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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
51
Citations
11095
World Ranking
1993
National Ranking
157

Qin Yu 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 Qin Yu sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 170 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Qin Yu 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 Qin Yu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • Genetics

Qin Yu focuses on Botany, Gene, Lolium rigidum, Genetics and Mutant. His Botany research includes elements of Pesticide resistance, Superoxide dismutase and Horticulture. The study incorporates disciplines such as Glyphosate and Chromosomal translocation in addition to Lolium rigidum.

His research in Chromosomal translocation focuses on subjects like Paraquat, which are connected to Herbicide resistance. His Mutant research focuses on subjects like Enzyme, which are linked to Lolium. His study looks at the relationship between Allele and fields such as Weed, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems.

His most cited work include:

  • Evolution in Action: Plants Resistant to Herbicides (973 citations)
  • Metabolism-Based Herbicide Resistance and Cross-Resistance in Crop Weeds: A Threat to Herbicide Sustainability and Global Crop Production (201 citations)
  • Resistance to AHAS inhibitor herbicides: current understanding. (198 citations)

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

Qin Yu mainly focuses on Botany, Lolium rigidum, Genetics, Weed and Gene. The Botany study combines topics in areas such as Superoxide dismutase, Monooxygenase and Metabolism. His Lolium rigidum study is concerned with the field of Agronomy as a whole.

His Weed study combines topics in areas such as Adaptation, Glyphosate, Atrazine and Resistance. The Gene study which covers Cytochrome P450 that intersects with Pyruvate carboxylase. His work deals with themes such as Pesticide resistance and Biotechnology, which intersect with Acetolactate synthase.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (46.32%)
  • Lolium rigidum (29.47%)
  • Genetics (27.37%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Weed (27.37%)
  • Gene (24.21%)
  • Genetics (27.37%)

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

His primary areas of study are Weed, Gene, Genetics, Botany and Lolium rigidum. His study in Weed is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Adaptation, Glyphosate and Atrazine. Qin Yu interconnects Malathion, Resistance, Cytochrome P450 and Molecular biology in the investigation of issues within Gene.

His Resistance study results in a more complete grasp of Agronomy. His studies in Botany integrate themes in fields like Arabidopsis thaliana and Arabidopsis. His Lolium rigidum research incorporates elements of Mutation, Trifluralin and Mutant.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Aldo-keto Reductase Metabolizes Glyphosate and Confers Glyphosate Resistance in Echinochloa colona. (31 citations)
  • Do plants pay a fitness cost to be resistant to glyphosate (21 citations)
  • Metribuzin resistance in a wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum) population via both psbA gene mutation and enhanced metabolism (11 citations)

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

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • Genetics

Genetics, Weed, Gene, Mutation and Glyphosate are his primary areas of study. The concepts of his Weed study are interwoven with issues in Biochemistry and Aminomethylphosphonic acid. His work on Chromosomal translocation, Inheritance and Lolium rigidum is typically connected to Trait as part of general Gene study, connecting several disciplines of science.

His Mutation study which covers Raphanus raphanistrum that intersects with Mutant, Bromoxynil, Atrazine and Gene mutation. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Adaptation, Fitness cost, Glyoxylate cycle and Oryza sativa. His Metabolism study incorporates themes from Mesotrione and Agronomy, Resistance, Amaranth.

Best Publications

  • Evolution in Action: Plants Resistant to Herbicides

    Stephen B. Powles;Qin Yu

  • Metabolism-Based Herbicide Resistance and Cross-Resistance in Crop Weeds: A Threat to Herbicide Sustainability and Global Crop Production

    Qin Yu;Stephen B. Powles

  • Resistance to AHAS inhibitor herbicides: current understanding.

    Qin Yu;Stephen B Powles

  • Glyphosate, paraquat and ACCase multiple herbicide resistance evolved in a Lolium rigidum biotype

    Qin Yu;Andrew Cairns;Stephen Powles

  • Diversity of acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase mutations in resistant Lolium populations: evaluation using clethodim

    Qin Yu;Alberto Collavo;Ming-Qi Zheng;Mechelle Owen

  • AHAS herbicide resistance endowing mutations: effect on AHAS functionality and plant growth

    Qin Yu;Heping Han;Martin M. Vila-Aiub;Stephen B. Powles

  • Rapid response reactions of roots to boron deprivation

    Heiner E. Goldbach;Qin Yu;Ruth Wingender;Margot Schulz

  • Micronutrient Deficiency Influences Plant Growth and Activities of Superoxide Dismutases in Narrow-leafed Lupins

    Q. Yu;Zed Rengel

  • Impact of chemical composition of legume residues and initial soil pH on pH change of a soil after residue incorporation

    Caixian Tang;Q. Yu

  • RNA-Seq transcriptome analysis to identify genes involved in metabolism-based diclofop resistance in Lolium rigidum.

