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Plant Science and Agronomy
Canada
2023

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
74
Citations
17947
World Ranking
571
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Canada Leader Award
  • 1995 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Gene
  • Enzyme

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Photosynthesis, Botany, Photosystem II, Photoinhibition and Chlorophyll. His Photosynthesis study incorporates themes from Biophysics and Chloroplast. He has researched Biophysics in several fields, including Thylakoid and Biochemistry.

His Botany study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Energy balance and Horticulture. His work focuses on many connections between Photosystem II and other disciplines, such as Photochemistry, that overlap with his field of interest in Chlorella vulgaris. His studies deal with areas such as Quenching and Xanthophyll as well as Chlorophyll.

His most cited work include:

  • Energy balance and acclimation to light and cold (805 citations)
  • Photosynthesis, photoinhibition and low temperature acclimation in cold tolerant plants. (431 citations)
  • Photosynthesis of overwintering evergreen plants. (425 citations)

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

His primary areas of study are Photosynthesis, Botany, Photosystem II, Biochemistry and Cold acclimation. His Photosynthesis study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Chloroplast, Biophysics and Chlorophyll, Horticulture. His work carried out in the field of Biophysics brings together such families of science as Chlorophyceae and Plastoquinone.

He works mostly in the field of Botany, limiting it down to topics relating to Psychrophile and, in certain cases, Chlamydomonas, Mesophile, Ecology and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, as a part of the same area of interest. His Photosystem I study in the realm of Photosystem II interacts with subjects such as Redox. His Cold acclimation research includes elements of Photosynthetic capacity, Arabidopsis and Cell biology.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Photosynthesis (51.03%)
  • Botany (42.78%)
  • Photosystem II (30.93%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2011-2021)?

  • Photosynthesis (51.03%)
  • Botany (42.78%)
  • Cold acclimation (21.13%)

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

Norman P. A. Huner mainly focuses on Photosynthesis, Botany, Cold acclimation, Biochemistry and Chloroplast. His Photosynthesis research incorporates themes from Psychrophile, Biophysics, Chlorophyll and Agronomy. Norman P. A. Huner mostly deals with Photoprotection in his studies of Botany.

His research in Photoprotection focuses on subjects like Gibberellic acid, which are connected to Photoinhibition. His research in Cold acclimation intersects with topics in Phenotypic plasticity, Secale, Chlorophyll a, Brassica and Cell biology. The Photosystem II study which covers Etiolation that intersects with Arabidopsis.

Between 2011 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Role of CBFs as Integrators of Chloroplast Redox, Phytochrome and Plant Hormone Signaling during Cold Acclimation (93 citations)
  • Chloroplast redox imbalance governs phenotypic plasticity: the "grand design of photosynthesis" revisited. (73 citations)
  • Stress-related hormones and glycinebetaine interplay in protection of photosynthesis under abiotic stress conditions (68 citations)

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

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • Botany

Norman P. A. Huner mainly investigates Cold acclimation, Photosynthesis, Botany, Phenotypic plasticity and Chloroplast. The Cold acclimation study combines topics in areas such as Photoinhibition, Abiotic component, Secale and Cell biology. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Biotic stress, Salicylic acid, Gibberellic acid and Plant physiology.

His Photosynthesis study combines topics in areas such as Brassica, Agronomy, Biomass, Abiotic stress and Chlorophyll a. His research combines Biophysics and Botany. His Photoprotection research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of RuBisCO, Vernalization and Photosynthetic acclimation.

Best Publications

  • Energy balance and acclimation to light and cold

    Norman P.A Huner;Gunnar Öquist;Fathey Sarhan

  • Photosynthesis of overwintering evergreen plants.

    Gunnar Öquist;Norman P.A. Huner

  • Photostasis and cold acclimation: sensing low temperature through photosynthesis

    Ingo Ensminger;Ingo Ensminger;Florian Busch;Florian Busch;Norman P. A. Huner

  • Photosynthesis, photoinhibition and low temperature acclimation in cold tolerant plants.

