Edward E. Farmer

22.9k total citations · 10 hit papers
128 papers, 17.5k citations indexed

About

Edward E. Farmer is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Edward E. Farmer has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 17.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Plant Science, 54 papers in Molecular Biology and 53 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Edward E. Farmer's work include Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (51 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (38 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (21 papers). Edward E. Farmer is often cited by papers focused on Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (51 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (38 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (21 papers). Edward E. Farmer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Edward E. Farmer's co-authors include Clarence A. Ryan, Philippe Reymond, Hans Weber, Aurore Chételat, Martin J. Mueller, Stéphanie Stolz, Venkatesh Basappa Krishnamurthy, Jean‐Luc Wolfender, Robin Liechti and Daniela Caldelari and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Edward E. Farmer

127 papers receiving 17.0k citations

Hit Papers

Interplant communication: airborne methyl jasmonate induc... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 2000 1992 1998 2008 250 500 750 1000
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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. Interplant communication: airborne methyl jasmonate induces synthesis of proteinase inhibitors in plant leaves.
    1990 1.0k citations Edward E. Farmer, Clarence A. Ryan Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Differential Gene Expression in Response to Mechanical Wounding and Insect Feeding in Arabidopsis
    2000 990 citations Philippe Reymond, Edward E. Farmer et al. The Plant Cell profile →
  3. Octadecanoid Precursors of Jasmonic Acid Activate the Synthesis of Wound-Inducible Proteinase Inhibitors.
    1992 848 citations Edward E. Farmer, Clarence A. Ryan The Plant Cell profile →
  4. Jasmonate and salicylate as global signals for defense gene expression
    1998 814 citations Philippe Reymond, Edward E. Farmer Current Opinion in Plant Biology profile →
  5. Control of Jasmonate Biosynthesis and Senescence by miR319 Targets
    2008 675 citations Aurore Chételat, Edward E. Farmer et al. profile →
  6. ROS-Mediated Lipid Peroxidation and RES-Activated Signaling
    2013 583 citations Edward E. Farmer et al. profile →
  7. Auxin response factors ARF6 and ARF8 promote jasmonic acid production and flower maturation
    2005 581 citations Edward E. Farmer et al. profile →
  8. GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR-LIKE genes mediate leaf-to-leaf wound signalling
    2013 573 citations Edward E. Farmer et al. profile →
  9. A Downstream Mediator in the Growth Repression Limb of the Jasmonate Pathway
    2007 573 citations Stéphanie Stolz, Aurore Chételat et al. The Plant Cell profile →
  10. Plant defense in the absence of jasmonic acid: The role of cyclopentenones
    2001 529 citations Philippe Reymond, Edward E. Farmer et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Edward E. Farmer Switzerland 62 13.9k 7.4k 5.2k 2.2k 566 128 17.5k
Claus Wasternack Germany 67 14.3k 1.0× 7.4k 1.0× 6.6k 1.3× 2.4k 1.1× 814 1.4× 190 18.4k
Gregg A. Howe United States 69 16.6k 1.2× 7.9k 1.1× 10.1k 1.9× 3.5k 1.6× 474 0.8× 115 20.8k
John E. Mullet United States 79 13.8k 1.0× 9.9k 1.3× 2.3k 0.4× 1.3k 0.6× 447 0.8× 214 20.0k
Michael Reichelt Germany 58 7.1k 0.5× 6.5k 0.9× 2.2k 0.4× 1.3k 0.6× 322 0.6× 205 11.0k
Roberto Solano Spain 64 19.3k 1.4× 8.9k 1.2× 5.0k 1.0× 1.8k 0.8× 232 0.4× 115 21.5k
Martin J. Mueller Germany 58 6.2k 0.4× 4.7k 0.6× 2.1k 0.4× 993 0.5× 648 1.1× 149 10.8k
Wilhelm Boland Germany 52 6.2k 0.4× 4.5k 0.6× 4.4k 0.9× 3.1k 1.4× 247 0.4× 285 13.0k
Daniel J. Kliebenstein United States 70 11.4k 0.8× 9.5k 1.3× 1.6k 0.3× 1.6k 0.7× 391 0.7× 198 15.5k
Clarence A. Ryan United States 78 16.2k 1.2× 12.3k 1.7× 6.3k 1.2× 1.9k 0.9× 248 0.4× 230 22.8k
Bettina Hause Germany 63 10.8k 0.8× 5.1k 0.7× 2.9k 0.6× 1.6k 0.8× 266 0.5× 201 13.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hoyos‐Villegas, Valerio, Edward E. Farmer, Michael McNair, et al.. (2025). Affordable phenomics: Expanding access to enhancing genetic gain in plant breeding. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1). 2 indexed citations
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Sanmartín, Maite, Enrique Rojo, Andrzej Kurenda, et al.. (2024). GLR‐dependent calcium and electrical signals are not coupled to systemic, oxylipin‐based wound‐induced gene expression in Marchantia polymorpha. New Phytologist. 244(3). 870–882. 4 indexed citations
