Frans A. Krens

Frans A. Krens publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Frans A. Krens 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 Frans A. Krens sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• In vitro transformation of plant protoplasts with Ti-plasmid DNA

  F. A. Krens;L. Molendijk;G. J. Wullems;R. A. Schilperoort

  681
  Citations

• Cisgenic plants are similar to traditionally bred plants: International regulations for genetically modified organisms should be altered to exempt cisgenesis

  Henk J Schouten;Frans A Krens;Evert Jacobsen

  516
  Citations

• Silencing the major apple allergen Mal d 1 by using the RNA interference approach.

  Luud J.W.J. Gilissen;Suzanne T.H.P. Bolhaar;Catarina I. Matos;Gerard J.A. Rouwendal

  217
  Citations

• Do cisgenic plants warrant less stringent oversight

  Henk J Schouten;Frans A Krens;Evert Jacobsen

  215
  Citations

• Effective production of marker‐free transgenic strawberry plants using inducible site‐specific recombination and a bifunctional selectable marker gene

  Jan G. Schaart;Frans A. Krens;Koen T. B. Pelgrom;Odette Mendes

  214
  Citations

• Functional analysis and expression profiling of HcrVf1 and HcrVf2 for development of scab resistant cisgenic and intragenic apples

  Sameer G. Joshi;Jan G. Schaart;Remmelt Groenwold;Evert Jacobsen

  139
  Citations

• A high efficiency technique for the generation of transgenic sugar beets from stomatal guard cells

  R.D. Hall;T. Riksen-Bruinsma;G. Weyens;I.J. Rosquin

  135
  Citations

• Differential gene expression analysis of strawberry cultivars that differ in fruit‐firmness

  Elma M. J. Salentijn;Asaph Aharoni;Jan G. Schaart;Marjan J. Boone

  128
  Citations

• The potential of virus-induced gene silencing for speeding up functional characterization of plant genes.

  Vagner A Benedito;Peter B Visser;Gerco C Angenent;Frans A Krens

  113
  Citations

• Molecular characterization of a stable antisense chalcone synthase phenotype in strawberry (Fragaria ananassa)

  Stefan Lunkenbein;Heather Coiner;C H Ric de Vos;Jan G Schaart

  113
  Citations

• Flooding of the apoplast is a key factor in the development of hyperhydricity

  Niels van den Dries;Sergio Giannì;Anna Czerednik;Frans A. Krens

  103
  Citations

• Using RNA-Seq to assemble a rose transcriptome with more than 13,000 full-length expressed genes and to develop the WagRhSNP 68k Axiom SNP array for rose (Rosa L.).

  Carole F. S. Koning-Boucoiran;G. Danny Esselink;Mirjana Vukosavljev;Wendy P. C. van 't Westende

  101
  Citations

• Attempted pollen-mediated transformation of maize

  G. Booy;F.A. Krens;H.J. Huizing

  99
  Citations

• In Vitro conservation of enset under slow growth conditions

  Almaz Negash;Frans Krens;Jan Schaart;Bert Visser

  94
  Citations

• The effect of exogenously-applied phytohormones on gene transfer efficiency in sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.)

  F.A. Krens;A. Trifonova;L.C.P. Keizer;R.D. Hall

  89
  Citations

• Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation of Allium cepa L.: the production of transgenic onions and shallots

  S.J. Zheng;L.I. Khrustaleva;G. Henken;E. Sofiari

  89
  Citations

• Non-radioactive detection of single-copy DNA-DNA hybrids

  C. M. Kreike;J. R. A. de Koning;F. A. Krens

  88
  Citations

• Factors influencing induction, propagation and regeneration of mature zygotic embryo-derived callus from Allium cepa

  Sijun Zheng;Betty Henken;Eri Sofiari;Evert Jacobsen

  86
  Citations

• Transfer of cytoplasm from newBeta CMS sources to sugar beet by asymmetric fusion : 1. Shoot regeneration from mesophyll protoplasts and characterization of regenerated plants.

  F. A. Krens;D. Jamar;G. J. A. Rouwendal;R. D. Hall

  81
  Citations

• Partial preferential chromosome pairing is genotype dependent in tetraploid rose.

  Peter M. Bourke;Paul Arens;Roeland E. Voorrips;G.Danny Esselink

  78
  Citations

• Cisgenic apple trees; development, characterization, and performance

  Frans A. Krens;Jan G. Schaart;Aranka M. van der Burgh;Iris E. M. Tinnenbroek-Capel

  76
  Citations

• Ectopic expression of LLAG1, an AGAMOUS homologue from lily (Lilium longiflorum Thunb.) causes floral homeotic modifications in Arabidopsis

  Vagner A. Benedito;Peter B. Visser;Jaap M. van Tuyl;Gerco C. Angenent

  73
  Citations

• Dedicated Industrial Oilseed Crops as Metabolic Engineering Platforms for Sustainable Industrial Feedstock Production

  Li Hua Zhu;Frans Krens;Mark A. Smith;Xueyuan Li

  72
  Citations

• Tissue-specific expression of the β-glucuronidase reporter gene in transgenic strawberry (Fragaria · ananassa) plants

  J.G. Schaart;E.M.J. Salentijn;F.A. Krens

  72
  Citations