Lingfei Hu

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
45 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Lingfei Hu is a scholar working on Plant Science, Insect Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lingfei Hu has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Plant Science, 23 papers in Insect Science and 13 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Lingfei Hu's work include Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (23 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (15 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (7 papers). Lingfei Hu is often cited by papers focused on Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (23 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (15 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (7 papers). Lingfei Hu collaborates with scholars based in China, Switzerland and United States. Lingfei Hu's co-authors include Matthias Erb, Meng Ye, Christelle A. M. Robert, Yonggen Lou, Klaus Schlaeppi, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Selma Cadot, Daniele Manzo, Beibei Li and Xi Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Lingfei Hu

43 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Root exudate metabolites drive plant-soil feedbacks on growth and defense by shaping the rhizosphere microbiota

2018 1.1k citations Lingfei Hu, Christelle A. M. Robert et al. Nature Communications profile →
Biogeographic patterns and drivers of soil viromes

2024 42 citations Bin Ma, Kankan Zhao et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

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Jonathan M. Plett Australia

Jessy Labbé United States

Marie Duhamel Netherlands

Jeremy Pritchard United Kingdom

Hui‐ling Liao United States

T. C. Todd United States

Alessandra Turrini Italy

Natalia Requena Germany

Wenkun Huang China

Jonathan M. Plett Australia

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lingfei Hu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lingfei Hu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lingfei Hu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lingfei Hu 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 Lingfei Hu. Lingfei Hu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Raaijmakers, Jos M., Matthias Erb, Jiabao Zhang, et al.. (2025). Linalool-triggered plant-soil feedback drives defense adaptation in dense maize plantings. Science. 389(6761). eadv6675–eadv6675. 1 indexed citations

Lei, Yuting, et al.. (2024). Cover crop rotation suppresses root‐knot nematode infection by shaping soil microbiota. New Phytologist. 245(1). 363–377. 12 indexed citations

Ma, Bin, Kankan Zhao, Erinne Stirling, et al.. (2024). Biogeographic patterns and drivers of soil viromes. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8(4). 717–728. 42 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Xuehua, Zhongmin Dai, Haochun Zhao, et al.. (2023). Heavy metal effects on multitrophic level microbial communities and insights for ecological restoration of an abandoned electroplating factory site. Environmental Pollution. 327. 121548–121548. 22 indexed citations

Dai, Zhongmin, Jiahui Lin, Haochun Zhao, et al.. (2023). Heavy metal contamination collapses trophic interactions in the soil microbial food web via bottom-up regulation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 184. 109058–109058. 36 indexed citations

Hu, Lingfei, Christelle A. M. Robert, Tobias Züst, et al.. (2021). Soil chemistry determines whether defensive plant secondary metabolites promote or suppress herbivore growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(43). 40 indexed citations

Cadot, Selma, Valentin Gfeller, Lingfei Hu, et al.. (2021). Soil composition and plant genotype determine benzoxazinoid‐mediated plant–soil feedbacks in cereals. Plant Cell & Environment. 44(12). 3732–3744. 14 indexed citations

Huber, Meret, Thomas Röder, Sandra Irmisch, et al.. (2021). A beta-glucosidase of an insect herbivore determines both toxicity and deterrence of a dandelion defense metabolite. eLife. 10. 16 indexed citations

Ye, Meng, Gaétan Glauser, Yonggen Lou, Matthias Erb, & Lingfei Hu. (2019). Molecular Dissection of Early Defense Signaling Underlying Volatile-Mediated Defense Regulation and Herbivore Resistance in Rice. The Plant Cell. 31(3). 687–698. 95 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xi, Carla C. M. Arce, Lingfei Hu, et al.. (2019). Plant defense resistance in natural enemies of a specialist insect herbivore. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(46). 23174–23181. 55 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xi, et al.. (2019). Entomopathogenic nematodes increase predation success by inducing cadaver volatiles that attract healthy herbivores. eLife. 8. 26 indexed citations

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Robert, Christelle A. M., Tobias Züst, Lingfei Hu, et al.. (2018). Convergent evolution of a metabolic switch between aphid and caterpillar resistance in cereals. Science Advances. 4(12). eaat6797–eaat6797. 58 indexed citations

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Ye, Meng, Nathalie Veyrat, Hao Xu, et al.. (2018). An herbivore-induced plant volatile reduces parasitoid attraction by changing the smell of caterpillars. Science Advances. 4(5). eaar4767–eaar4767. 59 indexed citations

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Hu, Lingfei, Pierre Mateo, Meng Ye, et al.. (2018). Plant iron acquisition strategy exploited by an insect herbivore. Science. 361(6403). 694–697. 89 indexed citations

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Hu, Lingfei, Christelle A. M. Robert, Selma Cadot, et al.. (2018). Root exudate metabolites drive plant-soil feedbacks on growth and defense by shaping the rhizosphere microbiota. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2738–2738. 1054 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hu, Lingfei, Meng Ye, Ran Li, & Yonggen Lou. (2016). OsWRKY53, a versatile switch in regulating herbivore-induced defense responses in rice. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 11(4). e1169357–e1169357. 60 indexed citations

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Qi, Jinfeng, Jiancai Li, Ran Li, et al.. (2015). Jasmonic acid carboxyl methyltransferase regulates development and herbivory‐induced defense response in rice. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 58(6). 564–576. 65 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shuai, Xiang Li, Shuai Shao, et al.. (2015). Antagonism between phytohormone signalling underlies the variation in disease susceptibility of tomato plants under elevated CO2. Journal of Experimental Botany. 66(7). 1951–1963. 104 indexed citations

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Hu, Lingfei, Meng Ye, Ran Li, et al.. (2015). The rice transcription factor WRKY53 suppresses herbivore-induced defenses by acting as a negative feedback modulator of map kinase activity. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 169(4). pp.01090.2015–pp.01090.2015. 99 indexed citations

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Ouyang, Zhiyun, et al.. (1991). Predation of major natural enemies on Panonychus citri and its comprehensive evaluation in citrus orchards in Hunan, China.. Acta Phytophylacica Sinica. 18(3). 225–229. 3 indexed citations

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