Balakrishnan Prithiviraj

10.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
141 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Balakrishnan Prithiviraj is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Balakrishnan Prithiviraj has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Plant Science, 29 papers in Molecular Biology and 25 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Balakrishnan Prithiviraj's work include Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques (33 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (27 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (25 papers). Balakrishnan Prithiviraj is often cited by papers focused on Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques (33 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (27 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (25 papers). Balakrishnan Prithiviraj collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and India. Balakrishnan Prithiviraj's co-authors include Alan T. Critchley, Wajahatullah Khan, Donald L. Smith, D. Mark Hodges, Pushp Sheel Shukla, Pramod Rathor, M. N. Jithesh, J. S. Craigie, Jeff Norrie and Sowmyalakshmi Subramanian and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Balakrishnan Prithiviraj

138 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Seaweed Extracts as Biostimulants of Plant Growth and Development

2009 1.2k citations Wajahatullah Khan, Alan T. Critchley et al. profile →
Seaweed extracts as biostimulants in horticulture

2015 671 citations Pramod Rathor, Balakrishnan Prithiviraj et al. profile →
Photosynthetic responses of corn and soybean to foliar application of salicylates

2003 529 citations Wajahatullah Khan, Balakrishnan Prithiviraj et al. Journal of Plant Physiology profile →
Ascophyllum nodosum-Based Biostimulants: Sustainable Applications in Agriculture for the Stimulation of Plant Growth, Stress Tolerance, and Disease Management

2019 329 citations Pushp Sheel Shukla, Alan T. Critchley et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Balakrishnan Prithiviraj Canada	44	6.1k	1.8k	1.3k	943	633	141	7.8k
Jean‐Claude Yvin France	31	2.5k 0.4×	395 0.2×	458 0.4×	613 0.7×	247 0.4×	86	3.3k
Peng Jiang China	36	1.2k 0.2×	785 0.4×	429 0.3×	1.0k 1.1×	184 0.3×	164	3.6k
David J. Burritt New Zealand	38	3.3k 0.5×	324 0.2×	154 0.1×	1.3k 1.3×	92 0.1×	124	4.9k
Patrick du Jardin Belgium	32	3.4k 0.6×	210 0.1×	74 0.1×	985 1.0×	487 0.8×	120	4.3k
Anath Bandhu Das India	26	5.0k 0.8×	148 0.1×	81 0.1×	2.0k 2.1×	306 0.5×	154	6.5k
Ester Dekkers Netherlands	15	2.2k 0.4×	145 0.1×	409 0.3×	793 0.8×	363 0.6×	19	3.9k
Stephen C. Fry United Kingdom	67	14.9k 2.4×	177 0.1×	196 0.2×	5.9k 6.2×	108 0.2×	269	17.8k
Fábio Lopes Olivares Brazil	47	6.4k 1.0×	280 0.2×	42 0.0×	944 1.0×	2.5k 3.9×	140	7.6k
Riitta Julkunen‐Tiitto Finland	51	5.0k 0.8×	126 0.1×	110 0.1×	1.7k 1.8×	224 0.4×	227	8.5k
Malcolm A. O’Neill United States	45	7.7k 1.2×	119 0.1×	211 0.2×	2.8k 2.9×	90 0.1×	100	9.3k

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Patel, Jai Singh, et al.. (2025). Ascophyllum nodosum based plant biostimulant shapes the bacterial community in the rhizosphere of corn. BMC Plant Biology. 25(1). 1263–1263.

He, Quan, et al.. (2025). Impact of pretreatments on the techno-functional properties and in vitro digestibility of Palmaria palmata proteins. Food Hydrocolloids. 164. 111226–111226. 1 indexed citations

Prithiviraj, Balakrishnan, et al.. (2023). First Report of Clonostachys rosea as a Mycoparasite on Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Causing Head Rot of Cabbage in India. Plants. 12(1). 199–199. 9 indexed citations

Yurgel, Svetlana N., et al.. (2023). Impacts of abiotic factors on the fungal communities of ‘Honeycrisp’ apples in Canada. Microbial Biotechnology. 16(8). 1639–1656. 8 indexed citations

Zhao, Kelei, Jing Li, Qianglin Zeng, et al.. (2022). Subinhibitory Cefotaxime and Levofloxacin Concentrations Contribute to Selection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Coculture with Staphylococcus aureus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 88(12). e0059222–e0059222. 6 indexed citations

