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Karl-Heinz Kogel

Karl-Heinz Kogel

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
78
Citations
21920
World Ranking
466
National Ranking
43

Overview

Karl-Heinz Kogel is affiliated with the University of Giessen in Germany. Their research primarily falls within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with extensive focus on Plant Science and Molecular Biology.

The scientist has contributed to multiple subfields of study including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Cell Biology, and Immunology. Their main research topics cover Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics, Plant and Fungal Interactions Research, Plant Virus Research Studies, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis.

Among the recent published papers are:

  • Regulation of Cell Type-Specific Immunity Networks in Arabidopsis Roots, 2020, The Plant Cell
  • Biotic stress-associated microRNA families in plants, 2021, Journal of Plant Physiology
  • Requirements for fungal uptake of dsRNA and gene silencing in RNAi-based crop protection strategies, 2021, Current Opinion in Biotechnology
  • Can biocontrol be the game-changer in integrated pest management? A review of definitions, methods and strategies, 2024, Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection
  • CRISPR/SpCas9-mediated double knockout of barley Microrchidia MORC1 and MORC6a reveals their strong involvement in plant immunity, transcriptional gene silencing and plant growth, 2021, Plant Biotechnology Journal

Karl-Heinz Kogel frequently collaborates with several co-authors including Jafargholi Imani, Ena Šečić, Matteo Galli, Maria José Ladera-Carmona, and Jens Steinbrenner. Their most common publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, The Plant Cell, and Journal of Plant Physiology.

Best Publications

  • The endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica reprograms barley to salt-stress tolerance, disease resistance, and higher yield

    Frank Waller;Beate Achatz;Beate Achatz;Helmut Baltruschat;József Fodor

  • Benzothiadiazole, a novel class of inducers of systemic acquired resistance, activates gene expression and disease resistance in wheat.

    Jorn Gorlach;Sandra Volrath;Gertrud Knauf-Beiter;Georges Hengy

  • Infection patterns in barley and wheat spikes inoculated with wild-type and trichodiene synthase gene disrupted Fusarium graminearum

    Carin Jansen;Diter von Wettstein;Wilhelm Schäfer;Karl-Heinz Kogel

  • Salt tolerance of barley induced by the root endophyte Piriformospora indica is associated with a strong increase in antioxidants

    Helmut Baltruschat;József Fodor;Borbála D. Harrach;Elzbieta Niemczyk

  • An RNAi-Based Control of Fusarium graminearum Infections Through Spraying of Long dsRNAs Involves a Plant Passage and Is Controlled by the Fungal Silencing Machinery.

    Aline Koch;Dagmar Biedenkopf;Alexandra Furch;Lennart Weber

  • Hypersensitive Cell Death and Papilla Formation in Barley Attacked by the Powdery Mildew Fungus Are Associated with Hydrogen Peroxide but Not with Salicylic Acid Accumulation

    Ralph Hückelhoven;József Fodor;Christine Preis;Karl Heinz Kogel

  • Endophyte or parasite--what decides?

    Karl-Heinz Kogel;Philipp Franken;Ralph Hückelhoven

  • The root endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica requires host cell death for proliferation during mutualistic symbiosis with barley

    Sachin Deshmukh;Ralph Hückelhoven;Patrick Schäfer;Jafargholi Imani

  • Endophytic Life Strategies Decoded by Genome and Transcriptome Analyses of the Mutualistic Root Symbiont Piriformospora indica

    Alga Zuccaro;Urs Lahrmann;Ulrich Güldener;Gregor Langen

  • Bipolaris sorokiniana, a cereal pathogen of global concern: cytological and molecular approaches towards better control‡

    Jagdish Kumar;Patrick Schäfer;Ralph Hückelhoven;Gregor Langen

  • Host-induced gene silencing of cytochrome P450 lanosterol C14α-demethylase–encoding genes confers strong resistance to Fusarium species

    Aline Koch;Neelendra Kumar;Lennart Weber;Harald Keller

  • Systemic resistance in Arabidopsis conferred by the mycorrhizal fungus Piriformospora indica requires jasmonic acid signaling and the cytoplasmic function of NPR1.

    Elke Stein;Alexandra Molitor;Karl-Heinz Kogel;Frank Waller

  • Broad-Spectrum Suppression of Innate Immunity Is Required for Colonization of Arabidopsis Roots by the Fungus Piriformospora indica

    Sophie Jacobs;Bernd Zechmann;Alexandra Molitor;Marco Trujillo

  • Multivesicular bodies participate in a cell wall‐associated defence response in barley leaves attacked by the pathogenic powdery mildew fungus

    Qianli An;Ralph Hückelhoven;Karl-Heinz Kogel;Aart J E van Bel

  • Reactive oxygen intermediates in plant-microbe interactions: Who is who in powdery mildew resistance?

    Ralph Hückelhoven;Karl-Heinz Kogel

  • New wind in the sails: improving the agronomic value of crop plants through RNAi-mediated gene silencing

    Aline Koch;Karl-Heinz Kogel

  • The Ambivalence of the Barley Mlo Locus: Mutations Conferring Resistance Against Powdery Mildew (Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei) Enhance Susceptibility to the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe grisea

    Birgit Jarosch;Karl-Heinz Kogel;Ulrich Schaffrath

  • Conserved nematode signalling molecules elicit plant defenses and pathogen resistance

    Patricia Manosalva;Patricia Manosalva;Murli Manohar;Stephan H. von Reuss;Shiyan Chen

  • The receptor-like MLO protein and the RAC/ROP family G-protein RACB modulate actin reorganization in barley attacked by the biotrophic powdery mildew fungus Blumeria graminis f.sp. hordei.

    Krystina S. Opalski;Holger Schultheiss;Karl-Heinz Kogel;Ralph Hückelhoven

  • A Compromised Mlo Pathway Affects the Response of Barley to the Necrotrophic Fungus Bipolaris sorokiniana (Teleomorph: Cochliobolus sativus) and Its Toxins.

    Jagdish Kumar;Ralph Hückelhoven;Ulrich Beckhove;Subrahmaniam Nagarajan

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph Hückelhoven
Ralph Hückelhoven Technical University of Munich
Aart J. E. van Bel
Aart J. E. van Bel University of Giessen
Andreas Vilcinskas
Andreas Vilcinskas University of Giessen
Uwe Sonnewald
Uwe Sonnewald University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Diter von Wettstein
Diter von Wettstein Washington State University
Daniel F. Klessig
Daniel F. Klessig Boyce Thompson Institute
Lars M. Voll
Lars M. Voll Philipp University of Marburg
Hubert H. Felle
Hubert H. Felle University of Malaga
Peter Kämpfer
Peter Kämpfer University of Giessen
Alexander Goesmann
Alexander Goesmann University of Giessen

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