2026 Susan P. McCormick: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	69	761	701	215	190	191	14915

Overview

Susan P. McCormick is affiliated with the United States Department of Agriculture in the United States. Their research contributions focus primarily on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant work in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist has published extensively in the subfields of plant science, cell biology, molecular biology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and pharmacology. Their main topics of study include mycotoxins in agriculture and food, plant pathogens and fungal diseases, plant-microbe interactions and immunity, plant disease resistance and genetics, plant responses to elevated CO2, fungal and yeast genetics research, and plant pathogens and resistance.

Frequent publication venues for Susan P. McCormick include Frontiers in Plant Science, Toxins, Phytopathology, Plant Disease, and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.

Key recent papers by Susan P. McCormick include:

Phylogenomic Analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-Gene Dataset Resolves a Monophyletic Fusarium that Includes the Fusarium solani Species Complex, 2020, Phytopathology
DNA Sequence-Based Identification of Fusarium: A Work in Progress, 2021, Plant Disease
Phylogenetic diversity, trichothecene potential, and pathogenicity within Fusarium sambucinum species complex, 2021, PLoS ONE
Species diversity and mycotoxin production by members of the Fusarium tricinctum species complex associated with Fusarium head blight of wheat and barley in Italy, 2021, International Journal of Food Microbiology
A Lipid Transfer Protein has Antifungal and Antioxidant Activity and Suppresses Fusarium Head Blight Disease and DON Accumulation in Transgenic Wheat, 2020, Phytopathology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Susan P. McCormick include Martha Vaughan, Robert H. Proctor, Guixia Hao, Mark Busman, and Santiago Gutiérrez.

Best Publications

Reduced virulence of Gibberella zeae caused by disruption of a trichothecene toxin biosynthetic gene

R H Proctor;T M Hohn;S P McCormick

1008
Citations
Trichothecene biosynthesis in Fusarium species: chemistry, genetics, and significance.

A E Desjardins;T M Hohn;S P McCormick

572
Citations
Trichothecenes: from simple to complex mycotoxins.

Susan P. McCormick;April M. Stanley;Nicholas A. Stover;Nancy J. Alexander

542
Citations
Reduced virulence of trichothecene-nonproducing mutants of Gibberella zeae in wheat field tests

A. E. Desjardins;R. H. Proctor;G. Bai;S. P. Mccormick

501
Citations
Phylogenetic analyses of RPB1 and RPB2 support a middle Cretaceous origin for a clade comprising all agriculturally and medically important fusaria

Kerry O’Donnell;Alejandro P. Rooney;Robert H. Proctor;Daren W. Brown

480
Citations
Genes, gene clusters, and biosynthesis of trichothecenes and fumonisins in Fusarium

Nancy J. Alexander;Robert H. Proctor;Susan P. McCormick

329
Citations
One Fungus, One Name: Defining the Genus Fusarium in a Scientifically Robust Way That Preserves Longstanding Use

David M. Geiser;Takayuki Aoki;Charles W. Bacon;Scott E. Baker

311
Citations
Global gene regulation by Fusarium transcription factors Tri6 and Tri10 reveals adaptations for toxin biosynthesis

Kye Yong Seong;Matias Pasquali;Xiaoying Zhou;Jongwoo Song

295
Citations
TRI12, a trichothecene efflux pump from Fusarium sporotrichioides : gene isolation and expression in yeast

N. J. Alexander;S. P. McCormick;T. M. Hohn

255
Citations
Tri6 encodes an unusual zinc finger protein involved in regulation of trichothecene biosynthesis in Fusarium sporotrichioides.

Robert H. Proctor;Thomas M. Hohn;Susan P. Mccormick;Andanne E. Desjardins

251
Citations
A Genetic and Biochemical Approach to Study Trichothecene Diversity in Fusarium sporotrichioides and Fusarium graminearum

Daren W. Brown;Susan P. McCormick;Nancy J. Alexander;Robert H. Proctor

251
Citations
The genetic basis for 3-ADON and 15-ADON trichothecene chemotypes in Fusarium.

Nancy J. Alexander;Susan P. McCormick;Cees Waalwijk;Theo van der Lee

247
Citations
Evidence that a secondary metabolic biosynthetic gene cluster has grown by gene relocation during evolution of the filamentous fungus Fusarium.

Robert H. Proctor;Susan P. McCormick;Nancy J. Alexander;Anne E. Desjardins

221
Citations
DNA sequence-based identification of Fusarium: A work in progress.

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219
Citations
New tricks of an old enemy: Isolates of Fusarium graminearum produce a type A trichothecene mycotoxin

Elisabeth Varga;Gerlinde Wiesenberger;Christian Hametner;Todd J. Ward

217
Citations
Occurrence of Fusarium species and mycotoxins in nepalese maize and wheat and the effect of traditional processing methods on mycotoxin levels.

Anne E. Desjardins;Gyanu Manandhar;Ronald D. Plattner;Chris M. Maragos

213
Citations
Functional demarcation of the Fusarium core trichothecene gene cluster.

Daren W Brown;Rex B Dyer;Susan P McCormick;David F Kendra

205
Citations
Engineering deoxynivalenol metabolism in wheat through the expression of a fungal trichothecene acetyltransferase gene

P. A. Okubara;A. E. Blechl;S. P. McCormick;N. J. Alexander

200
Citations
Inactivation of a cytochrome P-450 is a determinant of trichothecene diversity in Fusarium species.

Daren W Brown;Susan P McCormick;Nancy J Alexander;Robert H Proctor

196
Citations
The TRI11 Gene of Fusarium sporotrichioides Encodes a Cytochrome P-450 Monooxygenase Required for C-15 Hydroxylation in Trichothecene Biosynthesis

Nancy J. Alexander;Thomas M. Hohn;Susan P. McCormick

195
Citations
Evolution of structural diversity of trichothecenes, a family of toxins produced by plant pathogenic and entomopathogenic fungi.

Robert H. Proctor;Susan P. McCormick;Hye-Seon Kim;Rosa E. Cardoza

192
Citations
Phylogenomic Analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-Gene Dataset Resolves a Monophyletic Fusarium that Includes the Fusarium solani Species Complex.

David M. Geiser;Abdullah M. S. Al-Hatmi;Takayuki Aoki;Tsutomu Arie

185
Citations
Microbial detoxification of mycotoxins.

Susan P. McCormick

181
Citations
Evidence for a gene cluster involving trichothecene-pathway biosynthetic genes in Fusarium sporotrichioides

Thomas M. Hohn;Susan P. McCormick;Anne E. Desjardins

179
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