Dirk Prüfer

Dirk Prüfer 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 Dirk Prüfer sits on this spectrum.

Dirk Prüfer 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 Dirk Prüfer sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Tomato Ve disease resistance genes encode cell surface-like receptors

  Lawrence M. Kawchuk;John Hachey;Dermot R. Lynch;Frank Kulcsar

  610
  Citations

• Taraxacum officinale and related species-An ethnopharmacological review and its potential as a commercial medicinal plant.

  Unknown

  263
  Citations

• A rubber transferase activator is necessary for natural rubber biosynthesis in dandelion

  Janina Epping;Nicole van Deenen;Eva Niephaus;Anna Stolze

  200
  Citations

• ATP-independent contractile proteins from plants.

  Michael Knoblauch;Gundula A. Noll;Torsten Müller;Dirk Prüfer

  197
  Citations

• Proteins from the FLOWERING LOCUS T-like subclade of the PEBP family act antagonistically to regulate floral initiation in tobacco.

  Lena Harig;Farina A. Beinecke;Jan Oltmanns;Jost Muth

  185
  Citations

• Laticifer-Specific cis-Prenyltransferase Silencing Affects the Rubber, Triterpene, and Inulin Content of Taraxacum brevicorniculatum

  Janina Judith Post;Nicole van Deenen;Julia Fricke;Natalie Kowalski

  172
  Citations

• Characterization of rubber particles and rubber chain elongation in Taraxacum koksaghyz.

  Thomas Schmidt;Malte Lenders;Andrea Hillebrand;Nicole van Deenen

  161
  Citations

• Polyphenoloxidase silencing affects latex coagulation in Taraxacum species.

  Daniela Wahler;Christian Schulze Gronover;Carolin Richter;Florence Foucu

  140
  Citations

• Mutational Analysis of the Nucleic Acid-Binding 17 kDa Phosphoprotein of Potato Leafroll Luteovirus Identifies an Amphipathic α-Helix as the Domain for Protein/Protein Interactions

  Eckhard Tacke;Jürgen Schmitz;Dirk Prüfer;Wolfgang Rohde

  128
  Citations

• The potato leafroll virus 17K movement protein is phosphorylated by a membrane-associated protein kinase from potato with biochemical features of protein kinase C.

  Marianna Sokolova;Dirk Prüfer;Eckhard Tacke;Wolfgang Rohde

  128
  Citations

• Characterization of a potato leafroll luteovirus subgenomic RNA: differential expression by internal translation initiation and UAG suppression.

  Eckhard Tacke;Dirk Prüfer;Francesco Salamini;Wolfgang Rohde

  126
  Citations

• Ribosomal frameshifting in plants: a novel signal directs the -1 frameshift in the synthesis of the putative viral replicase of potato leafroll luteovirus.

  D Prüfer;E Tacke;J Schmitz;B Kull

  121
  Citations

• Sieve element occlusion (SEO) genes encode structural phloem proteins involved in wound sealing of the phloem

  Antonia M. Ernst;Stephan B. Jekat;Sascia Zielonka;Boje Müller

  118
  Citations

• Efficient transformation of oil palm protoplasts by PEG-mediated transfection and DNA microinjection

  Unknown

  118
  Citations

• Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Rubber Biosynthetic Genes from Taraxacum koksaghyz

  Thomas Schmidt;Andrea Hillebrand;David Wurbs;Daniela Wahler

  117
  Citations

• In situ localization of the putative movement protein (pr17) from potato leafroll luteovirus (PLRV) in infected and transgenic potato plants.

  J. Schmitz;C. Stussi-Garaud;E. Tacke;D. Prüfer

  114
  Citations

• Down-regulation of small rubber particle protein expression affects integrity of rubber particles and rubber content in Taraxacum brevicorniculatum.

  Unknown

  114
  Citations

• Precision breeding for novel starch variants in potato.

  Jost Muth;Stefanie Hartje;Richard M Twyman;Hans-Reinhard Hofferbert

  110
  Citations

• The Potato Leafroll Luteovirus 17K Protein is a Single-stranded Nucleic Acid-binding Protein

  Eckhard Tacke;Dirk Prüfer;Jürgen Schmitz;Wolfgang Rohde

  102
  Citations

• Development of rubber-enriched dandelion varieties by metabolic engineering of the inulin pathway.

  Unknown

  102
  Citations