Simone Prospero

Simone Prospero publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Simone Prospero 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 Simone Prospero sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Cryphonectria parasitica, the causal agent of chestnut blight: invasion history, population biology and disease control

  Daniel Rigling;Simone Prospero

  475
  Citations

• Widespread Phytophthora infestations in European nurseries put forest, semi-natural and horticultural ecosystems at high risk of Phytophthora diseases

  T. Jung;L. Orlikowski;B. Henricot;P. Abad-Campos

  394
  Citations

• Emergence of the sudden oak death pathogen Phytophthora ramorum

  Niklaus J. Grunwald;Matteo Garbelotto;Erica M. Goss;Kurt Heungens

  370
  Citations

• Reconstruction of the Sudden Oak Death epidemic in California through microsatellite analysis of the pathogen Phytophthora ramorum.

  S. Mascheretti;P. J. P. Croucher;A. Vettraino;S. Prospero

  196
  Citations

• Strategies of attack and defence in woody plant-Phytophthora interactions

  W. Oßwald;F. Fleischmann;D. Rigling;A. C. Coelho

  141
  Citations

• Population dynamics of the sudden oak death pathogen Phytophthora ramorum in Oregon from 2001 to 2004.

  S. Prospero;E. M. Hansen;N. J. Grünwald;N. J. Grünwald;L. M. Winton

  136
  Citations

• Epidemiology of Phytophthora ramorum in Oregon tanoak forests

  E. M. Hansen;A. Kanaskie;S. Prospero;M. McWilliams

  123
  Citations

• Standardizing the nomenclature for clonal lineages of the sudden oak death pathogen, Phytophthora ramorum

  Niklaus J Grünwald;Erica M Goss;Kelly Ivors;Matteo Garbelotto

  119
  Citations

• Saprophytic Activity and Sporulation of Cryphonectria parasitica on Dead Chestnut Wood in Forests with Naturally Established Hypovirulence

  S. Prospero;M. Conedera;U. Heiniger;D. Rigling

  109
  Citations

• Population History and Pathways of Spread of the Plant Pathogen Phytophthora plurivora

  Corine N. Schoebel;Jane Stewart;Jane Stewart;Niklaus J. Gruenwald;Niklaus J. Gruenwald;Daniel Rigling

  93
  Citations

• Migration Patterns of the Emerging Plant Pathogen Phytophthora ramorum on the West Coast of the United States of America

  S. Prospero;N. J. Grünwald;L. M. Winton;E. M. Hansen

  89
  Citations

• Latest advances and future perspectives in Armillaria research

  Renate Heinzelmann;Cyril Dutech;Tetyana Tsykun;Frédéric Labbé

  83
  Citations

• Biological control of emerging forest diseases: How can we move from dreams to reality?

  Simone Prospero;Leticia Botella;Leticia Botella;Alberto Santini;Cécile Robin

  82
  Citations

• Comparison of the virulence of Armillaria cepistipes and Armillaria ostoyae on four Norway spruce provenances

  S. Prospero;O. Holdenrieder;D. Rigling

  81
  Citations

• Comparative assessment of SSR and SNP markers for inferring the population genetic structure of the common fungus Armillaria cepistipes

  T Tsykun;C Rellstab;C Dutech;G Sipos

  77
  Citations

• Effects of Host Variability on the Spread of Invasive Forest Diseases

  Simone Prospero;Michelle Cleary

  73
  Citations

• Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers in Phytophthora ramorum, the causal agent of sudden oak death

  S. Prospero;J. A. Black;L. M. Winton

  72
  Citations

• Interaction between two invasive organisms on the European chestnut: does the chestnut blight fungus benefit from the presence of the gall wasp?

  Joana B. Meyer;Laure Gallien;Simone Prospero

  51
  Citations

• Invasion Genetics of the Chestnut Blight Fungus Cryphonectria parasitica in Switzerland

  S. Prospero;D. Rigling

  46
  Citations

• Genetic population structure of the invasive ash dieback pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus in its expanding range

  Daiva Burokiene;Simone Prospero;Esther Jung;Diana Marciulyniene

  43
  Citations

• The emerging pathogen of chestnut Gnomoniopsis castaneae : the challenge posed by a versatile fungus

  G. Lione;R. Danti;P. Fernandez-Conradi;J. V. Ferreira-Cardoso

  42
  Citations

• Are traded forest tree seeds a potential source of nonnative pests

  Iva Franić;Iva Franić;Iva Franić;Simone Prospero;Martin Hartmann;Eric Allan

  39
  Citations

• Population structure of Armillaria species in managed Norway spruce stands in the Alps

  Simone Prospero;Daniel Rigling;Ottmar Holdenrieder

  37
  Citations

• Phytophthora diversity and the population structure of Phytophthora ramorum in Swiss ornamental nurseries

  S. Prospero;A. Vercauteren;K. Heungens;L. Belbahri

  34
  Citations

• Genetic diversification of the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica and its associated hypovirus in Germany.

  Franziska S. Peters;Johanna Busskamp;Simone Prospero;Daniel Rigling

  33
  Citations

• Diversity and ecology of Armillaria species in virgin forests in the Ukrainian Carpathians

  Tetyana Tsykun;Daniel Rigling;Vitaliy Nikolaychuk;Simone Prospero

  30
  Citations

• Forewarned is forearmed : harmonized approaches for early detection of potentially invasive pests and pathogens in sentinel plantings

  Carmen Morales-Rodríguez;Sten Anslan;Marie-Anne Auger-Rozenberg;Sylvie Augustin

  26
  Citations

• Primary resource capture in two sympatric Armillaria species in managed Norway spruce forests

  Simone Prospero;Ottmar Holdenrieder;Daniel Rigling

  24
  Citations