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Yucheng Zhang

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1979Rising activity
Legume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisPlant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesPlant Gene Expression AnalysisPlant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies

Publications

46

Citations

1,599

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

47

Publishing since 1979

Research summary
AI-generated

This researcher's earlier work (roughly 2018-2021) focused on plant-microbe interactions, including genomics of plant pathogens (such as Streptomyces, Rhodococcus, and fungi causing tree and berry diseases) and gene editing tools for studying plant pathogen virulence. More recent publications (2024-2025) span a much wider and more varied set of topics, including soil carbon and grassland ecology, computational and bioinformatics infrastructure tools, machine learning for erosion prediction, and unrelated engineering and public health topics, suggesting either a shift in focus or collaborative/co-authored contributions across diverse projects.

Plant pathogen genomics and molecular biologyMicrobial gene editing and functional genomicsSoil and agricultural ecosystem scienceBioinformatics tools and computational pipelinesApplied machine learning for environmental prediction

Publication output was low and irregular in the mid-2010s to early 2020s, dropped to near zero in 2022-2023, and then rose sharply in 2024-2025, indicating a recent surge in publishing activity rather than steady long-term growth.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.6/year recently
172018: 4 publications182019: 1 publication192020: 5 publications202021: 1 publication21222023: 1 publication232024: 3 publications242025: 9 publications92526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions×2
  • BMC Genomics×2
  • Systematic and Applied Microbiology×1
  • mBio×1
  • Plant Growth Regulation×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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