Mutez Ali Ahmed

Mutez Ali Ahmed 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 Mutez Ali Ahmed sits on this spectrum.

Mutez Ali Ahmed 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 Mutez Ali Ahmed sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Best Publications

• Mucilage exudation facilitates root water uptake in dry soils

  Mutez Ali Ahmed;Eva Kroener;Maire Holz;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki

  194
  Citations

• Root hairs enable high transpiration rates in drying soils

  Andrea Carminati;John B. Passioura;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed

  164
  Citations

• Root hydraulic phenotypes impacting water uptake in drying soils

  Unknown

  161
  Citations

• Root type matters: measurement of water uptake by seminal, crown, and lateral roots in maize.

  Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki;Félicien Meunier;Mathieu Javaux

  145
  Citations

• Liquid bridges at the root-soil interface

  Andrea Carminati;Pascal Benard;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki

  144
  Citations

• Biophysical rhizosphere processes affecting root water uptake

  Andrea Carminati;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki;Eva Kroener;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed

  127
  Citations

• Measurements of water uptake of maize roots: the key function of lateral roots

  Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki;Anders Kaestner;Andrea Carminati

  123
  Citations

• Drying of mucilage causes water repellency in the rhizosphere of maize: measurements and modelling

  Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Eva Kroener;Pascal Benard;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki

  111
  Citations

• Surface tension, rheology and hydrophobicity of rhizodeposits and seed mucilage influence soil water retention and hysteresis

  Muhammad Naveed;M. A. Ahmed;P. Benard;L. K. Brown

  93
  Citations

• Experimental platforms for the investigation of spatiotemporal patterns in the rhizosphere-laboratory and field scale

  Doris Vetterlein;Doris Vetterlein;Eva Lippold;Susanne Schreiter;Maxime Phalempin

  91
  Citations

• Stomatal closure during water deficit is controlled by below-ground hydraulics

  Unknown

  86
  Citations

• An efficient method for the collection of root mucilage from different plant species : A case study on the effect of mucilage on soil water repellency

  Ina-Maria Zickenrott;Ina-Maria Zickenrott;Susanne K. Woche;Jörg Bachmann;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed

  79
  Citations

• Effects of Mucilage on Rhizosphere Hydraulic Functions Depend on Soil Particle Size

  Eva Kroener;Maire Holz;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki;Mutez Ali Ahmed

  77
  Citations

• Stomatal closure of tomato under drought is driven by an increase in soil-root hydraulic resistance.

  Mohanned Abdalla;Mohanned Abdalla;Andrea Carminati;Gaochao Cai;Gaochao Cai;Mathieu Javaux;Mathieu Javaux

  72
  Citations

• Soil textures rather than root hairs dominate water uptake and soil-plant hydraulics under drought.

  Gaochao Cai;Gaochao Cai;Andrea Carminati;Mohanned Abdalla;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed

  71
  Citations

• Root hairs matter at field scale for maize shoot growth and nutrient uptake, but root trait plasticity is primarily triggered by texture and drought

  Unknown

  70
  Citations

• The impact of drought-induced root and root hair shrinkage on root-soil contact.

  Unknown

  69
  Citations

• The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in improving plant water status under drought.

  Unknown

  68
  Citations

• Hydraulic processes in roots and the rhizosphere pertinent to increasing yield of water-limited grain crops: a critical review.

  Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed;John B. Passioura;Andrea Carminati

  65
  Citations

• Hydraulic conductivity of soil-grown lupine and maize unbranched roots and maize root-shoot junctions.

  Félicien Meunier;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Andrea Carminati

  61
  Citations

• Hydraulic conductivity of the root-soil interface of lupin in sandy soil after drying and rewetting

  Mohsen Zarebanadkouki;Mutez A. Ahmed;Mutez A. Ahmed;Andrea Carminati

  55
  Citations

• Effect of soil drying on mucilage exudation and its water repellency: a new method to collect mucilage

  Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Maire Holz;Susanne K. Woche;Jörg Bachmann

  49
  Citations

• Mucilage Polysaccharide Composition and Exudation in Maize From Contrasting Climatic Regions

  Meisam Nazari;Sophie Riebeling;Callum C. Banfield;Asegidew Akale

  48
  Citations

• Water for Carbon, Carbon for Water

  Andrea Carminati;Eva Kroener;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki

  41
  Citations

• Maize genotype-specific exudation strategies: An adaptive mechanism to increase microbial activity in the rhizosphere

  Nataliya Bilyera;Xuechen Zhang;Patrick Duddek;Lichao Fan

  40
  Citations

• Transpiration Reduction in Maize (Zea mays L) in Response to Soil Drying

  Faisal Hayat;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki;Mathieu Javaux

  38
  Citations

• Measurements of water uptake of maize roots: the key function of lateral roots

  M. A. Ahmed;M. Zarebanadkouki;E. Kroener;A. Kaestner

  0
  Citations