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Plant Science and Agronomy
Israel
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
97
Citations
43727
World Ranking
185
National Ranking
2

Genetics

D-Index
96
Citations
42789
World Ranking
858
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Dani Zamir is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel and has contributed extensively to research in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on Plant Science and Molecular Biology. Their work also spans Genetics, Biochemistry, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their research has been published notably in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Plant Journal, Journal of Experimental Botany, Nature Genetics, and Nature Plants. These publications highlight a consistent focus on plant-related molecular and genetic biology.

Key recent papers by Dani Zamir include:

  • Analysis of wild tomato introgression lines elucidates the genetic basis of transcriptome and metabolome variation underlying fruit traits and pathogen response, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • The GORKY glycoalkaloid transporter is indispensable for preventing tomato bitterness, 2021, Nature Plants
  • Development of zeaxanthin-rich tomato fruit through genetic manipulations of carotenoid biosynthesis, 2020, Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Quantitative trait loci analysis of seed-specialized metabolites reveals seed-specific flavonols and differential regulation of glycoalkaloid content in tomato, 2020, The Plant Journal
  • Transpiration from Tomato Fruit Occurs Primarily via Trichome-Associated Transcuticular Polar Pores, 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Zamir has worked with co-authors including Josef Fisher, Amit Koch, Joseph Hirschberg, Saleh Alseekh, and Richard Finkers on multiple projects.

The primary topics covered in their research encompass:

  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Dani Zamir's contributions reflect a focused examination of plant physiological and biochemical processes, with an emphasis on genetic factors affecting traits such as fruit quality, metabolite composition, and pathogen response. The integration of molecular biology techniques with agricultural science is a notable aspect of their research profile.

Best Publications

  • Less-than-additive epistatic interactions of quantitative trait loci in tomato.

    Yuval Eshed;Dani Zamir

  • The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution

    Shusei Sato;Satoshi Tabata;Hideki Hirakawa;Erika Asamizu

  • An introgression line population of Lycopersicon pennellii in the cultivated tomato enables the identification and fine mapping of yield-associated QTL

    Y Eshed;D Zamir

  • Mendelian factors underlying quantitative traits in tomato: comparison across species, generations, and environments.

    A H Paterson;S Damon;J D Hewitt;D Zamir

  • Genomic analyses provide insights into the history of tomato breeding

    Tao Lin;Guangtao Zhu;Junhong Zhang;Xiangyang Xu

  • Improving plant breeding with exotic genetic libraries

    Dani Zamir

  • Comprehensive metabolic profiling and phenotyping of interspecific introgression lines for tomato improvement

    Nicolas Schauer;Yaniv Semel;Ute Roessner;Amit Gur

  • A chemical genetic roadmap to improved tomato flavor

    Denise Tieman;Guangtao Zhu;Marcio F. R. Resende;Tao Lin

  • An alternative pathway to β-carotene formation in plant chromoplasts discovered by map-based cloning of Beta and old-gold color mutations in tomato

    Gil Ronen;Lea Carmel-Goren;Dani Zamir;Joseph Hirschberg

  • Regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis during tomato fruit development: expression of the gene for lycopene epsilon-cyclase is down-regulated during ripening and is elevated in the mutant Delta.

    Gil Ronen;Merav Cohen;Dani Zamir;Joseph Hirschberg

  • Heterosis: revisiting the magic

    Zachary B. Lippman;Dani Zamir

  • Cloning of tangerine from Tomato Reveals a Carotenoid Isomerase Essential for the Production of β-Carotene and Xanthophylls in Plants

    Tal Isaacson;Gil Ronen;Dani Zamir;Joseph Hirschberg

  • The SELF-PRUNING gene of tomato regulates vegetative to reproductive switching of sympodial meristems and is the ortholog of CEN and TFL1

    Lilac Pnueli;Lea Carmel-Goren;Dana Hareven;Tamar Gutfinger

  • The flowering gene SINGLE FLOWER TRUSS drives heterosis for yield in tomato

    Uri Krieger;Zachary B Lippman;Dani Zamir

  • Advanced backcross QTL analysis in a cross between an elite processing line of tomato and its wild relative L. pimpinellifolium.

    S. D. Tanksley;S. Grandillo;T. M. Fulton;D. Zamir

  • Zooming In on a Quantitative Trait for Tomato Yield Using Interspecific Introgressions

    Eyal Fridman;Fernando Carrari;Yong-Sheng Liu;Alisdair R. Fernie

  • Tomato yellow leaf curl virus: a whitefly-transmitted geminivirus with a single genomic component.

    Nir Navot;Eran Pichersky;Muhammad Zeidan;Dani Zamir

  • Regulation of LANCEOLATE by miR319 is required for compound-leaf development in tomato.

    Naomi Ori;Aya Refael Cohen;Adi Etzioni;Arnon Brand

  • A recombination hotspot delimits a wild-species quantitative trait locus for tomato sugar content to 484 bp within an invertase gene.

    Eyal Fridman;Tzili Pleban;Dani Zamir

  • The SOL Genomics Network. A Comparative Resource for Solanaceae Biology and Beyond

    Lukas A. Mueller;Teri H. Solow;Nicolas Taylor;Beth Skwarecki

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuval Eshed
Yuval Eshed Weizmann Institute of Science
Zachary B. Lippman
Zachary B. Lippman Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Alisdair R. Fernie
Alisdair R. Fernie Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Efraim Lewinsohn
Efraim Lewinsohn Agricultural Research Organization
Ilan Paran
Ilan Paran Agricultural Research Organization
Joseph Hirschberg
Joseph Hirschberg Hebrew University of Jerusalem
James J. Giovannoni
James J. Giovannoni Boyce Thompson Institute
Alexander Vainstein
Alexander Vainstein Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Saleh Alseekh
Saleh Alseekh Max Planck Society
Sonia Osorio
Sonia Osorio University of Malaga

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