Majid R. Foolad

17.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
99 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Majid R. Foolad is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Majid R. Foolad has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Plant Science, 31 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Majid R. Foolad's work include Plant Pathogens and Resistance (30 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (26 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (18 papers). Majid R. Foolad is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Resistance (30 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (26 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (18 papers). Majid R. Foolad collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Pakistan. Majid R. Foolad's co-authors include Muhammad Ashraf, Abdul Wahid, G. Y. Lin, Sadaf Riaz, Amer Jamil, Hamid Ashrafi, Richard A. Jones, Nudrat Aisha Akram, Dilip R. Panthee and R. N. Arteca and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Molecules and Frontiers in Plant Science.

In The Last Decade

Majid R. Foolad

96 papers receiving 10.2k 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.

Roles of glycine betaine and proline in improving plant abiotic stress resistance

2006 3.5k citations Muhammad Ashraf, Majid R. Foolad profile →
Heat tolerance in plants: An overview

2007 2.7k citations Muhammad Ashraf, Majid R. Foolad et al. profile →
Gene Expression Profiling of Plants under Salt Stress

2011 563 citations Muhammad Ashraf, Majid R. Foolad et al. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Majid R. Foolad United States	41	9.8k	2.7k	831	685	636	99	11.0k
Randall L. Nelson United States	48	7.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	914 1.1×	393 0.6×	675 1.1×	164	8.6k
Meixue Zhou Australia	59	9.7k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	915 1.1×	385 0.6×	740 1.2×	276	11.0k
Luigi Cattivelli Italy	54	8.2k 0.8×	2.8k 1.0×	1.5k 1.9×	299 0.4×	1.4k 2.2×	219	9.8k
Daniel P. Schachtman United States	60	11.5k 1.2×	3.2k 1.2×	334 0.4×	360 0.5×	630 1.0×	125	13.2k
Howard Thomas United Kingdom	49	6.4k 0.7×	3.9k 1.5×	574 0.7×	970 1.4×	938 1.5×	147	8.4k
Wolf‐Rüdiger Scheible Germany	51	14.8k 1.5×	7.7k 2.9×	403 0.5×	379 0.6×	571 0.9×	80	17.3k
Luís Herrera‐Estrella Mexico	65	14.1k 1.4×	7.4k 2.8×	541 0.7×	921 1.3×	499 0.8×	248	17.2k
Mikiko Kojima Japan	62	13.1k 1.3×	7.5k 2.8×	846 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	482 0.8×	169	14.5k
Grant R. Cramer United States	52	8.6k 0.9×	4.0k 1.5×	382 0.5×	393 0.6×	309 0.5×	103	10.0k
Eduardo Blumwald United States	75	21.3k 2.2×	9.7k 3.6×	703 0.8×	960 1.4×	781 1.2×	217	24.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Foolad, Majid R., et al.. (2024). Identification and mapping of QTLs for late blight resistance in the wild tomato (Solanum pimpinellifolium) accession PI 270442 via selective genotyping. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1482241–1482241.

Levin, Elena, et al.. (2024). Molecular and biochemical components associated with chilling tolerance in tomato: comparison of different developmental stages. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 31–31. 1 indexed citations

Foolad, Majid R., et al.. (2019). Genetic analysis of late blight resistance in a new RIL population of tomato derived from LB‐resistant Solanum pimpinellifolium accession PI 270443. Plant Breeding. 139(3). 651–659. 3 indexed citations

Ashrafi, Hamid, et al.. (2018). Identification and Mapping of Late Blight Resistance Quantitative Trait Loci in Tomato Accession PI 163245. The Plant Genome. 11(3). 14 indexed citations

Foolad, Majid R., et al.. (2013). Validation and fine mapping of lyc12.1, a QTL for increased tomato fruit lycopene content. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 126(8). 2163–2175. 34 indexed citations

Ashraf, Muhammad & Majid R. Foolad. (2012). Crop breeding for salt tolerance in the era of molecular markers and marker‐assisted selection. Plant Breeding. 132(1). 10–20. 152 indexed citations

Foolad, Majid R., et al.. (2008). Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Late Blight and Early Blight Resistance in Tomato. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. 27(2). 75–107. 151 indexed citations

Foolad, Majid R., et al.. (2007). Common QTL Affect the Rate of Tomato Seed Germination under Different Stress and Nonstress Conditions. PubMed. 2007. 1–10. 62 indexed citations

Foolad, Majid R., Arun Sharma, Hamid Ashrafi, & G. Y. Lin. (2005). Genetics and Breeding of Early Blight Resistance in Tomato. HortScience. 40(4). 1114C–1114. 2 indexed citations

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Ashrafi, Hamid, Arun Sharma, David Niño-Liu, Liping Zhang, & Majid R. Foolad. (2005). (13) Comparative Mapping of Early Blight Resistance QTLs and Candidate Resistance Genes in F2, F3, F4 and a RIL Population of Tomato. HortScience. 40(4). 1040B–1040. 1 indexed citations

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Lin, G. Y., et al.. (2003). Mapping QTLs conferring early blight (Alternaria solani) resistance in a Lycopersicon esculentum×L. hirsutum cross by selective genotyping. Molecular Breeding. 12(1). 3–19. 63 indexed citations

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Foolad, Majid R., et al.. (2003). Genetics of drought tolerance during seed germination in tomato: inheritance and QTL mapping. Genome. 46(4). 536–545. 81 indexed citations

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Foolad, Majid R. & G. Y. Lin. (2000). Relationship between Cold Tolerance during Seed Germination and Vegetative Growth in Tomato: Germplasm Evaluation. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 125(6). 679–683. 59 indexed citations

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Foolad, Majid R.. (1999). Comparison of salt tolerance during seed germination and vegetative growth in tomato by QTL mapping. Genome. 42(4). 727–734. 67 indexed citations

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Foolad, Majid R. & G. Y. Lin. (1997). Genetic Potential for Salt Tolerance During Germination in Lycopersicon Species. HortScience. 32(2). 296–300. 89 indexed citations

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Foolad, Majid R.. (1996). Genetic Basis of Physiological Traits Related to Salt Tolerance in Tomato. HortScience. 31(4). 624c–624. 4 indexed citations

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Foolad, Majid R.. (1996). Analysis of Response and Correlated Response to Selection for Salt Tolerance during Germination in Tomato. HortScience. 31(4). 625e–626. 1 indexed citations

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Foolad, Majid R., S. Arulsekar, Viviana Becerra, & F. A. Bliss. (1995). A genetic map of Prunus based on an interspecific cross between peach and almond. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 91(2). 262–269. 85 indexed citations

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Hittalmani, Shailaja, Majid R. Foolad, T. W. Mew, Raymond L. Rodriguez, & Yu-Ting Huang. (1995). Development of a PCR-based marker to identify rice blast resistance gene, Pi-2(t), in a segregating population. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 91(1). 9–14. 63 indexed citations

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Foolad, Majid R. & Richard A. Jones. (1993). Mapping salt-tolerance genes in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) using trait-based marker analysis. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 87(1-2). 184–192. 89 indexed citations

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