Rivka Barg

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

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Rivka Barg is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rivka Barg has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Plant Science and 5 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Rivka Barg's work include Plant tissue culture and regeneration (17 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (12 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (10 papers). Rivka Barg is often cited by papers focused on Plant tissue culture and regeneration (17 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (12 papers) and Plant Reproductive Biology (10 papers). Rivka Barg collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Poland. Rivka Barg's co-authors include Yehiam Salts, Sara Shabtai, Bimei Hong, Tuan‐Hua David Ho, Meng Zhang, Gozal Ben‐Hayyim, Alicia Leikin‐Frenkel, Tzahi Arazi, Suresh K. Gupta and Nir Carmi and has published in prestigious journals such as PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, The Plant Journal and Journal of Experimental Botany.

In The Last Decade

Rivka Barg

33 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Tomato facultative parthenocarpy results from SlAGAMOUS‐LIKE6loss of function

2016 207 citations Tzahi Arazi, Suresh K. Gupta et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rivka Barg Israel	16	1.1k	787	118	104	72	35	1.2k
Sara Shabtai Israel	13	798 0.8×	642 0.8×	32 0.3×	101 1.0×	51 0.7×	26	966
Hiroaki Saika Japan	22	1.3k 1.3×	946 1.2×	71 0.6×	33 0.3×	128 1.8×	43	1.6k
Yuefeng Guan China	21	1.8k 1.7×	1.3k 1.6×	144 1.2×	75 0.7×	35 0.5×	42	2.1k
Xueli An China	25	1.6k 1.5×	1.2k 1.5×	75 0.6×	101 1.0×	45 0.6×	49	1.9k
Gunvant Patil United States	27	2.1k 2.0×	553 0.7×	31 0.3×	72 0.7×	43 0.6×	66	2.3k
Ratna Karan United States	16	922 0.9×	511 0.6×	28 0.2×	105 1.0×	30 0.4×	34	1.2k
Nanfei Xu United States	17	1.3k 1.3×	1.4k 1.8×	39 0.3×	22 0.2×	79 1.1×	23	1.7k
Saet Buyl Lee South Korea	16	2.0k 1.9×	1.1k 1.4×	44 0.4×	243 2.3×	38 0.5×	21	2.2k
Robert Ascenzi United States	7	1.3k 1.3×	1.0k 1.3×	40 0.3×	50 0.5×	30 0.4×	8	1.6k
Sachie Kishitani Japan	20	1.3k 1.3×	841 1.1×	60 0.5×	52 0.5×	65 0.9×	36	1.6k

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Barg, Rivka, et al.. (2025). MADS-BOX PROTEIN3 acts cooperatively with AGAMOUS-like6 and MADS-BOX PROTEIN22 to suppress parthenocarpy in tomato. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 199(1).

Gupta, Suresh K., Rivka Barg, & Tzahi Arazi. (2020). Tomatoagamous-like6parthenocarpy is facilitated by ovule integument reprogramming involving the growth regulatorKLUH. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 185(3). 969–984. 23 indexed citations

Zhang, Meng, Rita Dumbur, Tim Iven, et al.. (2018). Elevated α-Linolenic Acid Content in Extra-plastidial Membranes of Tomato Accelerates Wound-Induced Jasmonate Generation and Improves Tolerance to the Herbivorous Insects Heliothis peltigera and Spodoptera littoralis. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 38(2). 723–738. 15 indexed citations

Salts, Yehiam, et al.. (2011). Interplay of MYB factors in differential cell expansion, and consequences for tomato fruit development. The Plant Journal. 68(2). 337–350. 48 indexed citations

Shabtai, Sara, et al.. (2007). Improved yielding and reduced puffiness under extreme temperatures induced by fruit-specific expression of rolB in processing tomatoes. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 114(7). 1203–1209. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Meng, Rivka Barg, Alicia Leikin‐Frenkel, et al.. (2005). Modulated fatty acid desaturation via overexpression of two distinctω‐3 desaturases differentially alters tolerance to various abiotic stresses in transgenic tobacco cells and plants. The Plant Journal. 44(3). 361–371. 259 indexed citations

