Feng Cai

823 citations

23 papers · 533 indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 13

Plant Science top 10%
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions 10
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity 6
Cell Biology top 10%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases 6
Pollution top 10%
Pharmacology
- Fungal Biology and Applications 4
Biotechnology
Molecular Biology
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery 2
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques 2
- Fungal and yeast genetics research 2
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Plant and fungal interactions 2

Co-authors: Irina S. Druzhinina Komal Chenthamara Siqi Jiang Bin Song Jie Fang Qirong Shen Jonathan M. Adams Na Li
Cited by: Plant Science Cell Biology Pollution
Partner nations: China Austria Türkiye

In The Last Decade

Feng Cai

21 papers receiving 527 citations

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2021 In honor of John Bissett: authoritative guidelines on molecular identification of Trichoderma

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1	Guidelines toward ecologically-informed bioprospecting for microbial plastic degradation Feng Cai,Siqi Jiang,Paul Daly,Mounes Bakhshi,K. ST. G. CARTWRIGHT,Irina S. Druzhinina	2025	1
2	The Dual Role of Indigenous Trichoderma in Sludge Anaerobic Digestion: Enhanced Hydrolysis versus Methanogenesis Inhibition Xiaodong Xin,Zi Wang,Shuyan Chen,Mengsha Song,Feng Cai,Wangwang Yan	2025	0
3	Homologous Gene Analysis Reveals ACR3 Expansion as a Key Driver of Arsenic Hyperaccumulation in Plants Dan Sun,Xiang Zhang,Wenjing Tian,Yinli Bi,Feng Cai,Tian Qiu,Chunyan Hu,Chenjing Liu,Huayuan Feng,Yetao Tang,Yue Cao,Q. Lena,Rongliang Qiu	2025	0
4	Microbial resistance in rhizosphere hotspots under biodegradable and conventional microplastic amendment: Community and functional sensitivity Bin Song,Siyi Shang,Feng Cai,Zihao Liu,Jie Fang,Na Li,Jonathan M. Adams,Bahar S. Razavi	2023	72
5	Characterization of an Exceptional Fungal Mutant Enables the Discovery of the Specific Regulator of a Silent PKS–NRPS Hybrid Biosynthetic Pathway Guan Pang,Tingting Sun,Mingyue Ding,Jun Li,Zheng Zhao,Qirong Shen,Feng Cai	2022	4
6	The use of mutant and engineered microbial agents for biological control of plant diseases caused by Pythium: Achievements versus challenges Siqiao Chen,Paul Daly,Dongmei Zhou,Jingjing Li,Xiaoyu Wang,Sheng Deng,Hui Feng,Chunting Wang,Taha Majid Mahmood Sheikh,Yifan Chen,Taiqiang Xue,Feng Cai,Christian P. Kubicek,Lihui Wei,Irina S. Druzhinina	2022	16
7	In honor of John Bissett: authoritative guidelines on molecular identification of Trichodermabreakdown → Feng Cai,Irina S. Druzhinina	2021	167
8	The pleiotropic functions of intracellular hydrophobins in aerial hyphae and fungal spores Feng Cai,Zheng Zhao,Renwei Gao,Peijie Chen,Mingyue Ding,Siqi Jiang,Zhifei Fu,Pingyong Xu,Komal Chenthamara,Qirong Shen,Günseli Bayram Akçapınar,Irina S. Druzhinina	2021	19
9	At least three families of hyphosphere small secreted cysteine‐rich proteins can optimize surface properties to a moderately hydrophilic state suitable for fungal attachment Zheng Zhao,Feng Cai,Renwei Gao,Mingyue Ding,Siqi Jiang,Peijie Chen,Guan Pang,Komal Chenthamara,Qirong Shen,Günseli Bayram Akçapınar,Irina S. Druzhinina	2021	14
