Giuseppe Colla

22.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
293 papers, 16.0k citations indexed

About

Giuseppe Colla is a scholar working on Plant Science, Soil Science and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Giuseppe Colla has authored 293 papers receiving a total of 16.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 258 papers in Plant Science, 49 papers in Soil Science and 19 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Giuseppe Colla's work include Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques (114 papers), Growth and nutrition in plants (57 papers) and Plant Disease Management Techniques (43 papers). Giuseppe Colla is often cited by papers focused on Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques (114 papers), Growth and nutrition in plants (57 papers) and Plant Disease Management Techniques (43 papers). Giuseppe Colla collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Cyprus and Lebanon. Giuseppe Colla's co-authors include Youssef Rouphael, Mariateresa Cardarelli, E. Rea, Luigi Lucini, Marios C. Kyriacou, Dietmar Schwarz, Paolo Bonini, Stefania De Pascale, Renaud Canaguier and Christophe El‐Nakhel and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Giuseppe Colla

282 papers receiving 14.9k citations

Hit Papers

Protein hydrolysates as biostimulants in horticulture 2010 2026 2015 2020 2015 2015 2010 2017 2018 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Protein hydrolysates as biostimulants in horticulture
    2015 463 citations Giuseppe Colla, Mariateresa Cardarelli et al. Scientia Horticulturae profile →
  2. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi act as biostimulants in horticultural crops
    2015 439 citations Youssef Rouphael, Stefania De Pascale et al. Scientia Horticulturae profile →
  3. Grafting as a tool to improve tolerance of vegetables to abiotic stresses: Thermal stress, water stress and organic pollutants
    2010 420 citations Youssef Rouphael, Giuseppe Colla et al. Scientia Horticulturae profile →
  4. Biostimulant Action of Protein Hydrolysates: Unraveling Their Effects on Plant Physiology and Microbiome
    2017 362 citations Giuseppe Colla, Mariateresa Cardarelli et al. Frontiers in Plant Science profile →
  5. Synergistic Biostimulatory Action: Designing the Next Generation of Plant Biostimulants for Sustainable Agriculture
    2018 320 citations Youssef Rouphael, Giuseppe Colla Frontiers in Plant Science profile →
  6. Biostimulant action of a plant-derived protein hydrolysate produced through enzymatic hydrolysis
    2014 305 citations Giuseppe Colla, Youssef Rouphael et al. Frontiers in Plant Science profile →
  7. Improving vegetable quality in controlled environments
    2018 249 citations Youssef Rouphael, Marios C. Kyriacou et al. Scientia Horticulturae profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Giuseppe Colla Italy 73 14.3k 2.4k 1.3k 983 798 293 16.0k
Youssef Rouphael Italy 78 18.7k 1.3× 3.3k 1.4× 1.8k 1.4× 960 1.0× 1.4k 1.8× 515 21.7k
Mariateresa Cardarelli Italy 52 7.0k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 613 0.5× 423 0.4× 318 0.4× 161 7.7k
Chédly Abdelly Tunisia 67 13.5k 0.9× 1.3k 0.5× 3.5k 2.7× 220 0.2× 2.1k 2.6× 474 17.5k
Elsayed Fathi Abd Allah Saudi Arabia 59 9.4k 0.7× 747 0.3× 2.8k 2.1× 738 0.8× 743 0.9× 390 13.9k
Stefania De Pascale Italy 52 7.3k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 929 0.7× 132 0.1× 677 0.8× 312 9.7k
Mirza Hasanuzzaman Bangladesh 82 21.3k 1.5× 1.5k 0.6× 4.9k 3.8× 299 0.3× 1.0k 1.3× 385 26.3k
Mohammad Pessarakli United States 37 7.7k 0.5× 912 0.4× 1.7k 1.3× 339 0.3× 551 0.7× 251 10.2k
Radha Prasanna India 52 4.1k 0.3× 928 0.4× 1.4k 1.1× 302 0.3× 249 0.3× 273 8.5k
Hamada AbdElgawad Belgium 50 4.9k 0.3× 476 0.2× 1.2k 0.9× 193 0.2× 735 0.9× 323 8.6k
Sarvajeet Singh Gill India 47 12.0k 0.8× 461 0.2× 4.1k 3.1× 369 0.4× 501 0.6× 135 16.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ciriello, Michele, Giovanna Marta Fusco, Giuseppe Colla, et al.. (2024). Adaptation of basil to salt stress: Molecular mechanism and physiological regulation. Plant Stress. 11. 100431–100431. 8 indexed citations
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Rouphael, Youssef, et al.. (2024). Protein hydrolysates enhance recovery from drought stress in tomato plants: phenomic and metabolomic insights. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1357316–1357316. 12 indexed citations
