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Plant Science and Agronomy
Italy
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
92
Citations
32023
World Ranking
245
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Italy Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Horticulture
  • Agronomy

Youssef Rouphael spends much of his time researching Horticulture, Agronomy, Rootstock, Shoot and Melon. Youssef Rouphael interconnects Dry matter, Plant nutrition and Crop in the investigation of issues within Horticulture. His study in the fields of Irrigation, Water-use efficiency and Growing season under the domain of Agronomy overlaps with other disciplines such as Solanaceae.

The Rootstock study combines topics in areas such as Citrullus lanatus, Cucurbita maxima, Stomatal conductance, Pesticide and Flavor. His Shoot research includes elements of Photosynthesis, Dry weight, Solanum and Osmolyte. The various areas that Youssef Rouphael examines in his Melon study include Resistance and Plant breeding.

His most cited work include:

  • Grafting as a tool to improve tolerance of vegetables to abiotic stresses: Thermal stress, water stress and organic pollutants (292 citations)
  • Impact of grafting on product quality of fruit vegetables (233 citations)
  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi act as biostimulants in horticultural crops (197 citations)

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

His scientific interests lie mostly in Horticulture, Agronomy, Cultivar, Food science and Greenhouse. In the subject of general Horticulture, his work in Rootstock and Shoot is often linked to Ascorbic acid, thereby combining diverse domains of study. His Rootstock study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Cucumis, Melon and Cucurbita maxima.

His study in Shoot is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Photosynthesis and Dry weight. His research integrates issues of Lactuca and Lycopene in his study of Cultivar. The study incorporates disciplines such as Polyphenol and Antioxidant in addition to Food science.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Horticulture (52.20%)
  • Agronomy (31.09%)
  • Cultivar (17.89%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2019-2021)?

  • Horticulture (52.20%)
  • Food science (11.73%)
  • Ascorbic acid (10.56%)

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

Horticulture, Food science, Ascorbic acid, Cultivar and Crop are his primary areas of study. Many of his studies on Horticulture involve topics that are commonly interrelated, such as Biomass. The concepts of his Food science study are interwoven with issues in Basilicum, Ocimum and Polyphenol, Antioxidant.

His work carried out in the field of Cultivar brings together such families of science as Rootstock, Solanum and Lycopene. In his research on the topic of Crop, Fertilizer and Biotechnology is strongly related with Sustainable agriculture. Perennial plant is a subfield of Agronomy that Youssef Rouphael explores.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Editorial: Biostimulants in Agriculture. (52 citations)
  • Grown to be Blue-Antioxidant Properties and Health Effects of Colored Vegetables. Part II: Leafy, Fruit, and Other Vegetables. (16 citations)
  • Appraisal of Combined Applications of Trichoderma virens and a Biopolymer-Based Biostimulant on Lettuce Agronomical, Physiological, and Qualitative Properties under Variable N Regimes (15 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Horticulture
  • Agronomy

Youssef Rouphael mostly deals with Horticulture, Ascorbic acid, Food science, Cultivar and Crop. Many of his studies on Horticulture apply to Human fertilization as well. Youssef Rouphael has researched Food science in several fields, including Nutrient management, Polyphenol and Basilicum.

His Cultivar study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Solanum and Lycopene. His research investigates the link between Crop and topics such as Perennial plant that cross with problems in Fruit tree, Pome, Dry weight, Diplotaxis tenuifolia and Yield. His Controlled environment chamber research focuses on Chlorophyll and how it connects with Agronomy.

Best Publications

  • Editorial: Biostimulants in Agriculture.

    Youssef Rouphael;Giuseppe Colla

  • Grafting as a tool to improve tolerance of vegetables to abiotic stresses: Thermal stress, water stress and organic pollutants

    Dietmar Schwarz;Youssef Rouphael;Giuseppe Colla;Jan Henk Venema

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi act as biostimulants in horticultural crops

    Youssef Rouphael;Philipp Franken;Carolin Schneider;Dietmar Schwarz

  • Protein hydrolysates as biostimulants in horticulture

    Giuseppe Colla;Serenella Nardi;Mariateresa Cardarelli;Andrea Ertani

  • Impact of grafting on product quality of fruit vegetables

    Youssef Rouphael;Dietmar Schwarz;Angelika Krumbein;Giuseppe Colla

  • Biostimulant Action of Protein Hydrolysates: Unraveling Their Effects on Plant Physiology and Microbiome

    Giuseppe Colla;Lori Hoagland;Maurizio Ruzzi;Mariateresa Cardarelli

  • Synergistic Biostimulatory Action: Designing the Next Generation of Plant Biostimulants for Sustainable Agriculture.

