Peter Kusstatscher

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Peter Kusstatscher is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Kusstatscher has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Plant Science, 7 papers in Cell Biology and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Peter Kusstatscher's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (15 papers), Nematode management and characterization studies (8 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (7 papers). Peter Kusstatscher is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (15 papers), Nematode management and characterization studies (8 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (7 papers). Peter Kusstatscher collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and Italy. Peter Kusstatscher's co-authors include Gabriele Berg, Tomislav Cernava, Ahmed Abdelfattah, Wisnu Adi Wicaksono, Birgit Wassermann, Kornelia Smalla, Sunlu Chen, Yiling Wang, Xiaoyan Fan and Haruna Matsumoto and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Frontiers in Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Peter Kusstatscher

27 papers receiving 997 citations

Hit Papers

Bacterial seed endophyte shapes disease resistance in rice 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Bacterial seed endophyte shapes disease resistance in rice
    2021 302 citations Haruna Matsumoto, Xiaoyan Fan et al. Nature Plants profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Kusstatscher Austria 18 759 254 198 123 107 27 1.0k
Desalegn W. Etalo Netherlands 13 714 0.9× 180 0.7× 250 1.3× 70 0.6× 62 0.6× 20 899
R. Schlechter New Zealand 13 720 0.9× 163 0.6× 535 2.7× 130 1.1× 111 1.0× 24 1.0k
Ju Yeon Song South Korea 18 907 1.2× 168 0.7× 553 2.8× 51 0.4× 141 1.3× 48 1.4k
Sandra de Weert Netherlands 15 672 0.9× 95 0.4× 331 1.7× 54 0.4× 115 1.1× 16 985
Ilenia Siciliano Italy 18 929 1.2× 302 1.2× 170 0.9× 103 0.8× 30 0.3× 26 1.1k
Lucile Sage France 15 579 0.8× 286 1.1× 87 0.4× 97 0.8× 83 0.8× 27 853
Silva Sonjak Slovenia 14 492 0.6× 298 1.2× 303 1.5× 106 0.9× 231 2.2× 17 941
Atif Jamal Pakistan 16 828 1.1× 106 0.4× 54 0.3× 60 0.5× 90 0.8× 35 920
А. М. Глушакова Russia 18 486 0.6× 379 1.5× 495 2.5× 216 1.8× 87 0.8× 75 850
Livio Torta Italy 14 396 0.5× 167 0.7× 143 0.7× 57 0.5× 64 0.6× 47 574

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Kusstatscher

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bickel, Samuel, Wisnu Adi Wicaksono, Peter Kusstatscher, et al.. (2023). Bioinoculants and organic soil amendments affect nematode diversity in apple orchards. Applied Soil Ecology. 190. 105004–105004. 4 indexed citations
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Wicaksono, Wisnu Adi, Peter Kusstatscher, Tomislav Cernava, et al.. (2022). Impact of Cultivation and Origin on the Fruit Microbiome of Apples and Blueberries and Implications for the Exposome. Microbial Ecology. 86(2). 973–984. 21 indexed citations
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Kusstatscher, Peter, et al.. (2022). Insights into the microbiome assembly during different growth stages and storage of strawberry plants. Environmental Microbiome. 17(1). 21–21. 48 indexed citations
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Wicaksono, Wisnu Adi, Peter Kusstatscher, Christian Berg, et al.. (2022). Phyllosphere-associated microbiota in built environment: Do they have the potential to antagonize human pathogens?. Journal of Advanced Research. 43. 109–121. 17 indexed citations
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Wicaksono, Wisnu Adi, Peter Kusstatscher, Aki Sinkkonen, et al.. (2022). Modulation of the food microbiome by apple fruit processing. Food Microbiology. 108. 104103–104103. 19 indexed citations
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Köberl, Martina, et al.. (2022). Increased Yield and High Resilience of Microbiota Representatives With Organic Soil Amendments in Smallholder Farms of Uganda. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 815377–815377. 1 indexed citations
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Bickel, Samuel, et al.. (2022). Deciphering the microbial composition of biodynamic preparations and their effects on the apple rhizosphere microbiome. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 6 indexed citations
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Matsumoto, Haruna, Xiaoyan Fan, Yue Wang, et al.. (2021). Bacterial seed endophyte shapes disease resistance in rice. Nature Plants. 7(1). 60–72. 302 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kusstatscher, Peter, et al.. (2021). Microbiome-Assisted Breeding to Understand Cultivar-Dependent Assembly in Cucurbita pepo. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 642027–642027. 34 indexed citations
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Berg, Gabriele, Peter Kusstatscher, Ahmed Abdelfattah, Tomislav Cernava, & Kornelia Smalla. (2021). Microbiome Modulation—Toward a Better Understanding of Plant Microbiome Response to Microbial Inoculants. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 650610–650610. 114 indexed citations
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Wicaksono, Wisnu Adi, et al.. (2021). Antimicrobial-specific response from resistance gene carriers studied in a natural, highly diverse microbiome. Microbiome. 9(1). 29–29. 19 indexed citations
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Kusstatscher, Peter, Tomislav Cernava, Karsten Harms, et al.. (2021). On-field microbial community influences postharvest root rot in sugar beets. Acta Horticulturae. 309–316. 1 indexed citations
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Kusstatscher, Peter, et al.. (2020). Microbiome-Guided Exploration of the Microbial Assemblage of the Exotic Beverage “Insect Tea” Native to Southwestern China. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 3087–3087. 2 indexed citations
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Kusstatscher, Peter, Wisnu Adi Wicaksono, Alessandro Bergna, et al.. (2020). Trichomes form genotype-specific microbial hotspots in the phyllosphere of tomato. Environmental Microbiome. 15(1). 17–17. 18 indexed citations
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Wassermann, Birgit, Peter Kusstatscher, & Gabriele Berg. (2019). Microbiome Response to Hot Water Treatment and Potential Synergy With Biological Control on Stored Apples. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 2502–2502. 66 indexed citations
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Kusstatscher, Peter, Christin Zachow, Karsten Harms, et al.. (2019). Microbiome-driven identification of microbial indicators for postharvest diseases of sugar beets. Microbiome. 7(1). 112–112. 73 indexed citations
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Kusstatscher, Peter, Tomislav Cernava, Karsten Harms, et al.. (2019). Disease Incidence in Sugar Beet Fields Is Correlated with Microbial Diversity and Distinct Biological Markers. Phytobiomes Journal. 3(1). 22–30. 34 indexed citations
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Kusstatscher, Peter, Tomislav Cernava, Stefan Liebminger, & Gabriele Berg. (2017). Replacing conventional decontamination of hatching eggs with a natural defense strategy based on antimicrobial, volatile pyrazines. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 13253–13253. 28 indexed citations
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Kusstatscher, Peter, et al.. (1995). Overall plant design, layout and commissioning. Fusion Engineering and Design. 25(4). 315–333. 26 indexed citations
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Brandolini, F., C. Signorini, & Peter Kusstatscher. (1971). A simple chamber for lifetime measurements with the recoil-distance method. Nuclear Instruments and Methods. 91(3). 341–344. 14 indexed citations

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