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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
48
Citations
7175
World Ranking
2449
National Ranking
610

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Photosynthesis
  • Enzyme

Eduardo Zeiger mainly investigates Guard cell, Photosynthesis, Biophysics, Stomatal conductance and Agronomy. Guard cell is the topic of his studies on Botany and Biochemistry. Many of his studies on Botany apply to Chloroplast as well.

His work on Action spectrum as part of his general Biophysics study is frequently connected to Osmoregulation, Fluence rate, Green-light and Pulse, thereby bridging the divide between different branches of science. His Stomatal conductance study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Malvaceae and Gossypium barbadense. While the research belongs to areas of Gossypium barbadense, he spends his time largely on the problem of Cultivar, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Crop.

His most cited work include:

  • Genetic variability for stomatal conductance in Pima cotton and its relation to improvements of heat adaptation (166 citations)
  • Central Roles for Potassium and Sucrose in Guard-Cell Osmoregulation. (165 citations)
  • Stomatal conductance predicts yields in irrigated Pima cotton and bread wheat grown at high temperatures (141 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Guard cell, Botany, Biophysics, Photosynthesis and Chloroplast. He has included themes like Vicia faba and Xanthophyll in his Guard cell study. He combines subjects such as Arabidopsis thaliana and Horticulture with his study of Botany.

His Biophysics study combines topics in areas such as ATPase and Fluorescence spectroscopy. His work carried out in the field of Photosynthesis brings together such families of science as Plant cell and Chlorophyll a. His Chloroplast research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Coleoptile, Quenching and Chlorophyll, Photosynthetic pigment.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Guard cell (73.21%)
  • Botany (60.71%)
  • Biophysics (39.29%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1998-2006)?

  • Botany (60.71%)
  • Guard cell (73.21%)
  • Biophysics (39.29%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Botany, Guard cell, Biophysics, Arabidopsis thaliana and Chloroplast are his primary areas of study. His Acclimatization study in the realm of Botany interacts with subjects such as Green-light and Phytochrome. His Acclimatization study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Greenhouse and Vicia faba.

His Arabidopsis thaliana research includes themes of Photosynthesis and Arabidopsis. The concepts of his Chloroplast study are interwoven with issues in Violaxanthin and Xanthophyll. In his research, Stomatal conductance is intimately related to Cultivar, which falls under the overarching field of Transpiration.

Between 1998 and 2006, his most popular works were:

  • Reversal of Blue Light-Stimulated Stomatal Opening by Green Light (118 citations)
  • The guard cell chloroplast: a perspective for the twenty‐first century (109 citations)
  • Relative humidity is a key factor in the acclimation of the stomatal response to CO2 (82 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Botany
  • Enzyme
  • Photosynthesis

His primary areas of study are Guard cell, Botany, Green-light, Fluence rate and Plant species. The study of Botany is intertwined with the study of Biophysics in a number of ways. When carried out as part of a general Biophysics research project, his work on Action spectrum is frequently linked to work in Pulse, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study.

His research in Chlorophyll fluorescence intersects with topics in Chloroplast, Photosynthetic pigment and Cell biology. His study in Chloroplast is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Photosynthesis and Arabidopsis thaliana. His Relative humidity research overlaps with other disciplines such as Environmental factor, Acclimatization, Humidity, Horticulture and Greenhouse.

Best Publications

  • Blue light-dependent proton extrusion by guard-cell protoplasts of Vicia faba

    K. Shimazaki;K. Shimazaki;M. Iino;M. Iino;M. Iino;E. Zeiger

  • Central Roles for Potassium and Sucrose in Guard-Cell Osmoregulation

    Lawrence D. Talbott;Eduardo Zeiger

  • Genetic variability for stomatal conductance in Pima cotton and its relation to improvements of heat adaptation

    John W. Radin;Zhenmin Lu;Richard G. Percy;Eduardo Zeiger

  • Stomatal conductance predicts yields in irrigated Pima cotton and bread wheat grown at high temperatures

    Zhenmin Lu;Richard G. Percy;Calvin O. Qualset;Eduardo Zeiger

  • Reversal of Blue Light-Stimulated Stomatal Opening by Green Light

    Silvia Frechilla;Lawrence D. Talbott;Roberto A. Bogomolni;Eduardo Zeiger

  • The role of sucrose in guard cell osmoregulation

    L.D. Talbott;E. Zeiger

  • Light and Stomatal Function: Blue Light Stimulates Swelling of Guard Cell Protoplasts