10	Genomic landscape of a relict fir-associated fungus reveals rapid convergent adaptation towards endophytism Zhilin Yuan,Qi Wu,Liangxiong Xu,Irina S. Druzhinina,Eva H. Stukenbrock,Bart Nieuwenhuis,Zhenhui Zhong,Zhong‐Jian Liu,Xinyu Wang,Feng Cai,Christian P. Kubicek,Xiaoliang Shan,Jieyu Wang,Guohui Shi,Long Peng,Francis Martin	2021	6
11	‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ in the shades of green: the genus Trichoderma in the spotlight László Kredics,Shahram Naeimi,Lóránt Hatvani,Csaba Vágvölgyi,Feng Cai,Irina S. Druzhinina,László Manczinger	2021	14
12	Evolutionary compromises in fungal fitness: hydrophobins can hinder the adverse dispersal of conidiospores and challenge their survival Feng Cai,Renwei Gao,Zheng Zhao,Mingyue Ding,Siqi Jiang,Civan Yagtu,Hong Zhu,Jian Zhang,Thomas Ebner,Michael Mayrhofer-Reinhartshuber,Philipp Kainz,Komal Chenthamara,Günseli Bayram Akçapınar,Qirong Shen,Irina S. Druzhinina	2020	42
13	The Evolutionary and Functional Paradox of Cerato-platanins in Fungi Renwei Gao,Mingyue Ding,Siqi Jiang,Zheng Zhao,Komal Chenthamara,Qirong Shen,Feng Cai,Irina S. Druzhinina	2020	23
14	Emerging salt marshes as a source ofTrichoderma arenariumsp. nov. and other fungalbioeffectors forbiosaline agriculture Mingyue Ding,W. Chen,X.‐C. Ma,Bihan Lv,Siqi Jiang,Ya-jun Yu,Mohammad Javad Rahimi,Runhong Gao,Zhili Zhao,Feng Cai,Irina S. Druzhinina	2020	14
15	Large‐scale purification and characterization of recombinant human stem cell factor in Escherichia coli Lianghua Chen,Feng Cai,Dan‐ju Zhang,Li Zhang,Peng Zhu,Shun Gao	2016	4
16	Characterization, and expression profile of a phenylalanine ammonia lyase gene from Jatropha curcas L. Jihai Gao,Shuwen Zhang,Feng Cai,Xiaojiang Zheng,Na‐Sheng Lin,Xiaobo Qin,Yangchao Ou,Xiaoping Gu,Xihong Zhu,Ying Xu,Fang Chen	2011	24
17	Purification and characterization of a novel thermal stable peroxidase from Jatropha curcas leaves Feng Cai,Ouyang Chao,Peipei Duan,Shun Gao,Ying Xu,Fang Chen	2011	30
18	Pesticide multiresidue analysis of peanuts using automated gel permeation chromatography clean-up/gas chromatography-mass spectrometry J.-H. Wang,Feng Cai,Y.-L. Wang,X.-L. Wang	2009	7
19	Prokaryotic expression of a novel mouse pro-apoptosis protein PNAS-4 and application of its polyclonal antibodies P Zhang,C.T. Wang,Fei Yan,Liming Gou,Aiping Tong,Feng Cai,Qijie Li,Hongxin Deng,Yuquan Wei	2008	6
20	A novel pro-apoptosis protein PNAS-4 from Xenopus laevis: Cloning, expression, purification, and polyclonal antibody production Fei Yan,Meilin Qian,Fan Yang,Feng Cai,Zhu Yuan,Songtao Lai,Xinyu Zhao,Lantu Gou,Zhong‐Guo Hu,Hongxin Deng	2007	7

About Feng Cai

Feng Cai is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Plant Science and Pharmacology, having authored 23 papers that have together received 533 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (10 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (6 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (6 papers), Fungal Biology and Applications (4 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (2 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (2 papers), Plant and fungal interactions (2 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (331 citations), Cell Biology (130 citations) and Pollution (77 citations). Feng Cai has collaborated with scholars based in China, Austria and Türkiye. Frequent co-authors include Irina S. Druzhinina, Komal Chenthamara, Siqi Jiang, Bin Song, Jie Fang, Qirong Shen, Jonathan M. Adams, Na Li, Bahar S. Razavi and Zheng Zhao.

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