Bruce C. Kirkpatrick

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Bruce C. Kirkpatrick is a scholar working on Plant Science, Horticulture and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce C. Kirkpatrick has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Plant Science, 16 papers in Horticulture and 15 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Bruce C. Kirkpatrick's work include Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (38 papers), Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens (34 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (22 papers). Bruce C. Kirkpatrick is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (38 papers), Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens (34 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (22 papers). Bruce C. Kirkpatrick collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Italy. Bruce C. Kirkpatrick's co-authors include Magalie R. Guilhabert, E. Seemüller, J. K. Uyemoto, U. Ahrens, Yunping Zhang, Christine D. Smart, C. L. Blomquist, Cheryl R. Kuske, Bernd Schneider and Alexander H. Purcell and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Bruce C. Kirkpatrick

65 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Phytoplasma-specific PCR primers based on sequences of the 16S-23S rRNA spacer region

1996 497 citations Christine D. Smart, Bruce C. Kirkpatrick et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bruce C. Kirkpatrick United States	25	2.5k	1.1k	674	338	196	65	2.7k
Xavier Foissac France	29	2.1k 0.8×	581 0.5×	1.0k 1.5×	115 0.3×	383 2.0×	90	2.4k
C. Hiruki Canada	20	2.1k 0.8×	999 0.9×	391 0.6×	187 0.6×	161 0.8×	126	2.2k
Kenro Oshima Japan	31	3.2k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	1.4k 2.1×	139 0.4×	503 2.6×	80	3.4k
Shigeyuki Kakizawa Japan	27	2.3k 0.9×	925 0.8×	1.1k 1.7×	86 0.3×	280 1.4×	45	2.5k
Dawn E. Gundersen‐Rindal United States	25	2.7k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	1.4k 2.1×	201 0.6×	641 3.3×	64	3.4k
Colette Saillard France	30	1.9k 0.8×	672 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	107 0.3×	287 1.5×	74	2.5k
N. A. Harrison United States	25	2.3k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	604 0.9×	324 1.0×	135 0.7×	96	2.5k
Hisashi Nishigawa Japan	21	1.4k 0.5×	479 0.4×	606 0.9×	57 0.2×	173 0.9×	43	1.5k
Laurène Lévy United States	25	2.5k 1.0×	437 0.4×	832 1.2×	369 1.1×	579 3.0×	56	2.6k
G. P. Martelli Italy	16	1.3k 0.5×	318 0.3×	377 0.6×	81 0.2×	164 0.8×	73	1.4k

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Kirkpatrick, Bruce C., et al.. (2015). A phage display‐selected peptide inhibitor of A grobacterium vitis polygalacturonase. Molecular Plant Pathology. 17(4). 480–486. 5 indexed citations

Lincoln, James E., et al.. (2015). Insights into the Activity and Substrate Binding of Xylella fastidiosa Polygalacturonase by Modification of a Unique QMK Amino Acid Motif Using Protein Chimeras. PLoS ONE. 10(11). e0142694–e0142694. 2 indexed citations

Voegel, Tanja M., et al.. (2014). The Xylella fastidiosa PD1063 Protein Is Secreted in Association with Outer Membrane Vesicles. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e113504–e113504. 8 indexed citations

Cao, Tiesen, Theodore M. DeJong, Kenneth A. Shackel, Bruce C. Kirkpatrick, & Randall S. Johnson. (2013). Influence of rootstock, temperature and incubation duration on bacterial canker severity caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae in peach. Fruits. 68(1). 45–55. 2 indexed citations

Lieth, J.H., et al.. (2011). Modeling Cold Curing of Pierce's Disease in Vitis vinifera ‘Pinot Noir’ and ‘Cabernet Sauvignon’ Grapevines in California. Phytopathology. 101(12). 1492–1500. 39 indexed citations

Pérez-Donoso, Alonso G., Qiang Sun, M. Caroline Roper, et al.. (2010). Cell Wall-Degrading Enzymes Enlarge the Pore Size of Intervessel Pit Membranes in Healthy andXylella fastidiosa-Infected Grapevines. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 152(3). 1748–1759. 83 indexed citations

Roper, M. Caroline, et al.. (2007). Xylella fastidiosa Requires Polygalacturonase for Colonization and Pathogenicity in Vitis vinifera Grapevines. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 20(4). 411–419. 134 indexed citations

Guilhabert, Magalie R. & Bruce C. Kirkpatrick. (2005). Identification ofXylella fastidiosaAntivirulence Genes: Hemagglutinin Adhesins Contribute toX. fastidiosaBiofilm Maturation and Colonization and Attenuate Virulence. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 18(8). 856–868. 152 indexed citations

Guilhabert, Magalie R., Valley Stewart, & Bruce C. Kirkpatrick. (2005). Characterization of putative rolling-circle plasmids from the Gram-negative bacterium Xylella fastidiosa and their use as shuttle vectors. Plasmid. 55(1). 70–80. 10 indexed citations

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Guilhabert, Magalie R. & Bruce C. Kirkpatrick. (2003). Transformation of Xylella fastidiosa with broad host range RSF1010 derivative plasmids. Molecular Plant Pathology. 4(4). 279–285. 21 indexed citations

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Guilhabert, Magalie R., Les M. Hoffman, David A. Mills, & Bruce C. Kirkpatrick. (2001). Transposon Mutagenesis of Xylella fastidiosa by Electroporation of Tn5 Synaptic Complexes. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 14(6). 701–706. 63 indexed citations

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Palmano, Sabrina, Bruce C. Kirkpatrick, & Giuseppe Firrao. (2001). Expression of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase in Bacillus subtilis under the control of a phytoplasma promoter. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 199(2). 177–179. 3 indexed citations

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Kirkpatrick, Bruce C., et al.. (2000). COMPARISON OF CHERRY GREEN RING MOTTLE VIRUS STRAINS USING RT-PCR AND COAT PROTEIN SEQUENCE PHYLOGENY. Journal of Plant Pathology. 82(1). 49–53. 7 indexed citations

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Uyemoto, J. K., et al.. (1999). Etiology of almond shriveled kernel disease. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science. 27(3). 225–228. 1 indexed citations

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Uyemoto, J. K., et al.. (1998). cDNA cloning and molecular characterization of cherry green ring mottle virus.. Journal of General Virology. 79(9). 2275–2281. 42 indexed citations

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Southwick, Stephen M., et al.. (1997). Relationship between Nitrogen Fertilization and Bacterial Canker in `French' Prune. HortScience. 32(3). 520C–520. 5 indexed citations

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Soby, Scott, Bruce C. Kirkpatrick, & Tsune Kosuge. (1994). Characterization of High-Frequency Deletions in the iaa-Containing Plasmid, pIAA2, of Pseudomonas syringae pv. savastanoi. Plasmid. 31(1). 21–30. 7 indexed citations

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Kuske, Cheryl R. & Bruce C. Kirkpatrick. (1992). Phylogenetic Relationships between the Western Aster Yellows Mycoplasmalike Organism and Other Prokaryotes Established by 16S rRNA Gene Sequence. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 42(2). 226–233. 85 indexed citations

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Uyemoto, J. K., Bruce C. Kirkpatrick, & James N. Cummins. (1991). Susceptibility of Selected Cherry Clones and Related Species to Western X-Disease. HortScience. 26(12). 1510–1511. 8 indexed citations

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Uyemoto, J. K., et al.. (1989). Diagnosis and incidence of diseases associated with a decline of sweet cherry trees in California orchards. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science. 17(3). 265–270. 1 indexed citations

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