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Martin W. Ganal

Martin W. Ganal

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Genetics
Germany
2024

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Genetics

D-Index
81
Citations
33227
World Ranking
1498
National Ranking
114

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Martin W. Ganal is affiliated with TraitGenetics GmbH in Germany. Their research spans multiple areas within agricultural and biological sciences, with a primary concentration in genetics and plant breeding.

The main fields of study for this researcher include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of study highlight a strong focus on plant sciences and genetics:

  • Plant Science
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Agronomy and Crop Science

Their work covers several key topics related to genetics and plant breeding, namely:

  • Genetics and Plant Breeding
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

Martin W. Ganal has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Negative dominance and dominance-by-dominance epistatic effects reduce grain-yield heterosis in wide crosses in wheat" (2020), published in Science Advances
  • "Prospects of GWAS and predictive breeding for European winter wheat's grain protein content, grain starch content, and grain hardness" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Comparison Between Core Set Selection Methods Using Different Illumina Marker Platforms: A Case Study of Assessment of Diversity in Wheat" (2020), published in Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "A SNP-based genetic dissection of versatile traits in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)" (2021), published in The Plant Journal
  • "The potential of hybrid breeding to enhance leaf rust and stripe rust resistance in wheat" (2020), published in Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Frequent co-authors with whom Martin W. Ganal has collaborated include:

  • Marion S. Röder
  • Jörg Plieske
  • Jochen C. Reif
  • Quddoos H. Muqaddasi
  • Andreas Börner

The publication venues where this researcher has frequently published are also indicative of their expertise and contributions:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Theoretical and Applied Genetics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Science Advances
  • Scientific Data

Best Publications

  • A microsatellite map of wheat.

    Marion S. Röder;Victor Korzun;Katja Wendehake;Jens Plaschke

  • High density molecular linkage maps of the tomato and potato genomes.

    S D Tanksley;M W Ganal;J P Prince;M C de Vicente

  • Map-based cloning of a protein kinase gene conferring disease resistance in tomato

    Gregory B. Martin;Sergio H. Brommonschenkel;Julapark Chunwongse;Anne Frary

  • Characterization of polyploid wheat genomic diversity using a high-density 90 000 single nucleotide polymorphism array

    Shichen Wang;Debbie Wong;Kerrie Forrest;Alexandra Allen

  • Abundance, variability and chromosomal location of microsatellites in wheat.

    Marion S. Röder;Jens Plaschke;Susanne U. König;Andreas Börner

  • Detection of genetic diversity in closely related bread wheat using microsatellite markers.

    J. Plaschke;M. W. Ganal;M. S. Röder

  • A Simple Sequence Repeat-Based Linkage Map of Barley

    L Ramsay;M Macaulay;S degli Ivanissevich;K MacLean

  • Isolation and mapping of microsatellite markers specific for the D genome of bread wheat.

    E Pestsova;M W Ganal;M S Röder

  • The SELF-PRUNING gene of tomato regulates vegetative to reproductive switching of sympodial meristems and is the ortholog of CEN and TFL1

    Lilac Pnueli;Lea Carmel-Goren;Dana Hareven;Tamar Gutfinger

  • A large maize (Zea mays L.) SNP genotyping array: development and germplasm genotyping, and genetic mapping to compare with the B73 reference genome.

    Martin W. Ganal;Gregor Durstewitz;Andreas Polley;Aurélie Bérard

  • Chromosome landing: a paradigm for map-based gene cloning in plants with large genomes

    Steven D. Tanksley;Martin W. Ganal;Gregory B. Martin

  • SNP identification in crop plants

    Martin W Ganal;Thomas Altmann;Marion S Röder

  • RFLP maps of potato and their alignment with the homoeologous tomato genome

    C. Gebhardt;E. Ritter;A. Barone;T. Debener

  • Natural variation in a homolog of Antirrhinum CENTRORADIALIS contributed to spring growth habit and environmental adaptation in cultivated barley

    Jordi Comadran;Benjamin Kilian;Joanne Russell;Luke Ramsay

  • Assessing genetic diversity of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) germplasm using microsatellite markers

    X. Q. Huang;A. Börner;M. S. Röder;M. W. Ganal

  • Isolation of molecular markers from specific chromosomal intervals using DNA pools from existing mapping populations

    James J. Giovannoni;Rod A. Wing;Martin W. Ganal;Steven D. Tanksley

  • Genetic analysis of the dwarfing gene (Rht8) in wheat. Part I. Molecular mapping of Rht8 on the short arm of chromosome 2D of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

    V. Korzun;M. S. Röder;M. W. Ganal;A. J. Worland

  • Use of isogenic lines and simultaneous probing to identify DNA markers tightly linked to the tm-2a gene in tomato.

    Nevin D. Young;Daniel Zamir;Martin W. Ganal;Steven D. Tanksley

  • The tomato fer gene encoding a bHLH protein controls iron-uptake responses in roots.

    Hong-Qing Ling;Petra Bauer;Zsolt Bereczky;Beat Keller

  • Advanced backcross QTL analysis for the identification of quantitative trait loci alleles from wild relatives of wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.).

    X. Q. Huang;H. Cöster;M. W. Ganal;M. S. Röder

Frequent Co-Authors

Marion S. Röder
Marion S. Röder Leibniz Association
Steven D. Tanksley
Steven D. Tanksley Cornell University
Viktor Korzun
Viktor Korzun KWS Saat (Germany)
Erhard Ebmeyer
Erhard Ebmeyer Jain Irrigation Systems (Israel)
Jochen C. Reif
Jochen C. Reif Leibniz Association
Thorsten Schnurbusch
Thorsten Schnurbusch Leibniz Association
Yusheng Zhao
Yusheng Zhao Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research
Gregory B. Martin
Gregory B. Martin Boyce Thompson Institute
Ulla Bonas
Ulla Bonas Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Ben Vosman
Ben Vosman Wageningen University & Research

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