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Olof Olsson

Olof Olsson

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
9518
World Ranking
15191
National Ranking
229

Overview

Olof Olsson is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and conducts research primarily within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Plant Science. Their work extends into Nutrition and Dietetics, Food Science, Molecular Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research topics include Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies, Food Composition and Properties, Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology, Phytase and its Applications, Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics, Seed and Plant Biochemistry, and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance.

Frequent coauthors in Olsson's publications include Johanna Lethin, Henrik Aronsson, Oswaldo Hernández-Hernández, José Alfredo Zambrano, and Aishwarya Thyagarajan.

Notable publication venues where Olsson's research appears include Food Chemistry, SSRN Electronic Journal, Nature, BMC Plant Biology, and PROCEEDINGS ON APPLIED BOTANY GENETICS AND BREEDING.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Olsson are:

  • The mosaic oat genome gives insights into a uniquely healthy cereal crop, 2022, Nature
  • Development and characterization of an EMS-mutagenized wheat population and identification of salt-tolerant wheat lines, 2020, BMC Plant Biology
  • Characterization and antioxidant activity of avenanthramides from selected oat lines developed by mutagenesis technique, 2020, Food Chemistry
  • Diversity of avenanthramide content in wild and cultivated oats, 2020, PROCEEDINGS ON APPLIED BOTANY GENETICS AND BREEDING
  • Characterization of high Arabinoxylan oat lines identified from a mutagenized oat population, 2022, Food Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Increased gibberellin biosynthesis in transgenic trees promotes growth, biomass production and xylem fiber length.

    Maria E. Eriksson;Maria Israelsson;Olof Olsson;Thomas Moritz

  • Gene discovery in the wood-forming tissues of poplar: Analysis of 5,692 expressed sequence tags

    F Sterky;S Regan;Jan Karlsson;M Hertzberg

  • Getting to the root: The role of the Agrobacterium rhizogenes rol genes in the formation of hairy roots

    Ove Nilsson;Olof Olsson

  • Ectopic expression of oat phytochrome A in hybrid aspen changes critical daylength for growth and prevents cold acclimatization

    Jorunn E. Olsen;Olavi Junttila;Jarle Nilsen;Maria E. Eriksson

  • Mutagenesis as a tool in plant genetics, functional genomics, and breeding.

    Per Sikora;Aakash Chawade;Mikael Larsson;Johanna Olsson

  • Expression and assembly of functional bacterial luciferase in plants.

    Csaba Koncz;Olof Olsson;William H. R. Langridge;Jeff Schell

  • Junk-food in marine ecosystems

    Henrik Österblom;Olof Olsson;Thorsten Blenckner;Robert W. Furness

  • Nucleotide sequence of the papA gene encoding the Pap pilus subunit of human uropathogenic Escherichia coli.

    M Båga;S Normark;J Hardy;P O'Hanley

  • Progression and specificity of protein oxidation in the life cycle of Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Elin C. Johansson;Olof Olsson;Thomas Nyström

  • Spatial pattern of cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter-luciferase expression in transgenic hybrid aspen trees monitored by enzymatic assay and non-destructive imaging

    Ove Nilsson;Torsten Aldén;Folke Sitbon;C. H. Anthony Little

  • New DArT markers for oat provide enhanced map coverage and global germplasm characterization

    Nicholas A Tinker;Andrzej Kilian;Charlene P Wight;Katarzyna Heller-Uszynska

  • Transgenic Tobacco Plants Coexpressing the Agrobacterium tumefaciens iaaM and iaaH Genes Display Altered Growth and Indoleacetic Acid Metabolism.

    F. Sitbon;S. Hennion;B. Sundberg;C. H. A. Little

  • Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment.

    Amanda E. Bates;Richard B. Primack;Brandy S. Biggar;Tomas J. Bird

  • Auxin-Cytokinin Interactions in Wild-Type and Transgenic Tobacco

    Staffan Eklöf;Crister Åstot;John Blackwell;Thomas Moritz

  • Program on ecosystem change and society : an international research strategy for integrated social-ecological systems

    Stephen R Carpenter;Carl Folke;Carl Folke;Albert Norström;Olof Olsson

  • Environmental and auxin regulation of wood formation involves members of the Aux/IAA gene family in hybrid aspen

    Richard Moyle;Jarmo Schrader;Anneli Stenberg;Olof Olsson

  • ERK/p90RSK/14-3-3 signalling has an impact on expression of PEA3 Ets transcription factors via the transcriptional repressor capicúa

    Kumara Dissanayake;Rachel Toth;Jamie Blakey;Olof Olsson

  • Altered Growth and Wood Characteristics in Transgenic Hybrid Aspen Expressing Agrobacterium tumefaciens T-DNA Indoleacetic Acid-Biosynthetic Genes.

    H. Tuominen;F. Sitbon;C. Jacobsson;G. Sandberg

  • Development and characterization of an oat TILLING-population and identification of mutations in lignin and β-glucan biosynthesis genes

    Aakash Chawade;Per Sikora;Marcus Bräutigam;Mikael Larsson

  • Expression of the Agrobacterium rhizogenes rolC Gene in a Deciduous Forest Tree Alters Growth and Development and Leads to Stem Fasciation.

    Ove Nilsson;Thomas Moritz;Bjorn Sundberg;Goran Sandberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Göran Sandberg
Göran Sandberg Umeå University
Thomas Moritz
Thomas Moritz Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Henrik Österblom
Henrik Österblom Stockholm University
Ove Nilsson
Ove Nilsson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Björn Sundberg
Björn Sundberg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Csaba Koncz
Csaba Koncz Max Planck Society
Staffan Normark
Staffan Normark Karolinska Institute
Susanne Åkesson
Susanne Åkesson Lund University
Hannele Tuominen
Hannele Tuominen Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jeff Schell
Jeff Schell Max Planck Society

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