    Norman P. A. Huner;Gunnar Öquist;Vaughan M. Hurry;Marianna Krol

  • Adaptation and Acclimation of Photosynthetic Microorganisms to Permanently Cold Environments

    Rachael M. Morgan-Kiss;John C. Priscu;Tessa Pocock;Loreta Gudynaite-Savitch

  • Acclimation of Arabidopsis leaves developing at low temperatures. Increasing cytoplasmic volume accompanies increased activities of enzymes in the Calvin cycle and in the sucrose-biosynthesis pathway.

    Åsa Strand;Vaughan Hurry;Vaughan Hurry;Stefan Henkes;Norman Huner

  • Cold Acclimation and Freezing Tolerance (A Complex Interaction of Light and Temperature).

    G. R. Gray;L.-P. Chauvin;F. Sarhan;N. P. A. Huner

  • Growth at Low Temperature Mimics High-Light Acclimation in Chlorella vulgaris

    Denis P. Maxwell;Stefan Falk;Charles C. Trick;Norman P. A. Huner

  • The effects of cadmium on photosynthesis of Phaseolus vulgaris – a fluorescence analysis

    Zbigniew Krupa;Gunnar Öquist;Norman P. A. Huner

  • The CBF1-dependent low temperature signalling pathway, regulon and increase in freeze tolerance are conserved in Populus spp

    Catherine Benedict;Jeffrey S. Skinner;Rengong Meng;Yongjian Chang

  • Redox Regulation of Light-Harvesting Complex II and cab mRNA Abundance in Dunaliella salina

    D. P. Maxwell;D. E. Laudenbach;N. P. A. Huner

  • The effect of overexpression of two Brassica CBF/DREB1-like transcription factors on photosynthetic capacity and freezing tolerance in Brassica napus.

    Leonid V. Savitch;Ghislaine Allard;Motoaki Seki;Laurian S. Robert

  • Cold-regulated cereal chloroplast late embryogenesis abundant-like proteins. Molecular characterization and functional analyses.

    Christian NDong;Jean Danyluk;Kenneth E. Wilson;Tessa Pocock

  • Sensing environmental temperature change through imbalances between energy supply and energy consumption: Redox state of photosystem II

    N. P. A. Huner;D. P. Maxwell;G. R. Gray;L. V. Savitch

  • Development at Cold-Hardening Temperatures : The Structure and Composition of Purified Rye Light Harvesting Complex II.

    Zbigniew Krupa;Norman P. A. Huner;John P. Williams;Ellen Maissan

  • Chlorophyll a/b-Binding Proteins, Pigment Conversions, and Early Light-Induced Proteins in a Chlorophyll b-less Barley Mutant

    Mariana Krol;Michael D. Spangfort;Norman P. A. Huner;Gunnar Oquist

  • Photosystem II Excitation Pressure and Development of Resistance to Photoinhibition (II. Adjustment of Photosynthetic Capacity in Winter Wheat and Winter Rye).

    G.R. Gray;L.V. Savitch;A.G. Ivanov;N.P.A. Huner

  • Two different strategies for light utilization in photosynthesis in relation to growth and cold acclimation

    L Savitch;E D Leonardos;M Krol;Stefan Jansson

  • Photosystem II Excitation Pressure and Development of Resistance to Photoinhibition (I. Light-Harvesting Complex II Abundance and Zeaxanthin Content in Chlorella vulgaris).

    D. P. Maxwell;S. Falk;N. P. A. Huner

  • Betaine Improves Freezing Tolerance in Wheat

    F. Allard;M. Houde;M. Kröl;A. Ivanov

  • Photosynthetic Redox Imbalance Governs Leaf Sectoring in the Arabidopsis thaliana Variegation Mutants immutans, spotty, var1, and var2

    Dominic Rosso;Rainer Bode;Wenze Li;Marianna Krol

  • Stress-related hormones and glycinebetaine interplay in protection of photosynthesis under abiotic stress conditions

    Leonid V. Kurepin;Leonid V. Kurepin;Alexander G. Ivanov;Mohammad Zaman;Richard P. Pharis

  • Chloroplast redox imbalance governs phenotypic plasticity: the "grand design of photosynthesis" revisited.

    Norman P. A. Hüner;Rainer Bode;Keshav Dahal;Lauren Hollis

  • Role of CBFs as Integrators of Chloroplast Redox, Phytochrome and Plant Hormone Signaling during Cold Acclimation

    Leonid V. Kurepin;Keshav P. Dahal;Leonid V. Savitch;Jas Singh

  • IMMUTANS does not act as a stress-induced safety valve in the protection of the photosynthetic apparatus of Arabidopsis during steady-state photosynthesis.

