Ross G. Atkinson

Ross G. Atkinson publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Ross G. Atkinson D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Best Publications

• An RNA-based information superhighway in plants

  Richard A. Jorgensen;Ross G. Atkinson;Richard L. S. Forster;William J. Lucas

  342
  Citations

• Identification and characterisation of F3GT1 and F3GGT1, two glycosyltransferases responsible for anthocyanin biosynthesis in red‐fleshed kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis)

  Mirco Montefiori;Richard V. Espley;David Stevenson;Janine Cooney

  279
  Citations

• Regeneration of transgenic plants from the commercial apple cultivar Royal Gala

  Jia-Long Yao;Daniel Cohen;Ross Atkinson;Kim Richardson

  273
  Citations

• Down-regulation of POLYGALACTURONASE1 alters firmness, tensile strength and water loss in apple (Malus x domestica) fruit

  Ross G Atkinson;Paul W Sutherland;Sarah L Johnston;Kularajathevan Gunaseelan

  260
  Citations

• Natural Variation in Monoterpene Synthesis in Kiwifruit: Transcriptional Regulation of Terpene Synthases by NAC and ETHYLENE-INSENSITIVE3-Like Transcription Factors

  Niels J. Nieuwenhuizen;Xiuyin Chen;Mindy Y. Wang;Adam J. Matich

  254
  Citations

• Analysis of expressed sequence tags from Actinidia: Applications of a cross species EST database for gene discovery in the areas of flavor, health, color and ripening

  Ross N Crowhurst;Andrew P Gleave;Elspeth A MacRae;Charles Ampomah-Dwamena

  247
  Citations

• Overexpression of Polygalacturonase in Transgenic Apple Trees Leads to a Range of Novel Phenotypes Involving Changes in Cell Adhesion

  Ross G. Atkinson;Roswitha Schröder;Ian C. Hallett;Daniel Cohen

  246
  Citations

• Dissecting the role of climacteric ethylene in kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis) ripening using a 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase knockdown line

  Ross G. Atkinson;Kularajathevan Gunaseelan;Mindy Y. Wang;Luke Luo

  213
  Citations

• The Role of Ethylene and Cold Temperature in the Regulation of the Apple POLYGALACTURONASE1 Gene and Fruit Softening

  Emma Tacken;Hilary Ireland;Kularajathevan Gunaseelan;Sakuntala Karunairetnam

  204
  Citations

• A manually annotated Actinidia chinensis var. chinensis (kiwifruit) genome highlights the challenges associated with draft genomes and gene prediction in plants

  Sarah M. Pilkington;Ross Crowhurst;Elena Hilario;Simona Nardozza

  202
  Citations

• Re-interpreting the role of endo-β-mannanases as mannan endotransglycosylase/hydrolases in the plant cell wall

  Roswitha Schröder;Ross G. Atkinson;Robert J. Redgwell

  175
  Citations

• Biochemical and molecular characterisation of xyloglucan endotransglycosylase from ripe kiwifruit.

  R. Schröder;R. G. Atkinson;G. Langenkämper;R. J. Redgwell

  173
  Citations

• Two terpene synthases are responsible for the major sesquiterpenes emitted from the flowers of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa)

  Niels J. Nieuwenhuizen;Mindy Y. Wang;Adam J. Matich;Sol A. Green

  166
  Citations

• Metabolic analysis of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) berries from extreme genotypes reveals hallmarks for fruit starch metabolism

  Simona Nardozza;Helen L. Boldingh;Sonia Osorio;Melanie Höhne

  163
  Citations

• Apple ACC-oxidase and polygalacturonase: ripening-specific gene expression and promoter analysis in transgenic tomato.

  Ross G. Atkinson;Karen M. Bolitho;Michele A. Wright;Teresa Iturriagagoitia-Bueno

  160
  Citations

• Functional Genomics Reveals That a Compact Terpene Synthase Gene Family Can Account for Terpene Volatile Production in Apple

  Niels J. Nieuwenhuizen;Sol A. Green;Xiuyin Chen;Estelle J.D. Bailleul

  154
  Citations

• Fruit development of the diploid kiwifruit, Actinidia chinensis 'Hort16A'.

  Annette C Richardson;Helen L Boldingh;Peter A McAtee;Kularajathevan Gunaseelan

  147
  Citations

• Analysis of xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase (XTH) gene families in kiwifruit and apple

  Ross G. Atkinson;Sarah L. Johnston;Yar-Khing Yauk;Neelam N. Sharma

  145
  Citations

• Polygalacturonase gene expression in kiwifruit: relationship to fruit softening and ethylene production.

  Zhong-Yan Wang;Elspeth A. MacRae;Michele A. Wright;Karen M. Bolitho

  124
  Citations

• Isolation and characterization of a novel glycosyltransferase that converts phloretin to phlorizin, a potent antioxidant in apple.

  Hélène Jugdé;Danny Nguy;Isabel Moller;Janine M. Cooney

  121
  Citations

• Characterisation of microsatellites from Actinidia chinensis

  Kurt Weising;Kurt Weising;Raymond W. M. Fung;D. Jeannette Keeling;Ross G. Atkinson

  113
  Citations

• Sucrose phosphate synthase genes in plants belong to three different families.

  Georg Langenkämper;Raymond W.M. Fung;Richard D. Newcomb;Ross G. Atkinson

  112
  Citations