Zhibing Lai

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Zhibing Lai is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhibing Lai has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Plant Science, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Zhibing Lai's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (17 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (10 papers) and Plant Gene Expression Analysis (7 papers). Zhibing Lai is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (17 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (10 papers) and Plant Gene Expression Analysis (7 papers). Zhibing Lai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Zhibing Lai's co-authors include Zhixiang Chen, Baofang Fan, Zuyu Zheng, Junli Huang, Jingquan Yu, Tesfaye Mengiste, Kai Shi, Yanhong Zhou, Min Gu and Fei Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Zhibing Lai

27 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Functional Analysis of the Arabidopsis PAL Gene Family in Plant Growth, Development, and Response to Environmental Stress

2010 727 citations Junli Huang, Min Gu et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhibing Lai United States	21	3.1k	2.0k	220	152	142	28	3.7k
Young-Hee Cho South Korea	17	4.7k 1.5×	3.6k 1.8×	147 0.7×	153 1.0×	54 0.4×	23	5.7k
Zuyu Zheng United States	14	3.2k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	173 0.8×	158 1.0×	106 0.7×	15	3.6k
Zhangliang Chen China	30	3.3k 1.1×	2.9k 1.4×	106 0.5×	145 1.0×	57 0.4×	94	4.1k
Chae Oh Lim South Korea	37	3.6k 1.2×	3.0k 1.5×	119 0.5×	163 1.1×	43 0.3×	81	4.6k
Yaorong Wu China	30	2.9k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	236 1.1×	48 0.3×	147 1.0×	39	3.4k
Frederik Börnke Germany	32	2.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	98 0.4×	69 0.5×	75 0.5×	49	2.7k
Jesús Vicente‐Carbajosa Spain	32	5.0k 1.6×	3.7k 1.8×	108 0.5×	87 0.6×	30 0.2×	63	5.8k
Jay Shockey United States	30	2.4k 0.8×	2.6k 1.3×	139 0.6×	260 1.7×	31 0.2×	73	4.2k
Bjarne Gram Hansen Denmark	25	1.6k 0.5×	2.2k 1.1×	94 0.4×	116 0.8×	32 0.2×	35	3.0k
Hiroshi Takatsuji Japan	40	5.1k 1.6×	3.1k 1.6×	340 1.5×	203 1.3×	28 0.2×	76	5.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhibing Lai

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wu, Junhua, Wencai Yang, Bao Zhang, et al.. (2025). Identification and fine-mapping of qNCLB3.04 resistant to Northern Corn Leaf Blight. Molecular Breeding. 45(7). 59–59.

Chen, Donghai, et al.. (2023). ZmAGO18b negatively regulates maize resistance against southern leaf blight. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 136(7). 158–158. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Yutong, Yanbo Wang, Min Jiang, et al.. (2023). ZmWAK02 encoding an RD‐WAK protein confers maize resistance against gray leaf spot. New Phytologist. 241(4). 1780–1793. 12 indexed citations

Chen, Gengshen, Yingjie Xiao, Xiaoming Wang, et al.. (2022). Genetic basis of resistance to southern corn leaf blight in the maize multi‐parent population and diversity panel. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 21(3). 506–520. 15 indexed citations

Wang, Hongze, Pei Ye, Bao Zhang, et al.. (2021). A teosinte-derived allele of a MYB transcription repressor confers multiple disease resistance in maize. Molecular Plant. 14(11). 1846–1863. 48 indexed citations

Zhang, Yan, et al.. (2021). Functional analysis of tomato CHIP ubiquitin E3 ligase in heat tolerance. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 1713–1713. 27 indexed citations

Li, Guangjin, Jiali Wang, Dongyang Li, et al.. (2020). A Hg(II)-specific probe for imaging application in living systems and quantitative analysis in environmental/food samples. Chinese Chemical Letters. 32(4). 1527–1531. 42 indexed citations

Zhang, Yu, et al.. (2019). Copper Ions are Required for Cochliobolus heterostrophus in Appressorium Formation and Virulence on Maize. Phytopathology. 110(2). 494–504. 2 indexed citations

Liao, Chao‐Jan, Zhibing Lai, Sanghun Lee, Dae‐Jin Yun, & Tesfaye Mengiste. (2016). Arabidopsis HOOKLESS1 regulates responses to pathogens and abscisic acid through interaction with MED18 and acetylation of WRKY33 and ABI5 chromatin. The Plant Cell. 28(7). tpc.00105.2016–tpc.00105.2016. 84 indexed citations

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Lai, Zhibing, Craig Schluttenhofer, Ketaki Bhide, et al.. (2014). MED18 interaction with distinct transcription factors regulates multiple plant functions. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3064–3064. 134 indexed citations

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Lai, Zhibing & Tesfaye Mengiste. (2013). Genetic and cellular mechanisms regulating plant responses to necrotrophic pathogens. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 16(4). 505–512. 56 indexed citations

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Laluk, Kristin, Hongli Luo, Maofeng Chai, et al.. (2011). Biochemical and Genetic Requirements for Function of the Immune Response Regulator BOTRYTIS-INDUCED KINASE1 in Plant Growth, Ethylene Signaling, and PAMP-Triggered Immunity in Arabidopsis . The Plant Cell. 23(8). 2831–2849. 120 indexed citations

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Lai, Zhibing, Fei Wang, Zuyu Zheng, Baofang Fan, & Zhixiang Chen. (2011). A critical role of autophagy in plant resistance to necrotrophic fungal pathogens. The Plant Journal. 66(6). 953–968. 246 indexed citations

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Ellwood, Simon R., Zhaohui Liu, Robert A. Syme, et al.. (2010). A first genome assembly of the barley fungal pathogen Pyrenophora teres f. teres. Genome biology. 11(11). R109–R109. 75 indexed citations

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Huang, Junli, Min Gu, Zhibing Lai, et al.. (2010). Functional Analysis of the Arabidopsis PAL Gene Family in Plant Growth, Development, and Response to Environmental Stress . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 153(4). 1526–1538. 727 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Zhixiang, Zuyu Zheng, Junli Huang, Zhibing Lai, & Baofang Fan. (2009). Biosynthesis of salicylic acid in plants. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 4(6). 493–496. 377 indexed citations

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Lai, Zhibing, et al.. (2008). Arabidopsis WRKY38 and WRKY62 Transcription Factors Interact with Histone Deacetylase 19 in Basal Defense. The Plant Cell. 20(9). 2357–2371. 465 indexed citations

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Lai, Zhibing, et al.. (2008). Roles of ArabidopsisWRKY3 and WRKY4 Transcription Factors in Plant Responses to Pathogens. BMC Plant Biology. 8(1). 68–68. 216 indexed citations

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Lai, Zhibing, Justin D. Faris, John J. Weiland, Brian J. Steffenson, & Timothy L. Friesen. (2007). Genetic mapping of Pyrenophora teres f. teres genes conferring avirulence on barley. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 44(5). 323–329. 30 indexed citations

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Friesen, Timothy L., Justin D. Faris, Zhibing Lai, & Brian J. Steffenson. (2006). Identification and chromosomal location of major genes for resistance toPyrenophorateresin a doubled-haploid barley population. Genome. 49(7). 855–859. 75 indexed citations

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