Mark Tester

48.3k total citations · 11 hit papers
227 papers, 33.7k citations indexed

About

Mark Tester is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Tester has authored 227 papers receiving a total of 33.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 192 papers in Plant Science, 43 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Mark Tester's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (103 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (57 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (42 papers). Mark Tester is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (103 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (57 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (42 papers). Mark Tester collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom. Mark Tester's co-authors include Rana Munns, Peter Langridge, Stuart J. Roy, Sónia Negrão, Robert T. Furbank, Romola Davenport, Sandra M. Schmöckel, Vadim Demidchik, Matthew Gilliham and Bettina Berger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mark Tester

221 papers receiving 32.4k citations

Hit Papers

Mechanisms of Salinity Tolerance 2003 2026 2010 2018 2008 2003 2010 2011 2016 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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.

  1. Mechanisms of Salinity Tolerance
    2008 9.7k citations Rana Munns, Mark Tester Annual Review of Plant Biology profile →
  2. Na+ Tolerance and Na+ Transport in Higher Plants
    2003 2.4k citations Mark Tester profile →
  3. Breeding Technologies to Increase Crop Production in a Changing World
    2010 1.6k citations Mark Tester, Peter Langridge Science profile →
  4. Phenomics – technologies to relieve the phenotyping bottleneck
    2011 1.1k citations Mark Tester et al. profile →
  5. Evaluating physiological responses of plants to salinity stress
    2016 857 citations Sónia Negrão, Sandra M. Schmöckel et al. profile →
  6. Salt resistant crop plants
    2014 799 citations Stuart J. Roy, Sónia Negrão et al. profile →
  7. Breeding crops to feed 10 billion
    2019 639 citations Mark Tester et al. profile →
  8. Wheat grain yield on saline soils is improved by an ancestral Na+ transporter gene
    2012 597 citations Rana Munns, Mark Tester et al. profile →
  9. Chemical Priming of Plants Against Multiple Abiotic Stresses: Mission Possible?
    2015 443 citations Mark Tester et al. profile →
  10. Shoot Na+ Exclusion and Increased Salinity Tolerance Engineered by Cell Type–Specific Alteration of Na+ Transport in Arabidopsis   
    2009 422 citations Inge Skrumsager Møller, Matthew Gilliham et al. The Plant Cell profile →
  11. Salt stress under the scalpel – dissecting the genetics of salt tolerance
    2018 241 citations Mitchell J. L. Morton, Mariam Awlia et al. The Plant Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark Tester Australia 76 30.0k 7.3k 2.3k 2.0k 1.8k 227 33.7k
Rana Munns Australia 73 35.1k 1.2× 6.6k 0.9× 1000 0.4× 1.6k 0.8× 2.8k 1.5× 138 38.9k
Sergey Shabala Australia 97 26.8k 0.9× 7.4k 1.0× 730 0.3× 1.2k 0.6× 941 0.5× 513 31.2k
T. J. Flowers United Kingdom 70 18.6k 0.6× 3.9k 0.5× 862 0.4× 1.5k 0.7× 876 0.5× 187 21.6k
Lam‐Son Phan Tran Japan 85 22.4k 0.7× 9.6k 1.3× 829 0.4× 602 0.3× 1.1k 0.6× 344 25.8k
Rajeev K. Varshney India 99 33.7k 1.1× 9.0k 1.2× 8.5k 3.7× 1.0k 0.5× 2.3k 1.3× 878 40.3k
Hitoshi Sakakibara Japan 94 26.6k 0.9× 15.9k 2.2× 2.6k 1.1× 478 0.2× 974 0.5× 372 31.7k
Hans J. Bohnert United States 81 20.2k 0.7× 12.3k 1.7× 823 0.4× 979 0.5× 599 0.3× 248 25.0k
Eduardo Blumwald United States 75 21.3k 0.7× 9.7k 1.3× 703 0.3× 611 0.3× 781 0.4× 217 24.8k
Robert T. Furbank Australia 66 11.6k 0.4× 5.7k 0.8× 940 0.4× 1.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 210 14.7k
Dirk Inzé Belgium 141 50.6k 1.7× 36.9k 5.0× 1.8k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 591 62.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Tester

