Leon V. Kochian

40.8k citations

270 papers · 29.7k indexed · 11 hit papers · h-index 94

Plant Science top 0.01%
Pollution top 0.05%
Molecular Biology top 2%
Biomaterials top 0.2%
Soil Science top 0.5%

Co-authors: Miguel A. Piñeros Jon E. Shaff Owen A. Hoekenga Stephen D. Ebbs J. V. de Magalhães Jiping Liu David F. Garvin Mitch M. Lasat
Topics: Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals (149 papers)Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (127 papers)Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (122 papers)
Cited by: Plant Science Pollution Biomaterials
Journals: Nature Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal of Biological Chemistry
Partner nations: United States Canada Brazil

In The Last Decade

Leon V. Kochian

269 papers receiving 28.5k 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.

HOW DO CROP PLANTS TOLERATE ACID SOILS? MECHANISMS OF ALUMINUM TOLERANCE AND PHOSPHOROUS EFFICIENCY

2004 1.4k citations Leon V. Kochian, Owen A. Hoekenga et al. profile →
Cellular Mechanisms of Aluminum Toxicity and Resistance in Plants

1995 1.4k citations Leon V. Kochian profile →
Trehalose accumulation in rice plants confers high tolerance levels to different abiotic stresses

2002 929 citations Ajay Garg, Ju‐Kon Kim et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Plant Adaptation to Acid Soils: The Molecular Basis for Crop Aluminum Resistance

2015 780 citations Leon V. Kochian, Miguel A. Piñeros et al. profile →
A gene in the multidrug and toxic compound extrusion (MATE) family confers aluminum tolerance in sorghum

2007 586 citations J. V. de Magalhães, Jiping Liu et al. profile →
The molecular physiology of heavy metal transport in the Zn/Cd hyperaccumulatorThlaspi caerulescens

2000 567 citations Leon V. Kochian et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Functional expression of a probable Arabidopsis thaliana potassium channel in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

1992 540 citations Leon V. Kochian, William J. Lucas et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
The Physiology, Genetics and Molecular Biology of Plant Aluminum Resistance and Toxicity

2005 527 citations Leon V. Kochian, Miguel A. Piñeros et al. profile →
Aluminium Toxicity in Roots: An Investigation of Spatial Sensitivity and the Role of the Root Cap

1993 482 citations Peter R. Ryan, Leon V. Kochian et al. Journal of Experimental Botany profile →
Using membrane transporters to improve crops for sustainable food production

2013 370 citations Emmanuel Delhaize, Leon V. Kochian et al. profile →
Transport properties of members of the ZIP family in plants and their role in Zn and Mn homeostasis

2012 350 citations Eric Craft, Leon V. Kochian et al. Journal of Experimental Botany profile →

