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D-Index
48
Citations
9064
World Ranking
2399
National Ranking
26

Stéphane Declerck 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 Stéphane Declerck sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 195 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stéphane Declerck 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 Stéphane Declerck sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% 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:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Fungus

His primary areas of study are Botany, Mycorrhiza, Spore, Symbiosis and Mycelium. His Botany research includes elements of In vitro and Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. His studies in Mycorrhiza integrate themes in fields like Hydroponics, Plant nutrition, Shoot, Phycomycetes and Priming.

His Spore study combines topics in areas such as Small subunit, Taxonomy and Ultrastructure. Stéphane Declerck has researched Symbiosis in several fields, including Saccharum, Rhizosphere and Microbiology. His study looks at the intersection of Mycelium and topics like Colonization with Arbuscular mycorrhiza and Phylogenetics.

His most cited work include:

  • Arbuscular mycorrhiza on root-organ cultures (233 citations)
  • Monoxenic culture of the intraradical forms of Glomus sp. isolated from a tropical ecosystem: a proposed methodology for germplasm collection (170 citations)
  • In Vitro Culture of Mycorrhizas (127 citations)

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

Stéphane Declerck mainly investigates Botany, Rhizophagus irregularis, Mycelium, Fungus and Hypha. The Botany study combines topics in areas such as Medicago truncatula, Symbiosis and Colonization. His work deals with themes such as Inoculation, Shoot, Horticulture, Microbial inoculant and Mycorrhizal network, which intersect with Rhizophagus irregularis.

Stéphane Declerck interconnects Fungicide and Microbiology in the investigation of issues within Mycelium. The study incorporates disciplines such as Petri dish and Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in addition to Fungus. His Hypha study deals with Gigasporaceae intersecting with Glomeraceae.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (67.86%)
  • Rhizophagus irregularis (27.86%)
  • Mycelium (26.43%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Botany (67.86%)
  • Rhizophagus irregularis (27.86%)
  • Fungus (23.57%)

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

Stéphane Declerck focuses on Botany, Rhizophagus irregularis, Fungus, Horticulture and Colonization. His research integrates issues of Symbiosis, Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and Rhizophagus in his study of Botany. His Rhizophagus irregularis research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Inoculation, Microbial inoculant, Shoot, Hypha and Mycelium.

Stéphane Declerck has included themes like Pencycuron, Gigasporaceae and Glomeromycota in his Mycelium study. The concepts of his Fungus study are interwoven with issues in Pathogen, Mycorrhizal network, Phytoremediation, Mutant and Petri dish. His research in Colonization focuses on subjects like In vitro, which are connected to Range and Conidium.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Rhizosphere microbiomes of potato cultivated in the High Andes show stable and dynamic core microbiomes with different responses to plant development. (97 citations)
  • Signal beyond nutrient, fructose, exuded by an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus triggers phytate mineralization by a phosphate solubilizing bacterium (44 citations)
  • Exploring the use of recombinant inbred lines in combination with beneficial microbial inoculants (AM fungus and PGPR) to improve drought stress tolerance in tomato (40 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Fungus

His main research concerns Rhizophagus irregularis, Botany, Microbial inoculant, Agronomy and Fungus. Stéphane Declerck combines subjects such as Shoot, Horticulture and Hypha with his study of Rhizophagus irregularis. Stéphane Declerck works on Botany which deals in particular with Solanum tuberosum.

His study focuses on the intersection of Microbial inoculant and fields such as Rhizobacteria with connections in the field of Pseudomonas plecoglossicida, Spore, Germ tube, Rootstock and Photosynthetic capacity. His Fungus research incorporates elements of Musa acuminata and Arbuscular mycorrhizal. His Colonization research integrates issues from Symbiosis and Rhizophagus.

Best Publications

  • Comparison and validation of some ITS primer pairs useful for fungal metabarcoding studies.

    Michiel Op De Beeck;Bart Lievens;Pieter Busschaert;Stéphan Declerck

  • Arbuscular mycorrhiza on root-organ cultures

    J André Fortin;Guillaume Bécard;Stéphane Declerck;Yolande Dalpé

  • Monoxenic culture of the intraradical forms of Glomus sp. isolated from a tropical ecosystem: a proposed methodology for germplasm collection

    Stéphane Declerck;Désiré G. Strullu;Christian Plenchette

  • Methods for large-scale production of AM fungi: past, present, and future

    Marleen IJdo;Sylvie Cranenbrouck;Stéphane Declerck

  • Signal beyond nutrient, fructose, exuded by an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus triggers phytate mineralization by a phosphate solubilizing bacterium

    Lin Zhang;Gu Feng;Stéphane Declerck

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi reveal distinct patterns of anastomosis formation and hyphal healing mechanisms between different phylogenic groups.

