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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
91
Citations
31518
World Ranking
263
National Ranking
26

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Enzyme
  • Ecology

His scientific interests lie mostly in Botany, Mycorrhiza, Shoot, Horticulture and Glomus. S. E. Smith performs multidisciplinary study on Botany and Trifolium subterraneum in his works. He works mostly in the field of Mycorrhiza, limiting it down to concerns involving Ecology and, occasionally, Membrane bound, Arbuscular mycorrhiza and Morphology.

In his work, Human fertilization, Root length and Enzyme assay is strongly intertwined with Phosphate, which is a subfield of Shoot. Within one scientific family, S. E. Smith focuses on topics pertaining to Poaceae under Horticulture, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Cultivar, Oryza sativa and Chromosomal translocation. S. E. Smith interconnects Phytotoxicity and Lolium perenne in the investigation of issues within Glomus.

His most cited work include:

  • Do phosphorus nutrition and iron plaque alter arsenate (As) uptake by rice seedlings in hydroponic culture (248 citations)
  • Spatial differences in acquisition of soil phosphate between two arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in symbiosis with Medicago truncatula (241 citations)
  • Do iron plaque and genotypes affect arsenate uptake and translocation by rice seedlings (Oryza sativa L.) grown in solution culture (227 citations)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Mycorrhiza, Botany, Agronomy, Trifolium subterraneum and Glomus. His Mycorrhiza research includes themes of Colonisation, Plant physiology, Shoot, Phycomycetes and Mycelium. His Shoot research incorporates elements of Enzyme assay and Poaceae.

His Botany research integrates issues from Colonization, Phosphate and Horticulture. His study in Agronomy is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Soil water, Nutrient, Plant nutrition and Animal science. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Fungicide and Ribosomal DNA.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Mycorrhiza (61.86%)
  • Botany (55.67%)
  • Agronomy (32.99%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2003-2014)?

  • Botany (55.67%)
  • Mycorrhiza (61.86%)
  • Agronomy (32.99%)

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

His main research concerns Botany, Mycorrhiza, Agronomy, Glomus and Poaceae. His studies in Botany integrate themes in fields like Colonisation, Colonization, Phycomycetes and Horticulture. He works mostly in the field of Horticulture, limiting it down to topics relating to Oryza sativa and, in certain cases, Genotype.

His Mycorrhiza study incorporates themes from Arbuscular mycorrhiza, Soil biology and Lycopersicon. His Agronomy research incorporates themes from Soil water and Animal science. S. E. Smith has researched Poaceae in several fields, including Cultivar, Plant nutrition and Shoot.

Between 2003 and 2014, his most popular works were:

  • Do phosphorus nutrition and iron plaque alter arsenate (As) uptake by rice seedlings in hydroponic culture (248 citations)
  • Do iron plaque and genotypes affect arsenate uptake and translocation by rice seedlings (Oryza sativa L.) grown in solution culture (227 citations)
  • Effects of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus mosseae on growth and metal uptake by four plant species in copper mine tailings. (123 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Enzyme
  • Ecology

S. E. Smith mostly deals with Botany, Mycorrhiza, Poaceae, Oryza sativa and Shoot. His Mycorrhiza study combines topics in areas such as Glomus and Ecology, Ecology. His work carried out in the field of Glomus brings together such families of science as Soil water, Phycomycetes, Mycelium and Hypha.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Genotype, Cultivar, Horticulture and Chromosomal translocation in addition to Poaceae.

Best Publications

  • Roles of Arbuscular Mycorrhizas in Plant Nutrition and Growth: New Paradigms from Cellular to Ecosystem Scales

    Sally E. Smith;F. Andrew Smith

  • Plant nutrient-acquisition strategies change with soil age

    Hans Lambers;John A. Raven;Gaius R. Shaver;Sally E. Smith

  • Roles of Arbuscular Mycorrhizas in Plant Phosphorus Nutrition: Interactions between Pathways of Phosphorus Uptake in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Roots Have Important Implications for Understanding and Manipulating Plant Phosphorus Acquisition

    Sally E. Smith;Iver Jakobsen;Mette Grønlund;F. Andrew Smith

  • Mycorrhizal fungi can dominate phosphate supply to plants irrespective of growth responses.

