Ertao Wang

11.8k total citations · 14 hit papers
81 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Ertao Wang is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ertao Wang has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Plant Science, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Ertao Wang's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (59 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (27 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (25 papers). Ertao Wang is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (59 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (27 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (25 papers). Ertao Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Ertao Wang's co-authors include Nan Yu, Xiaowei Zhang, Jincai Shi, Zuhua He, Qiujin Xie, Xiaolin Wang, Yina Jiang, Qun Li, Wentao Dong and Giles Oldroyd and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ertao Wang

78 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Control of rice grain-filling and yield by a gene with a potential signature of domestication

2008 636 citations Ertao Wang, Qun Li et al. profile →
Plants transfer lipids to sustain colonization by mutualistic mycorrhizal and parasitic fungi

2017 630 citations Qiujin Xie, Dapeng Wang et al. profile →
Epigenetic regulation of antagonistic receptors confers rice blast resistance with yield balance

2017 462 citations Yiwen Deng, Junzhong Liu et al. profile →
A plant genetic network for preventing dysbiosis in the phyllosphere

2020 378 citations Xiaolin Wang, Ertao Wang et al. Nature profile →
Nutrient Exchange and Regulation in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

2017 337 citations Jincai Shi, Qiujin Xie et al. Molecular Plant profile →
A phosphate starvation response-centered network regulates mycorrhizal symbiosis

2021 238 citations Jincai Shi, Boyu Zhao et al. profile →
Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Plant Growth and Stress Adaptation: From Genes to Ecosystems

2023 210 citations Jincai Shi, Xiaolin Wang et al. profile →
Mechanisms underlying legume–rhizobium symbioses

2021 169 citations Jun Yang, Nan Yu et al. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology profile →
Soil conditions and the plant microbiome boost the accumulation of monoterpenes in the fruit of Citrus reticulata ‘Chachi’

2023 81 citations Ertao Wang, Huan Liu et al. profile →
Dynamic root microbiome sustains soybean productivity under unbalanced fertilization

2024 76 citations Mingxing Wang, Xiaolin Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Legume rhizodeposition promotes nitrogen fixation by soil microbiota under crop diversification

2024 72 citations Ruibo Sun, Zixuan Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Exploring the plant microbiome: A pathway to climate-smart crops

2025 25 citations Ertao Wang et al. profile →
Root exudates and microbial metabolites: signals and nutrients in plant-microbe interactions

2025 23 citations Yuefeng Guan, Nan Yu et al. profile →
A pair of LysM receptors mediates symbiosis and immunity discrimination in Marchantia

