| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | NONPOINT POLLUTION OF SURFACE WATERS WITH PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN | | 1998 | 4,255 |
| 2 | Microbial Cellulose Utilization: Fundamentals and Biotechnology | Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews | 2002 | 3,654 |
| 3 | A Literature Review of Poly(Lactic Acid) | Journal of Polymers and the Environment | 2001 | 2,996 |
| 4 | Field‐Scale Variability of Soil Properties in Central Iowa Soils | Soil Science Society of America Journal | 1994 | 2,551 |
| 5 | Quantifying cellular oxidative stress by dichlorofluorescein assay using microplate reader11Mention of a trade name, proprietary product, or specific equipment does not constitute a guarantee by the United States Department of Agriculture and does not imply its approval to the exclusion of other products that may be suitable. | Free Radical Biology and Medicine | 1999 | 2,078 |
| 6 | Mixed linear model approach adapted for genome-wide association studies | Nature Genetics | 2010 | 2,022 |
| 7 | rosetta : a computer program for estimating soil hydraulic parameters with hierarchical pedotransfer functions | Journal of Hydrology | 2001 | 1,972 |
| 8 | Soil Water Characteristic Estimates by Texture and Organic Matter for Hydrologic Solutions | Soil Science Society of America Journal | 2006 | 1,719 |
| 9 | Reconstructing the early evolution of Fungi using a six-gene phylogeny | Nature | 2006 | 1,625 |
| 10 | Ground water and climate change | Nature Climate Change | 2013 | 1,513 |
| 11 | HOW DO CROP PLANTS TOLERATE ACID SOILS? MECHANISMS OF ALUMINUM TOLERANCE AND PHOSPHOROUS EFFICIENCY | Annual Review of Plant Biology | 2004 | 1,460 |
| 12 | Near‐Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy–Principal Components Regression Analyses of Soil Properties | Soil Science Society of America Journal | 2001 | 1,444 |
| 13 | Landscape moderation of biodiversity patterns and processes ‐ eight hypotheses | Biological Reviews | 2012 | 1,443 |
| 14 | Genome sequence and analysis of the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans | Nature | 2009 | 1,405 |
| 15 | Soil Quality: A Concept, Definition, and Framework for Evaluation (A Guest Editorial) | Soil Science Society of America Journal | 1997 | 1,392 |
| 16 | Development of a Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assay for Type A Influenza Virus and the Avian H5 and H7 Hemagglutinin Subtypes | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2002 | 1,346 |
| 17 | DENITRIFICATION ACROSS LANDSCAPES AND WATERSCAPES: A SYNTHESIS | | 2006 | 1,326 |
| 18 | The rhizosphere: a playground and battlefield for soilborne pathogens and beneficial microorganisms | Plant and Soil | 2009 | 1,318 |
| 19 | Aggregation and Soil Organic Matter Accumulation in Cultivated and Native Grassland Soils | Soil Science Society of America Journal | 1998 | 1,312 |
| 20 | Computational and Experimental Analysis of Microsatellites in Rice (Oryza sativa L.): Frequency, Length Variation, Transposon Associations, and Genetic Marker Potential | Genome Research | 2001 | 1,285 |
| 21 | Soil moisture retrieval from AMSR-E | IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing | 2003 | 1,259 |
| 22 | Glyphosate: a once‐in‐a‐century herbicide | Pest Management Science | 2008 | 1,253 |
| 23 | Hydrothermal carbonization of biomass residuals: a comparative review of the chemistry, processes and applications of wet and dry pyrolysis | Biofuels | 2011 | 1,247 |
| 24 | Can improvement in photosynthesis increase crop yields? | Plant, Cell and Environment | 2006 | 1,236 |
| 25 | Comparing prediction power and stability of broadband and hyperspectral vegetation indices for estimation of green leaf area index and canopy chlorophyll density | Remote Sensing of Environment | 2001 | 1,222 |
| 26 | Repeated polyploidization of Gossypium genomes and the evolution of spinnable cotton fibres | Nature | 2012 | 1,204 |
| 27 | Development and Mapping of 2240 New SSR Markers for Rice (Oryza sativa L.) | DNA Research | 2002 | 1,203 |
| 28 | Managing Agricultural Phosphorus for Protection of Surface Waters: Issues and Options | Journal of Environmental Quality | 1994 | 1,132 |
| 29 | Herbivore-infested plants selectively attract parasitoids | Nature | 1998 | 1,124 |
| 30 | Log-Logistic Analysis of Herbicide Dose-Response Relationships | Weed Technology | 1995 | 1,113 |
| 31 | Improved maize reference genome with single-molecule technologies | Nature | 2017 | 1,113 |
| 32 | A Beauveria phylogeny inferred from nuclear ITS and EF1- sequences: evidence for cryptic diversification and links to Cordyceps teleomorphs | Mycologia | 2005 | 1,106 |
| 33 | Mycoinsecticides and Mycoacaricides: A comprehensive list with worldwide coverage and international classification of formulation types | Biological Control | 2007 | 1,085 |
| 34 | The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals | Soil | 2016 | 1,077 |
| 35 | Growing degree-days: one equation, two interpretations | Agricultural and Forest Meteorology | 1997 | 1,073 |
| 36 | Phytophthora Genome Sequences Uncover Evolutionary Origins and Mechanisms of Pathogenesis | Science | 2006 | 1,059 |
| 37 | ECOLOGICAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND BIOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF INSECT HYDROCARBONS | Annual Review of Entomology | 2005 | 1,051 |
| 38 | Draft genome sequence of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) provides a resource for trait improvement | Nature Biotechnology | 2013 | 1,049 |
| 39 | The European Soil Erosion Model (EUROSEM): a dynamic approach for predicting sediment transport from fields and small catchments | Earth Surface Processes and Landforms | 1998 | 1,041 |
| 40 | Genome-wide association study of leaf architecture in the maize nested association mapping population | Nature Genetics | 2011 | 987 |
| 41 | Application of Radioactive Fallout Cesium‐137 for Measuring Soil Erosion and Sediment Accumulation Rates and Patterns: A Review | Journal of Environmental Quality | 1990 | 981 |
| 42 | Impact of Biochar Amendment on Fertility of a Southeastern Coastal Plain Soil | Soil Science | 2009 | 974 |
| 43 | Creating a System for Meeting the Fiber Requirements of Dairy Cows | Journal of Dairy Science | 1997 | 973 |
| 44 | Direct interaction of resistance gene and avirulence gene products confers rice blast resistance | EMBO Journal | 2000 | 943 |
| 45 | Leaf Nitrogen, Photosynthesis, and Crop Radiation Use Efficiency: A Review | Crop Science | 1989 | 939 |
| 46 | Genetic Design and Statistical Power of Nested Association Mapping in Maize | Genetics | 2008 | 939 |
| 47 | Methods for the assessment of human body composition: traditional and new | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 1987 | 937 |
| 48 | Top 10 plant viruses in molecular plant pathology | Molecular Plant Pathology | 2011 | 936 |
| 49 | Comparison of dilute acid and ionic liquid pretreatment of switchgrass: Biomass recalcitrance, delignification and enzymatic saccharification | Bioresource Technology | 2010 | 926 |
| 50 | Insect Vector Interactions with Persistently Transmitted Viruses | Annual Review of Phytopathology | 2008 | 925 |