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ishka, Maryam Rahmati, Mashael Daghash Alqahtani, Eric Craft, et al.. (2025). Natural variation in salt-induced changes in root:shoot ratio reveals SR3G as a negative regulator of root suberization and salt resilience in Arabidopsis. eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations
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Alharbi, Abdulaziz, et al.. (2024). Benchmarking techno-economic performance of greenhouses with different technology levels in a hot humid climate. Biosystems Engineering. 244. 177–199. 3 indexed citations
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Rey, Elodie, Michaël Abrouk, Isabelle Dufau, et al.. (2024). Genome assembly of a diversity panel of Chenopodium quinoa. Scientific Data. 11(1). 1366–1366. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Ke, Vanessa Melino, Muppala P. Reddy, et al.. (2024). SOS1 tonoplast neo-localization and the RGG protein SALTY are important in the extreme salinity tolerance of Salicornia bigelovii. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4279–4279. 23 indexed citations
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Goddek, Simon, O. Körner, Karel J. Keesman, et al.. (2023). How greenhouse horticulture in arid regions can contribute to climate-resilient and sustainable food security. Global Food Security. 38. 100701–100701. 22 indexed citations
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Rey, Elodie, Nazgol Emrani, Gordon B. Wellman, et al.. (2022). Genome-wide association study in quinoa reveals selection pattern typical for crops with a short breeding history. eLife. 11. 32 indexed citations
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Allu, Annapurna Devi, Yong Woo, Bernd Mueller‐Roeber, et al.. (2022). NAC transcription factors ATAF1 and ANAC055 affect the heat stress response in Arabidopsis. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 11264–11264. 31 indexed citations
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Alseekh, Saleh, Mohammad Shahid, Henda Mahmoudi, et al.. (2022). The diversity of quinoa morphological traits and seed metabolic composition. Scientific Data. 9(1). 323–323. 21 indexed citations
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Awlia, Mariam, Arthur Korte, Helena Oakey, et al.. (2021). Genetic mapping of the early responses to salt stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal. 107(2). 544–563. 29 indexed citations
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Gao, Ge, Mark Tester, & Magdalena Julkowska. (2020). The Use of High-Throughput Phenotyping for Assessment of Heat Stress-Induced Changes in Arabidopsis. Plant Phenomics. 2020. 3723916–3723916. 31 indexed citations
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Johansen, Kasper, Mitchell J. L. Morton, Yoann Malbéteau, et al.. (2019). PREDICTING BIOMASS AND YIELD AT HARVEST OF SALT-STRESSED TOMATO PLANTS USING UAV IMAGERY. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. XLII-2/W13. 407–411. 18 indexed citations
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George, J. Ronald, Ute Roessner, Berin A. Boughton, et al.. (2017). Transition from a maternal to external nitrogen source in maize seedlings. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 59(4). 261–274. 10 indexed citations
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Pailles, Yveline, et al.. (2017). Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Two Tomato Species from the Galapagos Islands. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8. 138–138. 34 indexed citations
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Julkowska, Magdalena, Iko T. Koevoets, Huub C. J. Hoefsloot, et al.. (2017). Genetic Components of Root Architecture Remodeling in Response to Salt Stress. The Plant Cell. 29(12). 3198–3213. 153 indexed citations
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Plett, Darren, Ute Baumann, Karen Francis, et al.. (2016). Nitrogen assimilation system in maize is regulated by developmental and tissue-specific mechanisms. Plant Molecular Biology. 92(3). 293–312. 20 indexed citations
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Møller, Inge Skrumsager, Matthew Gilliham, Deepa Jha, et al.. (2009). Shoot Na+ Exclusion and Increased Salinity Tolerance Engineered by Cell Type–Specific Alteration of Na+ Transport in Arabidopsis   . The Plant Cell. 21(7). 2163–2178. 422 indexed citations breakdown →
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Munns, Rana & Mark Tester. (2008). Mechanisms of Salinity Tolerance. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 59(1). 651–681. 9717 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sutton, Tim, Ute Baumann, Julie E. Hayes, et al.. (2007). Boron-Toxicity Tolerance in Barley Arising from Efflux Transporter Amplification. Science. 318(5855). 1446–1449. 320 indexed citations
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Davenport, Romola, et al.. (2007). The Na+ transporter AtHKT1;1 controls retrieval of Na+ from the xylem in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell & Environment. 30(4). 497–507. 365 indexed citations
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Knowles, Barbara H., Michael R. Blatt, Mark Tester, et al.. (1989). A cytolytic δ‐endotoxin from Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis forms cation‐selective channels in planar lipid bilayers. FEBS Letters. 244(2). 259–262. 97 indexed citations

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