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Plant Science and Agronomy
Netherlands
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
166
Citations
96733
World Ranking
5
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2018 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Fungus

His scientific interests lie mostly in Botany, Taxonomy, Phylogenetic tree, Mycosphaerella and Genus. His Botany research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Zoology, Pleosporales, Phylogenetics and Species complex. His work carried out in the field of Taxonomy brings together such families of science as Genealogy and Diaporthe, Diaporthe eres, Phomopsis.

His work in Phylogenetic tree addresses issues such as Evolutionary biology, which are connected to fields such as Ribosomal RNA. His Mycosphaerella research includes elements of Teratosphaeria, Cercospora, Pseudocercospora, Internal transcribed spacer and Mycosphaerellaceae. His work investigates the relationship between Genus and topics such as DNA barcoding that intersect with problems in GenBank.

His most cited work include:

  • A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi (1636 citations)
  • Reconstructing the early evolution of Fungi using a six-gene phylogeny (1413 citations)
  • Phylogenetic lineages in the Botryosphaeriaceae (502 citations)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Botany, Taxonomy, Genus, Phylogenetics and Phylogenetic tree. Mycosphaerella, Conidium, Eucalyptus, Systematics and Pseudocercospora are the primary areas of interest in his Botany study. His Mycosphaerella research integrates issues from Mycosphaerellaceae, Teratosphaeriaceae, Teratosphaeria and Leaf spot.

His Taxonomy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Taxon, Hyphomycetes and Mycology. His work deals with themes such as Ascomycota, Species complex and DNA sequencing, which intersect with Phylogenetics. His study brings together the fields of Evolutionary biology and Phylogenetic tree.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (83.46%)
  • Taxonomy (31.59%)
  • Genus (19.09%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Botany (83.46%)
  • Taxonomy (31.59%)
  • Phylogenetics (19.78%)

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

Botany, Taxonomy, Phylogenetics, Genus and Phylogenetic tree are his primary areas of study. His study in Botany is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Morphology and Internal transcribed spacer. His Taxonomy study is focused on Zoology in general.

The Phylogenetics study combines topics in areas such as Evolutionary biology, Systematics, Locus and Species diversity. His Genus study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as GenBank, Chaetomiaceae and Molecular phylogenetics. Pedro W. Crous usually deals with Phylogenetic tree and limits it to topics linked to Taxon and Nomenclature and Data sequences.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Large-scale generation and analysis of filamentous fungal DNA barcodes boosts coverage for kingdom fungi and reveals thresholds for fungal species and higher taxon delimitation. (156 citations)
  • Large-scale generation and analysis of filamentous fungal DNA barcodes boosts coverage for kingdom fungi and reveals thresholds for fungal species and higher taxon delimitation. (156 citations)
  • Large-scale generation and analysis of filamentous fungal DNA barcodes boosts coverage for kingdom fungi and reveals thresholds for fungal species and higher taxon delimitation. (156 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Fungus

Pedro W. Crous mainly investigates Botany, Taxonomy, Genus, Phylogenetics and Evolutionary biology. His Botany study often links to related topics such as Dothideomycetes. His Taxonomy study incorporates themes from Pleosporales, Phylogenetic tree and Horticulture.

His Genus course of study focuses on GenBank and Genetic marker and Ribosomal RNA. His studies deal with areas such as Ascomycota, Colletotrichum, Orange, Species diversity and Diaporthe as well as Phylogenetics. His Evolutionary biology research incorporates themes from Taxon, Genome evolution, Genome and Clade.

Best Publications

  • Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi

    Conrad L. Schoch;Keith A. Seifert;Sabine Huhndorf;Vincent Robert

  • A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi

    David S Hibbett;Manfred Binder;Joseph F Bischoff;Meredith Blackwell

  • Reconstructing the early evolution of Fungi using a six-gene phylogeny

    Timothy Y. James;Frank Kauff;Conrad L. Schoch;P. Brandon Matheny

  • The genus Cladosporium

    K. Bensch;U. Braun;J.Z. Groenewald;P.W. Crous;P.W. Crous

  • The Botryosphaeriaceae: genera and species known from culture

    A.J.L. Phillips;A. A. Alves;J. Abdollahzadeh;B. Slippers

  • The Colletotrichum acutatum species complex

    U. Damm;P.F. Cannon;J.H.C. Woudenberg;P.W. Crous;P.W. Crous

  • Phylogenetic lineages in the Botryosphaeriaceae

    Pedro W. Crous;Bernard Slippers;Michael J. Wingfield;John Rheeder

  • Large-scale generation and analysis of filamentous fungal DNA barcodes boosts coverage for kingdom fungi and reveals thresholds for fungal species and higher taxon delimitation.

