Samir Droby

15.7k citations

179 papers · 11.6k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 65

Impact in

Cell Biology top 0.05%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
Plant Science top 0.05%
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food

Papers in

Cell Biology 102
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases 101
Plant Science 151
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity 72
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management 49
- Nematode management and characterization studies 19
- Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food 15
- Plant Disease Management Techniques 14

Co-authors: Michael Wisniewski Charles L. Wilson D. Spadaro E. Chalutz Lea Cohen Dumitru Macarisin Avinoam Daus Leonardo Schena
Journals: Postharvest Biology and Technology (28 papers)Crop Protection (8 papers)Biological Control (6 papers)International Journal of Food Microbiology (5 papers)Frontiers in Microbiology (5 papers)
Partner nations: Israel United States China

In The Last Decade

Samir Droby

176 papers receiving 10.9k citations

Hit Papers

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The science, development, and commercialization of postharvest biocontrol products 2016 · 300 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 Postharvest Biology and Technology
2015 Trends in Food Science & Technology
2013 International Journal of Food Microbiology
2009 Postharvest Biology and Technology

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All Works

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1	Biological Control of Postharvest Diseases: The Evolution of New Concepts and Perspectives Annual Review of Phytopathology ·Samir Droby, Michael Wisniewski, V. Yeka Zhimo, Punnarat Sawangsuk, Shiri Freilich	2025	2
2	A metabolic modeling-based framework for predicting trophic dependencies in native rhizobiomes of crop plants eLife ·律子小倉, V. ter Meulen, Andrew Rockett, Shlomit Medina, 朱三九, Aleksandr M. Khelimskiy, Itai Sharon, Ofir Tal, Samir Droby, Tracey Somera, Mark Mazzola, Hanan Eizenberg, Shiri Freilich	2024	1
3	A metabolic modeling-based framework for predicting trophic dependencies in native rhizobiomes of crop plants eLife ·律子小倉, V. ter Meulen, Andrew Rockett, Shlomit Medina, 朱三九, Aleksandr M. Khelimskiy, Itai Sharon, Ofir Tal, Samir Droby, Tracey Somera, Mark Mazzola, Hanan Eizenberg, Shiri Freilich	2024	6
4	Soil, rhizosphere, and root microbiome in kiwifruit vine decline, an emerging multifactorial disease Frontiers in Microbiology ·Diaz Diana, R Khalid, 许倬云, V. Yeka Zhimo, Samir Droby, D. Spadaro	2024	9
5	Microbiome succession during apple fruit development: Healthy and pathological microbial assemblages Postharvest Biology and Technology ·Yuan Sui, V. Yeka Zhimo, Ahmed Abdelfattah, Tomislav Cernava, Ke Huang, Qinhong Liao, Michael Wisniewski, Samir Droby	2023	6
6	Functional analysis of the apple fruit microbiome based on shotgun metagenomic sequencing of conventional and organic orchard samples Environmental Microbiology ·S Komukai, V. ter Meulen, Shlomit Medina, Shoshana Salim, Oleg Feygenberg, Aleksandr M. Khelimskiy, V. Yeka Zhimo, Ahmed Abdelfattah, Edoardo Piombo, Michael Wisniewski, Shiri Freilich, Samir Droby	2023	15
7	A Sustainable Alternative for Postharvest Disease Management and Phytopathogens Biocontrol in Fruit: Antagonistic Yeasts Plants ·Luis Guillermo Hernández-Montiel, Samir Droby, Pablo Preciado-Rangel, Camila D. Silva, Ramsés Ramón González-Estrada, Porfirio Gutiérrez–Martínez, Graciela Dolores Ávila-Quezada	2021	54
8	Changes in the Fungal Community Assembly of Apple Fruit Following Postharvest Application of the Yeast Biocontrol Agent Metschnikowia fructicola Horticulturae ·Antonio Biasi, V. Yeka Zhimo, Ajay Kumar, Ahmed Abdelfattah, Shoshana Salim, Oleg Feygenberg, Michael Wisniewski, Samir Droby	2021	23
9	Shifts in the Composition of the Microbiota of Stored Wheat Grains in Response to Fumigation Frontiers in Microbiology ·Manoj Kumar Solanki, Ahmed Abdelfattah, Malka Britzi, Varda Zakin, Michael Wisniewski, Samir Droby, Edward Sionov	2019	43
