Stephen C. Whisson

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Stephen C. Whisson is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen C. Whisson has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Plant Science, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Stephen C. Whisson's work include Plant Pathogens and Resistance (50 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (47 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (30 papers). Stephen C. Whisson is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Resistance (50 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (47 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (30 papers). Stephen C. Whisson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and United States. Stephen C. Whisson's co-authors include Paul R. J. Birch, Anna O. Avrova, Petra C. Boevink, Pieter van West, Miles R. Armstrong, Leighton Pritchard, Eleanor M. Gilroy, Ingo Hein, Sophien Kamoun and Ramesh R. Vetukuri and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stephen C. Whisson

69 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A translocation signal for delivery of oomycete effector proteins into host plant cells

2007 583 citations Stephen C. Whisson, Petra C. Boevink et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen C. Whisson United Kingdom	36	4.0k	1.0k	931	146	123	70	4.3k
Suomeng Dong China	38	5.0k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	1.6k 1.7×	119 0.8×	194 1.6×	108	5.4k
Wenwu Ye China	33	3.7k 0.9×	931 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	142 1.0×	132 1.1×	114	4.0k
Lili Huang China	33	2.8k 0.7×	817 0.8×	1.3k 1.4×	108 0.7×	115 0.9×	143	3.2k
Howard S. Judelson United States	38	3.8k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	191 1.3×	74 0.6×	112	4.2k
Sylvain Raffaele France	32	4.9k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	1.7k 1.9×	147 1.0×	190 1.5×	61	5.5k
Anna O. Avrova United Kingdom	27	2.5k 0.6×	624 0.6×	716 0.8×	106 0.7×	62 0.5×	47	2.8k
Adrienne R. Hardham Australia	32	3.2k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	79 0.5×	80 0.7×	68	3.6k
Brad Day United States	40	5.1k 1.3×	787 0.8×	1.8k 1.9×	91 0.6×	181 1.5×	76	5.9k
Thomas J. Bürr United States	27	2.2k 0.6×	775 0.8×	818 0.9×	155 1.1×	161 1.3×	97	2.6k
Yukio Tosa Japan	42	4.6k 1.2×	1.9k 1.8×	2.2k 2.4×	199 1.4×	177 1.4×	138	5.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ghosh, Samrat, et al.. (2025). The impact of spray-induced gene silencing on cereal phyllosphere microbiota. Environmental Microbiome. 20(1). 1–1. 2 indexed citations

Whisson, Stephen C., et al.. (2024). Observing root growth and signalling responses to stress gradients and pathogens using the bi-directional dual-flow RootChip. Lab on a Chip. 24(24). 5360–5373.

Wang, Haixia, Shumei Wang, Lydia Welsh, et al.. (2023). Uptake of oomycete RXLR effectors into host cells by clathrin-mediated endocytosis. The Plant Cell. 35(7). 2504–2526. 39 indexed citations

Ortíz, Rodomiro, et al.. (2022). Antagonistic and plant growth promotion of rhizobacteria against Phytophthora colocasiae in taro. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 1035549–1035549. 4 indexed citations

Sabbadin, Federico, S. Urresti, Bernard Henrissat, et al.. (2021). Secreted pectin monooxygenases drive plant infection by pathogenic oomycetes. Science. 373(6556). 774–779. 142 indexed citations

Wang, Shumei, Ramesh R. Vetukuri, Sandeep Kushwaha, et al.. (2021). Haustorium formation and a distinct biotrophic transcriptome characterize infection of Nicotiana benthamiana by the tree pathogen Phytophthora kernoviae. Molecular Plant Pathology. 22(8). 954–968. 6 indexed citations

Thorpe, Peter, Ramesh R. Vetukuri, Pete E. Hedley, et al.. (2021). Draft genome assemblies for tree pathogensPhytophthora pseudosyringaeandPhytophthora boehmeriae. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 11(11). 6 indexed citations

Boevink, Petra C., Paul R. J. Birch, Dionne Turnbull, & Stephen C. Whisson. (2020). Devastating intimacy: the cell biology of plant–Phytophthora interactions. New Phytologist. 228(2). 445–458. 58 indexed citations

Wang, Shumei, Petra C. Boevink, Lydia Welsh, et al.. (2017). Delivery of cytoplasmic and apoplastic effectors from Phytophthora infestans haustoria by distinct secretion pathways. New Phytologist. 216(1). 205–215. 107 indexed citations

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Grenville‐Briggs, Laura J., Sandeep Kushwaha, Michelle Cleary, et al.. (2017). Draft genome of the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora cactorum strain LV007 isolated from European beech ( Fagus sylvatica ). Genomics Data. 12. 155–156. 17 indexed citations

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Åsman, Anna, Ramesh R. Vetukuri, Johan Fogelqvist, et al.. (2014). Fragmentation of tRNA in Phytophthora infestans asexual life cycle stages and during host plant infection. BMC Microbiology. 14(1). 308–308. 26 indexed citations

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Randall, Eva, Vanessa Young, Helge Sierotzki, et al.. (2014). Sequence diversity in the large subunit of RNA polymerase I contributes to M efenoxam insensitivity in P hytophthora infestans . Molecular Plant Pathology. 15(7). 664–676. 56 indexed citations

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Vetukuri, Ramesh R., Anna O. Avrova, Laura J. Grenville‐Briggs, et al.. (2011). Evidence for involvement of Dicer‐like, Argonaute and histone deacetylase proteins in gene silencing in Phytophthora infestans. Molecular Plant Pathology. 12(8). 772–785. 54 indexed citations

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Blum, Mathias, Eva Randall, Vanessa Young, et al.. (2009). Mandipropamid targets the cellulose synthase‐like PiCesA3 to inhibit cell wall biosynthesis in the oomycete plant pathogen, Phytophthora infestans. Molecular Plant Pathology. 11(2). 227–243. 104 indexed citations

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Avrova, Anna O., Petra C. Boevink, Vanessa Young, et al.. (2008). A novelPhytophthora infestanshaustorium-specific membrane protein is required for infection of potato. Cellular Microbiology. 10(11). 2271–2284. 76 indexed citations

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Jiang, Rays H. Y., Brett M. Tyler, Stephen C. Whisson, Adrienne R. Hardham, & Francine Govers. (2005). Ancient Origin of Elicitin Gene Clusters in Phytophthora Genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 23(2). 338–351. 113 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhenyu, Jorunn I. B. Bos, Miles R. Armstrong, et al.. (2004). Patterns of Diversifying Selection in the Phytotoxin-like scr74 Gene Family of Phytophthora infestans. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 22(3). 659–672. 97 indexed citations

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Avrova, Anna O., Eduard Venter, Paul R. J. Birch, & Stephen C. Whisson. (2003). Profiling and quantifying differential gene transcription in Phytophthora infestans prior to and during the early stages of potato infection. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 40(1). 4–14. 82 indexed citations

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Birch, Paul R. J. & Stephen C. Whisson. (2001). Phytophthora infestans enters the genomics era. Molecular Plant Pathology. 2(5). 257–263. 66 indexed citations

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Whisson, Stephen C.. (1995). Phytophthora sojaeAvirulence Genes, RAPD, and RFLP Markers Used to Construct a Detailed Genetic Linkage Map. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 8(6). 988–988. 65 indexed citations

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