Qifa Zhang

Qifa Zhang publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Qifa Zhang 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 Qifa Zhang sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Genome-wide association studies of 14 agronomic traits in rice landraces

  Xuehui Huang;Xinghua Wei;Tao Sang;Qiang Zhao;Qiang Zhao

  2356
  Citations

• Natural variation in Ghd7 is an important regulator of heading date and yield potential in rice

  Weiya Xue;Yongzhong Xing;Xiaoyu Weng;Yu Zhao

  1953
  Citations

• GS3, a major QTL for grain length and weight and minor QTL for grain width and thickness in rice, encodes a putative transmembrane protein

  Chuchuan Fan;Yongzhong Xing;Hailiang Mao;Tingting Lu

  1941
  Citations

• Overexpressing a NAM, ATAF, and CUC (NAC) transcription factor enhances drought resistance and salt tolerance in rice

  Honghong Hu;Mingqiu Dai;Jialing Yao;Benze Xiao

  1887
  Citations

• Genetic and Molecular Bases of Rice Yield

  Yongzhong Xing;Qifa Zhang

  1218
  Citations

• Natural variation in GS5 plays an important role in regulating grain size and yield in rice

  Yibo Li;Chuchuan Fan;Yongzhong Xing;Yunhe Jiang

  1079
  Citations

• Strategies for developing Green Super Rice.

  Qifa Zhang

  1072
  Citations

• Importance of epistasis as the genetic basis of heterosis in an elite rice hybrid

  S. B. Yu;J. X. Li;C. G. Xu;Y. F. Tan

  977
  Citations

• Linking differential domain functions of the GS3 protein to natural variation of grain size in rice

  Hailiang Mao;Shengyuan Sun;Jialing Yao;Chongrong Wang

  830
  Citations

• Patterns of cytosine methylation in an elite rice hybrid and its parental lines, detected by a methylation-sensitive amplification polymorphism technique.

  L. Z. Xiong;C. G. Xu;M. A. Saghai Maroof;Qifa Zhang

  755
  Citations

• A long noncoding RNA regulates photoperiod-sensitive male sterility, an essential component of hybrid rice.

  Jihua Ding;Qing Lu;Yidan Ouyang;Hailiang Mao

  700
  Citations

• A Major QTL, Ghd8, Plays Pleiotropic Roles in Regulating Grain Productivity, Plant Height, and Heading Date in Rice

  Wen-Hao Yan;Peng Wang;Hua-Xia Chen;Hong-Ju Zhou

  671
  Citations

• Xa26, a gene conferring resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in rice, encodes an LRR receptor kinase‐like protein

  Xinli Sun;Yinglong Cao;Zhifen Yang;Caiguo Xu

  665
  Citations

• Field performance of transgenic elite commercial hybrid rice expressing Bacillus thuringiensis δ-endotoxin

  Jumin Tu;Guoan Zhang;Karabi Datta;Caiguo Xu

  655
  Citations

• Promoter mutations of an essential gene for pollen development result in disease resistance in rice

  Zhaohui Chu;Meng Yuan;Jialing Yao;Xiaojia Ge

  642
  Citations

• Combining high-throughput phenotyping and genome-wide association studies to reveal natural genetic variation in rice

  Wanneng Yang;Zilong Guo;Chenglong Huang;Lingfeng Duan

  621
  Citations

• Genetic Basis of Drought Resistance at Reproductive Stage in Rice: Separation of Drought Tolerance from Drought Avoidance

  Bing Yue;Weiya Xue;Lizhong Xiong;Xinqiao Yu

  568
  Citations

• Single-locus heterotic effects and dominance by dominance interactions can adequately explain the genetic basis of heterosis in an elite rice hybrid

  Jinping Hua;Yongzhong Xing;Weiren Wu;Caiguo Xu

  566
  Citations

• Optimising the tissue culture conditions for high efficiency transformation of indica rice

  Y. J. Lin;Qifa Zhang

  494
  Citations

• Designing Future Crops: Genomics-Assisted Breeding Comes of Age

  Rajeev K. Varshney;Rajeev K. Varshney;Abhishek Bohra;Jianming Yu;Andreas Graner

  489
  Citations