J.W. Deacon

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

J.W. Deacon is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, J.W. Deacon has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Plant Science, 47 papers in Cell Biology and 13 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in J.W. Deacon's work include Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (47 papers), Plant Pathogens and Resistance (34 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (26 papers). J.W. Deacon is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (47 papers), Plant Pathogens and Resistance (34 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (26 papers). J.W. Deacon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Portugal and South Africa. J.W. Deacon's co-authors include Stuart Donaldson, C. M. Henry, Rod T. Mitchell, F. T. Last, Fiona Gibson, Sharon L. von Broembsen, John L. Taylor, Geeta Saxena, D. B. Scott and E. Eirian Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New Phytologist and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

J.W. Deacon

91 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

  1. Innovative approaches to plant disease control
    1987 430 citations J.W. Deacon profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
J.W. Deacon 2.7k 1.1k 490 363 277 93 3.1k
I.C. Tommerup 2.0k 0.7× 909 0.8× 590 1.2× 266 0.7× 211 0.8× 74 2.2k
M. Lalonde 2.5k 1.0× 555 0.5× 594 1.2× 422 1.2× 404 1.5× 67 2.9k
S. D. Garrett 1.2k 0.5× 717 0.7× 525 1.1× 157 0.4× 273 1.0× 53 2.1k
Gerald L. Benny 2.1k 0.8× 1.4k 1.3× 661 1.3× 324 0.9× 541 2.0× 87 2.8k
E. Eirian Jones 2.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.2× 520 1.1× 235 0.6× 242 0.9× 157 2.8k
L. Simon 1.6k 0.6× 672 0.6× 422 0.9× 412 1.1× 327 1.2× 18 1.9k
John Bissett 2.2k 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 747 1.5× 283 0.8× 320 1.2× 54 3.0k
J.H. Warcup 1.8k 0.7× 1.0k 0.9× 486 1.0× 209 0.6× 996 3.6× 44 2.3k
Åke Olson 1.4k 0.5× 565 0.5× 419 0.9× 524 1.4× 265 1.0× 65 1.8k
W. B. Kendrick 1.1k 0.4× 949 0.9× 319 0.7× 298 0.8× 557 2.0× 61 1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J.W. Deacon

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All Works

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Deacon, J.W. & Geeta Saxena. (1997). Orientated zoospore attachment and cyst germination in Catenaria anguillulae, a facultative endoparasite of nematodes. Mycological Research. 101(5). 513–522. 28 indexed citations
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Broembsen, Sharon L. von & J.W. Deacon. (1996). Effects of calcium on germination and further zoospore release from zoospore cysts of Phytophthora parasitica. Mycological Research. 100(12). 1498–1504. 40 indexed citations
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Stewart, A. & J.W. Deacon. (1995). Vital Fluorochromes as Tracers for Fungal Growth Studies. Biotechnic & Histochemistry. 70(2). 57–65. 20 indexed citations
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Jones, E. Eirian, et al.. (1995). Monitoring and manipulation of populations of Pythium oligandrum, Pythium mycoparasiticum and a Papulaspora species in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 27(10). 1333–1343. 6 indexed citations
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Jones, E. Eirian, et al.. (1993). Interaction of the mycoparasite Pythium oligandrum with other Pythium species. Biocontrol Science and Technology. 3(3). 247–260. 24 indexed citations
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Deacon, J.W., et al.. (1992). Video-analysis of Gliocladium roseum in relation to mechanism of antagonism of plant pathogens.. 15(1). 64–66. 2 indexed citations
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Deacon, J.W., et al.. (1991). Pythium mycoparasiticum sp. nov., an aggressive mycoparasite from British soils. Mycotaxon. 42. 1–8. 7 indexed citations
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Donaldson, Stuart, et al.. (1991). Behaviour of zoospores and zoospore cysts in relation to root infection byPythium aphanidermatum. New Phytologist. 117(2). 289–301. 62 indexed citations
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Gibson, Fiona & J.W. Deacon. (1990). Establishment of ectomycorrhizas in aseptic culture: effects of glucose, nitrogen and phosphorus in relation to successions. Mycological Research. 94(2). 166–172. 51 indexed citations
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Gibson, Fiona, et al.. (1988). Effects of microwave treatment of soil on growth of birch (Betula pendula) seedlings and infection of them by ectomycorrhizal fungi. New Phytologist. 108(2). 189–204. 19 indexed citations
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Deacon, J.W.. (1988). Biocontrol of soil-borne plant pathogens with introduced inocula. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 318(1189). 249–264. 22 indexed citations
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Deacon, J.W., et al.. (1987). Invasion of naturally senescing root cortices of cereal and grass seedlings byMicrodochium bolleyi. Plant and Soil. 98(2). 239–246. 22 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Rod T. & J.W. Deacon. (1986). DIFFERENTIAL (HOST‐SPECIFIC) ACCUMULATION OF ZOOSPORES OF PYTHIUM ON ROOTS OF GRAMINACEOUS AND NON‐GRAMINACEOUS PLANTS. New Phytologist. 102(1). 113–122. 30 indexed citations
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Deacon, J.W. & Susan J. Lewis. (1986). Invasion of pieces of sterile wheat root by Gaeumannomyces graminis and Phialophora graminicola. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 18(2). 167–172. 10 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Rod T. & J.W. Deacon. (1986). Selective accumulation of zoospores of chytridiomycetes and oomycetes on cellulose and chitin. Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 86(2). 219–223. 25 indexed citations
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Henry, C. M. & J.W. Deacon. (1981). Natural (non-pathogenic) death of the cortex of wheat and barley seminal roots, as evidenced by nuclear staining with acridine orange. Plant and Soil. 60(2). 255–274. 88 indexed citations
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Deacon, J.W.. (1973). Phialophora radicicola and Gaeumannomyces graminis on roots of grasses and cereals. Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 61(3). 471–IN2. 65 indexed citations

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