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Avraham A. Levy 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 Avraham A. Levy sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 130 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Avraham A. Levy 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 Avraham A. Levy sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Avraham A. Levy is a researcher affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their work primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific focus areas in Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

Their research topics cover a spectrum that includes Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Plant Tissue Culture and Regeneration, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics, Plant Virus Research Studies, and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Avraham A. Levy include Fabrizio Mafessoni, Cathy Melamed-Bessudo, Tal Dahan-Meir, Shdema Filler-Hayut, and Moshe Feldman.

Avraham A. Levy has published multiple papers, notable among these are:

  • Evolution and origin of bread wheat, 2022, The Plant Cell
  • Genome sequences of five Sitopsis species of Aegilops and the origin of polyploid wheat B subgenome, 2022, Molecular Plant
  • Homoeologous exchanges occur through intragenic recombination generating novel transcripts and proteins in wheat and other polyploids, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • CRISPR/Cas9 Induced Somatic Recombination at the CRTISO Locus in Tomato, 2020, Genes
  • Redistribution of Meiotic Crossovers Along Wheat Chromosomes by Virus-Induced Gene Silencing, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science

The researcher has published frequently in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Plant Cell, Nature Food, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, and Molecular Plant.

Best Publications

  • Transcriptional activation of retrotransposons alters the expression of adjacent genes in wheat.

    Khalil Kashkush;Moshe Feldman;Avraham A. Levy

  • Sequence elimination and cytosine methylation are rapid and reproducible responses of the genome to wide hybridization and allopolyploidy in wheat

    Hezi Shaked;Khalil Kashkush;Hakan Ozkan;Moshe Feldman

  • Gene Loss, Silencing and Activation in a Newly Synthesized Wheat Allotetraploid

    Khalil Kashkush;Moshe Feldman;Avraham A. Levy

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

    Raz Avni;Moran Nave;Omer Barad;Kobi Baruch

  • Allopolyploidy-Induced Rapid Genome Evolution in the Wheat (Aegilops–Triticum) Group

    Hakan Ozkan;Avraham A. Levy;Moshe Feldman

  • Rapid Elimination of Low-Copy DNA Sequences in Polyploid Wheat: A Possible Mechanism for Differentiation of Homoeologous Chromosomes

    Moshe Feldman;Bao Liu;Gregorio Segal;Shahal Abbo

  • A new model system for tomato genetics

    Rafael Meissner;Yuval Jacobson;Sarah Melamed;Shai Levyatuv

  • A Yeast Hybrid Provides Insight into the Evolution of Gene Expression Regulation

    Itay Tirosh;Sharon Reikhav;Avraham A. Levy;Naama Barkai

  • Tomato fruit cuticular waxes and their effects on transpiration barrier properties: functional characterization of a mutant deficient in a very-long-chain fatty acid beta-ketoacyl-CoA synthase.

    Gerd Vogg;Stephanie Fischer;Jana Leide;Eyal Emmanuel

  • The characterization of novel mycorrhiza-specific phosphate transporters from Lycopersicon esculentum and Solanum tuberosum uncovers functional redundancy in symbiotic phosphate transport in solanaceous species

    Réka Nagy;Vladimir Karandashov;Véronique Chague;Katsiaryna Kalinkevich

  • Allopolyploidy--a shaping force in the evolution of wheat genomes.

    M. Feldman;A.A. Levy

  • The impact of polyploidy on grass genome evolution.

    Avraham A. Levy;Moshe Feldman

  • Genome Evolution Due to Allopolyploidization in Wheat

    Moshe Feldman;Avraham A. Levy

  • Genetic and epigenetic reprogramming of the wheat genome upon allopolyploidization

    Avraham A. Levy;Moshe Feldman

  • Non-homologous DNA end joining in plant cells is associated with deletions and filler DNA insertions

    Vera Gorbunova;Avraham A. Levy

  • Bread Affects Clinical Parameters and Induces Gut Microbiome-Associated Personal Glycemic Responses

    Tal Korem;David Zeevi;Niv Zmora;Omer Weissbrod

  • Evolution and origin of bread wheat

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  • How plants make ends meet: DNA double-strand break repair

    Vera Gorbunova;Avraham A Levy

  • Efficient in planta gene targeting in tomato using geminiviral replicons and the CRISPR/Cas9 system.

    Tal Dahan-Meir;Shdema Filler-Hayut;Cathy Melamed-Bessudo;Samuel Bocobza

  • High-frequency gene targeting in Arabidopsis plants expressing the yeast RAD54 gene.

    Hezi Shaked;Cathy Melamed-Bessudo;Avraham A. Levy

  • Functional Analyses of Two Tomato APETALA3 Genes Demonstrate Diversification in Their Roles in Regulating Floral Development

    Gemma de Martino;Irvin Pan;Eyal Emmanuel;Avraham Levy

  • Genomic asymmetry in allopolyploid plants: wheat as a model

    Moshe Feldman;Avraham A Levy;Tzion Fahima;Abraham Korol

Frequent Co-Authors

Moshe Feldman
Moshe Feldman Weizmann Institute of Science
Vera Gorbunova
Vera Gorbunova University of Rochester
Naama Barkai
Naama Barkai Weizmann Institute of Science
Gad Galili
Gad Galili Weizmann Institute of Science
Jonathan Gressel
Jonathan Gressel Weizmann Institute of Science
Shahal Abbo
Shahal Abbo Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Asaph Aharoni
Asaph Aharoni Weizmann Institute of Science
Yoram Kapulnik
Yoram Kapulnik BARD The U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund
Hakan Özkan
Hakan Özkan Cukurova University
Barbara Hohn
Barbara Hohn Friedrich Miescher Institute

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