# 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](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2166152751) · 9,579 citations
2. [Using Deep Learning for Image-Based Plant Disease Detection](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2473156356) · 5,035 citations · Free PDF
3. [ROS Are Good](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2521662433) · 3,477 citations
4. [BORIS : a free, versatile open‐source event‐logging software for video/audio coding and live observations](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2346578806) · 3,463 citations
5. [Reactive oxygen species, abiotic stress and stress combination](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2547303460) · 2,644 citations
6. [Microbial diversity drives multifunctionality in terrestrial ecosystems](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2253902135) · 2,630 citations · Free PDF
7. [The Traditional Medicine and Modern Medicine from Natural Products](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2342805349) · 2,450 citations · Free PDF
8. [PlantTFDB 4.0: toward a central hub for transcription factors and regulatory interactions in plants](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2533355719) · 2,372 citations
9. [Plant hormone-mediated regulation of stress responses](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2337706971) · 2,178 citations · Free PDF
10. [The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2406709078) · 2,124 citations
11. [An international database for pesticide risk assessments and management](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2296804791) · 2,070 citations
12. [Deep Neural Networks Based Recognition of Plant Diseases by Leaf Image Classification](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2470368200) · 2,026 citations
13. [The Number, Size, and Distribution of Farms, Smallholder Farms, and Family Farms Worldwide](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2262752710) · 2,010 citations
14. [Chemical Pesticides and Human Health: The Urgent Need for a New Concept in Agriculture](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2502291980) · 1,894 citations · Free PDF
15. [Direct evidence for microbial-derived soil organic matter formation and its ecophysiological controls](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2557800876) · 1,817 citations · Free PDF
16. [Evolution of Gene Duplication in Plants](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2474525766) · 1,770 citations
17. [A community‐derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2552168024) · 1,673 citations
18. [A comparative ethnobotany of Khevsureti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Tusheti, Svaneti, and Racha-Lechkhumi, Republic of Georgia (Sakartvelo), Caucasus](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2523334240) · 1,640 citations · Free PDF
19. [The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2318568688) · 1,564 citations · Free PDF
20. [Algae as nutritional and functional food sources: revisiting our understanding](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2557056564) · 1,561 citations · Free PDF
21. [Vegetation of Europe: hierarchical floristic classification system of vascular plant, bryophyte, lichen, and algal communities](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2521173605) · 1,545 citations · Free PDF
22. [Role of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in Agricultural Sustainability—A Review](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2342623340) · 1,422 citations · Free PDF
23. [Microbial Hub Taxa Link Host and Abiotic Factors to Plant Microbiome Variation](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2281227836) · 1,400 citations · Free PDF
24. [Moringa oleifera: A review on nutritive importance and its medicinal application](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2329064994) · 1,376 citations
25. [Abscisic Acid and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2345358281) · 1,347 citations · Free PDF

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