    Todd A. Gaines;Todd A. Gaines;Lothar Lorentz;Andrea Figge;Johannes Herrmann;Johannes Herrmann

  • Evolution of a Double Amino Acid Substitution in the 5-Enolpyruvylshikimate-3-Phosphate Synthase in Eleusine indica Conferring High-Level Glyphosate Resistance

    Qin Yu;Adam Jalaludin;Heping Han;Ming Chen

  • Distinct non-target site mechanisms endow resistance to glyphosate, ACCase and ALS-inhibiting herbicides in multiple herbicide-resistant Lolium rigidum.

    Qin Yu;Ibrahim Abdallah;Ibrahim Abdallah;Heping Han;Mechelle Owen

  • Drought and salinity differentially influence activities of superoxide dismutases in narrow-leafed lupins

    Q. Yu;Zed Rengel

  • Mutations of the ALS gene endowing resistance to ALS-inhibiting herbicides in Lolium rigidum populations.

    Qin Yu;Heping Han;Stephen B Powles

  • Herbicide resistance-endowing ACCase gene mutations in hexaploid wild oat (Avena fatua): insights into resistance evolution in a hexaploid species

    Qin Yu;M.S. Ahmad-Hamdani;M.S. Ahmad-Hamdani;Heping Han;M.J. Christoffers

  • CYP81A68 confers metabolic resistance to ALS and ACCase-inhibiting herbicides and its epigenetic regulation in Echinochloa crus-galli.

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  • An ABCC-type transporter endowing glyphosate resistance in plants

    Lang Pan;Qin Yu;Junzhi Wang;Heping Han

  • Micronutrient deficiency changes activities of superoxide dismutase and ascorbate peroxidase in tobacco plants

    Qin Yu;Lorraine Osborne;Zdenko Rengel

  • Herbicide-resistant weeds: from research and knowledge to future needs

    Roberto Busi;Martin M. Vila-Aiub;Martin M. Vila-Aiub;Hugh John Beckie;Todd A. Gaines

  • Aldo-keto Reductase Metabolizes Glyphosate and Confers Glyphosate Resistance in Echinochloa colona.

    Lang Pan;Qin Yu;Heping Han;Lingfeng Mao

  • Glyphosate resistance in perennial Sorghum halepense (Johnsongrass), endowed by reduced glyphosate translocation and leaf uptake

    Martin M Vila-Aiub;María C Balbi;Ana J Distéfano;Ana J Distéfano;Luis Fernández

  • No fitness cost of glyphosate resistance endowed by massive EPSPS gene amplification in Amaranthus palmeri

    Martin M. Vila-Aiub;Martin M. Vila-Aiub;Sou S. Goh;Todd A. Gaines;Heping Han

  • ALS gene proline (197) mutations confer ALS herbicide resistance in eight separated wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum) populations

    Qin Yu;Xiao Qi Zhang;Abul Hashem;Michael J. Walsh

  • Tolerance to acetolactate synthase and acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase inhibiting herbicides in Vulpia bromoides is conferred by two co-existing resistance mechanisms

    Qin Yu;L.J Shane Friesen;Xiao Qi Zhang;Stephen B Powles

  • A novel amino acid substitution Ala-122-Tyr in ALS confers high-level and broad resistance across ALS-inhibiting herbicides

    Heping Han;Qin Yu;Edison Purba;Mei Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen B. Powles
Stephen B. Powles University of Western Australia
Martin M. Vila-Aiub
Martin M. Vila-Aiub University of Western Australia
František Baluška
František Baluška University of Bonn
Caixian Tang
Caixian Tang La Trobe University
Todd A. Gaines
Todd A. Gaines Colorado State University
John Kuo
John Kuo University of Western Australia
Margot Schulz
Margot Schulz University of Bonn
Gregory R. Cawthray
Gregory R. Cawthray University of Western Australia
Michael J. Walsh
Michael J. Walsh University of Sydney
Zed Rengel
Zed Rengel University of Western Australia

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