    Dominic Rosso;Alexander G. Ivanov;Aigen Fu;Jane Geisler-Lee

  • Increased air temperature during simulated autumn conditions does not increase photosynthetic carbon gain but affects the dissipation of excess energy in seedlings of the evergreen conifer Jack pine.

    Florian Busch;Norman P.A. Hüner;Ingo Ensminger

  • Effect of static magnetic fields on the growth, photosynthesis and ultrastructure of Chlorella kessleri microalgae

    Darcy P. Small;Norman P.A. Hüner;Wankei Wan

  • Biochemical constrains limit the potential of the photochemical reflectance index as a predictor of effective quantum efficiency of photosynthesis during the winter spring transition in Jack pine seedlings.

    Florian Busch;Norman P A Huner;Ingo Ensminger

  • The effects of phenotypic plasticity on photosynthetic performance in winter rye, winter wheat and Brassica napus

    Keshav Dahal;Khalil Kane;Winona Gadapati;Elizabeth Webb

  • Psychrophily is associated with differential energy partitioning, photosystem stoichiometry and polypeptide phosphorylation in Chlamydomonas raudensis.

    Beth Szyszka;Alexander G. Ivanov;Norman P.A. Hüner

  • Identity and physiology of a new psychrophilic eukaryotic green alga, Chlorella sp., strain BI, isolated from a transitory pond near Bratina Island, Antarctica.

    Rachael M. Morgan-Kiss;Alexander G. Ivanov;Shannon Modla;Kirk Czymmek

  • Excitation energy partitioning and quenching during cold acclimation in Scots pine.

    Dmitry Sveshnikov;Ingo Ensminger;Alexander G. Ivanov;Douglas Campbell

  • The role of photochemical quenching and antioxidants in photoprotection of Deschampsia antarctica

    Eduardo Pérez-Torres;Andrea García;Jorge Dinamarca;Miren Alberdi

  • The Antarctic psychrophile, Chlamydomonas raudensis Ettl (UWO241) (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta), exhibits a limited capacity to photoacclimate to red light

    Rachael M. Morgan‐Kiss;Alexander G. Ivanov;Tessa Pocock;Marianna Król

  • Photosynthetic acclimation, vernalization, crop productivity and ‘the grand design of photosynthesis’

    Norman P.A. Hüner;Keshav Dahal;Rainer Bode;Leonid V. Kurepin

  • Chilling out: the evolution and diversification of psychrophilic algae with a focus on Chlamydomonadales

    Marina Cvetkovska;Norman P. A. Hüner;David Roy Smith

  • Contrasting acclimation abilities of two dominant boreal conifers to elevated CO2 and temperature.

    Leonid V. Kurepin;Leonid V. Kurepin;Zsofia R. Stangl;Alexander G. Ivanov;Alexander G. Ivanov;Vi Bui

  • Increased air temperature during simulated autumn conditions impairs photosynthetic electron transport between photosystem II and photosystem I.

    Florian Busch;Norman P.A. Hüner;Ingo Ensminger

  • Warming delays autumn declines in photosynthetic capacity in a boreal conifer, Norway spruce (Picea abies).

    Joseph R. Stinziano;Norman P.A. Hüner;Danielle A. Way;Danielle A. Way

  • Preferential damaging effects of limited magnesium bioavailability on photosystem I in Sulla carnosa plants

    Nèjia Farhat;Alexander G. Ivanov;Marianna Krol;Mokded Rabhi

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander G. Ivanov
Alexander G. Ivanov University of Western Ontario
Gunnar Öquist
Gunnar Öquist Umeå University
Vaughan Hurry
Vaughan Hurry Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Fathey Sarhan
Fathey Sarhan University of Quebec at Montreal
Ingo Ensminger
Ingo Ensminger University of Toronto
Florian A. Busch
Florian A. Busch Australian National University
Danielle A. Way
Danielle A. Way University of Western Ontario
Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev
Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev Russian Academy of Sciences
Stefan Jansson
Stefan Jansson Umeå University
León A. Bravo
León A. Bravo University of La Frontera

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