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D-Index
60
Citations
12625
World Ranking
1218
National Ranking
28

Stefano Cesco 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 Stefano Cesco sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 252 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stefano Cesco 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 Stefano Cesco sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% 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:

  • Enzyme
  • Botany
  • Bacteria

His primary areas of investigation include Botany, Rhizosphere, Biochemistry, Nutrient and Iron deficiency. His Botany research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Horticulture and Mineralization. His work carried out in the field of Rhizosphere brings together such families of science as Soil biology, Soil water, Exudate, Flavonoid and Siderophore.

In Siderophore, he works on issues like Rhizobacteria, which are connected to Nutrient bioavailability. His work investigates the relationship between Nutrient and topics such as Plant physiology that intersect with problems in Plant nutrition. His Iron deficiency study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Microarray analysis techniques, Transcriptome, Gene expression profiling and Root hair.

His most cited work include:

  • Microbial interactions in the rhizosphere: beneficial influences of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria on nutrient acquisition process. A review (341 citations)
  • Review on iron availability in soil: interaction of Fe minerals, plants, and microbes (221 citations)
  • Release of plant-borne flavonoids into the rhizosphere and their role in plant nutrition (207 citations)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Botany, Rhizosphere, Horticulture, Nutrient and Agronomy. Stefano Cesco has researched Botany in several fields, including Nutrient solution and Sulfur. Stefano Cesco has included themes like Reductase, Biochemistry, Plant physiology, Environmental chemistry and Siderophore in his Rhizosphere study.

Stefano Cesco interconnects Phosphorus and Fertilizer in the investigation of issues within Horticulture. His Nutrient research includes themes of Rhizobacteria and Shelf life. His Agronomy study also includes fields such as

  • Soil water which is related to area like Vineyard,
  • Nitrate that connect with fields like Nitrogen.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (27.23%)
  • Rhizosphere (23.04%)
  • Horticulture (21.47%)

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

  • Nutrient (20.94%)
  • Horticulture (21.47%)
  • Rhizosphere (23.04%)

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

His primary areas of study are Nutrient, Horticulture, Rhizosphere, Copper toxicity and Phosphorus. His studies deal with areas such as Zoology, Feces, Soil quality and Botany as well as Nutrient. His research integrates issues of Metabolomics and Chromosomal translocation in his study of Botany.

His Horticulture study incorporates themes from Rhizobacteria, Plant nutrition and Phosphate. His work deals with themes such as Chelation, Primary, Plant physiology, Secondary metabolism and Solubility, which intersect with Rhizosphere. The various areas that Stefano Cesco examines in his Phosphorus study include Rhizotron, Solanum, Chromatography and Exudate.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Hydroponic Solutions for Soilless Production Systems: Issues and Opportunities in a Smart Agriculture Perspective. (32 citations)
  • Humic Substances Contribute to Plant Iron Nutrition Acting as Chelators and Biostimulants (30 citations)
  • Synergism and antagonisms between nutrients induced by copper toxicity in grapevine rootstocks: Monocropping vs. intercropping. (22 citations)

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

  • Enzyme
  • Bacteria
  • Botany

Stefano Cesco mostly deals with Nutrient, Intercropping, Copper toxicity, Agronomy and Rhizosphere. His Nutrient research includes elements of Botany, Plant physiology, Chelation, Soil organic matter and Primary. His studies in Botany integrate themes in fields like Metabolomics and Chromosomal translocation.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Cultivar, Horticulture, Symplast and Monocropping in addition to Intercropping. In general Agronomy study, his work on Manure often relates to the realm of Digestate, thereby connecting several areas of interest. Stefano Cesco has researched Rhizosphere in several fields, including Cucumis, Oxidase test, Reductase, Enzyme and Toxicity.

Best Publications

  • Microbial interactions in the rhizosphere: beneficial influences of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria on nutrient acquisition process. A review

    Youry Pii;Tanja Mimmo;Nicola Tomasi;Roberto Terzano

  • Review on iron availability in soil: interaction of Fe minerals, plants, and microbes

    Claudio Colombo;Giuseppe Palumbo;Ji-Zheng He;Roberto Pinton

  • Release of plant-borne flavonoids into the rhizosphere and their role in plant nutrition

    Stefano Cesco;Guenter Neumann;Nicola Tomasi;Roberto Pinton

  • Plant-borne flavonoids released into the rhizosphere: impact on soil bio-activities related to plant nutrition. A review

    S. Cesco;T. Mimmo;G. Tonon;N. Tomasi

  • Hydroponic Solutions for Soilless Production Systems: Issues and Opportunities in a Smart Agriculture Perspective.