    Youssef Rouphael;Giuseppe Colla

  • Biostimulant action of a plant-derived protein hydrolysate produced through enzymatic hydrolysis

    Giuseppe Colla;Youssef Rouphael;Renaud Canaguier;Eva Svecova

  • Micro-scale vegetable production and the rise of microgreens

    Marios C. Kyriacou;Youssef Rouphael;Francesco Di Gioia;Angelos Kyratzis

  • Role of grafting in vegetable crops grown under saline conditions

    Giuseppe Colla;Youssef Rouphael;Cherubino Leonardi;Zhilong Bie

  • The effect of a plant-derived biostimulant on metabolic profiling and crop performance of lettuce grown under saline conditions

    Luigi Lucini;Youssef Rouphael;Mariateresa Cardarelli;Renaud Canaguier

  • Yield, Mineral Composition, Water Relations, and Water Use Efficiency of Grafted Mini-watermelon Plants Under Deficit Irrigation

    Youssef Rouphael;Mariateresa Cardarelli;Giuseppe Colla;Elvira Rea

  • Alleviation of salt stress by arbuscular mycorrhizal in zucchini plants grown at low and high phosphorus concentration

    Giuseppe Colla;Youssef Rouphael;Mariateresa Cardarelli;Monica Tullio

  • Towards a new definition of quality for fresh fruits and vegetables

    Marios C. Kyriacou;Youssef Rouphael

  • Amelioration of heavy metal and nutrient stress in fruit vegetables by grafting

    Dimitrios Savvas;Giuseppe Colla;Youssef Rouphael;Dietmar Schwarz

  • Nitrate in fruits and vegetables

    Giuseppe Colla;Hye-Ji Kim;Marios C. Kyriacou;Youssef Rouphael

  • Improving vegetable quality in controlled environments

    Youssef Rouphael;Marios C. Kyriacou;Spyridon A. Petropoulos;Stefania De Pascale

  • Foliar applications of a legume-derived protein hydrolysate elicit dose-dependent increases of growth, leaf mineral composition, yield and fruit quality in two greenhouse tomato cultivars.

    Youssef Rouphael;Giuseppe Colla;Maria Giordano;Christophe El-Nakhel

  • Biostimulants in horticulture

    Giuseppe Colla;Youssef Rouphael

  • Trichoderma -Based Biostimulants Modulate Rhizosphere Microbial Populations and Improve N Uptake Efficiency, Yield, and Nutritional Quality of Leafy Vegetables.

    Nunzio Fiorentino;Valeria Ventorino;Sheridan L. Woo;Sheridan L. Woo;Olimpia Pepe

  • Renewable Sources of Plant Biostimulation: Microalgae as a Sustainable Means to Improve Crop Performance.

    Pasquale Chiaiese;Giandomenico Corrado;Giuseppe Colla;Marios C. Kyriacou

  • Co-inoculation of Glomus intraradices and Trichoderma atroviride acts as a biostimulant to promote growth, yield and nutrient uptake of vegetable crops.

    Giuseppe Colla;Youssef Rouphael;Elena Di Mattia;Christophe El-Nakhel

  • Grafting of cucumber as a means to minimize copper toxicity

    Youssef Rouphael;Mariateresa Cardarelli;Elvira Rea;Giuseppe Colla

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuseppe Colla
Giuseppe Colla Tuscia University
Mariateresa Cardarelli
Mariateresa Cardarelli Tuscia University
Marios C. Kyriacou
Marios C. Kyriacou Agricultural Research Institute Cyprus
Elvira Rea
Elvira Rea Agricultural Research Council
Luigi Lucini
Luigi Lucini Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Dietmar Schwarz
Dietmar Schwarz Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops
Giandomenico Corrado
Giandomenico Corrado University of Naples Federico II
Veronica De Micco
Veronica De Micco University of Naples Federico II
Alberto Battistelli
Alberto Battistelli National Research Council (CNR)
Spyridon A. Petropoulos
Spyridon A. Petropoulos University Of Thessaly

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