François Balfourier

François Balfourier 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 François Balfourier sits on this spectrum.

François Balfourier 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 François Balfourier sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Shifting the limits in wheat research and breeding using a fully annotated reference genome

  Rudi Appels;Rudi Appels;Kellye Eversole;Nils Stein;Nils Stein

  2949
  Citations

• Structural and functional partitioning of bread wheat chromosome 3B.

  Frédéric Choulet;Adriana Alberti;Sébastien Theil;Natasha Glover

  639
  Citations

• Genetic variability and stability of grain magnesium, zinc and iron concentrations in bread wheat

  Francois-Xavier Oury;Fanny Leenhardt;C. Rémésy;E. Chanliaud

  309
  Citations

• Molecular diversity in French bread wheat accessions related to temporal trends and breeding programmes.

  Unknown

  303
  Citations

• An enhanced molecular marker based genetic map of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) reveals comparative relationships with other Poaceae genomes

  Elizabeth S. Jones;Natalia L. Mahoney;Mike Denis Hayward;Ian P. Armstead

  291
  Citations

• Tracing the ancestry of modern bread wheats

  Caroline Pont;Thibault Leroy;Thibault Leroy;Michael Seidel;Alessandro Tondelli

  284
  Citations

• A worldwide bread wheat core collection arrayed in a 384-well plate

  François Balfourier;Valérie Roussel;Pjotr Strelchenko;Florence Exbrayat-Vinson

  241
  Citations

• High throughput SNP discovery and genotyping in hexaploid wheat

  Hélène Rimbert;Benoît Darrier;Julien Navarro;Jonathan Kitt

  236
  Citations

• A high-density molecular map for ryegrass (Lolium perenne) using AFLP markers.

  P F Bert;G Charmet;P Sourdille;M D Hayward

  236
  Citations

• Worldwide phylogeography and history of wheat genetic diversity.

  François Balfourier;Sophie Bouchet;Sandra Robert;Romain De Oliveira

  187
  Citations

• Phylogenetic analysis in the Festuca-Lolium complex using molecular markers and ITS rDNA

  G. Charmet;C. Ravel;F. Balfourier

  164
  Citations

• Insertion site‐based polymorphism markers open new perspectives for genome saturation and marker‐assisted selection in wheat

  Etienne Paux;Sébastien Faure;Frédéric Choulet;Delphine Roger

  154
  Citations

• Association study of wheat grain protein composition reveals that gliadin and glutenin composition are trans-regulated by different chromosome regions

  Anne Plessis;Catherine Ravel;Catherine Ravel;Jacques Bordes;Jacques Bordes;François Balfourier;François Balfourier

  123
  Citations

• Genome-wide association analysis to identify chromosomal regions determining components of earliness in wheat

  J. Le Gouis;J. Le Gouis;J. Bordes;J. Bordes;C. Ravel;C. Ravel;E. Heumez

  116
  Citations

• Single-nucleotide polymorphism frequency in a set of selected lines of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

  Catherine RavelC. Ravel;Sébastien PraudS. Praud;Alain MurigneuxA. Murigneux;Aurélie CanaguierA. Canaguier

  114
  Citations

• Evidence for phylogeographic structure in Lolium species related to the spread of agriculture in Europe. A cpDNA study

  F. Balfourier;C. Imbert;G. Charmet

  112
  Citations

• Isozyme variation and species relationships in the genus Lolium L. (ryegrasses, Graminaceae).

  G. Charmet;F. Balfourier

  106
  Citations

• Use of a global wheat core collection for association analysis of flour and dough quality traits

  J. Bordes;C. Ravel;J. Le Gouis;A. Lapierre

  105
  Citations

• Nucleotide Polymorphism in the Wheat Transcriptional Activator Spa Influences Its Pattern of Expression and Has Pleiotropic Effects on Grain Protein Composition, Dough Viscoelasticity, and Grain Hardness

  Catherine Ravel;Pierre Martre;Isabelle Romeuf;Mireille Dardevet

  103
  Citations

• High-Resolution Mapping of Crossover Events in the Hexaploid Wheat Genome Suggests a Universal Recombination Mechanism.

  Benoit Darrier;Hélène Rimbert;François Balfourier;Lise Pingault

  83
  Citations