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Choi, Seung‐Hyun, Giuseppe Colla, Mariateresa Cardarelli, & Hye‐Ji Kim. (2024). Effects of vegetal protein hydrolysate application method, nitrogen level, and nitrate‐to‐ammonium ratio on growth and composition of hydroponic lettuce. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 105(1). 599–610. 1 indexed citations
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García-Pérez, Pascual, Mônica Yorlady Alzate Zuluaga, Michele Ciriello, et al.. (2024). Unravelling the biostimulant activity of a protein hydrolysate in lettuce plants under optimal and low N availability: a multi‐omics approach. Physiologia Plantarum. 176(3). e14357–e14357. 9 indexed citations
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El‐Nakhel, Christophe, Giuseppe Colla, Mariateresa Cardarelli, et al.. (2023). Modulation of Morpho-Physiological and Metabolic Profiles of Lettuce Subjected to Salt Stress and Treated with Two Vegetal-Derived Biostimulants. Plants. 12(4). 709–709. 12 indexed citations
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Zuluaga, Mônica Yorlady Alzate, Begoña Miras‐Moreno, Youssef Rouphael, et al.. (2022). Integrated Metabolomics and Morpho-Biochemical Analyses Reveal a Better Performance of Azospirillum brasilense over Plant-Derived Biostimulants in Counteracting Salt Stress in Tomato. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(22). 14216–14216. 19 indexed citations
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Pii, Youry, Begoña Miras‐Moreno, Youssef Rouphael, et al.. (2021). The Modulation of Auxin-Responsive Genes, Phytohormone Profile, and Metabolomic Signature in Leaves of Tomato Cuttings Is Specifically Modulated by Different Protein Hydrolysates. Agronomy. 11(8). 1524–1524. 9 indexed citations
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Rouphael, Youssef, et al.. (2021). Effects of vegetal- versus animal-derived protein hydrolysate on sweet basil morpho-physiological and metabolic traits. Scientia Horticulturae. 284. 110123–110123. 53 indexed citations
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Miras‐Moreno, Begoña, Biancamaria Senizza, Youry Pii, et al.. (2021). Foliar Application of Different Vegetal-Derived Protein Hydrolysates Distinctively Modulates Tomato Root Development and Metabolism. Plants. 10(2). 326–326. 52 indexed citations
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Ciriello, Michele, Antonio Pannico, Christophe El‐Nakhel, et al.. (2020). Sweet Basil Functional Quality as Shaped by Genotype and Macronutrient Concentration Reciprocal Action. Plants. 9(12). 1786–1786. 22 indexed citations
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Teobaldelli, Maurizio, Youssef Rouphael, Maria Gonnella, et al.. (2019). Developing a fast and accurate model to estimate allometrically the total shoot leaf area in grapevines. Scientia Horticulturae. 259. 108794–108794. 12 indexed citations
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Gruda, Nazim S., Dimitrios Savvas, Giuseppe Colla, & Youssef Rouphael. (2018). Impacts of genetic material and current technologies on product quality of selected greenhouse vegetables – A review. European Journal of Horticultural Science. 83(5). 319–328. 57 indexed citations
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Rouphael, Youssef, et al.. (2010). Modeling individual leaf area of rose (Rosa hybrida L.) based on leaf length and width measurement. Photosynthetica. 48(1). 9–15. 75 indexed citations
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Cardarelli, Mariateresa, Youssef Rouphael, E. Rea, Anna Salerno, & Giuseppe Colla. (2010). Nutrient solution concentration and growing season affect growth and quality of potted petunia in a recirculating subirrigation and drip-irrigation system.. Journal of Food Agriculture & Environment. 8(1). 312–320. 3 indexed citations
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Colla, Giuseppe, Youssef Rouphael, Mariateresa Cardarelli, Andrea Mazzucato, & Irene Olimpieri. (2007). Growth, yield and reproduction of dwarf tomato grown under simulated microgravity conditions. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 141(1). 75–81. 22 indexed citations
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Colla, Giuseppe, et al.. (2006). Use of Salsola soda as a companion plant to improve greenhouse pepper (Capsicum annuum) performance under saline conditions. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science. 34(4). 283–290. 32 indexed citations

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