Assaf Distelfeld

Assaf Distelfeld publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Assaf Distelfeld 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 Assaf Distelfeld sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Shifting the limits in wheat research and breeding using a fully annotated reference genome

  Rudi Appels;Rudi Appels;Kellye Eversole;Nils Stein;Nils Stein

  2949
  Citations

• A NAC Gene Regulating Senescence Improves Grain Protein, Zinc, and Iron Content in Wheat

  Cristobal Uauy;Assaf Distelfeld;Tzion Fahima;Ann Blechl

  1894
  Citations

• The transcriptional landscape of polyploid wheat

  R. H. Ramírez-González;P. Borrill;D. Lang;S. A. Harrington

  991
  Citations

• Multiple wheat genomes reveal global variation in modern breeding.

  Sean Walkowiak;Sean Walkowiak;Liangliang Gao;Cecile Monat;Georg Haberer

  980
  Citations

• A kinase-START gene confers temperature-dependent resistance to wheat stripe rust

  Daolin Fu;Cristobal Uauy;Assaf Distelfeld;Ann Blechl

  881
  Citations

• Wild emmer genome architecture and diversity elucidate wheat evolution and domestication

  Raz Avni;Moran Nave;Omer Barad;Kobi Baruch

  853
  Citations

• Durum wheat genome highlights past domestication signatures and future improvement targets

  Marco Maccaferri;Marco Maccaferri;Neil S. Harris;Sven O. Twardziok;Raj K. Pasam

  751
  Citations

• Regulation of flowering in temperate cereals.

  A Distelfeld;C Li;J Dubcovsky

  648
  Citations

• Senescence, nutrient remobilization, and yield in wheat and barley

  Assaf Distelfeld;Raz Avni;Andreas M. Fischer

  387
  Citations

• Cloning of the wheat Yr15 resistance gene sheds light on the plant tandem kinase-pseudokinase family

  Valentina Klymiuk;Elitsur Yaniv;Lin Huang;Lin Huang;Dina Raats;Dina Raats

  341
  Citations

• Multiple QTL‐effects of wheat Gpc‐B1 locus on grain protein and micronutrient concentrations

  Assaf Distelfeld;Ismail Cakmak;Zvi Peleg;Zvi Peleg;Levent Ozturk

  341
  Citations

• High-temperature adult-plant (HTAP) stripe rust resistance gene Yr36 from Triticum turgidum ssp. dicoccoides is closely linked to the grain protein content locus Gpc-B1.

  Cristobal Uauy;Juan Carlos Brevis;Xianming Chen;Imtiaz Khan

  320
  Citations

• A high‐density, SNP‐based consensus map of tetraploid wheat as a bridge to integrate durum and bread wheat genomics and breeding

  Marco Maccaferri;Andrea Ricci;Silvio Salvi;Sara Giulia Milner

  320
  Citations

• Precise mapping of a locus affecting grain protein content in durum wheat

  S. Olmos;S. Olmos;A. Distelfeld;A. Distelfeld;O. Chicaiza;A. R. Schlatter

  229
  Citations

• Physical map of the wheat high-grain protein content gene Gpc-B1 and development of a high-throughput molecular marker.

  Assaf Distelfeld;Cristobal Uauy;Tzion Fahima;Jorge Dubcovsky

  223
  Citations

• Regulation of Freezing Tolerance and Flowering in Temperate Cereals: The VRN-1 Connection

  Taniya Dhillon;Stephen P. Pearce;Eric J. Stockinger;Assaf Distelfeld

  215
  Citations

• Genetic and Molecular Characterization of the VRN2 Loci in Tetraploid Wheat

  Assaf Distelfeld;Gabriela Tranquilli;Chengxia Li;Liuling Yan

  185
  Citations

• Vrn-D4 is a vernalization gene located on the centromeric region of chromosome 5D in hexaploid wheat

  Tetsuya Yoshida;Hidetaka Nishida;Jie Zhu;Jie Zhu;Rebecca Nitcher

  168
  Citations

• A Metabolic Gene Cluster in the Wheat W1 and the Barley Cer-cqu Loci Determines β-Diketone Biosynthesis and Glaucousness

  Shelly Hen-Avivi;Orna Savin;Radu C. Racovita;Wing Sham Lee

  166
  Citations

• Wheat flowering repressor VRN2 and promoter CO2 compete for interactions with NUCLEAR FACTOR‐Y complexes

  Chengxia Li;Assaf Distelfeld;Alfio Comis;Jorge Dubcovsky

  165
  Citations