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D-Index
64
Citations
15275
World Ranking
979
National Ranking
265

Timothy C. Paulitz 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 Timothy C. Paulitz sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 233 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Timothy C. Paulitz 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 Timothy C. Paulitz sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 64 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Fungus
  • Ecology

Timothy C. Paulitz focuses on Botany, Microbiology, Rhizosphere, Pythium and Horticulture. His Botany study frequently draws connections between related disciplines such as Pseudomonas putida. His Microbiology study incorporates themes from Rhizobacteria, Pythium aphanidermatum, Pseudomonadales, Phycomycetes and Fusarium oxysporum.

Timothy C. Paulitz interconnects Microorganism, Phyllosphere, Germination and Soil microbiology in the investigation of issues within Rhizosphere. The study incorporates disciplines such as Taxonomy and Root rot in addition to Pythium. In his study, Ascospore formation, Leaf wetness and Morning is inextricably linked to Poaceae, which falls within the broad field of Horticulture.

His most cited work include:

  • The rhizosphere: a playground and battlefield for soilborne pathogens and beneficial microorganisms (891 citations)
  • BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IN GREENHOUSE SYSTEMS (468 citations)
  • Defense enzymes induced in cucumber roots by treatment with plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and Pythium aphanidermatum. (407 citations)

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

His main research concerns Agronomy, Botany, Horticulture, Rhizoctonia and Rhizoctonia solani. His research investigates the connection between Botany and topics such as Rhizosphere that intersect with issues in Soil microbiology. His study looks at the relationship between Horticulture and topics such as Ascospore, which overlap with Gibberella zeae.

His work carried out in the field of Rhizoctonia brings together such families of science as Seeding, Sowing and Hordeum vulgare. The concepts of his Rhizoctonia solani study are interwoven with issues in Brassica and Crop residue. His study in Pythium is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Damping off, Microbiology and Pythium ultimum.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (41.58%)
  • Botany (36.63%)
  • Horticulture (24.75%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Agronomy (41.58%)
  • Botany (36.63%)
  • Fusarium (13.37%)

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

His primary areas of investigation include Agronomy, Botany, Fusarium, Horticulture and Rhizosphere. His work in the fields of Botany, such as Fungus, Mutualism and Botrytis cinerea, overlaps with other areas such as Common root and Cochliobolus. In his work, Pathogenicity is strongly intertwined with Crown, which is a subfield of Fusarium.

His Horticulture research incorporates elements of Saccharomyces and Potato dextrose agar. His work in Rhizosphere tackles topics such as Janthinobacterium which are related to areas like Nutrient and Soil retrogression and degradation. His studies in Rhizoctonia integrate themes in fields like Microdochium bolleyi, Penicillium and Root rot.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Disease Suppressive Soils: New Insights from the Soil Microbiome. (143 citations)
  • Bacterial Communities on Wheat Grown Under Long-Term Conventional Tillage and No-Till in the Pacific Northwest of the United States (34 citations)
  • Long-term no-till: A major driver of fungal communities in dryland wheat cropping systems. (31 citations)

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

  • Fungus
  • Botany
  • Ecology

His scientific interests lie mostly in Agronomy, Rhizosphere, Tillage, Soil water and Botany. Timothy C. Paulitz combines subjects such as Mutualism and Botrytis cinerea with his study of Rhizosphere. Timothy C. Paulitz has included themes like Agroforestry and Cropping system in his Tillage study.

His Soil water study which covers Cropping that intersects with Taxon, Crop residue, Soil health and Biosolids. His work on Fusarium, Rhizoctonia and Fungus as part of general Botany study is frequently linked to Pollinator, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science. His Rhizoctonia solani study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Phenazine, Root rot and Pseudomonas.

Best Publications

  • The rhizosphere: a playground and battlefield for soilborne pathogens and beneficial microorganisms

    Jos M. Raaijmakers;Timothy C. Paulitz;Christian Steinberg;Claude Alabouvette

  • BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IN GREENHOUSE SYSTEMS

    Timothy C. Paulitz;Richard R. Bélanger

  • Defense enzymes induced in cucumber roots by treatment with plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and Pythium aphanidermatum.

    Chunquan Chen;Richard R. Bélanger;Nicole Benhamou;Timothy C. Paulitz

  • Disease Suppressive Soils: New Insights from the Soil Microbiome.

