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Plant Science and Agronomy

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91
Citations
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264
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10

Ton Bisseling 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 Ton Bisseling sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 307 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ton Bisseling 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 Ton Bisseling sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Ton Bisseling is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research predominantly focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with an emphasis on plant science, agronomy and crop science, soil science, ecology, and cell biology.

The primary topics addressed in their work include:

  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Recent publications by Ton Bisseling illustrate a focus on plant-microbe relationships, nutrient regulation, and stress responses. Notable papers include:

  • "Synthetic bacterial community derived from a desert rhizosphere confers salt stress resilience to tomato in the presence of a soil microbiome," 2022, published in The ISME Journal
  • "Medicago SPX1 and SPX3 regulate phosphate homeostasis, mycorrhizal colonization, and arbuscule degradation," 2021, published in The Plant Cell
  • "Evolution of NIN and NIN-like Genes in Relation to Nodule Symbiosis," 2020, published in Genes
  • "NIN is essential for development of symbiosomes, suppression of defence and premature senescence in Medicago truncatula nodules," 2021, published in New Phytologist
  • "Plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium Pseudomonas sp. CM11 specifically induces lateral roots," 2022, published in New Phytologist

Ton Bisseling frequently publishes in journals including New Phytologist, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, The ISME Journal, and The Plant Cell.

Their frequent coauthors encompass:

  • Olga Kulikova
  • Jieyu Liu
  • Erik Limpens
  • Qingqin Cao
  • René Geurts

Best Publications

  • Primer3Plus, an enhanced web interface to Primer3.

    Andreas Untergasser;Harm Nijveen;Xiangyu Rao;Ton Bisseling

  • The Medicago genome provides insight into the evolution of rhizobial symbioses

    Nevin D Young;Frédéric Debellé;Frédéric Debellé;Giles E D Oldroyd;Rene Geurts

  • LysM domain receptor kinases regulating rhizobial Nod factor-induced infection.

    Erik Limpens;Carolien Franken;Patrick Smit;Joost Willemse

  • A putative Ca2+ and calmodulin-dependent protein kinase required for bacterial and fungal symbioses.

    Julien Lévy;Cécile Bres;René Geurts;Boulos Chalhoub

  • Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation.

    Panagiota Mylona;Katharina Pawlowski;Ton Bisseling

  • NSP1 of the GRAS Protein Family Is Essential for Rhizobial Nod Factor-Induced Transcription

    Patrick Smit;John Raedts;John Raedts;John Raedts;Vladimir Portyanko;Vladimir Portyanko;Vladimir Portyanko;Frédéric Debellé;Frédéric Debellé;Frédéric Debellé

  • Early nodulin genes are induced in alfalfa root outgrowths elicited by auxin transport inhibitors

    A. M. Hirsch;T. V. Bhuvaneswari;J. G. Torrey;T. Bisseling

  • A Sequence-Based Genetic Map of Medicago truncatula and Comparison of Marker Colinearity with M. sativa

    Hong-Kyu Choi;Hong-Kyu Choi;Dongjin Kim;Taesik Uhm;Eric Limpens

  • Integrated Cytogenetic Map of Chromosome Arm 4S of A. thaliana: Structural Organization of Heterochromatic Knob and Centromere Region

    P.F. Fransz;S. Armstrong;J.H. de Jong;L.D. Parnell

  • Medicago LYK3, an Entry Receptor in Rhizobial Nodulation Factor Signaling

    Patrick Smit;Erik Limpens;Rene Geurts;Elena Fedorova

  • RNA interference in Agrobacterium rhizogenes‐transformed roots of Arabidopsis and Medicago truncatula

    Erik Limpens;Javier Ramos;Carolien Franken;Vered Raz

  • Strigolactone Biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula and Rice Requires the Symbiotic GRAS-Type Transcription Factors NSP1 and NSP2

    Wei Liu;Wei Liu;Wouter Kohlen;Alessandra Lillo;Rik Op den Camp

  • Developmental biology of a plant-prokaryote symbiosis: the legume root nodule.

    Jan-Peter Nap;Ton Bisseling

  • The ENOD12 gene product is involved in the infection process during the pea-rhizobium interaction

    B. Scheres;C. van de Wiel;A. Zalensky;B. Horvath

  • Rhizobium nod factor perception and signalling.

    René Geurts;Ton Bisseling

  • A Nodule-Specific Protein Secretory Pathway Required for Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiosis

    Dong Wang;Joel Griffitts;Joel Griffitts;Colby Starker;Elena Fedorova

  • LysM-Type Mycorrhizal Receptor Recruited for Rhizobium Symbiosis in Nonlegume Parasponia

    Rik Op den Camp;Arend Streng;Stéphane De Mita;Qingqin Cao

  • The role of actin in root hair morphogenesis: studies with lipochito-oligosaccharide as a growth stimulator and cytochalasin as an actin perturbing drug

    Deborah D. Miller;Norbert C. A. De Ruijter;Ton Bisseling;Anne mie C. Emons

  • Characterization of GmENOD40, a gene showing novel patterns of cell-specific expression during soybean nodule development

    W.C. Yang;P. Katinakis;P. Hendriks;A. Smolders

  • Single Nucleus Genome Sequencing Reveals High Similarity among Nuclei of an Endomycorrhizal Fungus

    Kui Lin;Erik Limpens;Zhonghua Zhang;Sergey Ivanov

  • The early nodulin transcript ENOD2 is located in the nodule parenchyma (inner cortex) of pea and soybean root nodules.

    C. van de Wiel;B. Scheres;H.J. Franssen;M.J. van Lierop

Frequent Co-Authors

René Geurts
René Geurts MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Wei-Cai Yang
Wei-Cai Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Francine Govers
Francine Govers Wageningen University & Research
Katharina Pawlowski
Katharina Pawlowski Stockholm University
Renze Heidstra
Renze Heidstra Wageningen University & Research
Heribert Hirt
Heribert Hirt King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Ben Scheres
Ben Scheres Wageningen University & Research
Herman P. Spaink
Herman P. Spaink Leiden University
Douglas R. Cook
Douglas R. Cook University of California, Davis
Jean Dénarié
Jean Dénarié INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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