7 November 2022
Genes | Top 10 Cited Papers in 2021 in the Section “Plant Genetics and Genomics”

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1. “Harnessing Crop Wild Diversity for Climate Change Adaptation”
by Andrés J. Cortés and Felipe López-Hernández
Genes 2021, 12(5), 783; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12050783
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/12/5/783
2. “Genome-Wide Analysis of Potassium Channel Genes in Rice: Expression of the OsAKT and OsKAT Genes under Salt Stress”
by Zahra Musavizadeh, Hamid Najafi-Zarrini, Seyed Kamal Kazemitabar, Seyed Hamidreza Hashemi, Sahar Faraji, Gianni Barcaccia and Parviz Heidari
Genes 2021, 12(5), 784; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12050784
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12050784
3. “Plants’ Epigenetic Mechanisms and Abiotic Stress”
by Matin Miryeganeh
Genes 2021, 12(8), 1106; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12081106
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12081106
4. “HD-ZIP Gene Family: Potential Roles in Improving Plant Growth and Regulating Stress-Responsive Mechanisms in Plants”
by Rahat Sharif, Ali Raza, Peng Chen, Yuhong Li, Enas M. El-Ballat, Abdur Rauf, Christophe Hano and Mohamed A. El-Esawi
Genes 2021, 12(8), 1256; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12081256
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12081256
5. “Allelic Diversity at Abiotic Stress Responsive Genes in Relationship to Ecological Drought Indices for Cultivated Tepary Bean, Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray, and Its Wild Relatives”
by María A. Buitrago-Bitar, Andrés J. Cortés, Felipe López-Hernández, Jorge M. Londoño-Caicedo, Jaime E. Muñoz-Florez, L. Carmenza Muñoz and Matthew Wohlgemuth Blair
Genes 2021, 12(4), 556; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12040556
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12040556
6. “The Genetic Basis of Tomato Aroma”
by Matteo Martina, Yury Tikunov, Ezio Portis and Arnaud G. Bovy
Genes 2021, 12(2), 226; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12020226
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12020226
7. “Role of Basal ABA in Plant Growth and Development”
by Benjamin P. Brookbank, Jasmin Patel, Sonia Gazzarrini and Eiji Nambara
Genes 2021, 12(12), 1936; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12121936
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12121936
8. “Circadian Clock Components Offer Targets for Crop Domestication and Improvement”
by C. Robertson McClung
Genes 2021, 12(3), 374; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12030374
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12030374
9. “The Development of Herbicide Resistance Crop Plants Using CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Gene Editing”
by Huirong Dong, Yong Huang and Kejian Wang
Genes 2021, 12(6), 912; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12060912
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12060912
10. “Regulation of Vitamin C Accumulation for Improved Tomato Fruit Quality and Alleviation of Abiotic Stress”
by Ifigeneia Mellidou, Athanasios Koukounaras, Stefanos Kostas, Efstathia Patelou and Angelos K. Kanellis
Genes 2021, 12(5), 694; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12050694
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12050694