Witoon Purahong

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
93 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Witoon Purahong is a scholar working on Plant Science, Insect Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Witoon Purahong has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Plant Science, 38 papers in Insect Science and 31 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Witoon Purahong's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (49 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (36 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (26 papers). Witoon Purahong is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (49 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (36 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (26 papers). Witoon Purahong collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Egypt and Thailand. Witoon Purahong's co-authors include François Buscot, Tesfaye Wubet, Dirk Krüger, Kevin D. Hyde, Sara Fareed Mohamed Wahdan, Michael Schloter, Martin Hofrichter, Benjawan Tanunchai, Chakriya Sansupa and Danuta Kapturska and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Witoon Purahong

91 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Life in leaf litter: novel insights into community dynamics of bacteria and fungi during litter decomposition

2016 315 citations Witoon Purahong, Tesfaye Wubet et al. profile →
Can We Use Functional Annotation of Prokaryotic Taxa (FAPROTAX) to Assign the Ecological Functions of Soil Bacteria?

2021 190 citations Sara Fareed Mohamed Wahdan, Shakhawat Hossen et al. profile →

Peers

Witoon Purahong

ECOLO

Jonathan S. Schilling United States

Jana Voříšková Czechia

Elke Jurandy Bran Nogueira Cardoso Brazil

Vendula Valášková Czechia

Jon Menke United States

Yong Zheng China

Jaroslav Šnajdr Czechia

Stavros D. Veresoglou Germany

Daniel L. Mummey United States

Marc Buée France

Jonathan S. Schilling United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Witoon Purahong

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All Works

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Purahong, Witoon, Benjawan Tanunchai, Li Ji, et al.. (2025). Plasticity of symbiotroph-saprotroph lifestyles of Piloderma croceum associated with Quercus robur L.. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1344–1344.

Tanunchai, Benjawan, Sara Fareed Mohamed Wahdan, Eliane Gomes Alves, et al.. (2024). Feels Like Home: A Biobased and Biodegradable Plastic Offers a Novel Habitat for Diverse Plant Pathogenic Fungi in Temperate Forest Ecosystems. Microbial Ecology. 87(1). 155–155. 2 indexed citations

Tanunchai, Benjawan, Li Ji, Olaf Schröder, et al.. (2023). Fate of a biodegradable plastic in forest soil: Dominant tree species and forest types drive changes in microbial community assembly, influence the composition of plastisphere, and affect poly(butylene succinate-co-adipate) degradation. The Science of The Total Environment. 873. 162230–162230. 21 indexed citations

Purahong, Witoon, et al.. (2023). Active soil microbial composition and proliferation are directly affected by the presence of biocides from building materials. The Science of The Total Environment. 912. 168689–168689. 7 indexed citations

Ji, Li, Jun Wang, Yue Liu, et al.. (2023). Drought- and soil substrate-induced variations in root nonstructural carbohydrates result from fine root morphological and anatomical traits of Juglans mandshurica seedlings. BMC Plant Biology. 23(1). 83–83. 6 indexed citations

Tennakoon, Danushka S., Chang-Hsin Kuo, Witoon Purahong, et al.. (2022). Fungal community succession on decomposing leaf litter across five phylogenetically related tree species in a subtropical forest. Fungal Diversity. 115(1). 73–103. 11 indexed citations

Ji, Li, et al.. (2022). View from the Top: Insights into the Diversity and Community Assembly of Ectomycorrhizal and Saprotrophic Fungi along an Altitudinal Gradient in Chinese Boreal Larix gmelinii-Dominated Forests. Microorganisms. 10(10). 1997–1997. 4 indexed citations

Tanunchai, Benjawan, Li Ji, Sara Fareed Mohamed Wahdan, et al.. (2022). More than you can see: Unraveling the ecology and biodiversity of lichenized fungi associated with leaves and needles of 12 temperate tree species using high-throughput sequencing. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 907531–907531. 3 indexed citations

Mapook, Ausana, Kevin D. Hyde, Eric H. C. McKenzie, et al.. (2020). Taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungi associated with the invasive weed Chromolaena odorata (Siam weed). Fungal Diversity. 101(1). 1–175. 126 indexed citations

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Yin, Rui, Nico Eisenhauer, Anja Schmidt, et al.. (2019). Climate change does not alter land-use effects on soil fauna communities. Applied Soil Ecology. 140. 1–10. 33 indexed citations

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Yin, Rui, Nico Eisenhauer, Harald Auge, et al.. (2019). Additive effects of experimental climate change and land use on faunal contribution to litter decomposition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 131. 141–148. 60 indexed citations

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Jayawardena, Ruvishika S., Witoon Purahong, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2018). Biodiversity of fungi on Vitis vinifera L. revealed by traditional and high-resolution culture-independent approaches. Fungal Diversity. 90(1). 1–84. 101 indexed citations

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Hongsanan, Sinang, Rajesh Jeewon, Witoon Purahong, et al.. (2018). Can we use environmental DNA as holotypes?. Fungal Diversity. 92(1). 1–30. 55 indexed citations

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Dissanayake, Asha J., Witoon Purahong, Tesfaye Wubet, et al.. (2018). Direct comparison of culture-dependent and culture-independent molecular approaches reveal the diversity of fungal endophytic communities in stems of grapevine (Vitis vinifera). Fungal Diversity. 90(1). 85–107. 146 indexed citations

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Purahong, Witoon, Robert Lehmann, Martina Herrmann, et al.. (2018). First insights into the living groundwater mycobiome of the terrestrial biogeosphere. Water Research. 145. 50–61. 22 indexed citations

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Purahong, Witoon, Robert Lehmann, Martina Herrmann, et al.. (2016). Superimposed Pristine Limestone Aquifers with Marked Hydrochemical Differences Exhibit Distinct Fungal Communities. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 666–666. 16 indexed citations

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Hoppe, Björn, Witoon Purahong, Tesfaye Wubet, et al.. (2015). Linking molecular deadwood-inhabiting fungal diversity and community dynamics to ecosystem functions and processes in Central European forests. Fungal Diversity. 77(1). 367–379. 149 indexed citations

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Purahong, Witoon, Danuta Kapturska, Marek J. Pecyna, et al.. (2014). Influence of Different Forest System Management Practices on Leaf Litter Decomposition Rates, Nutrient Dynamics and the Activity of Ligninolytic Enzymes: A Case Study from Central European Forests. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e93700–e93700. 66 indexed citations

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Purahong, Witoon & Kevin D. Hyde. (2010). Effects of fungal endophytes on grass and non-grass litter decomposition rates. Fungal Diversity. 47(1). 1–7. 124 indexed citations

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Purahong, Witoon, et al.. (2010). Succession of fungi associated with decomposition of leaf litter in tropical evergreen forest (North-eastern Thailand). Polish Journal of Ecology. 58(3). 569–576. 2 indexed citations

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