Pietro Spanu

Pietro Spanu 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 Pietro Spanu sits on this spectrum.

Pietro Spanu 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 Pietro Spanu sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• The Top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology

  Ralph A. Dean;Jan A. L. van Kan;Zacharias A. Pretorius;Kim E. Hammond-Kosack

  4988
  Citations

• Genome expansion and gene loss in powdery mildew fungi reveal tradeoffs in extreme parasitism

  Pietro D. Spanu;James C. Abbott;Joelle Amselem;Timothy A. Burgis

  934
  Citations

• Structure and evolution of barley powdery mildew effector candidates

  Carsten Pedersen;Emiel Ver Loren van Themaat;Liam J McGuffin;James C Abbott

  280
  Citations

• The wheat powdery mildew genome shows the unique evolution of an obligate biotroph

  Thomas Wicker;Simone Oberhaensli;Francis Parlange;Jan P Buchmann;Jan P Buchmann

  276
  Citations

• Chitinase in roots of mycorrhizal Allium porrum: regulation and localization

  Pietro Spanu;Thomas Boller;Alexander Ludwig;Andres Wiemken

  237
  Citations

• Analysis and cloning of the ethylene-forming enzyme from tomato by functional expression of its mRNA in Xenopus laevis oocytes.

  P. Spanu;D. Reinhardt;T. Boller

  216
  Citations

• Host-induced gene silencing in barley powdery mildew reveals a class of ribonuclease-like effectors.

  Clara Pliego;Daniela Nowara;Giulia Bonciani;Dana M. Gheorghe

  209
  Citations

• The protein phosphatase inhibitor calyculin A mimics elicitor action in plant cells and induces rapid hyperphosphorylation of specific proteins as revealed by pulse labeling with [33P]phosphate.

  Georg Felix;Martin Regenass;Pietro Spanu;Thomas Boller

  209
  Citations

• Gene Expression Profiles of Blumeria graminis Indicate Dynamic Changes to Primary Metabolism during Development of an Obligate Biotrophic Pathogen

  Unknown

  202
  Citations

• The genomics of obligate (and nonobligate) biotrophs.

  Unknown

  194
  Citations

• Cell-wall-bound peroxidase activity in roots of mycorrhizal Allium porrum

  Unknown

  185
  Citations

• Signatures of host specialization and a recent transposable element burst in the dynamic one-speed genome of the fungal barley powdery mildew pathogen.

  Lamprinos Frantzeskakis;Barbara Kracher;Stefan Kusch;Makoto Yoshikawa-Maekawa

  182
  Citations

• THE APPARENT TURNOVER OF 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLATE SYNTHASE IN TOMATO CELLS IS REGULATED BY PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION AND DEPHOSPHORYLATION

  P. Spanu;D. G. Grosskopf;G. Felix;T. Boller

  173
  Citations

• Hydrophobins and the interactions between fungi and plants

  Unknown

  168
  Citations

• The fungal ribonuclease-like effector protein CSEP0064/BEC1054 represses plant immunity and interferes with degradation of host ribosomal RNA

  Helen G. Pennington;Rhian Jones;Rhian Jones;Seomun Kwon;Giulia Bonciani

  141
  Citations

• Brown rot fungal early stage decay mechanism as a biological pretreatment for softwood biomass in biofuel production

  Michael J. Ray;David J. Leak;Pietro D. Spanu;Richard J. Murphy

  126
  Citations

• Stable transformation of erysiphe graminis an obligate biotrophic pathogen of barley.

  Pushpalata Chaure;Sarah J. Gurr;Pietro Spanu

  121
  Citations

• Transcript profiles of Blumeria graminis development during infection reveal a cluster of genes that are potential virulence determinants.

  Maike Both;Sabine E Eckert;Sabine E Eckert;Michael Csukai;Elisabeth Müller

  115
  Citations

• The Top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology: Corrigendum

  Ralph Dean;Jan A. L. Van Kan;Zacharias A. Pretorius;Kim E. Hammond-Kosack

  103
  Citations

• The Top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology: Top 10 fungal pathogens

  Ralph Dean;Jan A. L. Van Kan;Zacharias A. Pretorius;Kim E. Hammond-Kosack

  76
  Citations