    D Vu;Marizeth Groenewald;M de Vries;T Gehrmann

  • MycoBank: an online initiative to launch mycology into the 21st century

    Pedro W. Crous;Walter Gams;Joost A. Stalpers;Vincent Robert

  • The Ascomycota Tree of Life: A Phylum-wide Phylogeny Clarifies the Origin and Evolution of Fundamental Reproductive and Ecological Traits

    Conrad L. Schoch;Gi Ho Sung;Francesc López-Giráldez;Jeffrey P. Townsend

  • Families of Dothideomycetes

    Kevin D. Hyde;E. B.Gareth Jones;Jian Kui Liu;Hiran Ariyawansa

  • Diaporthe: a genus of endophytic, saprobic and plant pathogenic fungi

    R.R. Gomes;C. Glienke;S.I.R. Videira;L. Lombard

  • A class-wide phylogenetic assessment of Dothideomycetes

    C. L. Schoch;P. W. Crous;J. Z. Groenewald;E. W. A. Boehm

  • Internet-Accessible DNA Sequence Database for Identifying Fusaria from Human and Animal Infections

    Kerry O'Donnell;Deanna A. Sutton;Michael G. Rinaldi;Brice A.J. Sarver

  • Alternaria section Alternaria: Species, formae speciales or pathotypes?

    J.H.C. Woudenberg;M.F. Seidl;J.Z. Groenewald;M. De Vries

  • Morphological and molecular data reveal cryptic speciation in Lasiodiplodia theobromae.

    A. Alves;P.W. Crous;A. Correia;A.J.L. Phillips

  • One fungus, which genes? Development and assessment of universal primers for potential secondary fungal DNA barcodes.

    J.B. Stielow;C.A. Lévesque;K.A. Seifert;W. Meyer

  • A multigene phylogeny of the Dothideomycetes using four nuclear loci.

    Conrad L. Schoch;Robert A. Shoemaker;Keith A. Seifert;Sarah Hambleton

  • The Colletotrichum boninense species complex

    U. Damm;P.F. Cannon;J.H.C. Woudenberg;P.R. Johnston

  • Mycosphaerella and its anamorphs. 1. Names published in Cercospora and Passalora

    P.W. Crous;U. Braun

  • Genera of phytopathogenic fungi: GOPHY 1

    Y. Marin-Felix;J.Z. Groenewald;L. Cai;Q. Chen

  • Colletotrichum species with curved conidia from herbaceous hosts

    U. Damm;J.H.C. Woudenberg;P.F. Cannon;P.W. Crous

  • The Amsterdam Declaration on Fungal Nomenclature

    David L. Hawksworth;David L. Hawksworth;Pedro W. Crous;Scott A. Redhead;Don R. Reynolds

  • Unambiguous identification of fungi: where do we stand and how accurate and precise is fungal DNA barcoding?

    Robert Lücking;M. Catherine Aime;Barbara Robbertse;Andrew N. Miller

  • Combined multiple gene genealogies and phenotypic characters differentiate several species previously identified as Botryosphaeria dothidea

    Bernard Slippers;Pedro W. Crous;Sandra Denman;Teresa A. Coutinho

  • Species concepts in Cercospora: spotting the weeds among the roses.

    J.Z. Groenewald;Chiharu Nakashima;J. Nishikawa;H.-D. Shin

  • A two-locus DNA sequence database for typing plant and human pathogens within the Fusarium oxysporum species complex

    Kerry O'Donnell;Cécile Gueidan;Stacy Sink;Peter R. Johnston

  • Notes for genera: Ascomycota

    Nalin N. Wijayawardene;Kevin D. Hyde;Kunhiraman C. Rajeshkumar;David L. Hawksworth

  • Phaeoacremonium gen. nov. associated with wilt and decline diseases of woody hosts and human infections

    Pedro W. Crous;Walter Gams;Michael J. Wingfield;P.S. van Wyk

  • Genera of phytopathogenic fungi: GOPHY 2.

    Y. Marin-Felix;M Hernández-Restrepo;Michael J. Wingfield;A. Akulov

  • DNA phylogeny, morphology and pathogenicity of Botryosphaeria species on grapevines

    Jan M. van Niekerk;Pedro W. Crous;J.Z. (Ewald) Groenewald;Paul H. Fourie

  • DNA sequence-based identification of Fusarium : Current status and future directions

    Kerry O’Donnell;Todd J. Ward;Vincent A. R. G. Robert;Pedro W. Crous

  • Redisposition of phoma-like anamorphs in Pleosporales

    J. de Gruyter;J.H.C. Woudenberg;M.M. Aveskamp;G.J.M. Verkley

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Wingfield
Michael J. Wingfield University of Pretoria
Johannes Z. Groenewald
Johannes Z. Groenewald Utrecht University
Lorenzo Lombard
Lorenzo Lombard Utrecht University
Uwe Braun
Uwe Braun Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Kevin D. Hyde
Kevin D. Hyde Mae Fah Luang University
Brenda D. Wingfield
Brenda D. Wingfield University of Pretoria
Roger G. Shivas
Roger G. Shivas University of Southern Queensland
David L. Hawksworth
David L. Hawksworth Royal Botanic Gardens
Brett A. Summerell
Brett A. Summerell Royal Botanic Gardens
Bernard Slippers
Bernard Slippers University of Pretoria

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