecology and Molecular ecology as well as Fungus.

Her most cited work include:

  • Mechanisms underlying beneficial plant–fungus interactions in mycorrhizal symbiosis (625 citations)
  • Périgord black truffle genome uncovers evolutionary origins and mechanisms of symbiosis (518 citations)
  • Plants, mycorrhizal fungi, and bacteria: a network of interactions. (483 citations)

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

Her primary areas of investigation include Botany, Symbiosis, Fungus, Mycorrhiza and Gene. Her work carried out in the field of Botany brings together such families of science as Arbuscular mycorrhiza, Lotus japonicus and Cell biology. Her Cell biology study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Medicago truncatula, Mutant and Cytoskeleton.

Paola Bonfante interconnects Obligate, Ecology, Host and Colonization in the investigation of issues within Symbiosis. Her Fungus research incorporates elements of Transcriptome, Truffle and Spore. The concepts of her Mycorrhiza study are interwoven with issues in Glomus and Biochemistry.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (58.85%)
  • Symbiosis (31.77%)
  • Fungus (19.79%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Symbiosis (31.77%)
  • Botany (58.85%)
  • Fungus (19.79%)

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

Her primary scientific interests are in Symbiosis, Botany, Fungus, Ecology and Gene. Her Symbiosis research integrates issues from Obligate and Nutrient. The Botany study combines topics in areas such as Host, Lotus japonicus and Colonization.

Her work carried out in the field of Fungus brings together such families of science as Xanthomonas translucens, Pathogen, Transcriptome, Biochemistry and Metabolomics. As part of one scientific family, Paola Bonfante deals mainly with the area of Ecology, narrowing it down to issues related to the Soil fungi, and often Taxon. Paola Bonfante studies Gene, namely Genome.

Between 2014 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Bacterial-fungal interactions: ecology, mechanisms and challenges. (140 citations)
  • Symbiosis with an endobacterium increases the fitness of a mycorrhizal fungus, raising its bioenergetic potential. (136 citations)
  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal dialogues: do you speak ‘plantish’ or ‘fungish’? (84 citations)

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

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Fungus

Paola Bonfante mainly investigates Symbiosis, Botany, Ecology, Fungus and Glomeromycota. Her studies deal with areas such as Obligate and Biochemistry, Phosphate as well as Symbiosis. Paola Bonfante is interested in Hypha, which is a branch of Botany.

Her work deals with themes such as Microbial ecology, Soil fungi and Primer, which intersect with Ecology. The concepts of her Fungus study are interwoven with issues in Soil water, Rhizosphere, Metabolomics and Xanthomonas. Her research integrates issues of Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and Mucoromycotina in her study of Glomeromycota.

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms underlying beneficial plant–fungus interactions in mycorrhizal symbiosis

    Paola Bonfante;Andrea Genre

  • Plants, mycorrhizal fungi, and bacteria: a network of interactions.

    Paola Bonfante;Iulia-Andra Anca

  • Genome of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus provides insight into the oldest plant symbiosis

    Emilie Tisserant;Mathilde Malbreil;Alan Kuo;Annegret Kohler

  • Bacterial-fungal interactions: ecology, mechanisms and challenges.

    Aurélie Deveau;Gregory Bonito;Jessie Uehling;Jessie Uehling;Mathieu Paoletti

  • Périgord black truffle genome uncovers evolutionary origins and mechanisms of symbiosis

    Francis Martin;Annegret Kohler;Claude Murat;Raffaella Balestrini

  • Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Elicit a Novel Intracellular Apparatus in Medicago truncatula Root Epidermal Cells before Infection

    Andrea Genre;Mireille Chabaud;Ton Timmers;Paola Bonfante

  • Unique and common traits in mycorrhizal symbioses.

    Andrea Genre;Luisa Lanfranco;Silvia Perotto;Paola Bonfante

  • Short‐chain chitin oligomers from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi trigger nuclear Ca2+ spiking in Medicago truncatula roots and their production is enhanced by strigolactone

    Andrea Genre;Mireille Chabaud;Coline Balzergue;Coline Balzergue;Virginie Puech‐Pagès;Virginie Puech‐Pagès

  • An obligately endosymbiotic mycorrhizal fungus itself harbors obligately intracellular bacteria.

    V Bianciotto;C Bandi;D Minerdi;M Sironi

  • The transcriptome of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices (DAOM 197198) reveals functional tradeoffs in an obligate symbiont

    E. Tisserant;A. Kohler;P. Dozolme-Seddas;R. Balestrini

  • Disclosing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal biodiversity in soil through a land-use gradient using a pyrosequencing approach.

    Erica Lumini;Alberto Orgiazzi;Roberto Borriello;Paola Bonfante

  • Prepenetration Apparatus Assembly Precedes and Predicts the Colonization Patterns of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi within the Root Cortex of Both Medicago truncatula and Daucus carota

    Andrea Genre;Mireille Chabaud;Antonella Faccio;David G. Barker

  • Tansley Review No. 82. Strategies of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi when infecting host plants

    Paola Bonfante;Silvia Perotto

  • A Mycorrhizal-Specific Ammonium Transporter from Lotus japonicus Acquires Nitrogen Released by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

    Mike Guether;Benjamin Neuhäuser;Raffaella Balestrini;Marek Dynowski

  • Chlorophyllous and Achlorophyllous Specimens of Epipactis microphylla (Neottieae, Orchidaceae) Are Associated with Ectomycorrhizal Septomycetes, including Truffles

    M. A. Selosse;A. Faccio;G. Scappaticci;Paola Bonfante

  • Plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: an evolutionary-developmental perspective.

    Paola Bonfante;Andrea Genre

  • Genome-wide reprogramming of regulatory networks, transport, cell wall and membrane biogenesis during arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in Lotus japonicus.

    Mike Guether;Raffaella Balestrini;Matthew Hannah;Ji He

  • Impact on Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Formation of Pseudomonas Strains Used as Inoculants for Biocontrol of Soil-Borne Fungal Plant Pathogens

    J. M. Barea;G. Andrade;V. Bianciotto;D. Dowling

  • Increase in chitin as an essential response to defects in assembly of cell wall polymers in the ggp1delta mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    L. Popolo;D. Gilardelli;Paola Bonfante;M. Vai

  • Symbiosis with an endobacterium increases the fitness of a mycorrhizal fungus, raising its bioenergetic potential

    Alessandra Salvioli;Stefano Ghignone;Mara Novero;Lorella Navazio

  • The impact of tillage practices on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity in subtropical crops.

    M. M. Alguacil;E. Lumini;A. Roldán;J. R. Salinas-García

Frequent Co-Authors

Raffaella Balestrini
Raffaella Balestrini National Research Council (CNR)
Luisa Lanfranco
Luisa Lanfranco University of Turin
Mara Novero
Mara Novero University of Turin
Andrea Genre
Andrea Genre University of Turin
Silvia Perotto
Silvia Perotto University of Turin
Valeria Bianciotto
Valeria Bianciotto Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection
Erica Lumini
Erica Lumini National Research Council (CNR)
Claude Murat
Claude Murat University of Lorraine
Alfredo Vizzini
Alfredo Vizzini University of Turin
Francis Martin
Francis Martin University of Lorraine

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