    Ivan Enrique De La Providencia;Francisco Adriano De Souza;Félix Fernández;Nathalie Séjalon Delmas

  • Macrophomina phaseolina: General Characteristics of Pathogenicity and Methods of Control

    Nathalie Marquez;María Lorena Giachero;Stéphane Declerck;Daniel Adrian Ducasse

  • Rhizosphere microbiomes of potato cultivated in the High Andes show stable and dynamic core microbiomes with different responses to plant development.

    Stefan Pfeiffer;Birgit Mitter;Andreas Oswald;Brigitte Schloter-Hai

  • In vitro mass-production of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus, Glomus versiforme, associated with Ri T-DNA transformed carrot roots

    S. Declerck;D.G. Strullu;C. Plenchette

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and production of secondary metabolites in medicinal plants

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  • In Vitro Culture of Mycorrhizas

    J. André Fortin;Stéphane Declerck;Désiré-Georges Strullu

  • Biological control agents : from field to market, problems, and challenges

    Siva L.S. Velivelli;Paul De Vos;Peter Kromann;Stephane Declerck

  • Mycorrhiza induced resistance in potato plantlets challenged by Phytophthora infestans

    Adrien Gallou;Hernán Patricio Lucero Mosquera;Sylvie Cranenbrouck;Juan Pablo Suárez

  • Methodologies for in Vitro Cultivation of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi with Root Organs

    Sylvie Cranenbrouck;Liesbeth Voets;Céline Bivort;Laurent Renard

  • Development of an autotrophic culture system for the in vitro mycorrhization of potato plantlets

    Liesbeth Voets;Hervé Dupré de Boulois;Laurent Renard;Désiré-Georges Strullu

  • Exploring the use of recombinant inbred lines in combination with beneficial microbial inoculants (AM fungus and PGPR) to improve drought stress tolerance in tomato

    Mónica Calvo-Polanco;Beatriz Sánchez-Romera;Ricardo Aroca;María José Asins

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi might alleviate aluminium toxicity in banana plants

    G. Rufyikiri;S. Declerck;J. E. Dufey;B. Delvaux

  • Uranium uptake and translocation by the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus, Glomus intraradices, under root-organ culture conditions

    Gervais Rufyikiri;Yves Thiry;Lian Wang;Bruno Delvaux

  • Glomeraceae and Gigasporaceae differ in their ability to form hyphal networks.

    Liesbeth Voets;Ivan Enrique De La Providencia;Stéphane Declerck

  • Modelling the sporulation dynamics of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in monoxenic culture

    S. Declerck;D. D'or;S. Cranenbrouck;Le E. Boulengé

  • Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on severity of root rot of bananas caused by Cylindrocladium spathiphylli

    Stéphane Declerck;Jean-Michel Risède;Gervais Rufyikiri;Bruno Delvaux

  • Contribution of hyphae and roots to uranium uptake and translocation by arbuscular mycorrhizal carrot roots under root-organ culture conditions

    Gervais Rufyikiri;Yves Thiry;Stéphane Declerck

  • Glomus proliferum sp nov.: a description based on morphological, biochemical, molecular and monoxenic cultivation data

    Stéphane Declerck;Sylvie Cranenbrouck;Yolande Dalpé;Sylvie Séguin

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno Delvaux
Bruno Delvaux Université Catholique de Louvain
Erko Stackebrandt
Erko Stackebrandt Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
Nelson Lima
Nelson Lima University of Minho
P. De Vos
P. De Vos Ghent University
Ivan Nijs
Ivan Nijs University of Antwerp
Christiane Bouchier
Christiane Bouchier Institut Pasteur
Marcel G. A. van der Heijden
Marcel G. A. van der Heijden University of Zurich
Iver Jakobsen
Iver Jakobsen University of Copenhagen
Angela Sessitsch
Angela Sessitsch Austrian Institute of Technology
Xavier Draye
Xavier Draye Université Catholique de Louvain

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