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Heinz Rennenberg

Heinz Rennenberg

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Plant Science and Agronomy
Germany
2025

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
109
Citations
39047
World Ranking
99
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Germany Leader Award
  • 2004 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Enzyme

His main research concerns Botany, Glutathione, Biochemistry, Agronomy and Beech. His Botany research focuses on Horticulture and how it connects with Juvenile. In Glutathione, Heinz Rennenberg works on issues like Cysteine, which are connected to Biosynthesis.

His work on Metabolism, Arabidopsis, Enzyme and Hydrogen peroxide as part of general Biochemistry research is frequently linked to GPX1, bridging the gap between disciplines. The study incorporates disciplines such as Nutrient, Forest ecology, Nitrate and Nitrogen cycle in addition to Agronomy. His study in Beech is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Ammonium and Stomatal conductance.

His most cited work include:

  • A 3-year continuous record on the influence of daytime, season, and fertilizer treatment on methane emission rates from an Italian rice paddy (539 citations)
  • Glutathione: biosynthesis, metabolism and relationship to stress tolerance explored in transformed plants (537 citations)
  • Glutathione metabolism and possible biological roles in higher plants (355 citations)

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

Heinz Rennenberg focuses on Botany, Biochemistry, Beech, Fagus sylvatica and Agronomy. He works mostly in the field of Botany, limiting it down to topics relating to Horticulture and, in certain cases, Picea abies and Nitrogen. Sulfur assimilation is closely connected to Sulfur in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Biochemistry.

As a member of one scientific family, he mostly works in the field of Beech, focusing on Transpiration and, on occasion, Stomatal conductance. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Fagaceae and Growing season. His research integrates issues of Nutrient, Soil water, Ecosystem and Nitrogen cycle in his study of Agronomy.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (59.65%)
  • Biochemistry (21.85%)
  • Beech (23.60%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Botany (59.65%)
  • Agronomy (22.65%)
  • Beech (23.60%)

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

His primary areas of investigation include Botany, Agronomy, Beech, Fagus sylvatica and Horticulture. His Botany research includes themes of Forest ecology and Nitrogen. His Agronomy research incorporates themes from Nutrient, Soil carbon, Climate change and Ecosystem.

The Beech study combines topics in areas such as Forest management, Nitrate and Soil horizon. His Fagus sylvatica study also includes

  • Abies alba and related Transpiration,
  • Twig which is related to area like Populus × canescens. The concepts of his Horticulture study are interwoven with issues in Osmoprotectant, Raffinose and Stomatal conductance.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Heavy metal accumulation and signal transduction in herbaceous and woody plants: Paving the way for enhancing phytoremediation efficiency. (140 citations)
  • Overexpression of bacterial γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase mediates changes in cadmium influx, allocation and detoxification in poplar. (130 citations)
  • A review of soil NO transformation: Associated processes and possible physiological significance on organisms (103 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Enzyme
  • Ecology

Heinz Rennenberg spends much of his time researching Botany, Beech, Fagus sylvatica, Agronomy and Ecosystem. Heinz Rennenberg frequently studies issues relating to Horticulture and Botany. His Beech research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Floodplain, Populus × canescens, Twig, Transpiration stream and Nitrate.

Heinz Rennenberg has researched Fagus sylvatica in several fields, including Nitrogen, Nitrous oxide, Phosphorus, Fraxinus angustifolia and Plant physiology. His Agronomy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Throughfall, Afforestation, Soil carbon and Robinia. His work deals with themes such as Adaptation, Climate change and Nutrient, which intersect with Ecosystem.