2025 16 citations Dapeng Wang, Xiaowei Zhang et al. profile →

Peers

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ertao Wang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ertao Wang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ertao Wang based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ertao Wang. Ertao Wang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A kinase mediator of rhizobial symbiosis and immunity in Medicago 2025 ·Nature ·Dapeng Wang, Rui Jin, (unknown), Haoran Guo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Huiling Dai, (unknown), (unknown), Chang Fu Tian, Jun Yang, (unknown), Alberto P. Macho, Ertao Wang	5
2	Chemotaxis-driven crop engineering for smart microbiomes 2025 ·Molecular Plant ·(unknown), Ertao Wang, (unknown), Zhiyuan Yin, Daolong Dou	1
3	Mapping the molecular landscape of Lotus japonicus nodule organogenesis through spatiotemporal transcriptomics 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Keyi Ye, Fengjiao Bu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yu-Qian Zhang, Xue Yang, Xun Xu, Ertao Wang, William J. Lucas, Sanwen Huang, Huan Liu, (unknown)	10
4	Legume rhizodeposition promotes nitrogen fixation by soil microbiota under crop diversification breakdown → 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Ruibo Sun, Zixuan Wang, Kenneth Dumack, Xing‐Guang Xie, Chuan‐Chao Dai, Ertao Wang, Jizhong Zhou, Bo Sun, Xinhua Peng, Michael Bonkowski, Yan Chen	72
5	Genetically optimizing soybean nodulation improves yield and protein content 2024 ·Nature Plants ·Xiangbin Zhong, Jie Wang, Xiaolei Shi, Mengyan Bai, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Xiaomin Zhu, Huaqin Kuang, (unknown), (unknown), Xin He, Xiao Liu, Wenqiang Yang, Chunyan Yang, Fanjiang Kong, Ertao Wang, Yuefeng Guan	34
6	Quinolone-mediated metabolic cross-feeding develops aluminium tolerance in soil microbial consortia 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Zhiyuan Ma, (unknown), (unknown), Ertao Wang, Yang Bai, Mengting Yuan, Shengjing Shi, Jizhong Zhou, Jixian Ding, Yuanhong Xie, Hui Zhang, Yan Yang, Ren Fang Shen, Thomas W. Crowther, Jiabao Zhang, Yuting Liang	18
7	Release of a ubiquitin brake activates OsCERK1-triggered immunity in rice 2024 ·Nature ·(unknown), Xi Chen, Chengzhi Yu, (unknown), Wenxian Lan, Chaofeng Gao, Jun Yang, Huiling Dai, Xiaowei Zhang, Huili Zhang, Boyu Zhao, Qi Xie, Nan Yu, Zuhua He, Yu Zhang, Ertao Wang	32
8	Phytophthora sojae boosts host trehalose accumulation to acquire carbon and initiate infection 2023 ·Nature Microbiology ·Xiaoguo Zhu, (unknown), Die Li, Jianing Zhang, Haixin Jiang, Liang Guo, Qingyuan He, Tianyu Zhang, Alberto P. Macho, Ertao Wang, Qian‐Hua Shen, Yuanchao Wang, Jian‐Min Zhou, Wenbo Ma, Yongli Qiao	22
9	Microbe‐dependent and independent nitrogen and phosphate acquisition and regulation in plants 2023 ·New Phytologist ·Boyu Zhao, Xianqing Jia, Nan Yu, Jeremy D. Murray, Keke Yi, Ertao Wang	45
10	Root microbiota confers rice resistance to aluminium toxicity and phosphorus deficiency in acidic soils 2023 ·Nature Food ·(unknown), (unknown), Mengting Yuan, Ertao Wang, Yang Bai, Thomas W. Crowther, Jizhong Zhou, Zhiyuan Ma, Li Zhang, Yu Wang, Jixian Ding, Wuxing Liu, Bo Sun, Ren Fang Shen, Jiabao Zhang, Yuting Liang	78
11	CERK1, more than a co‐receptor in plant–microbe interactions 2022 ·New Phytologist ·Chao Yang, Ertao Wang, Jun Liu	54
12	Innovation and appropriation in mycorrhizal and rhizobial Symbioses 2022 ·The Plant Cell ·(unknown), Wentao Dong, Jeremy D. Murray, Ertao Wang	79
13	Whole‐plant microbiome profiling reveals a novel geminivirus associated with soybean stay‐green disease 2022 ·Plant Biotechnology Journal ·Xiaolin Wang, Mingxing Wang, Like Wang, Huan Feng, (unknown), (unknown), Dapeng Wang, Lei Wang, Jun Yang, Guoyong An, Xiaojie Wang, Lingrang Kong, (unknown), Ertao Wang	24
14	Discriminating symbiosis and immunity signals by receptor competition in rice 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Chi Zhang, Jiangman He, Huiling Dai, Gang Wang, Xiaowei Zhang, Chao Wang, Jincai Shi, Xi Chen, Dapeng Wang, Ertao Wang	81
15	Poaceae-specific cell wall-derived oligosaccharides activate plant immunity via OsCERK1 during Magnaporthe oryzae infection in rice 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Chao Yang, Rui Liu, Jinhuan Pang, Bin Ren, Huanbin Zhou, Gang Wang, Ertao Wang, Jun Liu	107
16	ZmERF21 directly regulates hormone signaling and stress‐responsive gene expression to influence drought tolerance in maize seedlings 2021 ·Plant Cell & Environment ·Zhiyong Wang, Xiang Zhao, Zhenzhen Ren, Salah Fatouh Abou‐Elwafa, (unknown), Yingfang Zhu, Dandan Dou, Huihui Su, (unknown), Zhixue Liu, Yanhui Chen, Ertao Wang, Ruixin Shao, Lixia Ku	56
17	Phosphorylation of MtRopGEF2 by LYK3 mediates MtROP activity to regulate rhizobial infection inMedicago truncatula 2021 ·Journal of Integrative Plant Biology ·Mingxing Wang, Huan Feng, Peng Xu, Qiujin Xie, Jin‐Peng Gao, Yanzhang Wang, Xiaowei Zhang, Jun Yang, Jeremy D. Murray, Fengli Sun, Chunyan Wang, Ertao Wang, Nan Yu	13
18	An H3K27me3 demethylase-HSFA2 regulatory loop orchestrates transgenerational thermomemory in Arabidopsis 2019 ·Cell Research ·Junzhong Liu, Lili Feng, (unknown), Xian Deng, Qi Qiu, Qun Li, Yingying Zhang, Muyang Wang, Yiwen Deng, Ertao Wang, Yuke He, Isabel Bäurle, Jianming Li, Xiaofeng Cao, Zuhua He	178
19	NRT1.1B Connects Root Microbiota and Nitrogen Use in Rice 2019 ·Chinese Bulletin of Botany ·Xiaolin Wang, Ertao Wang	1
20	Hormone modulation of legume‐rhizobial symbiosis 2018 ·Journal of Integrative Plant Biology ·Huan Liu, Chi Zhang, Jun Yang, Nan Yu, Ertao Wang	86

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