Bertrand Hirel

Bertrand Hirel publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Bertrand Hirel 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 Bertrand Hirel sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• The challenge of improving nitrogen use efficiency in crop plants: towards a more central role for genetic variability and quantitative genetics within integrated approaches

  Bertrand Hirel;Jacques Le Gouis;Bertrand Ney;André Gallais

  1705
  Citations

• Towards a better understanding of the genetic and physiological basis for nitrogen use efficiency in maize

  Bertrand Hirel;Pascal Bertin;Isabelle Quilleré;William Bourdoncle

  727
  Citations

• Two Cytosolic Glutamine Synthetase Isoforms of Maize Are Specifically Involved in the Control of Grain Production

  Antoine Martin;Judy Lee;Thomas Kichey;Denise Gerentes

  609
  Citations

• Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Crops for Sustainable Agriculture

  Bertrand Hirel;Thierry Tétu;Peter J. Lea;Frédéric Dubois

  570
  Citations

• In winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), post-anthesis nitrogen uptake and remobilisation to the grain correlates with agronomic traits and nitrogen physiological markers

  Thomas Kichey;Thomas Kichey;Bertrand Hirel;Emmanuel Heumez;Frédéric Dubois

  547
  Citations

• Characterization of the sink/source transition in tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum L.) shoots in relation to nitrogen management and leaf senescence.

  Céline Masclaux;Marie-Hélène Valadier;Norbert Brugière;Jean-François Morot-Gaudry

  544
  Citations

• An approach to the genetics of nitrogen use efficiency in maize.

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  468
  Citations

• Nitrogen Metabolism in Roots

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  290
  Citations

• The challenge of remobilisation in plant nitrogen economy. A survey of physio-agronomic and molecular approaches.

  Céline Masclaux;Isabelle Quilleré;André Gallais;Bertrand Hirel

  268
  Citations

• Glutamine Synthetase in the Phloem Plays a Major Role in Controlling Proline Production

  Norbert Brugière;Frédéric Dubois;Anis M. Limami;Maud Lelandais

  266
  Citations

• Glutamine Synthetase in Rice: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ENZYMES FROM ROOTS AND LEAVES.

  Bertrand Hirel;Pierre Gadal

  264
  Citations

• Glutamine Synthetase in Higher Plants: Regulation of Gene and Protein Expression from the Organ to the Cell

  Michèle Cren;Michèle Cren;Bertrand Hirel

  264
  Citations

• Glutamate dehydrogenase in plants: is there a new story for an old enzyme?

  Frédéric Dubois;Thérèse Tercé-Laforgue;Maria-Begoña Gonzalez-Moro;Maria-Begoña Gonzalez-Moro;José-Maria Estavillo;José-Maria Estavillo

  260
  Citations

• The use of metabolomics integrated with transcriptomic and proteomic studies for identifying key steps involved in the control of nitrogen metabolism in crops such as maize

  Nardjis Amiour;Sandrine Imbaud;Gilles Clément;Nicolas Agier

  223
  Citations

• Breeding for increased nitrogen-use efficiency: A review for wheat (T. aestivum L.)

  Fabien Cormier;John Foulkes;Bertrand Hirel;David Gouache

  216
  Citations

• Gene expression, cellular localisation and function of glutamine synthetase isozymes in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).

  Stéphanie M. Bernard;Anders Laurell Blom Møller;Giuseppe Dionisio;Thomas Kichey

  212
  Citations

• Overexpression of a soybean gene encoding cytosolic glutamine synthetase in shoots of transgenic Lotus corniculatus L. plants triggers changes in ammonium assimilation and plant development

  Rémi Vincent;Vincent Fraisier;Sylvain Chaillou;M. Anis Limami

  192
  Citations

• Carbon and nitrogen allocation and grain filling in three maize hybrids differing in leaf senescence

  B. Pommel;A. Gallais;M. Coque;I. Quilleré

  190
  Citations

• Glutamine synthetase genes are regulated by ammonia provided externally or by symbiotic nitrogen fixation.

  Bertrand Hirel;Catherine Bouet;Bryan King;David Layzell

  190
  Citations

• Leaf-specific overexpression of plastidic glutamine synthetase stimulates the growth of transgenic tobacco seedlings.

  Andrea Migge;Elisa Carrayol;Bertrand Hirel;Thomas W. Becker

  177
  Citations