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D-Index
64
Citations
20404
World Ranking
961
National Ranking
15

A. Blum publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where A. Blum sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 125 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

A. Blum D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where A. Blum sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agronomy
  • Botany
  • Gene

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Agronomy, Plant breeding, Drought tolerance, Plant physiology and Water-use efficiency. His Agronomy study frequently intersects with other fields, such as Photosynthesis. His study looks at the relationship between Plant breeding and fields such as Water use, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems.

His studies in Drought tolerance integrate themes in fields like Genetically modified crops, Genetically modified rice, Biotechnology, Oryza sativa and Poaceae. His research in Plant physiology intersects with topics in Drought resistance, Plant ecology, Cold resistance and Resistance. The various areas that A. Blum examines in his Water-use efficiency study include Animal breeding and Yield.

His most cited work include:

  • Drought resistance, water-use efficiency, and yield potential-are they compatible, dissonant, or mutually exclusive? (952 citations)
  • Plant Breeding For Stress Environments (946 citations)
  • Effective use of water (EUW) and not water-use efficiency (WUE) is the target of crop yield improvement under drought stress (737 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

A. Blum mainly focuses on Agronomy, Plant breeding, Poaceae, Drought tolerance and Cultivar. His Agronomy study combines topics in areas such as Photosynthesis, Desiccation and Plant physiology. His studies deal with areas such as Water use, Biotechnology, Resistance, Water-use efficiency and Crop yield as well as Plant breeding.

His Poaceae study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Oryza sativa, Osmotic pressure and Horticulture. His Drought tolerance research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Canopy, Turgor pressure and Seedling. His study explores the link between Cultivar and topics such as Moisture stress that cross with problems in Yield.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (60.00%)
  • Plant breeding (32.00%)
  • Poaceae (24.00%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2020)?

  • Biotechnology (20.00%)
  • Plant breeding (32.00%)
  • Agronomy (60.00%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Biotechnology, Plant breeding, Agronomy, Crop yield and Abscisic acid. His Biotechnology research incorporates themes from Drought resistance, Agriculture, Cultivar and Crop. The Crop study combines topics in areas such as Germplasm, Drought stress, Desiccation tolerance and Heterosis.

A. Blum mostly deals with Sorghum in his studies of Agronomy. His work deals with themes such as Sunflower, Canola, Water use, Turgor pressure and Drought tolerance, which intersect with Sorghum. His Abscisic acid research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Adaptation, Waterlogging and Salinity.

Between 2013 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Osmotic adjustment is a prime drought stress adaptive engine in support of plant production (235 citations)
  • Physiology And Biotechnology Integration For Plant Breeding (93 citations)
  • Genomics for drought resistance – getting down to earth (52 citations)

Best Publications

  • Drought resistance, water-use efficiency, and yield potential-are they compatible, dissonant, or mutually exclusive?

    A. Blum

  • Plant Breeding For Stress Environments

    Abraham Blum

  • Effective use of water (EUW) and not water-use efficiency (WUE) is the target of crop yield improvement under drought stress

    A. Blum

  • Cell Membrane Stability as a Measure of Drought and Heat Tolerance in Wheat1

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  • Crop responses to drought and the interpretation of adaptation

    A. Blum

  • Osmotic adjustment is a prime drought stress adaptive engine in support of plant production

    Abraham Blum

  • Improving wheat grain filling under stress by stem reserve mobilisation

    A. Blum

  • Breeding for Drought Resistance in Rice: Physiology and Molecular Genetics Considerations

    Henry T. Nguyen;R. Chandra Babu;A. Blum

  • Genetic analysis of osmotic adjustment in crop plants

    Jingxian Zhang;Henry T. Nguyen;A. Blum

  • Plant Breeding for Water-Limited Environments

    Abraham Blum

  • HVA1, a LEA gene from barley confers dehydration tolerance in transgenic rice (Oryza sativa L.) via cell membrane protection

    R Chandra Babu;Jingxian Zhang;A Blum;T.-H David Ho

  • Breeding crop varieties for stress environments

    Abraham Blum;Wayne R. Jordan

  • Stem Reserve Mobilisation Supports Wheat-grain Filling Under Heat Stress

    A Blum;B Sinmena;J Mayer;G Golan

  • Locating genomic regions associated with components of drought resistance in rice: comparative mapping within and across species

    J. Zhang;H. G. Zheng;A. Aarti;G. Pantuwan

  • Osmotic adjustment and growth of barley genotypes under drought stress

    A. Blum

  • Infrared thermal sensing of plant canopies as a screening technique for dehydration avoidance in wheat

    A. Blum;J. Mayer;G. Gozlan

  • Drought resistance - is it really a complex trait?

    Abraham Blum

  • Yield stability and canopy temperature of wheat genotypes under drought-stress

    A. Blum;L. Shpiler;G. Golan;J. Mayer

  • A Rapid Colorimetric Method for Epicuticular Wax Contest of Sorghum Leaves 1

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  • Wheat cellular thermotolerance is related to yield under heat stress

    A. Blum;Natalya Klueva;H.T. Nguyen

  • Comparison of measurement Methods of osmotic adjustment in rice cultivars

    R. Chandra Babu;M. Safiullah Pathan;A. Blum;Henry T. Nguyen

  • Heat tolerance in spring wheat. I. Estimating cellular thermotolerance and its heritability

    M. Fokar;M. Fokar;Henry T. Nguyen;Henry T. Nguyen;A. Blum

  • Chemical desiccation of wheat plants as a simulator of post-anthesis stress: II. Relations to drought stress

    A. Blum;J. Mayer;G. Golan

  • An evaluation of seed and seedling drought tolerance screening tests in wheat

    A. Blum;Bebi Sinmena;O. Ziv

  • I. Effects of translocation and kernel growth

    A. Blum;H. Poiarkova;G. Golan;J. Mayer

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry T. Nguyen
Henry T. Nguyen University of Missouri
Roberto Tuberosa
Roberto Tuberosa University of Bologna
Bettina I. G. Haussmann
Bettina I. G. Haussmann University of Hohenheim
Hartwig H. Geiger
Hartwig H. Geiger University of Hohenheim
Ray Wu
Ray Wu Cornell University
Neil C. Turner
Neil C. Turner University of Western Australia

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