Melvin D. Bolton

6.8k citations

84 papers · 4.9k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 29

Plant Science top 0.2%
- Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics 31
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity 25
- Plant Virus Research Studies 17
- Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies 15
- Plant Pathogens and Resistance 9
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions 7
Cell Biology top 0.5%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases 37
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 1%
- Fungal Plant Pathogen Control 15
Endocrinology top 5%
Agronomy and Crop Science top 2%

Co-authors: Bart P. H. J. Thomma Berlin D. Nelson Ronnie de Jonge J. A. Kolmer David F. Garvin H. Peter van Esse Gary A. Secor P.J.G.M. de Wit
Cited by: Plant Science Cell Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2 papers)SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología (1 paper)PLoS ONE (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Netherlands Belgium

In The Last Decade

Melvin D. Bolton

79 papers receiving 4.8k citations

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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.

2012 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2009 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
2005 Molecular Plant Pathology

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1	Genome-wide Evidence of Host Specialization in Wild and Farmland Populations of the Fungal Leaf Spot Pathogen, Cercospora beticola Genome Biology and Evolution ·Demetris Taliadoros,Lizel Potgieter,Amar Singh Dhiman,Nathan A. Wyatt,Mark McMullan,Christian Jung,Melvin D. Bolton,Eva H. Stukenbrock	2025	0
2	Development of an improved Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and callus-based regeneration system for sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.) Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC) ·Zainul A. Khan,Tinley Hathaway,Chenggen Chu,Nathan A. Wyatt,Melvin D. Bolton,Vanitharani Ramachandran	2025	0
3	Continental-scale insights into the sugarbeet diffusion juice microbiomes Microbiology Spectrum ·Malick Bill,John D. Eide,Karen Fugate,Melvin D. Bolton,Hari Kandel,Shyam L. Kandel	2024	6
4	Beet Soil-Borne Virus Is a Helper Virus for the Novel Beta vulgaris Satellite Virus 1A Phytopathology ·John J. Weiland,Nathan A. Wyatt,Viviana M. Camelo-García,Rebecca Spanner,Laura Jenkins Hladky,Vanitharani Ramachandran,Gary A. Secor,Frank N. Martin,William M. Wintermantel,Melvin D. Bolton	2024	2
5	Development of STARP Marker Platform for Flexible SNP Genotyping in Sugarbeet Agronomy ·Muhammad Massub Tehseen,Yaojie Zheng,Nathan A. Wyatt,Melvin D. Bolton,Shengming Yang,Steven S. Xu,Xuehui Li,Chenggen Chu	2023	2
6	The Complete and Gapless Genome Sequence of the Sugarbeet Pathogen Cercospora beticola SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Nathan A. Wyatt,Rebecca Spanner,Melvin D. Bolton	2023	0
7	Genome-Wide Association and Selective Sweep Studies Reveal the Complex Genetic Architecture of DMI Fungicide Resistance in Cercospora beticola Genome Biology and Evolution ·Rebecca Spanner,Demetris Taliadoros,Jonathan K. Richards,Viviana Rivera-Varas,Jonathan D. Neubauer,Mari Natwick,Olivia Hamilton,Niloofar Vaghefi,Sarah J. Pethybridge,Gary A. Secor,Timothy L. Friesen,Eva H. Stukenbrock,Melvin D. Bolton	2021	21
8	CRISPR-Based Isothermal Next-Generation Diagnostic Method for Virus Detection in Sugarbeet Frontiers in Microbiology ·Vanitharani Ramachandran,John J. Weiland,Melvin D. Bolton	2021	32
9	Rapid Detection of Cercospora beticola in Sugar Beet and Mutations Associated with Fungicide Resistance Using LAMP or Probe-Based qPCR Plant Disease ·Subidhya Shrestha,Jonathan D. Neubauer,Rebecca Spanner,Mari Natwick,Joshua Rios,Nicholas James Metz,Gary A. Secor,Melvin D. Bolton	2020	21
