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Frank Hochholdinger

Frank Hochholdinger

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
65
Citations
11952
World Ranking
948
National Ranking
76

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Genetics
  • Botany

Mutant, Botany, Lateral root, Gene and Root system are his primary areas of study. His Mutant study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Auxin and Cell biology. Botany is closely attributed to Arabidopsis in his research.

While the research belongs to areas of Lateral root, he spends his time largely on the problem of Transcriptome, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Pericycle. Gene is a subfield of Genetics that he investigates. His Root system research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Rootstock, Computational biology, Poaceae and Seedling.

His most cited work include:

  • From weeds to crops: genetic analysis of root development in cereals. (262 citations)
  • Towards the molecular basis of heterosis. (248 citations)
  • An Exocyst Complex Functions in Plant Cell Growth in Arabidopsis and Tobacco (233 citations)

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

His primary areas of study are Botany, Gene, Mutant, Genetics and Lateral root. His biological study focuses on Root system. His Mutant study combines topics in areas such as Primordium, Meristem and Cell biology.

The Cell biology study combines topics in areas such as NODAL, Stele, Auxin and Wild type. His Lateral root study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Pericycle and Lateral root formation. As a part of the same scientific study, Frank Hochholdinger usually deals with the Arabidopsis, concentrating on Arabidopsis thaliana and frequently concerns with Oryza sativa.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (42.19%)
  • Gene (35.94%)
  • Mutant (32.03%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Root system (28.12%)
  • Gene (35.94%)
  • Rhizosphere (8.59%)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Root system, Gene, Rhizosphere, Botany and Lateral root. His Root system study deals with Gene expression intersecting with Colonization. His Gene study contributes to a more complete understanding of Genetics.

His studies examine the connections between Botany and genetics, as well as such issues in Microorganism, with regards to Flavones. He combines subjects such as Pericycle, Cell type and Cell biology with his study of Lateral root. The study incorporates disciplines such as Lateral root formation, Mutant, Arabidopsis, Transcriptional regulation and Cell wall in addition to Cell biology.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Genetic Control of Root System Development in Maize. (55 citations)
  • Root type and soil phosphate determine the taxonomic landscape of colonizing fungi and the transcriptome of field‐grown maize roots (41 citations)
  • Osmotic stress enhances suberization of apoplastic barriers in barley seminal roots: analysis of chemical, transcriptomic and physiological responses. (34 citations)

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

  • Gene
  • Genetics
  • Botany

Frank Hochholdinger spends much of his time researching Gene, Synteny, Root system, Evolutionary biology and Heterosis. His Root system research entails a greater understanding of Botany. His studies in Evolutionary biology integrate themes in fields like Heterochromatin and Long terminal repeat.

Frank Hochholdinger has included themes like Phenotype, Complementation, Inbred strain and Allele in his Heterosis study. His research in Lateral root intersects with topics in Microorganism, Gene expression and Colonization. His Transcriptome research incorporates themes from Mutant, Root hair elongation, Cell biology, Molecular cloning and Cell wall.

Best Publications

  • Plant flavones enrich rhizosphere Oxalobacteraceae to improve maize performance under nitrogen deprivation

    Peng Yu;Peng Yu;Xiaoming He;Xiaoming He;Marcel Baer;Stien Beirinckx

  • Towards the molecular basis of heterosis.

    Frank Hochholdinger;Nadine Hoecker

  • From weeds to crops: genetic analysis of root development in cereals.

    Frank Hochholdinger;Woong June Park;Michaela Sauer;Katrin Woll

  • Genetic dissection of root formation in maize (Zea mays) reveals root-type specific developmental programmes.

    Frank Hochholdinger;Katrin Woll;Michaela Sauer;Diana Dembinsky

  • An Exocyst Complex Functions in Plant Cell Growth in Arabidopsis and Tobacco

    Michal Hála;Rex Cole;Lukáš Synek;Edita Drdová

  • Genetic and genomic dissection of maize root development and architecture.

