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Plant Science and Agronomy
Switzerland
2026
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Switzerland
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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
93
Citations
31496
World Ranking
230
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Botany

His primary scientific interests are in Biochemistry, Trehalose, Botany, Mycorrhiza and Glomus. His research is interdisciplinary, bridging the disciplines of Molecular biology and Biochemistry. His Trehalose research integrates issues from Desiccation, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Yeast and Metabolism.

His Botany research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Symbiosis and Colonization. His work in the fields of Mycorrhiza, such as Acaulosporaceae, intersects with other areas such as Plant community. His Glomus research includes themes of Acaulospora, Agronomy, Fungal genetics, Organic farming and Arbuscular mycorrhiza.

His most cited work include:

  • Mycorrhizal fungal diversity determines plant biodiversity, ecosystem variability and productivity (2698 citations)
  • DIFFERENT ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGAL SPECIES ARE POTENTIAL DETERMINANTS OF PLANT COMMUNITY STRUCTURE (632 citations)
  • Impact of land use intensity on the species diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agroecosystems of Central Europe (584 citations)

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

Andres Wiemken focuses on Botany, Biochemistry, Mycorrhiza, Trehalose and Glomus. His Botany study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Arbuscular mycorrhiza and Symbiosis. His study in Biochemistry focuses on Fructan, Sucrose, Yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Invertase.

The concepts of his Mycorrhiza study are interwoven with issues in Plant nutrition, Microbiology, Chitinase, Medicago truncatula and Rhizosphere. His research investigates the connection between Trehalose and topics such as Arabidopsis that intersect with issues in Arabidopsis thaliana. His research investigates the link between Glomus and topics such as Agronomy that cross with problems in Nutrient and Organic farming.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (44.02%)
  • Biochemistry (39.13%)
  • Mycorrhiza (22.28%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2010-2018)?

  • Botany (44.02%)
  • Symbiosis (17.39%)
  • Agronomy (12.50%)

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

Andres Wiemken mostly deals with Botany, Symbiosis, Agronomy, Sorghum and Mycorrhizal network. His research integrates issues of Ecology and Gene in his study of Botany. Andres Wiemken combines subjects such as Plantago and Plant roots with his study of Symbiosis.

He has researched Agronomy in several fields, including Rhizobacteria, Nutrient and Microbial inoculant. His study in Mycorrhizal network is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Microcosm and Intercropping. Within one scientific family, Andres Wiemken focuses on topics pertaining to Mycorrhiza under Plant nutrition, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Rhizosphere.

Between 2010 and 2018, his most popular works were:

  • Mycorrhizal Networks: Common Goods of Plants Shared under Unequal Terms of Trade (199 citations)
  • Inoculation of root microorganisms for sustainable wheat–rice and wheat–black gram rotations in India (151 citations)
  • The family of ammonium transporters (AMT) in Sorghum bicolor: two AMT members are induced locally, but not systemically in roots colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (81 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Botany

Botany, Gene, Transporter, Symbiosis and Linum are his primary areas of study. His Botany study frequently links to adjacent areas such as Nutrient. His Gene research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Arbuscular mycorrhiza and Cell biology.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Peptide sequence and Phylogenetics in addition to Transporter. His Symbiosis course of study focuses on Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and Ecology. Andres Wiemken interconnects Glomus, Sorghum, Mycorrhizal network and Intercropping in the investigation of issues within Linum.

Best Publications

  • Mycorrhizal fungal diversity determines plant biodiversity, ecosystem variability and productivity

    Marcel G. A. van der Heijden;John N. Klironomos;Margot Ursic;Peter Moutoglis

  • Impact of land use intensity on the species diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agroecosystems of Central Europe

    Fritz Oehl;Ewald Sieverding;Kurt Ineichen;Paul Mäder

  • DIFFERENT ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGAL SPECIES ARE POTENTIAL DETERMINANTS OF PLANT COMMUNITY STRUCTURE

    Marcel G. A. van der Heijden;Thomas Boller;Andres Wiemken;Ian R. Sanders

  • Impact of long-term conventional and organic farming on the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Fritz Oehl;Ewald Sieverding;Paul Mäder;David Dubois

