Lailiang Cheng

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
167 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Lailiang Cheng is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Lailiang Cheng has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Plant Science, 76 papers in Molecular Biology and 22 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Lailiang Cheng's work include Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies (68 papers), Horticultural and Viticultural Research (63 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (32 papers). Lailiang Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies (68 papers), Horticultural and Viticultural Research (63 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (32 papers). Lailiang Cheng collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Lailiang Cheng's co-authors include Pengmin Li, Mingjun Li, Leslie H. Fuchigami, Fengwang Ma, Fengjuan Feng, Li‐Song Chen, Yanzi Zhang, Abhaya M. Dandekar, Dong Meng and Gan‐Yuan Zhong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, PLoS ONE and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Lailiang Cheng

160 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

Phased diploid genome assemblies and pan-genomes provide insights into the genetic history of apple domestication

2020 213 citations Kenong Xu, Lailiang Cheng et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lailiang Cheng United States	47	5.3k	2.5k	811	582	412	167	6.4k
Leonor Alegre Spain	32	3.4k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	849 1.0×	424 0.7×	763 1.9×	59	4.7k
Cecilia Brunetti Italy	37	3.2k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	679 0.8×	509 0.9×	469 1.1×	100	4.5k
‪Aurelio Gómez‐Cadenas Spain	57	9.5k 1.8×	3.5k 1.4×	388 0.5×	473 0.8×	596 1.4×	211	11.1k
Zoran G. Cerović France	37	3.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	435 0.5×	531 0.9×	547 1.3×	75	4.3k
Eliezer Ε. Goldschmidt Israel	37	4.8k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	425 0.5×	374 0.6×	287 0.7×	149	5.6k
Aaron Fait Israel	48	5.2k 1.0×	2.8k 1.1×	368 0.5×	1.2k 2.0×	317 0.8×	111	6.5k
S. Lavee Israel	37	3.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	585 0.7×	825 1.4×	381 0.9×	173	4.6k
Vicent Arbona Spain	38	4.9k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	192 0.2×	276 0.5×	354 0.9×	96	5.8k
Robert K. Prange Canada	29	4.6k 0.9×	990 0.4×	510 0.6×	665 1.1×	138 0.3×	104	5.6k
R. K. Sairam India	39	7.7k 1.4×	1.6k 0.6×	242 0.3×	313 0.5×	248 0.6×	83	8.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Lailiang Cheng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lailiang Cheng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lailiang Cheng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lailiang Cheng 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 Lailiang Cheng. Lailiang Cheng 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

Lin, Yu‐Pin, et al.. (2025). Challenges and opportunities in using biowaste for sustainable hydroponic netted melon (Cucumis melo L.) cultivation. Agricultural Systems. 228. 104366–104366. 2 indexed citations

Shoffe, Yosef Al, et al.. (2024). Preharvest 1-methylcyclopropene and aminoethoxyvinylglycine treatment effects on ‘NY2’ (RubyFrost®) apple fruit quality and postharvest watercore dissipation at different temperatures. Postharvest Biology and Technology. 220. 113301–113301. 4 indexed citations

Hu, Da‐Gang, Chunlong Li, Tingting Zhao, et al.. (2024). A linker histone acts as a transcription factor to orchestrate malic acid accumulation in apple in response to sorbitol. The Plant Cell. 37(1). 5 indexed citations

Li, Chunlong, Srinivasan Krishnan, Da‐Gang Hu, et al.. (2024). Alternative Splicing Underpins the ALMT9 Transporter Function for Vacuolar Malic Acid Accumulation in Apple. Advanced Science. 11(22). e2310159–e2310159. 17 indexed citations

Wu, Jun, Lailiang Cheng, Richard V. Espley, Fengwang Ma, & Mickaël Malnoy. (2023). Focus on fruit crops. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 192(3). 1659–1665. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Yingzhen, et al.. (2023). Phytochemical Composition and Content of Red-Fleshed Grape Accessions. Horticulturae. 9(5). 579–579. 4 indexed citations

Li, Huixia, Shiyao Wang, Yi Li, et al.. (2022). Genome editing of apple SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDNG PROTEIN-LIKE 6 enhances adventitious shoot regeneration. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 191(2). 840–843. 6 indexed citations

Yang, Leiyun, Zhixue Wang, Aiqin Zhang, et al.. (2021). Reduction of the canonical function of a glycolytic enzyme enolase triggers immune responses that further affect metabolism and growth in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 34(5). 1745–1767. 23 indexed citations

Li, Chunlong, Dong Meng, Miguel A. Piñeros, et al.. (2019). A Sugar Transporter Takes Up both Hexose and Sucrose for Sorbitol-Modulated In Vitro Pollen Tube Growth in Apple. The Plant Cell. 32(2). 449–469. 65 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhengyang, Xiaoyu Wei, Jingjing Yang, et al.. (2019). Heterologous expression of the apple hexose transporter MdHT2.2 altered sugar concentration with increasing cell wall invertase activity in tomato fruit. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 18(2). 540–552. 60 indexed citations

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Meng, Dong, Chunlong Li, Jonathan B. González, et al.. (2018). Sorbitol Modulates Resistance to Alternaria alternata by Regulating the Expression of an NLR Resistance Gene in Apple. The Plant Cell. 30(7). 1562–1581. 106 indexed citations

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Yang, Jingjing, Lingcheng Zhu, Chen Zhang, et al.. (2018). Increased activity of MdFRK2, a high-affinity fructokinase, leads to upregulation of sorbitol metabolism and downregulation of sucrose metabolism in apple leaves. Horticulture Research. 5(1). 71–71. 54 indexed citations

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Li, Mingjun, Dongxia Li, Fengjuan Feng, et al.. (2016). Proteomic analysis reveals dynamic regulation of fruit development and sugar and acid accumulation in apple. Journal of Experimental Botany. 67(17). 5145–5157. 88 indexed citations

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Li, Pengmin, Fengwang Ma, & Lailiang Cheng. (2012). Primary and secondary metabolism in the sun‐exposed peel and the shaded peel of apple fruit. Physiologia Plantarum. 148(1). 9–24. 83 indexed citations

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Cheng, Lailiang, et al.. (2011). Phloem Loading Strategies and Water Relations in Trees and Herbaceous Plants . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 157(3). 1518–1527. 76 indexed citations

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Cheng, Lailiang, et al.. (2009). Effects of Nitrogen Supply on Source-sink Balance and Fruit Size of ‘Gala’ Apple Trees. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 134(1). 126–133. 44 indexed citations

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Cheng, Lailiang & Richard Raba. (2009). Accumulation of Macro- and Micronutrients and Nitrogen Demand-supply Relationship of ‘Gala’/‘Malling 26’ Apple Trees Grown in Sand Culture. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 134(1). 3–13. 64 indexed citations

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Smith, Brandon R. & Lailiang Cheng. (2007). Iron Assimilation and Carbon Metabolism in ‘Concord’ Grapevines Grown at Different pHs. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 132(4). 473–483. 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Li‐Song & Lailiang Cheng. (2003). Carbon Assimilation and Carbohydrate Metabolism of `Concord' Grape (Vitis labrusca L.) Leaves in Response to Nitrogen Supply. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 128(5). 754–760. 1 indexed citations

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Hirose, Euichi, et al.. (1998). INTRA- AND EXTRA-CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC PROKARYOTES, PROCHLORON SP., IN A COLONIAL ASCIDIAN : ULTRASTRUCTURAL AND QUANTITATIVE STUDIE S. Symbiosis. 25. 301–310. 12 indexed citations

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