Alain Valzano‐Held

594 total citations · 3 hit papers
8 papers, 348 citations indexed

About

Alain Valzano‐Held is a scholar working on Plant Science, Soil Science and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Valzano‐Held has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 348 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Plant Science, 3 papers in Soil Science and 2 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Alain Valzano‐Held's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (5 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (3 papers) and Nematode management and characterization studies (2 papers). Alain Valzano‐Held is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (5 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (3 papers) and Nematode management and characterization studies (2 papers). Alain Valzano‐Held collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Czechia. Alain Valzano‐Held's co-authors include Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Natacha Bodenhausen, Klaus Schlaeppi, Samiran Banerjee, Gabriel Deslandes‐Hérold, Julia Heß, Jan Waelchli, Stefanie Lutz, Marc W. Schmid and Florian Walder and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Hazardous Materials, Soil Biology and Biochemistry and Microbiome.

In The Last Decade

Alain Valzano‐Held

7 papers receiving 342 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Agricultural management and pesticide use reduce the functioning of beneficial plant symbionts

2022 110 citations Anna Edlinger, Gina Garland et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →
Soil microbiome indicators can predict crop growth response to large-scale inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

2023 97 citations Stefanie Lutz, Natacha Bodenhausen et al. Nature Microbiology profile →
A tripartite bacterial-fungal-plant symbiosis in the mycorrhiza-shaped microbiome drives plant growth and mycorrhization

2024 51 citations Changfeng Zhang, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden et al. Microbiome profile →

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8 of 8 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Copper and synthetic pesticides are major drivers of soil bacterial and fungal communities 2026 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·(unknown), Kyle Hartman, Alain Valzano‐Held, (unknown), Pierre‐Henri Dubuis, K.A. Mackie, Thomas D. Bucheli, Stefanie Lutz, (unknown)	0
2	A tripartite bacterial-fungal-plant symbiosis in the mycorrhiza-shaped microbiome drives plant growth and mycorrhization breakdown → 2024 ·Microbiome ·Changfeng Zhang, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alain Valzano‐Held, Marco Cosme, Roeland L. Berendsen	51
3	Soil microbiome indicators can predict crop growth response to large-scale inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi breakdown → 2023 ·Nature Microbiology ·Stefanie Lutz, Natacha Bodenhausen, Julia Heß, Alain Valzano‐Held, Jan Waelchli, Gabriel Deslandes‐Hérold, Klaus Schlaeppi, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden	97
4	A symbiotic footprint in the plant root microbiome 2023 ·Environmental Microbiome ·Kyle Hartman, Marc W. Schmid, Natacha Bodenhausen, S. Franz Bender, Alain Valzano‐Held, Klaus Schlaeppi, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden	17
5	Mycorrhizal fungi mitigate nitrogen losses of an experimental grassland by facilitating plant uptake and soil microbial immobilization 2023 ·Pedosphere ·Yangyang Jia, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Alain Valzano‐Held, Markus Jocher, Florian Walder	6
6	Agricultural management and pesticide use reduce the functioning of beneficial plant symbionts breakdown → 2022 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Anna Edlinger, Gina Garland, Kyle Hartman, Samiran Banerjee, Florine Degrune, Pablo García‐Palacios, Sara Hallin, Alain Valzano‐Held, Chantal Herzog, Jan Jansa, (unknown), Fernando T. Maestre, David S. Pescador, Laurent Philippot, Matthias C. Rillig, Sana Romdhane, Aurélien Saghaï, Aymé Spor, Emmanuel Frossard, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden	110
7	Soil Microbiome Signatures are Associated with Pesticide Residues in Arable Landscapes 2022 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·Florian Walder, Marc W. Schmid, Judith Riedo, Alain Valzano‐Held, Samiran Banerjee, Lucie Büchi, Thomas D. Bucheli, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden	4
8	Soil microbiome signatures are associated with pesticide residues in arable landscapes 2022 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Florian Walder, Marc W. Schmid, Judith Riedo, Alain Valzano‐Held, Samiran Banerjee, Lucie Büchi, Thomas D. Bucheli, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden	63

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