Verna J. Higgins

Verna J. Higgins 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 Verna J. Higgins sits on this spectrum.

Verna J. Higgins 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 Verna J. Higgins sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• H2O2 plays different roles in determining penetration failure in three diverse plant-fungal interactions.

  Unknown

  509
  Citations

• The Role of the Jasmonate Response in Plant Susceptibility to Diverse Pathogens with a Range of Lifestyles

  Jennifer S. Thaler;Blythe Owen;Verna J. Higgins

  447
  Citations

• Electrolyte Leakage, Lipoxygenase, and Lipid Peroxidation Induced in Tomato Leaf Tissue by Specific and Nonspecific Elicitors from Cladosporium fulvum

  Tobin L. Peever;Verna J. Higgins

  324
  Citations

• Plant Defense Response to Fungal Pathogens (Activation of Host-Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase by Elicitor-Induced Enzyme Dephosphorylation)

  R. Vera-Estrella;B. J. Barkla;V. J. Higgins;E. Blumwald

  258
  Citations

• Activation of plant plasma membrane Ca2+-permeable channels by race-specific fungal elicitors

  Angela C Gelli;Verna J. Higgins;Eduardo Blumwald

  248
  Citations

• Climate change and plant diseases in Ontario

  Unknown

  237
  Citations

• Race-specific elicitors of Cladosporium fulvum promote translocation of cytosolic components of NADPH oxidase to the plasma membrane of tomato cells.

  Ti Xing;Verna J. Higgins;Eduardo Blumwald

  237
  Citations

• Effect of Specific Elicitors of Cladosporium fulvum on Tomato Suspension Cells : Evidence for the Involvement of Active Oxygen Species.

  Rosario Vera-Estrella;Eduardo Blumwald;Verna J. Higgins

  234
  Citations

• Regulation of Plant Defense Response to Fungal Pathogens: Two Types of Protein Kinases in the Reversible Phosphorylation of the Host Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase.

  Ti Xing;Verna J. Higgins;Eduardo Blumwald

  206
  Citations

• Plant Defense Response to Fungal Pathogens (II. G-Protein-Mediated Changes in Host Plasma Membrane Redox Reactions)

  R. Vera-Estrella;V. J. Higgins;E. Blumwald

  134
  Citations

• Mitochondrial alternative oxidase is not a critical component of plant viral resistance but may play a role in the hypersensitive response.

  Sandi H. Ordog;Verna J. Higgins;Greg C. Vanlerberghe

  131
  Citations

• Hydrogen peroxide plays a critical role in the defence response of tomato to Cladosporium fulvum

  Unknown

  127
  Citations

• Nitric oxide has a regulatory effect in the germination of conidia of Colletotrichum coccodes.

  Unknown

  125
  Citations

• Ultrastructure of susceptible, resistant, and immune reactions of tomato to races of Cladosporium fulvum

  George Lazarovits;Verna J. Higgins

  109
  Citations

• The effect of hydrogen peroxide on the viability of tomato cells and of the fungal pathogen Cladosporium fulvum

  Unknown

  105
  Citations

• Histological comparison of Cladosporium fulvum race 1 on immune, resistant, and susceptible tomato varieties

  George Lazarovits;Verna J. Higgins

  104
  Citations

• Nature of the phytoalexin produced by alfalfa in response to fungal infection

  Unknown

  78
  Citations

• Rôle of the phytoalexin medicarpin in three leaf spot diseases of alfalfa

  Unknown

  75
  Citations

• The effect of glyphosate on resistance of tomato to <i>Fusarium</i> crown and root rot disease and on the formation of host structural defensive barriers

  Unknown

  73
  Citations

• Regulation of Plant Defense Response to Fungal Pathogens: Two Types of Protein Kinases in the Reversible Phosphorylation of the Host Plasma Membrane H + -ATPase

  Unknown

  70
  Citations