    Paolo Sambo;Carlo Nicoletto;Andrea Giro;Youry Pii

  • Rhizospheric organic compounds in the soil–microorganism–plant system: their role in iron availability

    Tanja Mimmo;D Del Buono;R Terzano;N Tomasi

  • Investigation of the use of honey bees and honey bee products to assess heavy metals contamination.

    L. Leita;G. Muhlbachova;S. Cesco;R. Barbattini

  • The interaction between iron nutrition, plant species and soil type shapes the rhizosphere microbiome.

    Youry Pii;Luigimaria Borruso;Lorenzo Brusetti;Carmine Crecchio

  • Humic Substances Contribute to Plant Iron Nutrition Acting as Chelators and Biostimulants

    Laura Zanin;Nicola Tomasi;Stefano Cesco;Zeno Varanini

  • Copper accumulation in vineyard soils: Rhizosphere processes and agronomic practices to limit its toxicity.

    Gustavo Brunetto;George Wellington Bastos de Melo;Roberto Terzano;Daniele Del Buono

  • Modulation of NO3- uptake by water-extractable humic substances: involvement of root plasma membrane H(+)ATPase

    Roberto Pinton;Stefano Cesco;Gabriele Iacolettig;Stefania Astolfi

  • Two plasma membrane H+-ATPase genes are differentially expressed in iron-deficient cucumber plants

    Simonetta Santi;Stefano Cesco;Zeno Varanini;Roberto Pinton

  • Water-extractable humic substances enhance iron deficiency responses by Fe-deficient cucumber plants

    R. Pinton;S. Cesco;S. Santi;F. Agnolon

  • Flavonoids of white lupin roots participate in phosphorus mobilization from soil

    Nicola Tomasi;Laure Weisskopf;Giancarlo Renella;Loretta Landi

  • Plant-microorganism-soil interactions influence the Fe availability in the rhizosphere of cucumber plants

    Youry Pii;Alexander Penn;Roberto Terzano;Carmine Crecchio

  • Solubilization of iron by water-extractable humic substances

    Stefano Cesco;Volker Römheld;Zeno Varanini;Roberto Pinton

  • Drought, heat, and their combination impact the root exudation patterns and rhizosphere microbiome in maize roots

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  • Development of Fe‐deficiency responses in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) roots: involvement of plasma membrane H+‐ATPase activity

    M Dell'Orto;S Santi;P De Nisi;S Cesco

  • Plasma membrane H+-ATPase-dependent citrate exudation from cluster roots of phosphate-deficient white lupin.

    Nicola Tomasi;Tobias Kretzschmar;Luca Espen;Laure Weisskopf

  • Uptake of 59Fe from soluble 59Fe-humate complexes by cucumber and barley plants

    S. Cesco;M. Nikolic;V. Römheld;Z. Varanini

  • Sulphur deprivation limits Fe-deficiency responses in tomato plants

    Sabrina Zuchi;Stefano Cesco;Zeno Varanini;Roberto Pinton

  • Response of barley plants to Fe deficiency and Cd contamination as affected by S starvation

    S. Astolfi;S. Zuchi;G. Neumann;S. Cesco

  • Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase in Maize Roots Induced for NO3- Uptake.

    S. Santi;G. Locci;R. Pinton;S. Cesco

Frequent Co-Authors

Tanja Mimmo
Tanja Mimmo Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Roberto Pinton
Roberto Pinton University of Udine
Nicola Tomasi
Nicola Tomasi University of Udine
Youry Pii
Youry Pii Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Zeno Varanini
Zeno Varanini University of Verona
Stefania Astolfi
Stefania Astolfi Tuscia University
Gustavo Brunetto
Gustavo Brunetto Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Volker Römheld
Volker Römheld University of Hohenheim
Carlos Alberto Ceretta
Carlos Alberto Ceretta Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Luigi Lucini
Luigi Lucini Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

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