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Jutta Ludwig-Müller

Jutta Ludwig-Müller

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
70
Citations
14328
World Ranking
729
National Ranking
65

Jutta Ludwig-Müller 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 Jutta Ludwig-Müller sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 258 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jutta Ludwig-Müller 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 Jutta Ludwig-Müller sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% 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:

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Botany

Jutta Ludwig-Müller spends much of her time researching Auxin, Botany, Biochemistry, Arabidopsis thaliana and Clubroot. Her studies deal with areas such as Auxin homeostasis, Amidohydrolase, Mutant and Cell biology as well as Auxin. Her Botany research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Jasmonic acid, Symbiosis, Mycorrhiza and Abscisic acid.

The Arabidopsis thaliana study combines topics in areas such as Secondary metabolism, Etiolation and Plant physiology. Her Clubroot study combines topics in areas such as Molecular biology, Beta-glucuronidase, Cauliflower mosaic virus and Trehalase activity. Her research investigates the connection with Indole-3-butyric acid and areas like Biosynthesis which intersect with concerns in Metabolism, Genetically modified tomato and Solanum.

Her most cited work include:

  • Auxin conjugates: their role for plant development and in the evolution of land plants (378 citations)
  • Indole-3-butyric acid in plant growth and development (255 citations)
  • Transcriptome analysis of Arabidopsis clubroots indicate a key role for cytokinins in disease development. (216 citations)

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

Her primary areas of study are Botany, Auxin, Biochemistry, Arabidopsis thaliana and Clubroot. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Inoculation, Abscisic acid and Arbuscular mycorrhiza, Symbiosis, Mycorrhiza. Jutta Ludwig-Müller is studying Indole-3-butyric acid, which is a component of Auxin.

Biosynthesis, Indole-3-acetic acid, Enzyme, Amino acid and Tryptophan are the subjects of her Biochemistry studies. The concepts of her Arabidopsis thaliana study are interwoven with issues in Plant hormone, Arabidopsis, Wild type, Molecular biology and Nitrilase. Her research investigates the link between Clubroot and topics such as Gene that cross with problems in Medicago truncatula.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (43.12%)
  • Auxin (41.28%)
  • Biochemistry (36.70%)

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

  • Auxin (41.28%)
  • Cell biology (10.55%)
  • Biochemistry (36.70%)

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

Her main research concerns Auxin, Cell biology, Biochemistry, Clubroot and Tryptophan. Her work in the fields of Cytokinin overlaps with other areas such as Side chain. Her Cell biology study incorporates themes from Auxin homeostasis, Plant development and Precursor cell.

Jutta Ludwig-Müller interconnects Salicylic acid, Plasmodiophora brassicae, Gene and Microbiology in the investigation of issues within Clubroot. Within one scientific family, Jutta Ludwig-Müller focuses on topics pertaining to Indole test under Tryptophan, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Brassica rapa, Wild type, Indole-3-acetic acid, Jasmonic acid and Brassica. Her Botany research incorporates elements of Arbuscular mycorrhiza and Pigment.

Between 2017 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Comparative genomic and transcriptomic analyses of Family-1 UDP glycosyltransferase in three Brassica species and Arabidopsis indicates stress-responsive regulation. (40 citations)
  • Early response to salt ions in maize (Zea mays L.). (14 citations)
  • Algerian Sahara PGPR confers maize root tolerance to salt and aluminum toxicity via ACC deaminase and IAA (12 citations)

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

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Botany

Jutta Ludwig-Müller mostly deals with Horticulture, Biosynthesis, Plant hormone, Rhizobacteria and Abiotic stress. Jutta Ludwig-Müller has researched Horticulture in several fields, including Cytokinin and Auxin. Biosynthesis is a primary field of her research addressed under Biochemistry.

Her Biochemistry study typically links adjacent topics like Symphytum officinale. As part of the same scientific family, she usually focuses on Plant hormone, concentrating on Jasmonic acid and intersecting with Clubroot. Her Abiotic stress study incorporates themes from Brassica, KEGG, Arabidopsis and Gene expression profiling.

Best Publications

  • Auxin conjugates: their role for plant development and in the evolution of land plants

    Jutta Ludwig-Müller

  • Indole-3-butyric acid in plant growth and development

    Jutta Ludwig-Müller

  • Plants and endophytes: equal partners in secondary metabolite production?

    Jutta Ludwig-Müller

  • Indole-3-butyric acid in plants : occurrence, synthesis, metabolism and transport

    Ephraim Epstein;Jutta Ludwig-Müller

  • Arabidopsis glucosyltransferase UGT74B1 functions in glucosinolate biosynthesis and auxin homeostasis

    C. Douglas Grubb;Brandon J. Zipp;Jutta Ludwig-Müller;Makoto N. Masuno

  • Transcriptome analysis of Arabidopsis clubroots indicate a key role for cytokinins in disease development.

