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D-Index
33
Citations
8839
World Ranking
5536
National Ranking
10

Michael Blümmel 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 Michael Blümmel sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 199 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Blümmel 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 Michael Blümmel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Biomass use, production, feed efficiencies, and greenhouse gas emissions from global livestock systems

    Mario T. Herrero;Petr Havlík;Hugo Valin;An Maria Omer Notenbaert

  • Formation of complexes between polyvinyl pyrrolidones or polyethylene glycols and tannins, and their implication in gas production and true digestibility in in vitro techniques

    H. P. S. Makkar;M. Blümmel;K. Becker

  • In vitro gas production: a technique revisited

    M. Blümmel;H. P. S. Makkar;K. Becker

  • In vitro effects of and interactions between tannins and saponins and fate of tannins in the rumen

    Harinder P S Makkar;Michael Blümmel;Klaus Becker

  • The relationship between in vitro gas production, in vitro microbial biomass yield and 15N incorporation and its implications for the prediction of voluntary feed intake of roughages.

    M Blümmel;H Steingass;K Becker

  • The degradability characteristics of fifty-four roughages and roughage neutral-detergent fibres as described by in vitro gas production and their relationship to voluntary feed intake

    M. Blümmel;K. Becker

  • Crop management factors influencing yield and quality of crop residues

    B.V.S. Reddy;P. Sanjana Reddy;F.R. Bidinger;Michael Blümmel

  • Effects of Fractions Containing Saponins from Yucca schidigera, Quillaja saponaria, and Acacia auriculoformis on Rumen Fermentation

    Harinder P. S. Makkar;Sucharita Sen;Michael Blümmel;Klaus Becker

  • LivestockPlus - The sustainable intensification of forage-based agricultural systems to improve livelihoods and ecosystem services in the tropics *

    I. Rao;M. Peters;A. Castro;R. Schultze-Kraft

  • A note on the stoichiometrical relationship of short chain fatty acid production and gas formation in vitro in feedstuffs of widely differing quality

    M. Blümmel;K. ‐P. Aiple;H. Steingaβ;K. Becker

  • Pathways for sustainable development of mixed crop livestock systems: Taking a livestock and pro-poor approach ☆

    Shirley A. Tarawali;Mario T. Herrero;Katrien Descheemaeker;Elaine E. Grings

  • Integrating crops and livestock in subtropical agricultural systems.

    Iain A. Wright;Shirley A. Tarawali;Michael Blümmel;Bruno G. Gerard

  • Influence of diet on growth yields of rumen micro-organisms in vitro and in vivo: influence on growth yield of variable carbon fluxes to fermentation products.

    M. Blümmel;A. Karsli;J. R. Russell

  • Opportunities for marker-assisted selection (MAS) to improve the feed quality of crop residues in pearl millet and sorghum

    C.T. Hash;A.G. Bhasker Raj;S. Lindup;A. Sharma;A. Sharma

  • Economic value of sorghum stover traded as fodder for urban and peri-urban dairy production in Hyderabad, India

    Michael Blümmel;P.P. Rao

  • Yield gap analyses to estimate attainable bovine milk yields and evaluate options to increase production in Ethiopia and India

    D. Mayberry;Andrew J. Ash;D. Prestwidge;Cécile M. Godde

  • Comparison of methane produced by straw fed sheep in open-circuit respiration with methane predicted by fermentation characteristics measured by an in vitro gas procedure

    M. Blümmel;D.I. Givens;A.R. Moss

  • Improving the production and utilization of sorghum and pearl millet as livestock feed: progress towards dual-purpose genotypes

    Michael Blümmel;E. Zerbini;B.V.S. Reddy;C.T. Hash

  • In vitro rumen apparent and true digestibilities of tannin-rich forages

    H.P.S. Makkar;M. Blümmel;K. Becker

  • Methodological considerations in using gas production techniques for estimating ruminal microbial efficiencies for silage-based diets ☆

    Elaine E. Grings;Michael Blümmel;K.H. Sudekum

  • Disease management factors influencing yield and quality of sorghum and groundnut crop residues

    S Pande;R Bandyopadhyay;M Blümmel;J Narayana Rao

  • Cowpea and Groundnut Haulms Fodder Trading and Its Lessons for Multidimensional Cowpea Improvement for Mixed Crop Livestock Systems in West Africa.

    Anandan Samireddypalle;Ousmane Boukar;Elaine Grings;Christian A. Fatokun

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus Becker
Klaus Becker University of Hohenheim
Mario Herrero
Mario Herrero Cornell University
Harinder P. S. Makkar
Harinder P. S. Makkar Independent Scientist / Consultant, Austria
Vincent Vadez
Vincent Vadez Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Bruno Gérard
Bruno Gérard Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Olaf Erenstein
Olaf Erenstein International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Abhishek Rathore
Abhishek Rathore International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Ranajit Bandyopadhyay
Ranajit Bandyopadhyay International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Albrecht E. Melchinger
Albrecht E. Melchinger University of Hohenheim
D.I. Givens
D.I. Givens University of Reading

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