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Plant Science and Agronomy
Czechia
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
59
Citations
11020
World Ranking
1289
National Ranking
9

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
59
Citations
10769
World Ranking
2469
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Czechia Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Agriculture

His primary scientific interests are in Ethnobotany, Agroforestry, Botany, Traditional knowledge and Ecology. His Ethnobotany study improves the overall literature in Traditional medicine. In Agroforestry, Patrick Van Damme works on issues like Adansonia digitata, which are connected to Forestry, Ecosystem diversity, Agronomy, Kernel and Mating system.

His work deals with themes such as Gene pool, Genetic structure and Horticulture, which intersect with Botany. His Traditional knowledge research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Biodiversity and Fabaceae. His Ecology research includes elements of Emic and etic and Genetic diversity.

His most cited work include:

  • Comparison of health conditions treated with traditional and biomedical health care in a Quechua community in rural Bolivia. (149 citations)
  • Effect of a health claim and personal characteristics on consumer acceptance of fruit juices with different concentrations of açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.). (110 citations)
  • Use of medicinal plants and pharmaceuticals by indigenous communities in the Bolivian Andes and Amazon (107 citations)

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

His primary areas of study are Horticulture, Agroforestry, Botany, Agronomy and Ethnobotany. His Horticulture study frequently links to other fields, such as Annona cherimola. His research investigates the link between Agroforestry and topics such as Biodiversity that cross with problems in Nutrient.

Particularly relevant to Germplasm is his body of work in Botany. His Ethnobotany study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Traditional knowledge, Domestication and Ethnomedicine. As part of the same scientific family, he usually focuses on Domestication, concentrating on Genetic diversity and intersecting with Genetic variation.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Horticulture (23.79%)
  • Agroforestry (20.72%)
  • Botany (18.67%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Horticulture (23.79%)
  • Environmental health (7.67%)
  • Agronomy (16.62%)

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

His main research concerns Horticulture, Environmental health, Agronomy, Genetic diversity and Traditional knowledge. His study on Horticulture is mostly dedicated to connecting different topics, such as Botany. His Genetic diversity research incorporates themes from Germplasm and Genetic variation.

Patrick Van Damme frequently studies issues relating to Medicinal plants and Traditional knowledge. His work on Ethnobotany is typically connected to Jaccard index as part of general Medicinal plants study, connecting several disciplines of science. Patrick Van Damme studied Agroforestry and Biodiversity that intersect with Ethnic group.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Dietary species richness as a measure of food biodiversity and nutritional quality of diets. (65 citations)
  • Dietary species richness as a measure of food biodiversity and nutritional quality of diets. (65 citations)
  • The use of pesticides in Belgian illicit indoor cannabis plantations (21 citations)

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Agriculture

Patrick Van Damme mainly investigates Agronomy, Environmental health, Drought tolerance, Agriculture and Medicinal plants. Patrick Van Damme combines subjects such as Quantitative trait locus and Marker-assisted selection with his study of Agronomy. His Environmental health research incorporates elements of Nutrition Education, Pastoralism and Malnutrition.

In his work, Socioeconomics, Herbarium, Ethnobotany, Acanthaceae and Reproductive health is strongly intertwined with Traditional knowledge, which is a subfield of Malnutrition. Patrick Van Damme has included themes like Climate change and Psychological resilience in his Agriculture study. His Medicinal plants research entails a greater understanding of Traditional medicine.

Best Publications

  • Ethnomedicinal study of plants used for human ailments in Ankober District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

    Ermias Lulekal;Ermias Lulekal;Zemede Asfaw;Ensermu Kelbessa;Patrick Van Damme;Patrick Van Damme

  • PHOTOSYNTHETIC GAS EXCHANGE CHARACTERISTICS IN THREE DIFFERENT ALMOND SPECIES DURING DROUGHT STRESS AND SUBSEQUENT RECOVERY

    V. Rouhi;R. Samson;R. Lemeur;P. Van Damme

  • Dietary species richness as a measure of food biodiversity and nutritional quality of diets.

    Carl Lachat;Jessica E. Raneri;Jessica E. Raneri;Katherine Walker Smith;Patrick Kolsteren

  • Why do Euphorbiaceae tick as medicinal plants? A review of Euphorbiaceae family and its medicinal features

    Julius T. Mwine;Patrick Van Damme

  • Folk Classification, Perception, and Preferences of Baobab Products in West Africa: Consequences for Species Conservation and Improvement

    A. E. Assogbadjo;R. Glèlè Kakaï;F. J. Chadare;L. Thomson

  • Cultural significance of medicinal plant families and species among Quechua farmers in Apillapampa, Bolivia.

    Evert Thomas;Ina Vandebroek;Sabino Sanca;Patrick Van Damme

  • Use of medicinal plants and pharmaceuticals by indigenous communities in the Bolivian Andes and Amazon

    Ina Vandebroek;Jan-Bart Calewaert;Stijn De jonckheere;Sabino Sanca

  • Patterns of Genetic and Morphometric Diversity in Baobab (Adansonia digitata) Populations Across Different Climatic Zones of Benin (West Africa)

    A. E. Assogbadjo;T. Kyndt;B. Sinsin;G. Gheysen

  • A comparison of traditional healers medicinal plant knowledge in the Bolivian Andes and Amazon.