  • Trehalose in yeast, stress protectant rather than reserve carbohydrate

    Andres Wiemken

  • The mycorrhizal contribution to plant productivity, plant nutrition and soil structure in experimental grassland

    Marcel G. A. Van Der Heijden;Ruth Streitwolf‐Engel;Ralph Riedl;Sabine Siegrist

  • Community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi at different soil depths in extensively and intensively managed agroecosystems

    Fritz Oehl;Ewald Sieverding;Kurt Ineichen;Elisabeth‐Anne Ris

  • Mycorrhizal Networks: Common Goods of Plants Shared under Unequal Terms of Trade

    Florian Walder;Helge Niemann;Mathimaran Natarajan;Moritz F. Lehmann

  • The role of trehalose synthesis for the acquisition of thermotolerance in yeast. I. Genetic evidence that trehalose is a thermoprotectant.

    De Virgilio C;Hottiger T;Dominguez J;Boller T

  • The role of trehalose synthesis for the acquisition of thermotolerance in yeast. II. Physiological concentrations of trehalose increase the thermal stability of proteins in vitro.

    Thomas Hottiger;Claudio De Virgilio;Michael N. Hall;Thomas Boller

  • Rapid changes of heat and desiccation tolerance correlated with changes of trehalose content in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells subjected to temperature shifts.

    Thomas Hottiger;Thomas Boller;Andres Wiemken

  • Communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in arable soils are not necessarily low in diversity

    Isabelle Hijri;Zuzana Sýkorová;Fritz Oehl;Kurt Ineichen

  • Vacuoles as storage compartments for nitrate in barley leaves

    Enrico Martinoia;Urs Heck;Andres Wiemken

  • Identification of ribosomal DNA polymorphisms among and within spores of the Glomales: application to studies on the genetic diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities

    Ian R. Sanders;Monica Alt;Kathleen Groppe;Thomas Boller

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizae in a long-term field trial comparing low-input (organic, biological) and high-input (conventional) farming systems in a crop rotation

    Paul Mäder;Stephan Edenhofer;Thomas Boller;Andres Wiemken

  • Heat-induced accumulation and futile cycling of trehalose in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    T Hottiger;P Schmutz;A Wiemken

  • Different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alter coexistence and resource distribution between co-occurring plant

    Marcel G. A. Van Der Heijden;Marcel G. A. Van Der Heijden;Andres Wiemken;Ian R. Sanders

  • Epiparasitic plants specialized on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Martin I. Bidartondo;Dirk Redecker;Isabelle Hijri;Andres Wiemken

  • Disruption of TPS2, the gene encoding the 100-kDa subunit of the trehalose-6-phosphate synthase/phosphatase complex in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, causes accumulation of trehalose-6-phosphate and loss of trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase activity

    Claudio De Virgilio;Niels Bürckert;Walter Bell;Paul Jenö

  • Characterization of the 56-kDa subunit of yeast trehalose-6-phosphate synthase and cloning of its gene reveal its identity with the product of CIF1, a regulator of carbon catabolite inactivation

    Walter Bell;Paul Klaassen;Martin Ohnacker;Thomas Boller

  • Dynamics of Vacuolar Compartmentation

    Thomas Boller;Andres Wiemken

  • The cultivation bias: different communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi detected in roots from the field, from bait plants transplanted to the field, and from a greenhouse trap experiment

    Zuzana Sýkorová;Kurt Ineichen;Andres Wiemken;Dirk Redecker

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Boller
Thomas Boller University of Basel
Fritz Oehl
Fritz Oehl University of Basel
Claudio De Virgilio
Claudio De Virgilio University of Fribourg
Ian R. Sanders
Ian R. Sanders University of Lausanne
Paul Mäder
Paul Mäder Forschungsinstitut für Biologischen Landbau
Pierre-Emmanuel Courty
Pierre-Emmanuel Courty INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Horst Vierheilig
Horst Vierheilig Spanish National Research Council
Marcel G. A. van der Heijden
Marcel G. A. van der Heijden University of Zurich
Philippe Matile
Philippe Matile University of Zurich
Moritz F. Lehmann
Moritz F. Lehmann University of Basel

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