Best Publications

  • Glutathione: biosynthesis, metabolism and relationship to stress tolerance explored in transformed plants

    Graham Noctor;Ana-Carolina M. Arisi;Lise Jouanin;Karl J. Kunert

  • A 3-year continuous record on the influence of daytime, season, and fertilizer treatment on methane emission rates from an Italian rice paddy

    H. Schütz;A. Holzapfel-Pschorn;R. Conrad;H. Rennenberg

  • Potential risks for European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in a changing climate

    Arthur Geßler;Arthur Geßler;Claudia Keitel;Claudia Keitel;Jürgen Kreuzwieser;Rainer Matyssek

  • Characterization of Root Exudates at Different Growth Stages of Ten Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Cultivars

    M. S. Aulakh;M. S. Aulakh;R. Wassmann;R. Wassmann;C. Bueno;J. Kreuzwieser

  • Glutathione metabolism and possible biological roles in higher plants

    Heinz Rennenberg

  • The Fate of Excess Sulfur in Higher Plants

    Heinz Rennenberg

  • Physiological responses of forest trees to heat and drought.

    H. Rennenberg;F. Loreto;A. Polle;F. Brilli

  • Control of sulphate assimilation and glutathione synthesis: interaction with N and C metabolism

    Stanislav Kopriva;Heinz Rennenberg

  • Heavy metal accumulation and signal transduction in herbaceous and woody plants: Paving the way for enhancing phytoremediation efficiency.

    Zhi-Bin Luo;Jiali He;Andrea Polle;Heinz Rennenberg

  • S-Methylmethionine Plays a Major Role in Phloem Sulfur Transport and Is Synthesized by a Novel Type of Methyltransferase

    Fabienne Bourgis;Sanja Roje;Michael L. Nuccio;Donald B. Fisher

  • Molecular and physiological responses of trees to waterlogging stress

    Jürgen Kreuzwieser;Heinz Rennenberg

  • Nitrogen balance in forest soils: nutritional limitation of plants under climate change stresses

    Heinz Rennenberg;Michael Dannenmann;Arthur Gessler;Jürgen Kreuzwieser

  • Sulfur Nutrition and Sulfur Assimilation in Higher Plants

    H. Rennenberg;C Brunold;de Luitjen Kok;I. Stulen

  • Impact of gas transport through rice cultivars on methane emission from rice paddy fields

    K. Butterbach-Bahl;H. Papen;H. Rennenberg

  • 2 – Role of Plants in Regulating the Methane Flux to the Atmosphere

    Helmut Schütz;Peter Schröder;Heinz Rennenberg

  • Field and laboratory experiments on net uptake of nitrate and ammonium by the roots of spruce (Picea abies) and beech (Fagus sylvatica) trees

    Arthur Gessler;Stephan Schneider;Dominik Von Sengbusch;Paul Weber

  • Differential Response of Gray Poplar Leaves and Roots Underpins Stress Adaptation during Hypoxia

    Jurgen Kreuzwieser;Jost Hauberg;Katharine A Howell;Adam Carroll

  • Phytoremediation: Molecular biology, requirements for application, environmental protection, public attention and feasibility

    Andreas D. Peuke;Heinz Rennenberg

  • Overexpression of bacterial γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase mediates changes in cadmium influx, allocation and detoxification in poplar.

    Jiali He;Jiali He;Hong Li;Chaofeng Ma;Yanli Zhang

  • Spatial and temporal variation of nitrous oxide and methane flux between subtropical mangrove sediments and the atmosphere

    Diane E. Allen;Ram C. Dalal;Heinz Rennenberg;Rikke Louise Meyer

  • Diurnal changes in the glutathione content of spruce needles (Picea Abies L.)

    Robert Schupp;Heinz Rennenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Jürgen Kreuzwieser
Jürgen Kreuzwieser University of Freiburg
Andrea Polle
Andrea Polle University of Göttingen
Cornelia Herschbach
Cornelia Herschbach University of Freiburg
Arthur Gessler
Arthur Gessler ETH Zurich
Malcolm J. Hawkesford
Malcolm J. Hawkesford Rothamsted Research
Hans Papen
Hans Papen Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Michael Dannenmann
Michael Dannenmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Jörg-Peter Schnitzler
Jörg-Peter Schnitzler Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Reiner Wassmann
Reiner Wassmann International Atomic Energy Agency
Rainer Hedrich
Rainer Hedrich University of Würzburg

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