    E. Zeiger;P. K. Hepler

  • The guard cell chloroplast: a perspective for the twenty‐first century

    Eduardo Zeiger;Lawrence D. Talbott;Silvia Frechilla;Silvia Frechilla;Alaka Srivastava;Alaka Srivastava

  • Sugar and Organic Acid Accumulation in Guard Cells of Vicia faba in Response to Red and Blue Light

    L. D. Talbott;E. Zeiger

  • Enhanced Photosynthesis and Stomatal Conductance of Pima Cotton (Gossypium barbadense L.) Bred for Increased Yield.

    Katrina Cornish;John W. Radin;Edgar L. Turcotte;Zhenmin Lu

  • HIGH YIELDS IN ADVANCED LINES OF PIMA COTTON ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE, REDUCED LEAF AREA AND LOWER LEAF TEMPERATURE

    Zhenmin Lu;John W. Radin;Edgar L. Turcotte;Richard Percy

  • Light quality and osmoregulation in vicia guard cells : evidence for involvement of three metabolic pathways.

    Gary Tallman;Eduardo Zeiger

  • Red light stimulates an electrogenic proton pump in Vicia guard cell protoplasts.

    Unknown

  • Green light reversal of blue-light-stimulated stomatal opening is found in a diversity of plant species

    Lawrence D. Talbott;Ganka Nikolova;Arisa Ortiz;Irene Shmayevich

  • Photosynthetic Carbon Fixation in Guard Cell Protoplasts of Vicia faba L. Evidence from Radiolabel Experiments

    Kiyoshi Gotow;Scott Taylor;Eduardo Zeiger

  • Relative humidity is a key factor in the acclimation of the stomatal response to CO2

    Lawrence D. Talbott;Eran Rahveh;Eduardo Zeiger

  • Metabolic energy for stomatal opening. Roles of photophosphorylation and oxidative phosphorylation

    Unknown

  • Role of zeaxanthin in blue light photoreception and the modulation of light-CO2 interactions in guard cells

    Unknown

  • Kinetic properties of the blue-light response of stomata.

    Unknown

  • Blue Light and Phytochrome-Mediated Stomatal Opening in the npq1 and phot1 phot2 Mutants of Arabidopsis

    Lawrence D. Talbott;Irene J. Shmayevich;Yooshun Chung;Jamila W. Hammad

  • A putative role of the xanthophyll, zeaxanthin, in blue light photoreception of corn coleoptiles.

    Miguel A. Quiñones;Eduardo Zeiger

  • QTL analysis of stomatal conductance and relationship to lint yield in an interspecific cotton.

    M. Ulloa;R. G. Cantrell;R. G. Percy;E. Zeiger

  • Stomatal responses to light and leaf-air water vapor pressure difference show similar kinetics in sugarcane and soybean.

    David A. Grantz;Eduardo Zeiger

  • Isolation of Guard Cell Protoplasts from Mechanically Prepared Epidermis of Vicia faba Leaves.

    Tamara Kruse;Gary Tallman;Eduardo Zeiger

  • Stomata from npq1, a zeaxanthin-less Arabidopsis mutant, lack a specific response to blue light.

    Silvia Frechilla;Jianxin Zhu;Lawrence D. Talbott;Eduardo Zeiger

  • Photosynthetic Rate, Stomatal Conductance and Leaf Area in Two Cotton Species (Gossypium barbadense and Gossypium hirsutum) and their Relation with Heat Resistance and Yield

    Zhenmin Lu;Jiwei Chen;Richard G. Percy;Eduardo Zeiger

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard G. Percy
Richard G. Percy Agricultural Research Service
Katrina Cornish
Katrina Cornish The Ohio State University
Mauricio Ulloa
Mauricio Ulloa US Department of Agriculture
Ken-ichiro Shimazaki
Ken-ichiro Shimazaki Kyushu University
Reto J. Strasser
Reto J. Strasser University of Geneva
Anastasios Melis
Anastasios Melis University of California, Berkeley
Jack Preiss
Jack Preiss Michigan State University
Calvin O. Qualset
Calvin O. Qualset University of California, Davis
Sarah M. Assmann
Sarah M. Assmann Pennsylvania State University

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