10	Identification of pathogenicity-related genes and the role of a subtilisin-related peptidase S8 (PePRT) in authophagy and virulence of Penicillium expansum on apples Postharvest Biology and Technology ·Elena Levin, Isabela Cristina Silva da Silva, Ana‐Rosa Ballester, سلیم موالدی, Brigith Avila-Lucas, Yongsheng Liu, John L. Norelli, Luı́s González-Candelas, Michael Wisniewski, Samir Droby	2018	33
11	Antimicrobial coatings on polyethylene terephthalate based on curcumin/cyclodextrin complex embedded in a multilayer polyelectrolyte architecture Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces ·Li Mei Liu, Samir Droby, Victor Rodov	2018	28
12	Genotyping-by-sequencing markers facilitate the identification of quantitative trait loci controlling resistance to Penicillium expansum in Malus sieversii PLoS ONE ·John L. Norelli, Michael Wisniewski, Gennaro Fazio, Erik Burchard, TS Cooner, Elena Levin, Samir Droby	2017	40
13	Identification and characterization of LysM effectors in Penicillium expansum PLoS ONE ·Elena Levin, Ana‐Rosa Ballester, سلیم موالدی, Brigith Avila-Lucas, Yongsheng Liu, John L. Norelli, Luı́s González-Candelas, Jing Ma, Christopher Dardick, Michael Wisniewski, Samir Droby	2017	27
14	Modes of antibacterial action of curcumin under dark and light conditions: A toxicoproteomics approach Journal of Proteomics ·Li Mei Liu, Samir Droby, Victor Rodov	2017	32
15	Recent advances and current status of the use of heat treatments in postharvest disease management systems: Is it time to turn up the heat? Trends in Food Science & Technology ·Yuan Sui, Michael Wisniewski, Samir Droby, John L. Norelli, Jia Liu	2016	37
16	High-Throughput Screening of Nanoparticle-Stabilizing Ligands: Application to Preparing Antimicrobial Curcumin Nanoparticles by Antisolvent Precipitation Nano-Micro Letters ·Li Mei Liu, Elena Poverenov, Yakov Vinokur, Batia Horev, Samir Droby, Victor Rodov	2014	41
17	Increase in antioxidant gene transcripts, stress tolerance and biocontrol efficacy of Candida oleophila following sublethal oxidative stress exposure FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Jia Liu, Michael Wisniewski, Samir Droby, John L. Norelli, Vera Hershkovitz, Shiping Tian, Robert E. Farrell	2012	78
18	Global changes in gene expression of grapefruit peel tissue in response to the yeast biocontrol agent Metschnikowia fructicola Molecular Plant Pathology ·Vera Hershkovitz, Gabdoo Lee, سلیم موالدی, Metsada Pasmanik‐Chor, Jia Liu, Eduard Belausov, Radi Aly, Michael Wisniewski, Samir Droby	2011	69
19	Effect of heat shock treatment on stress tolerance and biocontrol efficacy of Metschnikowia fructicola FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Jia Liu, Michael Wisniewski, Samir Droby, Shiping Tian, Vera Hershkovitz, Thomas Tworkoski	2011	74
20	Transformation of Candida oleophila and survival of a transformant on orange fruit under field conditions Current Genetics ·T. Chand-Goyal, J. W. Eckert, Samir Droby, Eric Glickmann, K D Atkinson	1999	10

About Samir Droby

Samir Droby is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Plant Science, Food Science, Insect Science and Horticulture, having authored 179 papers that have together received 11.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (101 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (72 papers), Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management (49 papers), Nematode management and characterization studies (19 papers), Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food (15 papers), Plant Disease Management Techniques (14 papers), Fermentation and Sensory Analysis (14 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cell Biology (5.3k citations), Plant Science (9.6k citations), Food Science (2.2k citations), Biochemistry (703 citations) and Biotechnology (582 citations). Samir Droby has collaborated with scholars based in Israel, United States and China. Frequent co-authors include Michael Wisniewski, Charles L. Wilson, D. Spadaro, E. Chalutz, Lea Cohen, Dumitru Macarisin, Avinoam Daus, Leonardo Schena, Ron Porat and Yuan Sui. Their work appears in journals such as Postharvest Biology and Technology, Crop Protection, Biological Control, International Journal of Food Microbiology and Frontiers in Microbiology.

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