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Plant Science and Agronomy
Sweden
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
71
Citations
16235
World Ranking
684
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Torgny Näsholm is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden and has contributed extensively to research in agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. Their work spans various subfields including plant science, global and planetary change, soil science, nature and landscape conservation, and insect science.

The scientist's research topics focus on areas such as plant water relations and carbon dynamics, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, tree-ring climate responses, plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, and seedling growth and survival studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Näsholm include:

  • John D. Marshall
  • Hyungwoo Lim
  • Nils Henriksson
  • Oskar Franklin
  • Matthias Peichl

The scientist has published in a variety of journals, with notable recurring venues being:

  • New Phytologist
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Tree Physiology
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Geoderma

Some of Näsholm's recent papers include:

  • "Re-examining the evidence for the mother tree hypothesis - resource sharing among trees via ectomycorrhizal networks," 2023, New Phytologist
  • "Microdialysis in soil environments: Current practice and future perspectives," 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Decadal nitrogen addition alters chemical composition of soil organic matter in a boreal forest," 2021, Geoderma
  • "Mother trees, altruistic fungi, and the perils of plant personification," 2023, Trends in Plant Science
  • "Biohybrid plants with electronic roots via in vivo polymerization of conjugated oligomers," 2021, Materials Horizons

Best Publications

  • Uptake of organic nitrogen by plants.

    Torgny Näsholm;Knut Kielland;Ulrika Ganeteg

  • Boreal forest plants take up organic nitrogen

    Torgny Näsholm;Alf Ekblad;Annika Nordin;Reiner Giesler

  • The unexpected versatility of plants: organic nitrogen use and availability in terrestrial ecosystems.

    David Lipson;Torgny Näsholm

  • Quantification of effects of season and nitrogen supply on tree below-ground carbon transfer to ectomycorrhizal fungi and other soil organisms in a boreal pine forest.

    Mona N. Högberg;Maria J. I. Briones;Maria J. I. Briones;Sonja G. Keel;Daniel B. Metcalfe

  • High temporal resolution tracing of photosynthate carbon from the tree canopy to forest soil microorganisms

    Peter Högberg;M N Högberg;S G Göttlicher;N R Betson

  • Soil nitrogen form and plant nitrogen uptake along a boreal forest productivity gradient

    Annika Nordin;Peter Högberg;Torgny Näsholm

  • Are ectomycorrhizal fungi alleviating or aggravating nitrogen limitation of tree growth in boreal forests

    Torgny Näsholm;Torgny Näsholm;Peter Högberg;Oskar Franklin;Daniel Metcalfe

  • UPTAKE OF ORGANIC NITROGEN IN THE FIELD BY FOUR AGRICULTURALLY IMPORTANT PLANT SPECIES

    Torgny Näsholm;Kerstin Huss-Danell;Peter Högberg

  • Knowledge gaps in soil carbon and nitrogen interactions – From molecular to global scale

    Annemieke I. Gärdenäs;Göran I. Ågren;Jeffrey A. Bird;Marianne Clarholm

  • Tamm Review: On the nature of the nitrogen limitation to plant growth in Fennoscandian boreal forests

    Peter Högberg;Torgny Näsholm;Oskar Franklin;Oskar Franklin;Mona N. Högberg

  • Nitrogen deposition and the biodiversity of boreal forests: implications for the nitrogen critical load.

    Annika Nordin;Joachim Strengbom;Johanna Witzell;Torgny Näsholm

  • A conditional marker gene allowing both positive and negative selection in plants.

    Oskar Erikson;Magnus Hertzberg;Torgny Näsholm

  • Comprehensive Screening of Arabidopsis Mutants Suggests the Lysine Histidine Transporter 1 to Be Involved in Plant Uptake of Amino Acids

    Henrik Svennerstam;Ulrika Ganeteg;Catherine Bellini;Torgny Näsholm

  • Slow recovery of boreal forest ecosystem following decreased nitrogen input

    J Strengbom;A Nordin;T Nasholm;Lars Ericson

  • Forests trapped in nitrogen limitation--an ecological market perspective on ectomycorrhizal symbiosis.

    Oskar Franklin;Torgny Näsholm;Peter Högberg;Mona N. Högberg

  • The below‐ground perspective of forest plants: soil provides mainly organic nitrogen for plants and mycorrhizal fungi

    Erich Inselsbacher;Torgny Näsholm

  • Root uptake of cationic amino acids by Arabidopsis depends on functional expression of amino acid permease 5

    Henrik Svennerstam;Ulrika Ganeteg;Torgny Näsholm

  • Amino acid uptake: a widespread ability among boreal forest plants

    Jörgen Persson;Torgny Näsholm

  • Nitrogen isotope fractionation during nitrogen uptake by ectomycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal Pinus sylvestris

    Peter Högberg;Mona N. Högberg;Maud E. Quist;Alf Ekblad

  • Turning the Table: Plants Consume Microbes as a Source of Nutrients

    Chanyarat Paungfoo-Lonhienne;Doris Rentsch;Silke Robatzek;Richard I. Webb

  • Seasonal changes in amino acids, protein and total nitrogen in needles of fertilized Scots pine trees

    T. Näsholm;A. Ericsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Högberg
Peter Högberg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Ram Oren
Ram Oren Duke University
Sune Linder
Sune Linder Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Annika Nordin
Annika Nordin Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sari Palmroth
Sari Palmroth Duke University
John D. Marshall
John D. Marshall University of Gothenburg
Tomas Lundmark
Tomas Lundmark Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Susanne Schmidt
Susanne Schmidt University of Bonn
Vaughan Hurry
Vaughan Hurry Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Kristin Palmqvist
Kristin Palmqvist Umeå University

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