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D-Index
43
Citations
6115
World Ranking
3300
National Ranking
205

Ingrid Kottke 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 Ingrid Kottke sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 102 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Ingrid Kottke 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 Ingrid Kottke sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Fungus

Ingrid Kottke mostly deals with Botany, Mycorrhiza, Ectomycorrhiza, Hartig net and Ultrastructure. Her study in Botany focuses on Picea abies in particular. In general Mycorrhiza, her work in Glomeromycota is often linked to Mycelium, Hyphal growth and Diversisporaceae linking many areas of study.

Her Mycelium study combines topics in areas such as Nutrient, Photoassimilate and Tannin. Her Ectomycorrhiza research integrates issues from Thelephora and Ectomycorrhizae. Her studies deal with areas such as Polyphosphate, Transfer cell and Hypha as well as Ultrastructure.

Her most cited work include:

  • Nitrogen deposition and ectomycorrhizas (303 citations)
  • Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador (244 citations)
  • The effect of drought on mycorrhizas of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.): changes in community structure, and the content of carbohydrates and nitrogen storage bodies of the fungi. (122 citations)

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

Her primary areas of investigation include Botany, Mycorrhiza, Ecology, Hartig net and Ultrastructure. Her work on Picea abies, Hypha and Mycelium as part of general Botany research is frequently linked to Ectomycorrhiza and Sebacinales, bridging the gap between disciplines. Her Picea abies study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Amanita muscaria, Agronomy, Root system and Plant physiology.

Her Rainforest, Epiphyte and Species richness study are her primary interests in Ecology. Her study looks at the relationship between Rainforest and topics such as Biodiversity, which overlap with Agroforestry. Ingrid Kottke works mostly in the field of Ultrastructure, limiting it down to topics relating to Vacuole and, in certain cases, Subcellular localization, as a part of the same area of interest.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (71.76%)
  • Mycorrhiza (41.18%)
  • Ecology (23.53%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2005-2018)?

  • Botany (71.76%)
  • Ecology (23.53%)
  • Rainforest (17.65%)

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

Her main research concerns Botany, Ecology, Rainforest, Epiphyte and Sebacinales. She works in the field of Botany, namely Genus. Her work in the fields of Ecology, such as Species richness and Tropical biodiversity, overlaps with other areas such as Hotspot, Rhizosphere and Plant community.

Her research on Rainforest also deals with topics like

  • Biodiversity, which have a strong connection to Agroforestry,
  • Ecosystem which intersects with area such as Archaeology and Cartography. Her study on Sebacinales is intertwined with other disciplines of science such as Mycorrhiza, Pleurothallis, Stelis, Tulasnella and Ceratobasidiaceae. Mycorrhiza is frequently linked to Arbuscular mycorrhiza in her study.

Between 2005 and 2018, her most popular works were:

  • Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador (244 citations)
  • Diverse tulasnelloid fungi form mycorrhizas with epiphytic orchids in an Andean cloud forest. (122 citations)
  • The role of epiphytism in architecture and evolutionary constraint within mycorrhizal networks of tropical orchids (116 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Fungus

Her scientific interests lie mostly in Botany, Epiphyte, Sebacinales, Ecology and Rainforest. Her study in the field of Ericaceae and Hemiepiphyte also crosses realms of Mycorrhiza and Ribosomal DNA. Her research in Epiphyte intersects with topics in Orchidaceae and Thallus.

Many of her research projects under Ecology are closely connected to Soil biology, Ecotone, Species distribution and Podocarpus with Soil biology, Ecotone, Species distribution and Podocarpus, tying the diverse disciplines of science together. Her Rainforest research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Agroforestry, Biodiversity and Heliocarpus americanus. Her work carried out in the field of Glomus brings together such families of science as Taxon and Genus.

Best Publications

  • Nitrogen deposition and ectomycorrhizas

    Thomas Wallenda;Ingrid Kottke

  • Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador

    Erwin Beck;Jörg Bendix;Ingrid Kottke;Franz Makeschin

  • The role of epiphytism in architecture and evolutionary constraint within mycorrhizal networks of tropical orchids

    Florent Martos;François Munoz;Thierry Pailler;Ingrid Kottke

  • Diverse tulasnelloid fungi form mycorrhizas with epiphytic orchids in an Andean cloud forest.

