Most-cited Agriculture and Biology papers of 2018, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Agriculture and Biology research papers published in 2018, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. The UNITE database for molecular identification of fungi: handling dark taxa and parallel taxonomic classifications
   R. Henrik Nilsson, Karl-Henrik Larsson et al. · 2018 · 3,560 citations
2. Machine Learning in Agriculture: A Review
   Konstantinos G. Liakos, Patrizia Busato et al. · 2018 · 3,374 citations · Free PDF
3. Shifting the limits in wheat research and breeding using a fully annotated reference genome
   R. Appels, Kellye Eversole et al. · 2018 · 3,135 citations
4. Soil quality – A critical review
   Else K. Bünemann, Giulia Bongiorno et al. · 2018 · 2,943 citations · Free PDF
5. Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria: Context, Mechanisms of Action, and Roadmap to Commercialization of Biostimulants for Sustainable Agriculture
   Rachel G. M. Backer, J. Stefan Rokem et al. · 2018 · 2,118 citations · Free PDF
6. No evidence that carotenoid pigments boost either immune or antioxidant defenses in a songbird
   Rebecca E. Koch, Andreas N. Kavazis et al. · 2018 · 1,925 citations · Free PDF
7. Root exudate metabolites drive plant-soil feedbacks on growth and defense by shaping the rhizosphere microbiota
   Lingfei Hu, Christelle A. M. Robert et al. · 2018 · 1,633 citations · Free PDF
8. Evolutionary history of mycorrhizal symbioses and global host plant diversity
   Mark C. Brundrett, Leho Tedersoo · 2018 · 1,623 citations
9. Reactive Oxygen Species in Plant Signaling
   Cezary Waszczak, Melanie Carmody et al. · 2018 · 1,569 citations
10. Evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants
    Arun Sharma · 2018 · 1,538 citations
11. Increase in crop losses to insect pests in a warming climate
    Curtis Anthony Deutsch, Joshua J. Tewksbury et al. · 2018 · 1,510 citations
12. An Overview of Internet of Things (IoT) and Data Analytics in Agriculture: Benefits and Challenges
    Olakunle Elijah, Tharek Abdul Rahman et al. · 2018 · 1,469 citations
13. psRNATarget: a plant small RNA target analysis server (2017 release)
    Xinbin Dai, Zhaohong Zhuang et al. · 2018 · 1,454 citations
14. Ten things you should know about transposable elements
    Guillaume Bourque, Kathleen H. Burns et al. · 2018 · 1,437 citations · Free PDF
15. Microbial Extracellular Polymeric Substances: Ecological Function and Impact on Soil Aggregation
    Ohana Y. A. Costa, Jos M. Raaijmakers et al. · 2018 · 1,426 citations · Free PDF
16. Microbial interactions within the plant holobiont
    M. Amine Hassani, Paloma Durán et al. · 2018 · 1,412 citations · Free PDF
17. Food waste matters - A systematic review of household food waste practices and their policy implications
    Karin Schanes, Karin Dobernig et al. · 2018 · 1,361 citations
18. Silage review: Interpretation of chemical, microbial, and organoleptic components of silages
    L. Kung, Randy Duncan SHAVER et al. · 2018 · 1,311 citations
19. Plants send small RNAs in extracellular vesicles to fungal pathogen to silence virulence genes
    Qiang Cai, Lulu Qiao et al. · 2018 · 1,265 citations
20. Comprehensive review of antimicrobial activities of plant flavonoids
    Ireneusz Górniak, Rafał Bartoszewski et al. · 2018 · 1,198 citations · Free PDF
21. Unraveling salt stress signaling in plants
    Yongqing Yang, Yan Guo · 2018 · 1,150 citations
22. Plant carbon metabolism and climate change: elevated CO 2 and temperature impacts on photosynthesis, photorespiration and respiration
    Mirindi Eric Dusenge, André G. Duarte et al. · 2018 · 1,120 citations
23. Assembly and ecological function of the root microbiome across angiosperm plant species
    Connor R. Fitzpatrick, Julia K. Copeland et al. · 2018 · 1,100 citations · Free PDF
24. Potassium: A Vital Regulator of Plant Responses and Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses
    Mirza Hasanuzzaman, M. H. M. Borhannuddin Bhuyan et al. · 2018 · 1,096 citations · Free PDF
25. Constructing a broadly inclusive seed plant phylogeny
    Stephen A. Smith, Joseph W. Brown · 2018 · 1,080 citations

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