Most-cited Agriculture and Biology papers of 2016, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Agriculture and Biology research papers published in 2016, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV
   The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group · 2016 · 9,579 citations
2. Using Deep Learning for Image-Based Plant Disease Detection
   Sharada P. Mohanty, David Peter Hughes et al. · 2016 · 5,035 citations · Free PDF
3. ROS Are Good
   Ron Mittler · 2016 · 3,477 citations
4. BORIS : a free, versatile open‐source event‐logging software for video/audio coding and live observations
   Olivier Friard, Marco Gamba · 2016 · 3,463 citations
5. Reactive oxygen species, abiotic stress and stress combination
   Feroza K. Choudhury, Rosa Maria Rivero et al. · 2016 · 2,644 citations
6. Microbial diversity drives multifunctionality in terrestrial ecosystems
   Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Fernando T. Maestre et al. · 2016 · 2,630 citations · Free PDF
7. The Traditional Medicine and Modern Medicine from Natural Products
   Hai-Dan Yuan, Qianqian Ma et al. · 2016 · 2,450 citations · Free PDF
8. PlantTFDB 4.0: toward a central hub for transcription factors and regulatory interactions in plants
   Jinpu Jin, Feng Tian et al. · 2016 · 2,372 citations
9. Plant hormone-mediated regulation of stress responses
   Vivek Chandra Verma, Pratibha Ravindran et al. · 2016 · 2,178 citations · Free PDF
10. The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase
    Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, James W. Byng · 2016 · 2,124 citations
11. An international database for pesticide risk assessments and management
    Kathleen Anne Lewis, John Tzilivakis et al. · 2016 · 2,070 citations
12. Deep Neural Networks Based Recognition of Plant Diseases by Leaf Image Classification
    Srdjan Sladojević, Marko Arsenović et al. · 2016 · 2,026 citations
13. The Number, Size, and Distribution of Farms, Smallholder Farms, and Family Farms Worldwide
    Sarah K. Lowder, Jakob Skoet et al. · 2016 · 2,010 citations
14. Chemical Pesticides and Human Health: The Urgent Need for a New Concept in Agriculture
    P. Nicolopoulou‐Stamati, Sotirios Maipas et al. · 2016 · 1,894 citations · Free PDF
15. Direct evidence for microbial-derived soil organic matter formation and its ecophysiological controls
    Cynthia M. Kallenbach, Serita D. Frey et al. · 2016 · 1,817 citations · Free PDF
16. Evolution of Gene Duplication in Plants
    Nicholas L. Panchy, Melissa D. Lehti‐Shiu et al. · 2016 · 1,770 citations
17. A community‐derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns
    PPG I · 2016 · 1,673 citations
18. A comparative ethnobotany of Khevsureti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Tusheti, Svaneti, and Racha-Lechkhumi, Republic of Georgia (Sakartvelo), Caucasus
    Rainer Willi Bussmann, Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana et al. · 2016 · 1,640 citations · Free PDF
19. The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
    Saskia Deborah Keesstra, Johan Bouma et al. · 2016 · 1,564 citations · Free PDF
20. Algae as nutritional and functional food sources: revisiting our understanding
    Mark L. Wells, Philippe Potin et al. · 2016 · 1,561 citations · Free PDF
21. Vegetation of Europe: hierarchical floristic classification system of vascular plant, bryophyte, lichen, and algal communities
    Ladislav Mucina, Helga Bültmann et al. · 2016 · 1,545 citations · Free PDF
22. Role of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in Agricultural Sustainability—A Review
    Pravin Vejan, Rosazlin Abdullah et al. · 2016 · 1,422 citations · Free PDF
23. Microbial Hub Taxa Link Host and Abiotic Factors to Plant Microbiome Variation
    Matthew T. Agler, Jonas Ruhe et al. · 2016 · 1,400 citations · Free PDF
24. Moringa oleifera: A review on nutritive importance and its medicinal application
    Lakshmipriya Gopalakrishnan, Kruthi Doriya et al. · 2016 · 1,376 citations
25. Abscisic Acid and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants
    Saroj Kumar Sah, Kambham Raja Reddy et al. · 2016 · 1,347 citations · Free PDF

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