    Frank Hochholdinger;Roberto Tuberosa

  • The maize (Zea mays L.) RTCS gene encodes a LOB domain protein that is a key regulator of embryonic seminal and post-embryonic shoot-borne root initiation.

    Graziana Taramino;Michaela Sauer;Jay L. Stauffer;Dilbag Multani

  • Defining the boundaries: structure and function of LOB domain proteins

    Christine Majer;Frank Hochholdinger;Frank Hochholdinger

  • Isolation and characterization of rtcs, a maize mutant deficient in the formation of nodal roots

    Winfried Hetz;Frank Hochholdinger;Michael Schwall;Gunter Feix

  • Conserved and diverse mechanisms in root development

    Frank Hochholdinger;Roman Zimmermann

  • Isolation, characterization, and pericycle-specific transcriptome analyses of the novel maize lateral and seminal root initiation mutant rum1.

    Katrin Woll;Lisa A. Borsuk;Harald Stransky;Dan Nettleton

  • The roothairless1 Gene of Maize Encodes a Homolog of sec3, Which Is Involved in Polar Exocytosis

    Tsui-Jung Wen;Frank Hochholdinger;Michaela Sauer;Wesley Bruce

  • Complementation contributes to transcriptome complexity in maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids relative to their inbred parents

    Anja Paschold;Yi Jia;Caroline Marcon;Steve Lund

  • Genetic Control of Root System Development in Maize.

    Frank Hochholdinger;Peng Yu;Caroline Marcon

  • The Maize Root System: Morphology, Anatomy, and Genetics

    Frank Hochholdinger

  • The maize (Zea mays L.) roothairless3 gene encodes a putative GPI‐anchored, monocot‐specific, COBRA‐like protein that significantly affects grain yield

    Frank Hochholdinger;Tsui-Jung Wen;Roman Zimmermann;Patricia Chimot-Marolle

  • LOB Domain Proteins: Beyond Lateral Organ Boundaries

    Changzheng Xu;Feng Luo;Frank Hochholdinger

  • Manifestation of heterosis during early maize (Zea mays L.) root development

    Nadine Hoecker;Barbara Keller;Hans-Peter Piepho;Frank Hochholdinger

  • Heterosis in plants.

    Frank Hochholdinger;Jutta A. Baldauf

  • Analyzing Lateral Root Development: How to Move Forward

    Ive De Smet;Philip J. White;A. Glyn Bengough;A. Glyn Bengough;Lionel Dupuy

  • Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analyses of Pericycle Cells of the Maize Primary Root

    Diana Dembinsky;Katrin Woll;Muhammad Saleem;Yan Liu

  • Comparison of maize (Zea mays L.) F1-hybrid and parental inbred line primary root transcriptomes suggests organ-specific patterns of nonadditive gene expression and conserved expression trends

    Nadine Hoecker;Barbara Keller;Nils Muthreich;Didier Chollet

  • Rootless with undetectable meristem 1 encodes a monocot-specific AUX/IAA protein that controls embryonic seminal and post-embryonic lateral root initiation in maize.

    Inga von Behrens;Mai Komatsu;Yanxiang Zhang;Kenneth W. Berendzen

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Peter Piepho
Hans-Peter Piepho University of Hohenheim
Patrick S. Schnable
Patrick S. Schnable Iowa State University
Dan Nettleton
Dan Nettleton Iowa State University
Chunjian Li
Chunjian Li China Agricultural University
Alfred Nordheim
Alfred Nordheim University of Tübingen
Christa Lanz
Christa Lanz Max Planck Society
Chris-Carolin Schön
Chris-Carolin Schön Technical University of Munich
Doris Vetterlein
Doris Vetterlein Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Caroline Gutjahr
Caroline Gutjahr Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Kerstin Nagel
Kerstin Nagel Forschungszentrum Jülich

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