    Daniel Schlatter;Linda Kinkel;Linda Thomashow;David Weller

  • Increased resistance toFusarium oxysporumf. sp.radicis-lycopersiciin tomato plants treated with the endophytic bacteriumPseudomonas fluorescensstrain 63-28

    P. M'piga;R.R. Bélanger;T.C. Paulitz;N. Benhamou

  • Microbiome Networks: A Systems Framework for Identifying Candidate Microbial Assemblages for Disease Management.

    R. Poudel;A. Jumpponen;D. C. Schlatter;T. C. Paulitz

  • Rhizosphere community selection reveals bacteria associated with reduced root disease

    Chuntao Yin;Juan M. Casa Vargas;Daniel C. Schlatter;Christina H. Hagerty

  • Insights into the prevalence and management of soilborne cereal pathogens under direct seeding in the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A.

    Timothy C. Paulitz;Richard W. Smiley;R. James Cook

  • Role of Bacterial Communities in the Natural Suppression of Rhizoctonia solani Bare Patch Disease of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

    Chuntao Yin;Scot H. Hulbert;Kurtis L. Schroeder;Olga Mavrodi

  • Members of soil bacterial communities sensitive to tillage and crop rotation

    Chuntao Yin;Kenneth L. Jones;Dallas E. Peterson;Karen A. Garrett

  • Head Blight Gradients Caused by Gibberella zeae from Area Sources of Inoculum in Wheat Field Plots

    W. G. D. Fernando;T. C. Paulitz;W. L. Seaman;P. Dutilleul

  • Diurnal release of ascospores by Gibberella zeae in inoculated wheat plots

    Timothy C. Paulitz

  • Molecular detection and quantification of Pythium species - Evolving taxonomy, new tools and challenges.

    Kurtis L. Schroeder;Frank N. Martin;Arthur W. A. M. de Cock;C. André Lévesque

  • Biocontrol of Fusarium wilt of cucumber resulting from interactions between Pseudomonas putida and nonpathogenic isolates of Fusarium oxysporum.

    Chang-Seuk Park;T. C. Paulitz;R. Baker

  • Protection of cucumber against Pythium root rot by fluorescent pseudomonads: predominant role of induced resistance over siderophores and antibiosis.

    Marc Ongena;F. Daayf;Philippe Jacques;P. Thonart

  • Daily and seasonal dynamics of airborne spores of Fusarium graminearum and other Fusarium species sampled over wheat plots

    W Gd Fernando;J D Miller;W L Seaman;K Seifert

  • Identification and Quantification of Pathogenic Pythium spp. from Soils in Eastern Washington Using Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction.

    K. L. Schroeder;P. A. Okubara;J. T. Tambong;C. A. Lévesque

  • Induction of differential host responses by Pseudomonas fluorescens in Ri T-DNA-transformed pea roots after challenge with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. pisi and Pythium ultimum

    N. Benhamou;R. R. Belanger;T. C. Paulitz

  • Accumulation of the Antibiotic Phenazine-1-Carboxylic Acid in the Rhizosphere of Dryland Cereals

    Dmitri V. Mavrodi;Olga V. Mavrodi;James A. Parejko;Robert F. Bonsall

  • Induced resistance in the biocontrol of Pythium aphanidermatum by Pseudomonas spp. on cucumber

    T. Zhou;T. C. Paulitz

  • Interactions between fluorescent pseudomonads and VA mycorrhizal fungi

    T. C. Paulitz;R. G. Linderman

  • Glyphosate inhibits rust diseases in glyphosate-resistant wheat and soybean

    Paul C. C. Feng;G. James Baley;William P. Clinton;Greg J. Bunkers

  • A mutualistic interaction between Streptomyces bacteria, strawberry plants and pollinating bees.

    Da-Ran Kim;Gyeongjun Cho;Chang-Wook Jeon;David M. Weller

Frequent Co-Authors

William F. Schillinger
William F. Schillinger Washington State University
Abdelfattah A. Dababat
Abdelfattah A. Dababat International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Richard W. Smiley
Richard W. Smiley Oregon State University
David R. Huggins
David R. Huggins Washington State University
Scot H. Hulbert
Scot H. Hulbert Washington State University
David M. Weller
David M. Weller United States Department of Agriculture
Linda S. Thomashow
Linda S. Thomashow Washington State University
Nicole Benhamou
Nicole Benhamou Université Laval
Odile Carisse
Odile Carisse Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Richard R. Bélanger
Richard R. Bélanger Université Laval

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