Delia Muñoz

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Delia Muñoz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Insect Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Delia Muñoz has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Insect Science and 11 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Delia Muñoz's work include Insect Resistance and Genetics (47 papers), Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (39 papers) and Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control (32 papers). Delia Muñoz is often cited by papers focused on Insect Resistance and Genetics (47 papers), Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (39 papers) and Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control (32 papers). Delia Muñoz collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Mexico and France. Delia Muñoz's co-authors include Primitivo Caballero, Leopoldo Palma, Jesús Murillo, Colin Berry, Trevor Williams, Rosa Murillo, Just M. Vlak, Íñigo Ruiz de Escudero, M. López‐Ferber and Oihane Simón and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Journal of Virology and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Delia Muñoz

49 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins: An Overview of Their Bioci... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins: An Overview of Their Biocidal Activity
    2014 513 citations Leopoldo Palma, Delia Muñoz 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
Delia Muñoz Spain 20 1.3k 1.1k 378 82 43 50 1.5k
F. H. Valicente Brazil 17 730 0.5× 551 0.5× 377 1.0× 72 0.9× 36 0.8× 84 951
D. Grzywacz United Kingdom 17 1.1k 0.8× 1.5k 1.3× 792 2.1× 141 1.7× 26 0.6× 37 1.8k
Supaporn Likitvivatanavong United States 9 942 0.7× 761 0.7× 457 1.2× 33 0.4× 34 0.8× 10 1.0k
Yi Pang China 21 1.2k 0.9× 780 0.7× 218 0.6× 142 1.7× 50 1.2× 79 1.4k
T. H. Schuler United Kingdom 14 769 0.6× 656 0.6× 635 1.7× 53 0.6× 97 2.3× 23 1.0k
Armelle Delécluse France 23 1.3k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 502 1.3× 45 0.5× 45 1.0× 35 1.4k
Xiudao Yu China 19 536 0.4× 475 0.4× 495 1.3× 52 0.6× 21 0.5× 36 883
Arthur H. McIntosh United States 23 1.1k 0.8× 694 0.6× 305 0.8× 184 2.2× 119 2.8× 86 1.4k
Claudio Novella-Rausell Spain 19 941 0.7× 1.0k 0.9× 554 1.5× 235 2.9× 22 0.5× 36 1.5k
Marina Brumin Israel 10 494 0.4× 749 0.7× 770 2.0× 103 1.3× 63 1.5× 12 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Delia Muñoz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Delia Muñoz

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All Works

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Medina, Pilar, et al.. (2023). A novel use of Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Miridae) as inoculative agent of baculoviruses. Pest Management Science. 79(11). 4274–4281. 1 indexed citations
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Muñoz, Delia, et al.. (2023). The Parasitoid Hyposoter didymator Can Transmit a Broad Host Range Baculovirus in a Two Host System. Horticulturae. 9(2). 170–170. 1 indexed citations
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Mercado, Gabriel, et al.. (2016). Earthworm mediated dispersal of baculovirus occlusion bodies: Experimental evidence from a model system. Biological Control. 100. 18–24. 8 indexed citations
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Pijlman, Gorben P., et al.. (2015). Identification of Spodoptera exigua nucleopolyhedrovirus genes involved in pathogenicity and virulence. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 126. 43–50. 10 indexed citations
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Kruidhof, H.M., Amy Roberts, Delia Muñoz, et al.. (2015). Habitat complexity reduces parasitoid foraging efficiency, but does not prevent orientation towards learned host plant odours. Oecologia. 179(2). 353–361. 35 indexed citations
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Escudero, Íñigo Ruiz de, Núria Banyuls, Yolanda Bel, et al.. (2014). A screening of five Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3A proteins for their activity against lepidopteran pests. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 117. 51–55. 69 indexed citations
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Simón, Oihane, Trevor Williams, A. Carnero Rosell, et al.. (2014). Efficacy of an alphabaculovirus‐based biological insecticide for control of Chrysodeixis chalcites (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on tomato and banana crops. Pest Management Science. 71(12). 1623–1630. 10 indexed citations
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Simón, Oihane, Leopoldo Palma, Delia Muñoz, et al.. (2011). Sequence comparison between three geographically distinct Spodoptera frugiperda multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus isolates: Detecting positively selected genes. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 107(1). 33–42. 38 indexed citations
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Hoover, Kelli, Wopke van der Werf, Delia Muñoz, et al.. (2010). Dose dependency of time to death in single and mixed infections with a wildtype and egt deletion strain of Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 104(1). 44–50. 17 indexed citations
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Lynn, Dwight E., et al.. (2010). Establishment of a cell line from Chrysodeixis chalcites permissive for Chrysodeixis chalcites and Trichoplusia ni nucleopolyhedrovirus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 105(1). 56–62. 5 indexed citations
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Caballero, Primitivo, Rosa Murillo, Delia Muñoz, & Trevor Williams. (2009). The nucleopolyhedrovirus of Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) as a biopesticide: analysis of recent advances in Spain.. Revista Colombiana de Entomología. 35(2). 105–115. 17 indexed citations
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Williams, Trevor, et al.. (2009). Mixed genotype transmission bodies and virions contribute to the maintenance of diversity in an insect virus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 277(1683). 943–951. 47 indexed citations
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Murillo, Rosa, et al.. (2006). Application of the PCR–RFLP method for the rapid differentiation of Spodoptera exigua nucleopolyhedrovirus genotypes. Journal of Virological Methods. 135(1). 1–8. 14 indexed citations
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Murillo, Rosa, et al.. (2006). Genetic and phenotypic variability in Spodoptera exigua nucleopolyhedrovirus isolates from greenhouse soils in southern Spain. Biological Control. 38(2). 157–165. 27 indexed citations
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Muñoz, Delia, Alberto Jiménez, Osvaldo Marinotti, & Anthony A. James. (2004). The AeAct‐4 gene is expressed in the developing flight muscles of female Aedes aegypti. Insect Molecular Biology. 13(5). 563–568. 27 indexed citations
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Muñoz, Delia, Rosa Murillo, Peter J. Krell, Just M. Vlak, & Primitivo Caballero. (1999). Four genotypic variants of a Spodoptera exigua Nucleopolyhedrovirus (Se-SP2) are distinguishable by a hypervariable genomic region. Virus Research. 59(1). 61–74. 65 indexed citations
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Heldens, J.G.M., E. A. van Strien, Angelika Feldmann, et al.. (1996). Spodoptera exigua multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus deletion mutants generated in cell culture lack virulence in vivo. Journal of General Virology. 77(12). 3127–3134. 35 indexed citations

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