RESEARCH TRENDS IN BACTERIAL CANKER: A GENERAL REVIEW

Bacterial canker is a common plant disease affecting various types of stone fruits. Bacterial canker is caused by pathogen “Pseudomonas syringae pv. morsprunorum” and enters the plant body through wounds. Careful trimming and avoiding wounds in the plant body can be good precautionary measures against bacterial cankers. This bibliometric analysis had been conducted to understand the active authors, organizations, journals, and countries involved in the research domain of “bacterial canker”. All published articles related to “bacterial canker” from “Scopus”, were analyzed using the VOS viewer to develop analysis tables and visualization maps. This article had set the objective to consolidate the literature regarding bacterial canker and also to find out the trends related to the same. Acta Horticulture and Plant Pathology are the most active journals and. Phytopathology and Nature are the most productive journals with the highest total citation and average citation respectively. The most active and productive country is the USA with the highest number of publications and citations and co-authorship linkages. South Africa is the country with the highest average citations per publication. The most active research organization is the Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration on Forest Protection, Research Institute of Forest Ecology Environment and Protection, and the Chinese Academy of Forestry with the highest number of publications, citation, and co-authorship links. Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, and Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida are the most productive organizations in this research domain with the highest citation and average citations per publication. The most active author is Graham J.H, with the highest number of publications and citations. The most productive author is Dow.J.M with the highest average citation per publication. Pruvost O is the author with the highest number of co-authorship links.