Alga Zuccaro

8.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Alga Zuccaro is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alga Zuccaro has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Plant Science, 21 papers in Cell Biology and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Alga Zuccaro's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (38 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (22 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (21 papers). Alga Zuccaro is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (38 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (22 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (21 papers). Alga Zuccaro collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and France. Alga Zuccaro's co-authors include Gregor Langen, Karl‐Heinz Kogel, Urs Lahrmann, Daniel Lanver, Stefanie Reißmann, Gabriel Schweizer, Shigeyuki TANAKA, Liang Liang, Libera Lo Presti and Marie Tollot and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Alga Zuccaro

54 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Fungal Effectors and Plant Susceptibility 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Fungal Effectors and Plant Susceptibility
    2015 831 citations Alga Zuccaro et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alga Zuccaro Germany 35 3.7k 1.4k 970 560 466 58 4.5k
Pablo R. Hardoim Netherlands 13 3.2k 0.9× 1.0k 0.7× 988 1.0× 391 0.7× 328 0.7× 15 3.9k
Suha Jabaji Canada 33 2.8k 0.8× 749 0.5× 780 0.8× 362 0.6× 321 0.7× 105 3.6k
Paul Bayman Puerto Rico 32 2.6k 0.7× 1.7k 1.2× 784 0.8× 1.4k 2.5× 557 1.2× 80 3.9k
Joan M. Henson United States 22 2.3k 0.6× 1.4k 1.0× 749 0.8× 678 1.2× 421 0.9× 41 3.2k
T. S. Suryanarayanan India 32 1.6k 0.4× 1.7k 1.3× 475 0.5× 764 1.4× 966 2.1× 86 2.8k
Zamir K. Punja Canada 39 4.8k 1.3× 1.8k 1.4× 2.0k 2.0× 357 0.6× 275 0.6× 213 5.7k
Laila P. Partida‐Martínez Mexico 26 2.1k 0.6× 784 0.6× 842 0.9× 361 0.6× 688 1.5× 41 3.2k
KD Hyde Thailand 36 3.4k 0.9× 3.7k 2.7× 1.1k 1.1× 1.1k 1.9× 912 2.0× 139 4.5k
Itthayakorn Promputtha Thailand 25 2.4k 0.6× 2.2k 1.6× 706 0.7× 629 1.1× 565 1.2× 97 2.9k
Gonzalo Platas Spain 33 1.5k 0.4× 1.5k 1.1× 875 0.9× 603 1.1× 1.0k 2.2× 83 3.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alga Zuccaro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alga Zuccaro

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All Works

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Llamas, Ernesto, et al.. (2024). Root cap cell corpse clearance limits microbial colonization in Arabidopsis thaliana. eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations
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Miyauchi, Shingo, Stefan Cord‐Landwehr, Daniel G. Peterson, et al.. (2024). Transcriptomics reveal a mechanism of niche defense: two beneficial root endophytes deploy an antimicrobial GH18‐CBM5 chitinase to protect their hosts. New Phytologist. 244(3). 980–996. 6 indexed citations
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Pistorio, Valéria, María Asunción Campanero‐Rhodes, Rocco Di Girolamo, et al.. (2024). Structure and properties of the exopolysaccharide isolated from Flavobacterium sp. Root935. Carbohydrate Polymers. 343. 122433–122433. 7 indexed citations
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Llamas, Ernesto, et al.. (2024). Root cap cell corpse clearance limits microbial colonization in Arabidopsis thaliana. eLife. 13. 3 indexed citations
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Porzel, Andrea, Hidayat Hussain, Ulschan Bathe, et al.. (2024). Hordedane diterpenoid phytoalexins restrict Fusarium graminearum infection but enhance Bipolaris sorokiniana colonization of barley roots. Molecular Plant. 17(8). 1307–1327. 5 indexed citations
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Wanke, Alan, Stephan Wawra, Balakumaran Chandrasekar, et al.. (2023). A GH81-type β-glucan-binding protein enhances colonization by mutualistic fungi in barley. Current Biology. 33(23). 5071–5084.e7. 14 indexed citations
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Llamas, Ernesto, Hyun Ju Lee, M. Victoria Barja, et al.. (2021). The intrinsic chaperone network of Arabidopsis stem cells confers protection against proteotoxic stress. Aging Cell. 20(8). e13446–e13446. 11 indexed citations
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Miyauchi, Shingo, Rubén Garrido‐Oter, Gregor Langen, et al.. (2021). The fungal root endophyte Serendipita vermifera displays inter-kingdom synergistic beneficial effects with the microbiota in Arabidopsis thaliana and barley. The ISME Journal. 16(3). 876–889. 41 indexed citations
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Harris, Jeanne M., Kathryn M. Jones, Dong Wang, & Alga Zuccaro. (2021). Focus on How Plants Engage With Beneficial Microorganisms While at the Same Time Restricting Pathogens. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 34(5). 461–461.
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Sánchez‐Vallet, Andrea, Hui Tian, Luis Rodríguez‐Moreno, et al.. (2020). A secreted LysM effector protects fungal hyphae through chitin-dependent homodimer polymerization. PLoS Pathogens. 16(6). e1008652–e1008652. 53 indexed citations
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Hilbert, Magdalena, Shadab Nizam, Hanna Rövenich, et al.. (2020). A secreted fungal histidine‐ and alanine‐rich protein regulates metal ion homeostasis and oxidative stress. New Phytologist. 227(4). 1174–1188. 37 indexed citations
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Nizam, Shadab, Xiaoyu Qiang, Stephan Wawra, et al.. (2019). Serendipita indica E5′ NT modulates extracellular nucleotide levels in the plant apoplast and affects fungal colonization. EMBO Reports. 20(2). 62 indexed citations
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Zuccaro, Alga, et al.. (2016). Dissecting endophytic lifestyle along the parasitism/mutualism continuum in Arabidopsis. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 32. 103–112. 88 indexed citations
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Rövenich, Hanna, Alga Zuccaro, & Bart P. H. J. Thomma. (2016). Convergent evolution of filamentous microbes towards evasion of glycan‐triggered immunity. New Phytologist. 212(4). 896–901. 50 indexed citations
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Zuccaro, Alga, et al.. (2015). β-glucan: Crucial component of the fungal cell wall and elusive MAMP in plants. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 90. 53–60. 232 indexed citations
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Lahrmann, Urs & Alga Zuccaro. (2012). Opprimo ergo sum—Evasion and Suppression in the Root Endophytic Fungus Piriformospora indica. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 25(6). 727–737. 56 indexed citations
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Roth, Andreas, Alga Zuccaro, Susanne Kneip, & Petra Dersch. (2007). Characterization of a new inducible promoter for protein expression in Aspergillus niger, using a green fluorescent protein reporter system. Journal of Biotechnology. 131(2). S256–S257. 1 indexed citations
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Bach, Stéphane, Marc Blondel, Anne Cueff, et al.. (2004). Cytotoxicity of diatom-derived oxylipins in organisms belonging to different phyla. Journal of Experimental Biology. 207(17). 2935–2946. 80 indexed citations

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