Barg, Rivka, Amit Gur, Inna Chmelnitsky, et al.. (2004). The tomato early fruit specific gene Lefsm1 defines a novel class of plant-specific SANT/MYB domain proteins. Planta. 221(2). 197–211. 36 indexed citations

Carmi, Nir, Yehiam Salts, Beáta Dedičová, Sara Shabtai, & Rivka Barg. (2003). Induction of parthenocarpy in tomato via specific expression of the rolB gene in the ovary. Planta. 217(5). 726–735. 92 indexed citations

Kafkas, Ebru, et al.. (2002). DEVELOPMENT OF METHODES FOR TRANSFORMATION OF STRAWBERRY IN ISRAEL, WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING FRUIT DEVELOPMENT. Acta Horticulturae. 109–112. 4 indexed citations

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Ignatov, Atanas, et al.. (1997). Immunoblot Analyses of the ElicitedSanguinaria canadensisEnzyme, Dihydrobenzophenanthridine Oxidase: Evidence for Resolution from a Polyphenol Oxidase Isozyme. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 347(2). 208–212. 3 indexed citations

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Carmi, Nir, Yehiam Salts, Sara Shabtai, et al.. (1997). TRANSGENIC PARTHENOCARPY DUE TO SPECIFIC OVER-SENSITIZATION OF THE OVARY TO AUXIN. Acta Horticulturae. 579–582. 5 indexed citations

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Salts, Yehiam, et al.. (1997). SEEDLESS FRUIT SETTING IN RESPONSE TO NAM TREATMENT OF TRANSGENIC TOMATO EXPRESSING THE IAAH GENE SPECIFICALLY IN THE OVARY. Acta Horticulturae. 597–598. 5 indexed citations

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Hong, Bimei, Rivka Barg, & Tuan‐Hua David Ho. (1992). Developmental and organ-specific expression of an ABA- and stress-induced protein in barley. Plant Molecular Biology. 18(4). 663–674. 116 indexed citations

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Salts, Yehiam, et al.. (1992). DNA sequence of the tomato fruit expressed proline-rich protein gene TPRP-F1 reveals an intron within the 3 untranslated transcript. Plant Molecular Biology. 18(2). 407–409. 22 indexed citations

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Shabtai, Sara, Meira Ziv, & Rivka Barg. (1992). Isolation of MTX-resistant Cell Line NP-19 ofNicotiana plumbaginifolia: Phenotypic, Genetic and Biochemical Study. Journal of Experimental Botany. 43(4). 471–478. 3 indexed citations

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Barg, Rivka & Sara Shabtai. (1991). Reduced intracellular content of methotrexate in an isolated MTX-resistant cell line of Nicotiana plumbaginifolia. Plant Cell Reports. 10(8). 430–430. 3 indexed citations

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Salts, Yehiam, et al.. (1991). Sequence coding for a novel proline-rich protein preferentially expressed in young tomato fruit. Plant Molecular Biology. 17(1). 149–150. 57 indexed citations

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Barg, Rivka, et al.. (1990). The Effect of Nicotinamide Dinucleotides on Methotrexate Binding to Proteins in a Methotrexate-Resistant Cell-Line of Petunia hybrida. Journal of Plant Physiology. 136(5). 611–614. 1 indexed citations

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Barg, Rivka, et al.. (1987). Elevated amounts of methotrexate-binding protein, different from normal dihydrofolate reductase, in a petunia MTXR-cell line. Plant Molecular Biology. 8(1). 87–94. 9 indexed citations

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Barg, Rivka, N. Umiel, & Yeshayahu Nitzan. (1983). Fate of chloramphenicol in tobacco tissue culture under various light regimes. Plant Cell & Environment. 6(2). 83–88. 4 indexed citations

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