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Pantazopoulou, Chrysoula K., Sara Buti, Chi Tam Nguyen, et al.. (2023). Mechanodetection of neighbor plants elicits adaptive leaf movements through calcium dynamics. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5827–5827. 9 indexed citations
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Chételat, Aurore, Stéphanie Stolz, Laurence Marcourt, et al.. (2023). Wound‐response jasmonate dynamics in the primary vasculature. New Phytologist. 240(4). 1484–1496. 11 indexed citations
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Gao, Yong‐Qiang, et al.. (2023). Chloride, glutathiones, and insect-derived elicitors introduced into the xylem trigger electrical signaling. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 194(2). 1091–1103. 7 indexed citations
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Wudick, Michael M., Stephan Schott‐Verdugo, Michele Bonus, et al.. (2021). Interdependence of a mechanosensitive anion channel and glutamate receptors in distal wound signaling. Science Advances. 7(37). eabg4298–eabg4298. 58 indexed citations
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Farmer, Edward E., et al.. (2020). Wound‐ and mechanostimulated electrical signals control hormone responses. New Phytologist. 227(4). 1037–1050. 146 indexed citations
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Kumari, Archana, Aurore Chételat, Chi Tam Nguyen, & Edward E. Farmer. (2019). Arabidopsis H + -ATPase AHA1 controls slow wave potential duration and wound-response jasmonate pathway activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(40). 20226–20231. 72 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Chi Tam, Andrzej Kurenda, Stéphanie Stolz, Aurore Chételat, & Edward E. Farmer. (2018). Identification of cell populations necessary for leaf-to-leaf electrical signaling in a wounded plant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(40). 10178–10183. 208 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Chi Tam, Enrico Martinoia, & Edward E. Farmer. (2017). Emerging Jasmonate Transporters. Molecular Plant. 10(5). 659–661. 18 indexed citations
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Wolfender, Jean‐Luc, et al.. (2016). Paired Hierarchical Organization of 13-Lipoxygenases in Arabidopsis. Plants. 5(2). 16–16. 50 indexed citations
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Gasperini, Debora, Aurore Chételat, Iván F. Acosta, et al.. (2015). Multilayered Organization of Jasmonate Signalling in the Regulation of Root Growth. PLoS Genetics. 11(6). e1005300–e1005300. 101 indexed citations
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Acosta, Iván F. & Edward E. Farmer. (2010). Jasmonates. PubMed. 8. e0129–e0129. 105 indexed citations
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Raffaele, Sylvain, Emmanuelle Bayer, Stéphanie Cluzet, et al.. (2009). Remorin, a Solanaceae Protein Resident in Membrane Rafts and Plasmodesmata, Impairs Potato virus X Movement. The Plant Cell. 21(5). 1541–1555. 300 indexed citations
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Hörtensteiner, Stefan, Enrico Martinoia, Edward E. Farmer, et al.. (2009). The fou2 mutation in the major vacuolar cation channel TPC1 confers tolerance to inhibitory luminal calcium. The Plant Journal. 58(5). 715–723. 99 indexed citations
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Bonaventure, Gustavo, Aurélie Gfeller, Víctor M. Rodríguez, Florence Armand, & Edward E. Farmer. (2007). The fou2 Gain-of-Function Allele and the Wild-Type Allele of Two Pore Channel 1 Contribute to Different Extents or by Different Mechanisms to Defense Gene Expression in Arabidopsis. Plant and Cell Physiology. 48(12). 1775–1789. 56 indexed citations
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Musser, Richard O., et al.. (2006). Ablation of Caterpillar Labial Salivary Glands: Technique for Determining the Role of Saliva in Insect–Plant Interactions. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 32(5). 981–992. 66 indexed citations
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Farmer, Edward E. & Paul Schulze‐Lefert. (2005). Biotic interactions - From molecular networks to inter-organismal communities - Editorial overview. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 8(4). 343–345. 1 indexed citations
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Reymond, Philippe, Natacha Bodenhausen, Remco M. P. Van Poecke, et al.. (2004). A Conserved Transcript Pattern in Response to a Specialist and a Generalist Herbivorew. The Plant Cell. 16(11). 3132–3147. 395 indexed citations
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Ryan, Clarence A., Thomas D. Moloshok, Gregory Pearce, et al.. (1990). Engineering Proteinase Inihibitor Genes For Plant Defense Against Predators. UNI ScholarWorks (University of Northern Iowa). 97(1). 9–14. 2 indexed citations

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