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Alfons Gierl is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research contributions span multiple areas within agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The main subfields of their work include plant science and genetics, demonstrating a focus on both fundamental and applied aspects of plant biology and genetic research.

The scientist has contributed to several topics in the domain of plant and genetic research. These topics include:

  • Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions
  • Weed control and herbicide applications
  • Plant parasitism and resistance
  • Genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Genetics and plant breeding

Among the recent scholarly publications by Alfons Gierl are two papers published in 2021. The first is titled "Engineering of benzoxazinoid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana: Metabolic and physiological challenges", which appeared in the journal Phytochemistry. The second paper, "High-resolution association mapping with libraries of immortalized lines from ancestral landraces", was published in Theoretical and Applied Genetics. These papers contribute to understanding biosynthesis pathways in plants and genetic mapping techniques relevant to plant breeding.

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Chris-Carolin Schön
  • Aleksej Abramov
  • Thomas Hoffmann
  • Timo D. Stark
  • Linlin Zheng

Alfons Gierl's work has been featured in reputable scientific journals such as Phytochemistry and Theoretical and Applied Genetics, reflecting a connection to specialized fields within plant biochemistry and genetic research. Their research outputs contribute to knowledge essential for understanding plant metabolic pathways, genetic diversity, and breeding strategies, supporting advances in both basic and applied plant sciences.

Best Publications

  • Analysis of a chemical plant defense mechanism in grasses

    Monika Frey;Paul Chomet;Erich Glawischnig;Cornelia Stettner

  • Restoring a maize root signal that attracts insect-killing nematodes to control a major pest

    Jörg Degenhardt;Ivan Hiltpold;Tobias G. Köllner;Monika Frey

  • An herbivore elicitor activates the gene for indole emission in maize

    Monika Frey;Cornelia Stettner;Paul W. Paré;Eric A. Schmelz

  • Molecular analysis of the waxy locus of Zea mays

    Ralf Bernd Klösgen;Alfons Gierl;Zsuzsanna Schwarz-Sommer;Heinz Saedler

  • Influence of transposable elements on the structure and function of the A1 gene of Zea mays.

    Zsuzsanna Schwarz-Sommer;Nancy Shepherd;Eckhard Tacke;Alfons Gierl

  • Molecular analysis of the En/Spm transposable element system of Zea mays.

    Andy Pereira;Heinrich Cuypers;Alfons Gierl;Zsuzsanna Schwarz-Sommer

  • Plant transposable elements generate the DNA sequence diversity needed in evolution.

    Zsuzsanna Schwarz-Sommer;Alfons Gierl;Heinrich Cuypers;Peter A. Peterson

  • The En/Spm transposable element of Zea mays contains splice sites at the termini generating a novel intron from a dSpm element in the A2 gene.

    A Menssen;S Höhmann;W Martin;P S Schnable

  • Two glucosyltransferases are involved in detoxification of benzoxazinoids in maize

    U. von Rad;R. Huttl;F. Lottspeich;A. Gierl

  • Molecular evidence for pre-Cretaceous angiosperm origins

    William Martin;Alfons Gierl;Heinz Saedler

  • The Archaebacterium Thermofilum pendens Represents, a Novel Genus of the Thermophilic, Anaerobic Sulfur Respiring Thermoproteales

    W. Zillig;A. Gierl;G. Schreiber;S. Wunderl

  • The Spm (En) transposable element controls the excision of a 2-kb DNA insert at the wxm-8 allele of Zea mays

    Zs. Schwarz-Sommer;A. Gierl;R.B. Klösgen;U. Wienand

  • TnpA product encoded by the transposable element En-1 of Zea mays is a DNA binding protein.

    A Gierl;S Lütticke;H Saedler

  • Genetic and molecular analysis of the Enhancer (En) transposable element system of Zea mays.

    Andy Pereira;Zsuzsanna Schwarz-Sommer;Alfons Gierl;Isolde Bertram

  • Excision of the En/Spm transposable element of Zea mays requires two element-encoded proteins

    Monika Frey;Julio Reinecke;Sarah Grant;Heinz Saedler

  • Expression of a cytochrome P450 gene family in maize.

    Monika Frey;Ralf Kliem;Heinz Saedler;Alfons Gierl

  • Plant-transposable elements and gene tagging.

    Alfons Gierl;Heinz Saedler

  • TTV1, TTV2 and TTV3, a family of viruses of the extremely thermophilic, anaerobic, sulfur reducing archaebacterium Thermoproteus tenax

    D. Janekovic;S. Wunderl;I. Holz;W. Zillig

  • The Nitrilase ZmNIT2 Converts Indole-3-Acetonitrile to Indole-3-Acetic Acid

    Woong June Park;Verena Kriechbaumer;Axel Müller;Markus Piotrowski

  • MAIZE TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS

    A Gierl;H Saedler;P A Peterson

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinz Saedler
Heinz Saedler Max Planck Society
Wolfram Zillig
Wolfram Zillig Max Planck Society
William Martin
William Martin Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Andy Pereira
Andy Pereira University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Karl O. Stetter
Karl O. Stetter University of Regensburg
Ralf Schnabel
Ralf Schnabel Technische Universität Braunschweig
Robert B. Meeley
Robert B. Meeley Pioneer Hi-Bred
Steven P. Briggs
Steven P. Briggs University of California, San Diego
Kenneth H. Wolfe
Kenneth H. Wolfe University College Dublin
Wen-Hsiung Li
Wen-Hsiung Li Academia Sinica

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