Sara Melito

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Sara Melito is a scholar working on Plant Science, Food Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Melito has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Plant Science, 14 papers in Food Science and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sara Melito's work include Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (10 papers), Phytochemistry and Biological Activities (6 papers) and Botanical Studies and Applications (4 papers). Sara Melito is often cited by papers focused on Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (10 papers), Phytochemistry and Biological Activities (6 papers) and Botanical Studies and Applications (4 papers). Sara Melito collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Lebanon and Hungary. Sara Melito's co-authors include David E. Cook, Brian W. Diers, Andrew F. Bent, Giacomo Luigi Petretto, Thomas E. Clemente, Adam M. Bayless, Jianping Wang, Kai Wang, Jiming Jiang and David K. Willis and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Sara Melito

37 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Copy Number Variation of Multiple Genes at Rhg1 Mediates Nematode Resistance in Soybean

2012 455 citations David E. Cook, Tong Geon Lee et al. Science profile →

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Basilio Carrasco Chile

Sushil Kumar India

Patrick Adebola Nigeria

Sadegh Ashkani Malaysia

Abdollah Khadivi-Khub Iran

Mathura Rai India

Édson Perito Amorim Brazil

Francesca Taranto Italy

Caterina Agrimonti Italy

Basilio Carrasco Chile

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Melito

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sara Melito. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sara Melito based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sara Melito. Sara Melito is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chrysargyris, Antonios, Sara Melito, Sara González-Orenga, et al.. (2025). Effects of organo-mineral fertilizers containing struvite from liquid digestate on the growth of baby-leaf lettuce and radish. Italian Journal of Agronomy. 20(1). 100030–100030. 4 indexed citations

Cacini, Sonia, Paola A. Deligios, Daniele Massa, et al.. (2024). Salinity Tolerance of Diplotaxis tenuifolia Varieties Growing in Spring–Summer Season Under Mediterranean Greenhouse and Optimal Growing Conditions. Journal of soil science and plant nutrition. 24(3). 5931–5945.

Melito, Sara, et al.. (2024). Root-promoting Biostimulant Enhances Salinity Tolerance in Wild and Cultivated Rocket Salads. Journal of soil science and plant nutrition. 24(4). 6268–6282. 1 indexed citations

Melito, Sara, et al.. (2023). Fluoride stress affects seed germination and seedling growth by altering the morpho-physiology of an African local bean variety. Plant Growth Regulation. 102(2). 339–350. 6 indexed citations

Melito, Sara, et al.. (2023). Organo-mineral Fertilizer Containing Struvite from Liquid Digestate for Cucurbita pepo L. Seedling Production. Journal of soil science and plant nutrition. 23(4). 6707–6720. 6 indexed citations

Garau, Giovanni, Paola Castaldi, Maria Vittoria Pinna, et al.. (2022). Stabilising fluoride in contaminated soils with monocalcium phosphate and municipal solid waste compost: microbial, biochemical and plant growth impact. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(27). 41820–41833. 8 indexed citations

D’Amelia, Vincenzo, Clizia Villano, Giorgia Batelli, et al.. (2020). Genetic and epigenetic dynamics affecting anthocyanin biosynthesis in potato cell culture. Plant Science. 298. 110597–110597. 19 indexed citations

Petretto, Giacomo Luigi, Pietro Paolo Urgeghe, Daniele Massa, & Sara Melito. (2019). Effect of salinity (NaCl) on plant growth, nutrient content, and glucosinolate hydrolysis products trends in rocket genotypes. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 141. 30–39. 74 indexed citations

Fadda, Angela, et al.. (2018). Variation in secondary metabolites contents of Spinoso Sardo artichoke ( Cynara cardunculus L.) under different day lengths. TURKISH JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. 42(5). 372–381. 9 indexed citations

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Melito, Sara, et al.. (2017). Genetic diversity and population structure of wild Sardinian Myrtle (Myrtus communis L.) genotypes from different microclimatic areas. Australian Journal of Crop Science. 11(11). 1488–1496. 5 indexed citations

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Melito, Sara, et al.. (2016). Chipping ability, specific gravity and resistance to Pectobacterium carotovorum in advanced potato selections. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science. 45(2). 81–90. 5 indexed citations

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Camiolo, Salvatore, Sara Melito, & Andrea Porceddu. (2015). New insights into the interplay between codon bias determinants in plants. DNA Research. 22(6). 461–470. 35 indexed citations

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Melito, Sara, et al.. (2015). AFLP fingerprinting and essential oil profiling of cultivated and wild populations of Sardinian Salvia desoleana. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 62(6). 959–970. 10 indexed citations

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Melito, Sara, et al.. (2014). Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Sardinian Myrtle (Myrtus communis L.) Selections as Obtained by AFLP Markers. HortScience. 49(5). 531–537. 13 indexed citations

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Camiolo, Salvatore, et al.. (2014). Seforta, an integrated tool for detecting the signature of selection in coding sequences. BMC Research Notes. 7(1). 240–240. 3 indexed citations

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Melito, Sara, et al.. (2013). Genetic and Metabolite Diversity of Sardinian Populations of Helichrysum italicum. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e79043–e79043. 40 indexed citations

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Spanu, Vincenzo, Christian Scarano, S. Virdis, et al.. (2013). Population Structure of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Bulk Tank Goat's Milk. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 10(4). 310–315. 31 indexed citations

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Cook, David E., Tong Geon Lee, Xiaoli Guo, et al.. (2012). Copy Number Variation of Multiple Genes at Rhg1 Mediates Nematode Resistance in Soybean. Science. 338(6111). 1206–1209. 455 indexed citations breakdown →

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Melito, Sara, Adam L. Heuberger, David E. Cook, et al.. (2010). A nematode demographics assay in transgenic roots reveals no significant impacts of the Rhg1locus LRR-Kinase on soybean cyst nematode resistance. BMC Plant Biology. 10(1). 104–104. 66 indexed citations

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Sanseverino, Walter, Guglielmo Roma, Marco De Simone, et al.. (2009). PRGdb: a bioinformatics platform for plant resistance gene analysis. Nucleic Acids Research. 38(suppl_1). D814–D821. 117 indexed citations

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