| Dunaliella salina: a model system for studying the response of plant cells to stress AK Cowan, PD Rose, LG Horne Journal of experimental botany 43 (12), 1535-1547, 1992 | 139 | 1992 |
| Phospholipids as plant growth regulators AK Cowan Plant Growth Regulation 48, 97-109, 2006 | 122 | 2006 |
| Metabolic control of avocado fruit growth (isoprenoid growth regulators and the reaction catalyzed by 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase) AK Cowan, CS Moore-Gordon, I Bertling, BN Wolstenholme Plant Physiology 114 (2), 511-518, 1997 | 122 | 1997 |
| Abscisic acid metabolism in salt-stressed cells of Dunaliella salina: Possible interrelationship with β-carotene accumulation AK Cowan, PD Rose Plant physiology 97 (2), 798-803, 1991 | 118 | 1991 |
| Fruit size: towards an understanding of the metabolic control of fruit growth using avocado as a model system AK Cowan, RF Cripps, EW Richings, NJ Taylor Physiologia Plantarum 111 (2), 127-136, 2001 | 117 | 2001 |
| Regulation of abscisic acid metabolism: towards a metabolic basis for abscisic acid-cytokinin antagonism AK Cowan, ALP Cairns, B Bartels-Rahm Journal of Experimental Botany 50 (334), 595-603, 1999 | 114 | 1999 |
| Biological degradation and solubilisation of coal LM Sekhohola, EE Igbinigie, AK Cowan Biodegradation 24, 305-318, 2013 | 101 | 2013 |
| Effects of senescence-induced alteration in cytokinin metabolism on source-sink relationships and ontogenic and stress-induced transitions in tobacco AK Cowan, M Freeman, PO Björkman, B Nicander, F Sitbon, E Tillberg Planta 221, 801-814, 2005 | 86 | 2005 |
| Avocado AK Cowan, BN Wolstenholme Encyclopedia of Food and Health 1, 294-300, 2016 | 82 | 2016 |
| Avocados | 82* | 2003 |
| Factors affecting ‘Hass’ avocado fruit size: carbohydrate, abscisic acid and isoprenoid metabolism in normal and phenotypically small fruit EW Richings, RF Cripps, AK Cowan Physiologia Plantarum 109 (1), 81-89, 2000 | 72 | 2000 |
| Symplastic Solute Transport and Avocado Fruit Development: A Decline in Cytokinin/ABA Ratio is Related to Appearance of the Hass Small Fruit Variant. CS Moore-Gordon, AK Cowan, I Bertling, CEJ Botha, RHM Cross Plant & Cell Physiology 39 (10), 1998 | 61 | 1998 |
| Biochemical Basis of Color as an Aesthetic Quality in Citrus sinensis R Oberholster, AK Cowan, P Molnár, G Tóth Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 49 (1), 303-307, 2001 | 56 | 2001 |
| Plant growth promotion by 18:0-lyso-phosphatidylethanolamine involves senescence delay AK Cowan Plant Signaling & Behavior 4 (4), 324-327, 2009 | 45 | 2009 |
| Stress‐induced abscisic acid transients and stimulus‐response‐coupling AK Cowan, GR Richardson, JCG Maurel Physiologia Plantarum 100 (3), 491-499, 1997 | 42 | 1997 |
| Delayed leaf senescence by exogenous lyso-phosphatidylethanolamine: towards a mechanism of action JH Hong, GH Chung, AK Cowan Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 47 (6), 526-534, 2009 | 38 | 2009 |
| Stress Induction of Zeaxanthin Formation in the β-Carotene Accumulating Alga Dunaliella salina Teod. AK Cowan, MRR Logie, PD Rose, LG Phillips Journal of plant physiology 146 (4), 554-562, 1995 | 37 | 1995 |
| Plant hormone homeostasis and the control of avocado fruit size N Taylor, K Cowan Plant growth regulation 35 (3), 247-255, 2001 | 36 | 2001 |
| Metabolic control of avocado fruit growth: 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase, active oxygen species and the role of C7 sugars AK Cowan South African Journal of Botany 70 (1), 75-82, 2004 | 35 | 2004 |
| Abscisic acid content of Citrus flavedo in relation to colour development GR Richardson, AK Cowan Journal of Horticultural Science 70 (5), 769-773, 1995 | 35 | 1995 |
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