François Gastal

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
63 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

François Gastal is a scholar working on Plant Science, Soil Science and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, François Gastal has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Plant Science, 27 papers in Soil Science and 24 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in François Gastal's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (26 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (22 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (12 papers). François Gastal is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (26 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (22 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (12 papers). François Gastal collaborates with scholars based in France, Morocco and United States. François Gastal's co-authors include G. Lemaire, Marie‐Hélène Jeuffroy, V. González-Dugo, Jean‐Louis Durand, Gilles Bélanger, C. J. Nelson, B. Saugier, J. L. Durand, Abad Chabbi and Gaétan Louarn and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

François Gastal

63 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

N uptake and distribution in crops: an agronomical and ecophysiological perspective

2002 608 citations François Gastal, G. Lemaire Journal of Experimental Botany profile →
Diagnosis tool for plant and crop N status in vegetative stage

2008 590 citations G. Lemaire, François Gastal et al. European Journal of Agronomy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
François Gastal France	31	2.5k	1.6k	1.4k	729	597	63	3.9k
Nadine Brisson France	28	2.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 2.0×	667 1.1×	52	4.2k
J. F. Angus Australia	35	3.0k 1.2×	1.9k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	467 0.6×	352 0.6×	85	4.5k
John L. Lindquist United States	33	3.3k 1.3×	2.2k 1.4×	1.4k 1.0×	275 0.4×	338 0.6×	110	4.5k
Derrick J. Moot New Zealand	32	1.7k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	644 0.5×	576 0.8×	319 0.5×	229	3.5k
Perry R. Miller United States	37	2.4k 1.0×	1.9k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	320 0.4×	581 1.0×	117	4.3k
Martin H. Entz Canada	37	2.6k 1.0×	2.0k 1.3×	1.9k 1.4×	178 0.2×	753 1.3×	155	4.6k
Kristian Thorup‐Kristensen Denmark	38	3.0k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	2.1k 1.5×	206 0.3×	399 0.7×	160	4.6k
J. Vos Netherlands	38	3.6k 1.5×	951 0.6×	663 0.5×	774 1.1×	411 0.7×	123	4.4k
Len J. Wade Australia	42	4.0k 1.6×	981 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	373 0.5×	461 0.8×	122	5.4k
S. Fukai Australia	49	7.8k 3.2×	2.1k 1.3×	1.7k 1.3×	592 0.8×	310 0.5×	341	9.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of François Gastal

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Louarn, Gaétan, et al.. (2024). The older the better? Delayed complementarity, overyielding, and improved residue composition in ageing alfalfa-fescue mixtures. Plant and Soil. 499(1-2). 553–567. 4 indexed citations

Ciampitti, Ignacio A., Jean‐François Briat, François Gastal, & G. Lemaire. (2022). Redefining crop breeding strategy for effective use of nitrogen in cropping systems. Communications Biology. 5(1). 823–823. 22 indexed citations

Fernández, Javier A., G. Lemaire, Gilles Bélanger, et al.. (2021). Revisiting the critical nitrogen dilution curve for tall fescue: A quantitative synthesis. European Journal of Agronomy. 131. 126380–126380. 28 indexed citations

Mahieu, Stéphanie, Sandra Novak, Philippe Barré, et al.. (2021). Diversity in the chemical composition and digestibility of leaves from fifty woody species in temperate areas. Agroforestry Systems. 95(7). 1295–1308. 10 indexed citations

Caillat, Hugues, et al.. (2019). Intake, milk yield and grazing behaviour of strip-grazing Alpine dairy goats in response to daily pasture allowance. animal. 13(11). 2492–2500. 5 indexed citations

Harrison, S. Kent, Aníbal de Moraes, R. Mark Sulc, et al.. (2018). Effects of crop rotation and sheep grazing management on the seedbank and emerged weed flora under a no-tillage integrated crop-livestock system. The Journal of Agricultural Science. 156(6). 810–820. 17 indexed citations

Gutierrez, Abraham A. Escobar, et al.. (2016). How variable are non-linear developmental responses to temperature in two perennial forage species?. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 232. 433–442. 27 indexed citations

Chabbi, Abad, Nimai Senapati, Françoise Vertès, et al.. (2015). Use of ley-arable rotations improves greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and carbon balance.. 241–248. 2 indexed citations

Frak, Ela, et al.. (2015). Intraspecific variation in thermal acclimation of photosynthesis across arange of temperatures in a perennial crop. AoB Plants. 8. 21 indexed citations

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Louarn, Gaétan, Joëlle Fustec, Bruno Mary, et al.. (2014). The amounts and dynamics of nitrogen transfer to grasses differ in alfalfa and white clover-based grass-legume mixtures as a result of rooting strategies and rhizodeposit quality. Plant and Soil. 389(1-2). 289–305. 72 indexed citations

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Maire, Vincent, Pierre Martre, Jens Kattge, et al.. (2012). The Coordination of Leaf Photosynthesis Links C and N Fluxes in C3 Plant Species. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e38345–e38345. 108 indexed citations

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Lestienne, F., Barry Thornton, & François Gastal. (2006). Impact of defoliation intensity and frequency on N uptake and mobilization in Lolium perenne. Journal of Experimental Botany. 57(4). 997–1006. 35 indexed citations

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González-Dugo, V., J. L. Durand, François Gastal, & Catherine Picon‐Cochard. (2005). Short-term response of the nitrogen nutrition status of tall fescue and Italian ryegrass swards under water deficit. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research. 56(11). 1269–1276. 49 indexed citations

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Fournier, Christian, et al.. (2005). A functional–structural model of elongation of the grass leaf and its relationships with the phyllochron. New Phytologist. 166(3). 881–894. 68 indexed citations

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Lestienne, F., François Gastal, Bruno Moulia, et al.. (2002). Pattern of leaf and tiller development of perennial ryegrass plants.. 332–333. 2 indexed citations

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Gastal, François & G. Lemaire. (2002). N uptake and distribution in crops: an agronomical and ecophysiological perspective. Journal of Experimental Botany. 53(370). 789–799. 608 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gastal, François & C. J. Nelson. (1994). Nitrogen Use within the Growing Leaf Blade of Tall Fescue. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 105(1). 191–197. 148 indexed citations

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Gastal, François, et al.. (1993). Temperature effects on partitioning of 14C assimilates in tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.). HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations

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Gastal, François, et al.. (1993). Temperature effects on partitioning of ¹⁴C assimilates in tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.). New Phytologist. 123(2). 255–261. 14 indexed citations

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Bélanger, Gilles, François Gastal, & F. R. Warembourg. (1992). The Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization and the Growing Season on Carbon Partitioning in a Sward of Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb). Annals of Botany. 70(3). 239–244. 36 indexed citations

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