10	Gene cluster conservation provides insight into cercosporin biosynthesis and extends production to the genus Colletotrichum Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ronnie de Jonge,Malaika K. Ebert,Callie R. Huitt-Roehl,Paramita Pal,Jeffrey C. Suttle,Rebecca Spanner,Jonathan D. Neubauer,Wayne M. Jurick,Karina A. Stott,Gary A. Secor,Bart P. H. J. Thomma,Yves Van de Peer,Craig A. Townsend,Melvin D. Bolton	2018	67
11	Microbial small molecules – weapons of plant subversion Natural Product Reports ·Ioannis A. Stringlis,Hao Zhang,Corné M. J. Pieterse,Melvin D. Bolton,Ronnie de Jonge	2018	86
12	RNA-sequencing of Cercospora beticola DMI-sensitive and -resistant isolates after treatment with tetraconazole identifies common and contrasting pathway induction Fungal Genetics and Biology ·Melvin D. Bolton,Malaika K. Ebert,Luigi Faino,Viviana Rivera-Varas,Ronnie de Jonge,Yves Van de Peer,Bart P. H. J. Thomma,Gary A. Secor	2016	35
13	STABILITY OF TETRACONAZOLE-RESISTANT ISOLATES OF CERCOSPORA BETICOLA AFTER EXPOSURE TO DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE AND TIME TREATMENTS Journal of Plant Pathology ·S. Arabiat,Mohamed F. R. Khan,Melvin D. Bolton,Gary A. Secor	2016	2
14	Extensive chromosomal reshuffling drives evolution of virulence in an asexual pathogen Genome Research ·Ronnie de Jonge,Melvin D. Bolton,Anja Kombrink,Grardy C. M. van den Berg,Koste A. Yadeta,Bart P. H. J. Thomma	2013	225
15	The heterothallic sugarbeet pathogen Cercospora beticola contains exon fragments of both MAT genes that are homogenized by concerted evolution Fungal Genetics and Biology ·Melvin D. Bolton,Ronnie de Jonge,Patrik Inderbitzin,Zhaohui Liu,Keshav Birla,Yves Van de Peer,Krishna V. Subbarao,Bart P. H. J. Thomma,Gary A. Secor	2013	14
16	Wounding coordinately induces cell wall protein, cell cycle and pectin methyl esterase genes involved in tuber closing layer and wound periderm development Journal of Plant Physiology ·Jonathan D. Neubauer,Edward C. Lulai,Asunta L. Thompson,Jeffrey C. Suttle,Melvin D. Bolton	2012	37
17	Molecular and cytological aspects of native periderm maturation in potato tubers Journal of Plant Physiology ·Jonathan D. Neubauer,Edward C. Lulai,Asunta L. Thompson,Jeffrey C. Suttle,Melvin D. Bolton,L. G. Campbell	2012	20
18	Plant Fungal Pathogens Methods in molecular biology ·Melvin D. Bolton,Bart P. H. J. Thomma	2011	37
19	Characterization of CbCyp51 from Field Isolates of Cercospora beticola Phytopathology ·Melvin D. Bolton,Keshav Birla,Viviana Rivera-Varas,Kurt Rudolph,Gary A. Secor	2011	64
20	Rhizomania resistance in the Tandem® sugar beet variety International sugar journal ·N. D. De Temmerman,Mark N. Anfinrud,M. Meulemans,K. Rick,Alexandra Bürkholz,Erik De Bruyne,G. Weyens,Steve Barnes,S. Horemans,Marie Lefebvre,Melvin D. Bolton	2009	1

About Melvin D. Bolton

Melvin D. Bolton is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Plant Science and Endocrinology, having authored 84 papers that have together received 4.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (37 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (31 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (25 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (17 papers), Fungal Plant Pathogen Control (15 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (15 papers), Plant Pathogens and Resistance (9 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (4.5k citations), Cell Biology (1.5k citations) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (664 citations). Melvin D. Bolton has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Belgium. Frequent co-authors include Bart P. H. J. Thomma, Berlin D. Nelson, Ronnie de Jonge, J. A. Kolmer, David F. Garvin, H. Peter van Esse, Gary A. Secor, P.J.G.M. de Wit, Grardy C. M. van den Berg and Koste A. Yadeta. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

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