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1	Target of Rapamycin (TOR) signaling coordinates a balance between wheat photosynthetic performance and transpirational water conservation for improved water use efficiency and performance under drought 2025 ·Current Plant Biology ·Huajin Sheng,Peng Gao,Li Liu,Sheng Wang,Achala Bakshi,Zhigang Liu,Hanh Nguyen,Xi Li,(unknown),Daoquan Xiang,Vivijan Babic,Rui Wen,Teagen D. Quilichini,Maozhi Ren,Raju Datla,Leon V. Kochian	0
2	Advances in Genome Editing Through Haploid Induction Systems 2025 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Huajin Sheng,Peng Gao,(unknown),Teagen D. Quilichini,Leon V. Kochian,Raju Datla,Daoquan Xiang	2
3	Visualization and Quantitative Evaluation of Functional Structures of Soybean Root Nodules via Synchrotron X-ray Imaging 2024 ·Plant Phenomics ·Alireza Nakhforoosh,Emil Hallin,Chithra Karunakaran,Małgorzata Korbas,Jarvis Stobbs,Leon V. Kochian	1
4	Getting to the roots of N, P, and K uptake 2023 ·Journal of Experimental Botany ·Wendy J. Lyzenga,Zhigang Liu,(unknown),Yang Zhao,Leon V. Kochian,Byung‐Kook Ham	28
5	Loss of OPT3 function decreases phloem copper levels and impairs crosstalk between copper and iron homeostasis and shoot-to-root signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana 2023 ·The Plant Cell ·Ju‐Chen Chia,Jiapei Yan,Maryam Rahmati Ishka,(unknown),(unknown),Rong Huang,Louisa Smieska,Arthur R. Woll,Ryan Tappero,Andrew M. Kiss,Chen Jiao,Zhangjun Fei,Leon V. Kochian,Elsbeth L. Walker,Miguel A. Piñeros,Olena K. Vatamaniuk	26
6	The transcription factors, STOP1 and TCP20, are required for root system architecture alterations in response to nitrate deficiency 2023 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Mutsutomo Tokizawa,(unknown),Rahul Chandnani,Javier Mora‐Macias,(unknown),(unknown),Yuriko Kobayashi,Yoshiharu Y. Yamamoto,Hiroyuki Koyama,Leon V. Kochian	19
7	Application of an Improved 2-Dimensional High-Throughput Soybean Root Phenotyping Platform to Identify Novel Genetic Variants Regulating Root Architecture Traits 2023 ·Plant Phenomics ·Rahul Chandnani,(unknown),Heng Ye,Haifei Hu,(unknown),Mutsutomo Tokizawa,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),J. V. de Magalhães,Henry T. Nguyen,Leon V. Kochian	5
8	A cucumber protein, Phloem Phosphate Stress-Repressed 1, rapidly degrades in response to a phosphate stress condition 2023 ·Journal of Experimental Botany ·Jieyu Chen,Byung‐Kook Ham,Leon V. Kochian,William J. Lucas	2
9	Dynamic transcriptome analysis unravels key regulatory genes of maize root growth and development in response to potassium deficiency 2023 ·Planta ·Song Guo,Zhigang Liu,Huajin Sheng,(unknown),Zijun Zhou,Yonghong Liu,(unknown),Mingjiang He,Leon V. Kochian,Y Qin	6
10	High affinity promoter binding of STOP1 is essential for early expression of novel aluminum-induced resistance genes GDH1 and GDH2 in Arabidopsis 2021 ·Journal of Experimental Botany ·Mutsutomo Tokizawa,(unknown),Hiroki Ito,(unknown),Yuriko Kobayashi,Javier Mora‐Macias,Dagoberto Armenta‐Medina,Satoshi Iuchi,Masatomo Kobayashi,Mika Nomoto,Yasuomi Tada,Miki Fujita,Kazuo Shinozaki,Yoshiharu Y. Yamamoto,Leon V. Kochian,Hiroyuki Koyama	47
11	Low phosphate represses histone deacetylase complex1 to regulate root system architecture remodeling in Arabidopsis 2019 ·New Phytologist ·Jia Xu,Zhanqi Wang,Jia‐Yi Wang,Pengfei Li,Jian Feng Jin,Wei Wei Chen,Wei Fan,Leon V. Kochian,Shao Jian Zheng,Jianli Yang	36
12	Adaption of Roots to Nitrogen Deficiency Revealed by 3D Quantification and Proteomic Analysis 2018 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Lü Qin,Thomas C. Walk,Peipei Han,Liyu Chen,Sheng Zhang,Yinshui Li,Xiaojia Hu,Lihua Xie,Yong Yang,Jiping Liu,Xing Lu,Changbing Yu,Jiang Tian,Jon E. Shaff,Leon V. Kochian,Xing Liao,Hong Liao	76
13	Arabidopsis Pollen Fertility Requires the Transcription Factors CITF1 and SPL7 That Regulate Copper Delivery to Anthers and Jasmonic Acid Synthesis 2017 ·The Plant Cell ·Jiapei Yan,Ju‐Chen Chia,Huajin Sheng,Ha‐il Jung,(unknown),Lu Zhang,Rong Huang,Jiao Chen,Eric Craft,Zhangjun Fei,Leon V. Kochian,Olena K. Vatamaniuk	76
14	NIP1;2 is a plasma membrane-localized transporter mediating aluminum uptake, translocation, and tolerance in Arabidopsis 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Yuqi Wang,Ruihong Li,De-Mou Li,Xiaomin Jia,Dangwei Zhou,Jianyong Li,Sangbom M. Lyi,Siyu Hou,Yulan Huang,Leon V. Kochian,Jiping Liu	126
15	Vascular-mediated signalling involved in early phosphate stress response in plants 2016 ·Nature Plants ·Zhaoliang Zhang,Yi Zheng,Byung‐Kook Ham,Jieyu Chen,Akiko Yoshida,Leon V. Kochian,Zhangjun Fei,William J. Lucas	120
16	Natural variation underlies alterations in Nramp aluminum transporter ( NRAT1 ) expression and function that play a key role in rice aluminum tolerance 2014 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jianyong Li,Jiping Liu,Dekun Dong,Xiaomin Jia,Susan R. McCouch,Leon V. Kochian	126
17	Aluminum tolerance in maize is associated with higher MATE1 gene copy number 2013 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Lyza Maron,C. T. Guimarães,Matias Kirst,Patrice S. Albert,James A. Birchler,Peter J. Bradbury,Edward S. Buckler,Alison Coluccio,Tatiana V. Danilova,David Kudrna,J. V. de Magalhães,Miguel A. Piñeros,Michael C. Schatz,Rod A. Wing,Leon V. Kochian	222
18	Functional, structural and phylogenetic analysis of domains underlying the A l sensitivity of the aluminum‐activated malate/anion transporter, T a ALMT 1 2013 ·The Plant Journal ·Ayalew Ligaba,Ingo Drèyer,(unknown),David J. Schneider,Leon V. Kochian,Miguel A. Piñeros	53
19	AtALMT1 , which encodes a malate transporter, is identified as one of several genes critical for aluminum tolerance in Arabidopsis 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Owen A. Hoekenga,Lyza Maron,Miguel A. Piñeros,Geraldo Magela de Almeida Cançado,Jon E. Shaff,Yuriko Kobayashi,Peter R. Ryan,Bei Dong,Emmanuel Delhaize,Takayuki Sasaki,Hideaki Matsumoto,Yoko Yamamoto,Hiroyuki Koyama,Leon V. Kochian	459
20	Trehalose accumulation in rice plants confers high tolerance levels to different abiotic stressesbreakdown → 2002 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ajay Garg,Ju‐Kon Kim,Thomas G. Owens,Anil P. Ranwala,Yang Do Choi,Leon V. Kochian,Ray Wü	929

About Leon V. Kochian

Leon V. Kochian is a scholar working on Plant Science, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology and Pollution, having authored 270 papers that have together received 29.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals (149 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (127 papers) and Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (122 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (25.9k citations), Pollution (3.9k citations) and Biomaterials (2.8k citations). Leon V. Kochian has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Brazil. Frequent co-authors include Miguel A. Piñeros, Jon E. Shaff, Owen A. Hoekenga, Stephen D. Ebbs, J. V. de Magalhães, Jiping Liu, David F. Garvin, Mitch M. Lasat, Davey L. Jones and William J. Lucas. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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