    Sally E. Smith;F. Andrew Smith;Iver Jakobsen

  • Plant and microbial strategies to improve the phosphorus efficiency of agriculture

    Alan E. Richardson;Alan E. Richardson;Jonathan P. Lynch;Peter R. Ryan;Emmanuel Delhaize

  • Functional diversity in arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbioses: the contribution of the mycorrhizal P uptake pathway is not correlated with mycorrhizal responses in growth or total P uptake

    Sally E. Smith;F. Andrew Smith;Iver Jakobsen

  • Plant performance in stressful environments: interpreting new and established knowledge of the roles of arbuscular mycorrhizas

    Sally E. Smith;Evelina Facelli;Suzanne Pope;F. Andrew Smith

  • Structural diversity in (vesicular)–arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses

    F. A. Smith;S. E. Smith

  • Are there benefits of simultaneous root colonization by different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Jan Jansa;Jan Jansa;F. Andrew Smith;Sally E. Smith

  • Fresh perspectives on the roles of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in plant nutrition and growth

    Sally E. Smith;F. Andrew Smith

  • Root distribution and interactions between intercropped species.

    Long Li;Jianhao Sun;Fusuo Zhang;Tianwen Guo

  • Strategies and agronomic interventions to improve the phosphorus-use efficiency of farming systems

    Richard J. Simpson;Astrid Oberson;Richard A. Culvenor;Megan H. Ryan

  • Structure and function of the interfaces in biotrophic symbioses as they relate to nutrient transport.

    S. E. Smith;F. A. Smith

  • Do phosphorus nutrition and iron plaque alter arsenate (As) uptake by rice seedlings in hydroponic culture

    W.‐J. Liu;W.‐J. Liu;Y.‐G. Zhu;Y.‐G. Zhu;F. A. Smith;S. E. Smith

  • Mineral nutrition, toxic element accumulation and water relations of arbuscular mycorrhizal plants

    Sally E. Smith;David Read

  • Do iron plaque and genotypes affect arsenate uptake and translocation by rice seedlings (Oryza sativa L.) grown in solution culture

    Liu Wj;Zhu Yg;Smith Fa;Smith Se

  • More than a carbon economy: nutrient trade and ecological sustainability in facultative arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses

    F. Andrew Smith;Emily J. Grace;Sally E. Smith

  • Spatial differences in acquisition of soil phosphate between two arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in symbiosis with Medicago truncatula

    F. A. Smith;I. Jakobsen;S. E. Smith

  • Exploring functional definitions of mycorrhizas: Are mycorrhizas always mutualisms?

    Melanie D Jones;Sally E Smith

  • MYCORRHIZAS OF AUTOTROPHIC HIGHER PLANTS

    Sally S. E. Smith

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizas influence plant diversity and community structure in a semiarid herbland

    Patrick J. O’Connor;Sally E. Smith;F. Andrew Smith

  • The phenomenon of "nonmycorrhizal" plants

    M. Tester;S. E. Smith;F. A. Smith

  • P metabolism and transport in AM fungi

    Tatsuhiro Ezawa;Sally E. Smith;F. Andrew Smith

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can induce the production of phytochemicals in sweet basil irrespective of phosphorus nutrition

    J. P. Toussaint;F. A. Smith;S. E. Smith

  • Aggregation of soil by fungal hyphae

    J. M. Tisdall;S. E. Smith;P. Rengasamy

  • Soil microbial biomass and the fate of phosphorus during long-term ecosystem development

    Benjamin L. Turner;Benjamin L. Turner;Hans Lambers;Leo M. Condron;Michael D. Cramer;Michael D. Cramer

  • Arsenic uptake and toxicity in plants: integrating mycorrhizal influences

    Sally E. Smith;Helle M. Christophersen;Suzanne Pope;F. Andrew Smith

  • Structural differences in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses: more than 100 years after Gallaud, where next?

    S. Dickson;F. A. Smith;S. E. Smith

  • The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus mosseae gives contradictory effects on phosphorus and arsenic acquisition by Medicago sativa Linn.

    Baodong Chen;Xueyi Xiao;Yong-Guan Zhu;F. Andrew Smith

  • Plant growth depressions in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses: not just caused by carbon drain?

    Huiying Li;F. Andrew Smith;Sandy Dickson;Robert E. Holloway;Robert E. Holloway

  • Costs of acquiring phosphorus by vascular land plants: patterns and implications for plant coexistence

    John A. Raven;John A. Raven;Hans Lambers;Sally E. Smith;Mark Westoby

Frequent Co-Authors

F. A. Smith
F. A. Smith University of Adelaide
Yong-Guan Zhu
Yong-Guan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mark Tester
Mark Tester King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Eileen S. Scott
Eileen S. Scott University of Adelaide
Iver Jakobsen
Iver Jakobsen University of Copenhagen
Timothy R. Cavagnaro
Timothy R. Cavagnaro University of Adelaide
F. Andrew Smith
F. Andrew Smith University of Adelaide
Petra Marschner
Petra Marschner University of Adelaide
Daniel P. Schachtman
Daniel P. Schachtman University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Peter Langridge
Peter Langridge University of Adelaide

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