Shukla, Pushp Sheel, Tudor Borza, Alan T. Critchley, & Balakrishnan Prithiviraj. (2021). Seaweed-Based Compounds and Products for Sustainable Protection against Plant Pathogens. Marine Drugs. 19(2). 59–59. 64 indexed citations

Li, Jing, Xiaojie Chen, Jiafu Lin, et al.. (2021). Antibiotic intervention redisposes bacterial interspecific interacting dynamics in competitive environments. Environmental Microbiology. 23(12). 7432–7444. 5 indexed citations

Mahmud, Md Sultan, Qamar U. Zaman, Travis J. Esau, et al.. (2020). Real-Time Detection of Strawberry Powdery Mildew Disease Using a Mobile Machine Vision System. Agronomy. 10(7). 1027–1027. 24 indexed citations

Kulshreshtha, Garima, Alan T. Critchley, Bruce Rathgeber, et al.. (2020). Antimicrobial Effects of Selected, Cultivated Red Seaweeds and Their Components in Combination with Tetracycline, against Poultry Pathogen Salmonella Enteritidis. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 8(7). 511–511. 12 indexed citations

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Kulshreshtha, Garima, Maxwell T. Hincke, Balakrishnan Prithiviraj, & Alan T. Critchley. (2020). A Review of the Varied Uses of Macroalgae as Dietary Supplements in Selected Poultry with Special Reference to Laying Hen and Broiler Chickens. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 8(7). 536–536. 37 indexed citations

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Rathor, Pramod, Tudor Borza, Yanhui Liu, et al.. (2020). Low Mannitol Concentrations in Arabidopsis thaliana Expressing Ectocarpus Genes Improve Salt Tolerance. Plants. 9(11). 1508–1508. 18 indexed citations

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Prithiviraj, Balakrishnan, Laura G. Perry, Dayakar V. Badri, & Jorge M. Vivanco. (2006). Chemical facilitation and induced pathogen resistance mediated by a root‐secreted phytotoxin. New Phytologist. 173(4). 852–860. 69 indexed citations

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Vikram, A., Balakrishnan Prithiviraj, & Ajjamada C. Kushalappa. (2004). USE OF VOLATILE METABOLITE PROFILES TO DISCRIMINATE FUNGAL DISEASES OF CORTLAND AND EMPIRE APPLES. Journal of Plant Pathology. 86(3). 215–225. 26 indexed citations

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Khan, Wajahatullah, Balakrishnan Prithiviraj, & Donald L. Smith. (2003). Photosynthetic responses of corn and soybean to foliar application of salicylates. Journal of Plant Physiology. 160(5). 485–492. 529 indexed citations breakdown →

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Prithiviraj, Balakrishnan, et al.. (2002). Isolation and characterization of the major nod factor of Bradyrhizobium japonicum strain 532C. Microbiological Research. 157(1). 25–28. 21 indexed citations

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Singh, Santosh Kumar, et al.. (2001). Effect of temperature, light/darkness and relative humidity on germination and sporulation of Alternaria tenuissima. Indian Phytopathology. 54(1). 128–130. 2 indexed citations

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Singh, U. P., Balakrishnan Prithiviraj, & Birinchi Kumar Sarma. (2000). Development of Erysiphe pisi on some pea (Pisum sativum) cultivars and on non-hosts.. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz. 107(1). 53–58. 3 indexed citations

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Prithiviraj, Balakrishnan, Birinchi Kumar Sarma, J. S. Srivastava, & Umesh Singh. (2000). Effect of Ca2+, Mg2+, light, temperature and pH on athelial stage formation in Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz. 107(3). 274–278. 4 indexed citations

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Singh, Udaya Pratap, Balakrishnan Prithiviraj, Vinod Kumar, et al.. (1999). Effect of Cyperus rotundus rhizome extract on Fusarium udum. Indian Phytopathology. 52(1). 18–23. 3 indexed citations

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Prithiviraj, Balakrishnan, K. G. Mandal, & Udaya Pratap Singh. (1998). CALCIUM AND CALMODULIN MODULATE FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION. Indian Phytopathology. 51(4). 319–323. 2 indexed citations

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