    Juan Pablo Suárez;Juan Pablo Suárez;Michael Weiß;Andrea Abele;Sigisfredo Garnica

  • The effect of drought on mycorrhizas of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.): changes in community structure, and the content of carbohydrates and nitrogen storage bodies of the fungi.

    Lanbo Shi;Martin Guttenberger;Ingrid Kottke;Rüdiger Hampp

  • Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem — a Synthesis

    E. Beck;I. Kottke;J. Bendix;F. Makeschin

  • An in vitro method for establishing mycorrhizae on coniferous tree seedlings

    I. Kottke;M. Guttenberger;R. Hampp;F. Oberwinkler

  • Element localization in mycorrhizal roots of Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn collected from experimental plots treated with cadmium dust

    K. Turnau;I. Kottke;F. Oberwinkler

  • Heterobasidiomycetes form symbiotic associations with hepatics: Jungermanniales have sebacinoid mycobionts while Aneura pinguis (Metzgeriales) is associated with a Tulasnella species

    Ingrid Kottke;Alexander Beiter;Michael Weiss;Ingeborg Haug

  • Mycorrhiza of forest trees — structure and function

    I. Kottke;F. Oberwinkler

  • Mycorrhizal status of indigenous trees in dry Afromontane forests of Ethiopia

    Tesfaye Wubet;Ingrid Kottke;Demel Teketay;Franz Oberwinkler

  • Molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Prunus africana, an endangered medicinal tree species in dry Afromontane forests of Ethiopia

    Tesfaye Wubet;Michael Weiß;Ingrid Kottke;Demel Teketay

  • Atractiellomycetes belonging to the 'rust' lineage (Pucciniomycotina) form mycorrhizae with terrestrial and epiphytic neotropical orchids.

    Ingrid Kottke;Juan Pablo Suárez;Paulo Herrera;Dario Cruz

  • Russulaceae and Thelephoraceae form ectomycorrhizas with members of the Nyctaginaceae (Caryophyllales) in the tropical mountain rain forest of southern Ecuador

    Ingeborg Haug;Michael Weiß;Jürgen Homeier;Franz Oberwinkler

  • Toxic element filtering in Rhizopogon roseolus/Pinus sylvestris mycorrhizas collected from calamine dumps

    Katarzyna Turnau;Ingrid Kottke;Jean Dexheimer

  • The cellular structure of the Hartig net: coenocytic and transfer cell-like organization

    I. Kottke;F. Oberwinkler

  • Paxillus involutus — Pinus sylvestris Mycorrhizae from Heavily Polluted Forest.

    K. Turnau;I. Kottke;F. Oberwinkler

  • Guilds of mycorrhizal fungi and their relation to trees, ericads, orchids and liverworts in a neotropical mountain rain forest

    Ingrid Kottke;Ingeborg Haug;Sabrina Setaro;Juan Pablo Suárez

  • Subcellular localization of cadmium in the root cells of Allium cepa by electron energy loss spectroscopy and cytochemistry.

    Donghua Liu;Ingrid Kottke

  • Sebacinales form ectendomycorrhizas with Cavendishia nobilis, a member of the Andean clade of Ericaceae, in the mountain rain forest of southern Ecuador.

    Sabrina Setaro;Michael Weiss;Franz Oberwinkler;Ingrid Kottke

  • The evolution of mycorrhiza-like associations in liverworts: an update.

    Ingrid Kottke;Martin Nebel

Frequent Co-Authors

Franz Oberwinkler
Franz Oberwinkler University of Tübingen
Tesfaye Wubet
Tesfaye Wubet Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Katarzyna Turnau
Katarzyna Turnau Jagiellonian University
Jürgen Homeier
Jürgen Homeier University of Göttingen
Erwin Beck
Erwin Beck University of Bayreuth
Demel Teketay
Demel Teketay Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Gábor M. Kovács
Gábor M. Kovács Eötvös Loránd University
Rüdiger Hampp
Rüdiger Hampp University of Tübingen
Jörg Bendix
Jörg Bendix Philipp University of Marburg
Francis Martin
Francis Martin University of Lorraine

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