    Johannes Siemens;Ingo Keller;Johannes Sarx;Sabine Kunz

  • The role of auxins and cytokinins in the mutualistic interaction between Arabidopsis and Piriformospora indica

    Jyothilakshmi Vadassery;Claudia Ritter;Yvonne Venus;Iris Camehl

  • Lack of mycorrhizal autoregulation and phytohormonal changes in the supernodulating soybean mutant nts1007

    Claudia Meixner;Jutta Ludwig-Müller;Otto Miersch;Peter Gresshoff

  • Analysis of indole-3-butyric acid-induced adventitious root formation on Arabidopsis stem segments.

    Jutta Ludwig-Müller;Amy Vertocnik;Christopher D. Town

  • The Plasmodiophora brassicae genome reveals insights in its life cycle and ancestry of chitin synthases.

    Arne Schwelm;Johan Fogelqvist;Andrea Knaust;Sabine Jülke

  • Genetically transformed roots: from plant disease to biotechnological resource

    Milen I. Georgiev;Milen I. Georgiev;Elizabeth Agostini;Jutta Ludwig-Müller;Jianfeng Xu

  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens Promotes Tumor Induction by Modulating Pathogen Defense in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Chil-Woo Lee;Marina Efetova;Julia C Engelmann;Robert Kramell

  • Ethylene-dependent/ethylene-independent ABA regulation of tomato plants colonized by arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi.

    José Ángel Martín‐Rodríguez;Rafael León‐Morcillo;Horst Vierheilig;Juan Antonio Ocampo

  • Induction of trehalase in Arabidopsis plants infected with the trehalose-producing pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae.

    David Brodmann;Astrid Schuller;Jutta Ludwig-Müller;Roger A. Aeschbacher

  • Comparative genomic and transcriptomic analyses of Family-1 UDP glycosyltransferase in three Brassica species and Arabidopsis indicates stress-responsive regulation

    Hafiz Mamoon Rehman;Muhammad Amjad Nawaz;Zahid Hussain Shah;Jutta Ludwig-Müller

  • Bacteria and fungi controlling plant growth by manipulating auxin: balance between development and defense.

    Jutta Ludwig-Müller

  • Moss (Physcomitrella patens) GH3 proteins act in auxin homeostasis

    Jutta Ludwig‐Müller;Sabine Jülke;Nicole M. Bierfreund;Eva L. Decker

  • AM fungi might affect the root morphology of maize by increasing indole-3-butyric acid biosynthesis

    Michael Kaldorf;Jutta Ludwig-Müller

  • Overlapping expression patterns and differential transcript levels of phosphate transporter genes in arbuscular mycorrhizal, Pi-fertilised and phytohormone-treated Medicago truncatula roots.

    Ulf Grunwald;Wenbing Guo;Wenbing Guo;Kerstin Fischer;Stanislav Isayenkov;Stanislav Isayenkov

  • Elongation‐related functions of LEAFY COTYLEDON1 during the development of Arabidopsis thaliana

    Astrid Junker;Gudrun Mönke;Twan Rutten;Jens Keilwagen

  • Metabolism and Plant Hormone Action During Clubroot Disease

    Jutta Ludwig-Müller;Els Prinsen;Stephen A. Rolfe;Julie D. Scholes

  • Differences in glucosinolate patterns and arbuscular mycorrhizal status of glucosinolate-containing plant species

    H. Vierheilig;R. Bennett;G. Kiddle;M. Kaldorf

  • Glucosinolate content in susceptible and resistant chinese cabbage varieties during development of clubroot disease

    Jutta Ludwig-Müller;Birgit Schubert;Kerstin Pieper;Sabine Ihmig

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry D. Cohen
Jerry D. Cohen University of Minnesota
Wolfgang Wohlleben
Wolfgang Wohlleben University of Tübingen
Horst Vierheilig
Horst Vierheilig Spanish National Research Council
Willem J. H. van Berkel
Willem J. H. van Berkel Wageningen University & Research
Gerd Kempermann
Gerd Kempermann German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Kaarina Sivonen
Kaarina Sivonen University of Helsinki
Christian Zörb
Christian Zörb University of Hohenheim
František Baluška
František Baluška University of Bonn
Juan Antonio Ocampo
Juan Antonio Ocampo Spanish National Research Council
José Manuel García-Garrido
José Manuel García-Garrido Spanish National Research Council

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