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Erich Grotewold publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Erich Grotewold sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 218 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Erich Grotewold D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Erich Grotewold sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Erich Grotewold is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these disciplines, the scientist's work focuses on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Genetics, Biochemistry, and Insect Science.

The main topics addressed in their academic output include Plant Gene Expression Analysis, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Plant Biochemistry and Biosynthesis, Lipid Metabolism and Biosynthesis, and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction.

Frequent publication venues where their research appears are bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Plant Cell, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, Plant Science, and Nature Communications.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Grotewold include:

  • Cis-regulatory sequences in plants: Their importance, discovery, and future challenges, 2021, The Plant Cell
  • Rhamnose in plants - from biosynthesis to diverse functions, 2020, Plant Science
  • Meta Gene Regulatory Networks in Maize Highlight Functionally Relevant Regulatory Interactions, 2020, The Plant Cell
  • Prediction of conserved and variable heat and cold stress response in maize using cis-regulatory information, 2021, The Plant Cell
  • Modeling temporal and hormonal regulation of plant transcriptional response to wounding, 2021, The Plant Cell

Grotewold has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Yun Sun Lee, Nan Jiang, Lina Gomez-Cano, Fabio Gómez-Cano, and Peng Zhou.

In 2009, Erich Grotewold was awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • MYB transcription factors in Arabidopsis

    Christian Dubos;Ralf Stracke;Erich Grotewold;Bernd Weisshaar

  • Genome sequencing and analysis of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon

    John P. Vogel;David F. Garvin;Todd C. Mockler;Jeremy Schmutz

  • Root exudation and rhizosphere biology.

    Travis S. Walker;Harsh Pal Bais;Erich Grotewold;Jorge M. Vivanco

  • THE GENETICS AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF FLORAL PIGMENTS

    Erich Grotewold

  • Evolutionary and comparative analysis of MYB and bHLH plant transcription factors

    Antje Feller;Katja Machemer;Edward L. Braun;Erich Grotewold

  • How genes paint flowers and seeds

    Joseph Mol;Erich Grotewold;Ronald Koes

  • The myb-homologous P gene controls phlobaphene pigmentation in maize floral organs by directly activating a flavonoid biosynthetic gene subset.

    Erich Grotewold;Bruce J. Drummond;Ben Bowen;Thomas Peterson

  • Flavonoids as developmental regulators.

    Loverine P Taylor;Erich Grotewold

  • The Science of Flavonoids

    Erich Grotewold

  • AGRIS: Arabidopsis gene regulatory information server, an information resource of Arabidopsis cis-regulatory elements and transcription factors.

    Ramana V Davuluri;Hao Sun;Saranyan K Palaniswamy;Nicole Matthews

  • Engineering Secondary Metabolism in Maize Cells by Ectopic Expression of Transcription Factors

    Erich Grotewold;Mark Chamberlin;Maurice Snook;Bupe Siame

  • Apigenin blocks lipopolysaccharide-induced lethality in vivo and proinflammatory cytokines expression by inactivating NF-κB through the suppression of p65 phosphorylation

    Courtney Nicholas;Sanjay Batra;Melissa A. Vargo;Oliver H. Voss

  • AGRIS: the Arabidopsis Gene Regulatory Information Server, an update.

    Alper Yilmaz;Maria Katherine Mejia-Guerra;Kyle Kurz;Xiaoyu Liang

  • The TTG1-bHLH-MYB complex controls trichome cell fate and patterning through direct targeting of regulatory loci.

    Mingzhe Zhao;Kengo Morohashi;Greg Hatlestad;Erich Grotewold

  • Identification of the residues in the Myb domain of maize C1 that specify the interaction with the bHLH cofactor R.

    E. Grotewold;M. B. Sainz;L. Tagliani;J. M. Hernandez

  • AGRIS and AtRegNet. A Platform to Link cis-Regulatory Elements and Transcription Factors into Regulatory Networks

    Saranyan K. Palaniswamy;Stephen James;Hao Sun;Rebecca S. Lamb

  • Flavones: From Biosynthesis to Health Benefits

    Nan Jiang;Andrea I. Doseff;Erich Grotewold

  • GRASSIUS: A Platform for Comparative Regulatory Genomics across the Grasses

    Alper Yilmaz;Milton Y. Nishiyama;Bernardo Garcia Fuentes;Glaucia Mendes Souza

  • ZmMYB31 directly represses maize lignin genes and redirects the phenylpropanoid metabolic flux.

    Silvia Fornalé;Xinhui Shi;Chenglin Chai;Antonio Encina

  • Unraveling the KNOTTED1 regulatory network in maize meristems

    Nathalie Bolduc;Alper Yilmaz;Alper Yilmaz;Maria Katherine Mejia-Guerra;Kengo Morohashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth A. Kellogg
Elizabeth A. Kellogg Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Edward L. Braun
Edward L. Braun University of Florida
Marisa S. Otegui
Marisa S. Otegui University of Wisconsin–Madison
Blake C. Meyers
Blake C. Meyers University of California, Davis
Fred D. Sack
Fred D. Sack University of British Columbia
Thomas Peterson
Thomas Peterson Iowa State University
Nathan M. Springer
Nathan M. Springer University of Minnesota
Paula Casati
Paula Casati Stanford University
Doreen Ware
Doreen Ware Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Magnus Nordborg
Magnus Nordborg Austrian Academy of Sciences

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