    Ina Vandebroek;Patrick Van Damme;Luc Van Puyvelde;Susana Arrazola

  • Wild edible plants in Ethiopia : a review on their potential to combat food insecurity

    Ermias Lulekal;Zemede Asfaw;Ensermu Kelbessa;Patrick Van Damme

  • Ethnoveterinary plants of Ankober District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

    Ermias Lulekal;Ermias Lulekal;Zemede Asfaw;Ensermu Kelbessa;Patrick Van Damme;Patrick Van Damme

  • Allelopathic activity of different plant parts of Peganum harmala L. and identification of their growth inhibitors substances

    Hamid Sodaeizadeh;Mohammad Rafieiolhossaini;Jaroslav Havlík;Patrick Van Damme

  • Adansonia digitata L. : a review of traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology

    Emmy De Caluwé;Kateřina Halamová;Patrick Van Damme

  • Mapping Genetic Diversity of Cherimoya (Annona cherimola Mill.): Application of Spatial Analysis for Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources

    Maarten van Zonneveld;Maarten van Zonneveld;Xavier Scheldeman;Pilar Escribano;María A. Viruel

  • Dietary contribution of Wild Edible Plants to women’s diets in the buffer zone around the Lama forest, Benin – an underutilized potential

    Julia Boedecker;Julia Boedecker;Céline Termote;Céline Termote;Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo;Patrick Van Damme

  • What Works in the Field? A Comparison of Different Interviewing Methods in Ethnobotany with Special Reference to the Use of Photographs

    Evert Thomas;Ina Vandebroek;Patrick Van Damme

  • Sustainable use of non-timber forest products: Impact of fruit harvesting on Pentadesma butyracea regeneration and financial analysis of its products trade in Benin

    Carolle Avocèvou-Ayisso;Brice Sinsin;Anselme Adégbidi;Gatien Dossou

  • Screening for drought tolerance in mutant germplasm of sesame (Sesamum indicum) probing by chlorophyll a fluorescence

    Seyni Boureima;Abdallah Oukarroum;Macoumba Diouf;Ndiaga Cisse

  • Phylogenetic analysis of the highland papayas (Vasconcellea) and allied genera (Caricaceae) using PCR-RFLP

    B. Van Droogenbroeck;T. Kyndt;I. Maertens;E. Romeijn-Peeters

  • Ecological diversity and pulp, seed and kernel production of the baobab (Adansonia digitata) in Benin

    Achille Assogbadjo;B Sinsin;Jtc Codjia;Patrick Van Damme

  • Adoption of climate change adaptation strategies by maize-dependent smallholders in Ethiopia

    Sisay Belay Bedeke;Wouter Vanhove;Muluken Gezahegn;Kolandavel Natarajan

  • A Biodiverse Rich Environment Does Not Contribute to a Better Diet: A Case Study from DR Congo

    Céline Termote;Marcel Bwama Meyi;Benoît Dhed'a Djailo;Lieven Huybregts

  • Recovery from bark harvesting of 12 medicinal tree species in Benin, West Africa

    Claire Delvaux;Brice Sinsin;François Darchambeau;Patrick Van Damme

  • Tamarindus indica L.: a review of traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology

    Emmy De Caluwé;Kateřina Halamová;Patrick Van Damme

  • Eating from the wild: Turumbu, Mbole and Bali traditional knowledge on non-cultivated edible plants, District Tshopo, DRCongo

    Céline Termote;Patrick Van Damme;Benoît Dhed’a Djailo

  • Herbicidal activity of a medicinal plant, Peganum harmala L., and decomposition dynamics of its phytotoxins in the soil

    Hamid Sodaeizadeh;Mohammad Rafieiolhossaini;Patrick Van Damme

  • Phenolic composition, antioxidant and anti-proliferative activities of edible and medicinal plants from the Peruvian Amazon

    Jan Tauchen;Ludvik Bortl;Ludvik Bortl;Lukas Huml;Lukas Huml;Petra Miksatkova

  • Impact of habitat type on the conservation status of tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) populations in the W National Park of Benin

    Adandé Belarmain Fandohan;Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo;Romain Lucas Glele Kakaï;Brice Sinsin

  • Advances in domestication of indigenous fruit trees in the West African Sahel

    Anders Ræbild;Anders Søndergård Larsen;Jan Svejgaard Jensen;Moussa Ouedraogo

  • Valuation of forests and plant species in Indigenous Territory and National Park Isiboro-Sécure, Bolivia.

    Evert Thomas;Ina Vandebroek;Patrick Van Damme

  • Use of support vector machines (SVMs) to predict distribution of an invasive water fern Azolla filiculoides (Lam.) in Anzali wetland, southern Caspian Sea, Iran

    Roghayeh Sadeghi;Rahmat Zarkami;Karim Sabetraftar;Patrick Van Damme

  • In vitro antioxidant and anti-proliferative activity of Ethiopian medicinal plant extracts

    Jan Tauchen;Ivo Doskocil;Cecilia Caffi;Ermias Lulekal

  • Impact of season, stem diameter and intensity of debarking on survival and bark re-growth pattern of medicinal tree species, Benin, West Africa

    Claire Delvaux;Brice Sinsin;Patrick Van Damme

Frequent Co-Authors

Brice Sinsin
Brice Sinsin Université d'Abomey-Calavi
Wim Verbeke
Wim Verbeke Ghent University
Roeland Samson
Roeland Samson University of Antwerp
Geert Haesaert
Geert Haesaert Ghent University
Kris Audenaert
Kris Audenaert Ghent University
Guido Van Huylenbroeck
Guido Van Huylenbroeck Ghent University
Bernard De Baets
Bernard De Baets Ghent University
Godelieve Gheysen
Godelieve Gheysen Ghent University
Wim Cornelis
Wim Cornelis Ghent University
Paul Goetghebeur
Paul Goetghebeur Ghent University

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