Dhirendra Kumar

4.4k citations

43 papers · 3.1k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 17

Impact in

Plant Science top 0.5%
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
Horticulture top 5%

Papers in ⓘ

Plant Science 25
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity 11
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis 5
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance 4
- Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies 4
- Plant Virus Research Studies 3
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4
- Agricultural Economics and Practices 4

Co-authors: Daniel F. Klessig (9 shared papers)Sang‐Wook Park (1 shared paper)Stephen Mosher (1 shared paper)Evans Kaimoyo (1 shared paper)Diwaker Tripathi (2 shared papers)G. Raikhy (1 shared paper)David Wendehenne (1 shared paper)Dominique Pontier (1 shared paper)
Journals: Current Plant Biology (7 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (3 papers)Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (2 papers)Planta Medica (2 papers)The Plant Journal (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States India Italy

In The Last Decade

Dhirendra Kumar

39 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Methyl Salicylate Is a Critical Mobile Signal for Plant Systemic Acquired Resistance 2007 · 747 citations

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it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2007 Science
2000 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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1	Methyl Salicylate Is a Critical Mobile Signal for Plant Systemic Acquired Resistance Science ·Sang‐Wook Park, Evans Kaimoyo, Dhirendra Kumar, Stephen Mosher, Daniel F. Klessig Hit paper breakdown →	2007	747
2	Nitric oxide and salicylic acid signaling in plant defense Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Daniel F. Klessig, Jörg Durner, Rob Noad, Duroy A. Navarre, David Wendehenne, Dhirendra Kumar, Jun Zhou, Jyoti Shah, Shuqun Zhang, Pradeep Kachroo, Youssef Trifa, Dominique Pontier, Eric Lam, Hermán Silva Hit paper breakdown →	2000	556
3	Structural and biochemical studies identify tobacco SABP2 as a methyl salicylate esterase and implicate it in plant innate immunity Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·F. Forouhar, Yang Yue, Dhirendra Kumar, Yang Chen, Eyal Fridman, Sang Wook Park, Yiwen Chiang, Thomas Acton, G.T. Montelione, Eran Pichersky, Daniel F. Klessig, Liang Tong	2005	232
4	Salicylic acid signaling in disease resistance Plant Science ·Dhirendra Kumar	2014	229
5	High-affinity salicylic acid-binding protein 2 is required for plant innate immunity and has salicylic acid-stimulated lipase activity Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Dhirendra Kumar, Daniel F. Klessig	2003	223
6	Identification of likely orthologs of tobacco salicylic acid‐binding protein 2 and their role in systemic acquired resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana The Plant Journal ·A. Corina Vlot, Po‐Pu Liu, Robin K. Cameron, Sang‐Wook Park, Yang Yue, Dhirendra Kumar, Fasong Zhou, Thihan Padukkavidana, Claes Gustafsson, Eran Pichersky, Daniel F. Klessig	2008	171
7	Chemical elicitors of systemic acquired resistance—Salicylic acid and its functional analogs Current Plant Biology ·Diwaker Tripathi, G. Raikhy, Dhirendra Kumar	2019	166
8	Differential Induction of Tobacco MAP Kinases by the Defense Signals Nitric Oxide, Salicylic Acid, Ethylene, and Jasmonic Acid Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·Dhirendra Kumar, Daniel F. Klessig	2000	156
9	Tobacco Transcription Factor WRKY1 Is Phosphorylated by the MAP Kinase SIPK and Mediates HR-Like Cell Death in Tobacco Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·Frank L.H. Menke, Hong-Gu Kang, Zhixiang Chen, Jeong Mee Park, Dhirendra Kumar, Daniel F. Klessig	2005	140
10	Interactive effects of lead, copper, nickel and zinc on growth, metal uptake and antioxidative metabolism of Sesbania drummondii Journal of Hazardous Materials ·Mohd Israr, Amy Jewell, Dhirendra Kumar, Shivendra V. Sahi	2010	136
11	SABP2, a methyl salicylate esterase is required for the systemic acquired resistance induced by acibenzolar‐S‐methyl in plants FEBS Letters ·Diwaker Tripathi, Yulin Jiang, Dhirendra Kumar	2010	74
12	Studies on Wound Healing Properties of <i>Quercus infectoria</i> Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research ·S P Umachigi, K. N. Jayaveera, C. K. Ashok Kumar, G. Sravan Kumar, B.M. Vrushabendra Swamy, Dhirendra Kumar	2008	67
13	Validation of RNAi silencing specificity using synthetic genes: salicylic acid‐binding protein 2 is required for innate immunity in plants The Plant Journal ·Dhirendra Kumar, Claes Gustafsson, Daniel F. Klessig	2006	55
14	Cloning and characterisation of a gene encoding an antiviral protein from Clerodendrum aculeatum L. Plant Molecular Biology ·Dhirendra Kumar, H. N. Verma, Narendra Tuteja, Krishna K. Tewari	1997	26
15	Antioxidant, Analgesic and Anti-inflammatory Activities of Santalum album Linn. Planta Medica ·Ankit Saneja, Pawan Kaushik, Dhirender Kaushik, S Kumar, Dhirendra Kumar	2009	24
16	Purification and characterization of a eukaryotic type 1 topoisomerase from pea chloroplast. Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Sunil Kumar Mukherjee, M. K. Reddy, Dhirendra Kumar, Κ. Κ. Tewari	1994	20
17	Isolation and characterisation of the cDNA encoding a glycosylated accessory protein of pea chloroplast DNA polymerase Nucleic Acids Research ·George Lewis Amos, Κ. Κ. Tewari, Dhirendra Kumar, Wei-Liang Chen, Sunil Kumar Mukherjee	1999	16
18	Characterisation and mode of in vitro replication of pea chloroplast OriA sequences European Journal of Biochemistry ·Malireddy K. Reddy, Nirupam Roy Choudhury, Dhirendra Kumar, Sunil Kumar Mukherjee, Κ. Κ. Tewari	1994	14
19	The search for the salicylic acid receptor led to discovery of the SAR signal receptor Plant Signaling & Behavior ·Dhirendra Kumar, Daniel F. Klessig	2008	13
20	A novel single-stranded DNA-specific endonuclease from pea chloroplasts Journal of Experimental Botany ·Dhirendra Kumar, Sunil Kumar Mukherjee, M. K. Reddy, Κ. Κ. Tewari	1995	13

About Dhirendra Kumar

Dhirendra Kumar is a scholar working on Plant Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Soil Science, Biotechnology and Microbiology, having authored 43 papers that have together received 3.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (11 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (5 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (4 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (4 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (4 papers), Agricultural Economics and Practices (4 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (3 papers) and Agricultural Science and Fertilization (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (2.6k citations), Horticulture (47 citations), Insect Science (319 citations), Molecular Biology (1.0k citations) and Biotechnology (121 citations). Dhirendra Kumar has collaborated with scholars based in United States, India and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Daniel F. Klessig, Sang‐Wook Park, Stephen Mosher, Evans Kaimoyo, Diwaker Tripathi, G. Raikhy, David Wendehenne, Dominique Pontier, Jyoti Shah and Shuqun Zhang. Their work appears in journals such as Current Plant Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Planta Medica and The Plant Journal.

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