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Erich-Christian Oerke

Erich-Christian Oerke

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
42
Citations
16031
World Ranking
3345
National Ranking
211

Erich-Christian Oerke 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 Erich-Christian Oerke sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 100 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Erich-Christian Oerke 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 Erich-Christian Oerke sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Crop losses to pests

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  • Safeguarding production--losses in major crops and the role of crop protection.

    E.-C. Oerke;H.-W. Dehne

  • Original paper: Early detection and classification of plant diseases with Support Vector Machines based on hyperspectral reflectance

    T. Rumpf;A. K. Mahlein;U. Steiner;E. C. Oerke

  • Development of spectral indices for detecting and identifying plant diseases

    A.-K. Mahlein;T. Rumpf;P. Welke;H.-W. Dehne

  • Recent advances in sensing plant diseases for precision crop protection

    Anne-Katrin Mahlein;Erich-Christian Oerke;Ulrike Steiner;Heinz-Wilhelm Dehne

  • Hyperspectral imaging for small-scale analysis of symptoms caused by different sugar beet diseases.

    Anne-Katrin Mahlein;Ulrike Steiner;Christian Hillnhütter;Heinz-Wilhelm Dehne

  • Thermal imaging of cucumber leaves affected by downy mildew and environmental conditions

    Oerke Ec;Steiner U;Dehne Hw;Lindenthal M

  • Spectral signatures of sugar beet leaves for the detection and differentiation of diseases

    A.-K. Mahlein;U. Steiner;H.-W. Dehne;E.-C. Oerke

  • Effect of downy mildew development on transpiration of cucumber leaves visualized by digital infrared thermography.

    Miriam Lindenthal;Ulrike Steiner;H.-W. Dehne;E.-C. Oerke

  • Hyperspectral phenotyping on the microscopic scale: towards automated characterization of plant-pathogen interactions

    Matheus Kuska;Mirwaes Wahabzada;Marlene Leucker;Heinz-Wilhelm Dehne

  • Thermographic assessment of scab disease on apple leaves

    E.-C. Oerke;P. Fröhling;U. Steiner

  • Precision Crop Protection - the Challenge and Use of Heterogeneity

    Erich-Christian Oerke;Roland Gerhards;Gunter Menz;Richard A. Sikora

  • Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and a non-pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum on Meloidogyne incognita infestation of tomato

    P. M. Diedhiou;J. Hallmann;E.-C. Oerke;H.-W. Dehne

  • Global crop production and the efficacy of crop protection--current situation and future trends.

    Erich-Christian Oerke;Heinz-Wilhelm Dehne

  • Fusarium species and mycotoxin profiles on commercial maize hybrids in Germany

    Andreas Goertz;Sebastian Zuehlke;Michael Spiteller;Ulrike Steiner

  • Effect of fungicides on the complex of Fusarium species and saprophytic fungi colonizing wheat kernels

    Carmen Müllenborn;Carmen Müllenborn;Ulrike Steiner;Michael Ludwig;Erich-Christian Oerke

  • Remote sensing to detect plant stress induced by Heterodera schachtii and Rhizoctonia solani in sugar beet fields

    C. Hillnhütter;A.-K. Mahlein;R.A. Sikora;E.-C. Oerke

  • Metro maps of plant disease dynamics--automated mining of differences using hyperspectral images.

    Mirwaes Wahabzada;Anne-Katrin Mahlein;Christian Bauckhage;Ulrike Steiner

  • Plant Phenotyping using Probabilistic Topic Models: Uncovering the Hyperspectral Language of Plants

    Mirwaes Wahabzada;Anne-Katrin Mahlein;Christian Bauckhage;Ulrike Steiner

  • Comparison and Combination of Thermal, Fluorescence, and Hyperspectral Imaging for Monitoring Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat on Spikelet Scale

    Anne-Katrin Mahlein;Elias Alisaac;Ali Al Masri;Jan Behmann

  • Ontogenetic variation in chemical and physical characteristics of adaxial apple leaf surfaces.

    Katja Bringe;Christina F.A. Schumacher;Michaela Schmitz-Eiberger;Ulrike Steiner

  • Generation and application of hyperspectral 3D plant models: methods and challenges

    Jan Behmann;Anne-Katrin Mahlein;Stefan Paulus;Jan Dupuis

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrike Steiner
Ulrike Steiner University of Bonn
Kristian Kersting
Kristian Kersting Technical University of Darmstadt
Christian Bauckhage
Christian Bauckhage University of Bonn
Klaus Pillen
Klaus Pillen Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Michael Spiteller
Michael Spiteller TU Dortmund University
Rudolf Krska
Rudolf Krska BOKU University
Michael Sulyok
Michael Sulyok BOKU University
Roland Gerhards
Roland Gerhards University of Hohenheim
Holger B. Deising
Holger B. Deising Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Frank Ordon
Frank Ordon Julius Kühn-Institut

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