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Ralf Kaldenhoff is affiliated with the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research primarily centers on plant science and molecular biology, with significant attention to renewable energy, sustainability, and environmental aspects.

Their research spans key topics such as algal biology and biofuel production, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, and the effects of light on plants. They have also focused on ATP synthase and ATPases research, spectroscopy and chemometric analyses, leaf properties and growth measurement, and plant responses to elevated CO2 levels.

Kaldenhoff's recent publications reflect these interests and include the following papers:

  • Achievements and challenges of genetic engineering of the model green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, 2020, Algal Research
  • Metabolic engineering of ketocarotenoids biosynthetic pathway in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strain CC-4102, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Impacts of Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Field (RF-EMF) on Lettuce (Lactuca sativa)-Evidence for RF-EMF Interference with Plant Stress Responses, 2023, Plants
  • Multi-Channel Spectral Sensors as Plant Reflectance Measuring Devices-Toward the Usability of Spectral Sensors for Phenotyping of Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum), 2022, Agronomy
  • Effects of high light intensity and spectral variability on maize photosynthesis and growth, 2025, Frontiers in Plant Science

Frequent coauthors with whom Kaldenhoff has collaborated include:

  • Nam Trung Tran
  • Luca Jokic
  • Tran Quoc Khanh
  • Isabell Pappert
  • Simon Greulich

The key venues where Kaldenhoff's work appears most often are Plants, Frontiers in Plant Science, Algal Research, Scientific Reports, and Agronomy.

Best Publications

  • The tobacco aquaporin NtAQP1 is a membrane CO2 pore with physiological functions

    Norbert Uehlein;Claudio Lovisolo;Franka Siefritz;Ralf Kaldenhoff

  • Rapid variations of mesophyll conductance in response to changes in CO2 concentration around leaves

    Jaume Flexas;Antonio Diaz-Espejo;Jeroni Galmés;Ralf Kaldenhoff

  • Resistances along the CO2 diffusion pathway inside leaves

    John R. Evans;Ralf Kaldenhoff;Bernard Genty;Ichiro Terashima

  • Tobacco aquaporin NtAQP1 is involved in mesophyll conductance to CO2 in vivo

    Jaume Flexas;Miquel Ribas-Carbó;David T. Hanson;Josefina Bota

  • PIP1 plasma membrane aquaporins in tobacco: from cellular effects to function in plants.

    Franka Siefritz;Melvin T. Tyree;Claudio Lovisolo;Andrea Schubert

  • Significance of plasmalemma aquaporins for water-transport in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Ralf Kaldenhoff;Karsten Grote;Jian-Jun Zhu;Ulrich Zimmermann

  • Function of Nicotiana tabacum Aquaporins as Chloroplast Gas Pores Challenges the Concept of Membrane CO2 Permeability

    Norbert Uehlein;Beate Otto;David T. Hanson;Matthias Fischer

  • Aquaporins and plant water balance.

    Ralf Kaldenhoff;Miquel Ribas-Carbo;Jaume Flexas Sans;Claudio Lovisolo

  • Nitrate reductase in Zea mays L. under salinity

    G. K. Abd‐El Baki;F. Siefritz;H.‐M. Man;H. Weiner

  • The Nicotiana tabacum plasma membrane aquaporin NtAQP1 is mercury-insensitive and permeable for glycerol.

    Alexander Biela;Karsten Grote;Beate Otto;Stefan Hoth

  • Analysis of leakage in IRGA's leaf chambers of open gas exchange systems: quantification and its effects in photosynthesis parameterization

    J Flexas;A Díaz-Espejo;JA Berry;J Cifre

  • Plasma membrane aquaporins in the motor cells of Samanea saman: diurnal and circadian regulation.

    Menachem Moshelion;Dirk Becker;Alexander Biela;Norbert Uehlein

  • Functional aquaporin diversity in plants.

    Ralf Kaldenhoff;Matthias Fischer

  • The blue light-responsive AthH2 gene of Arabidopsis thaliana is primarily expressed in expanding as well as in differentiating cells and encodes a putative channel protein of the plasmalemma.

    Ralf Kaldenhoff;A. Kölling;J. Meyers;U. Karmann

  • The Arabidopsis thaliana aquaporin AtPIP1;2 is a physiologically relevant CO2 transport facilitator

    Marlies Heckwolf;Dianne Pater;David T. Hanson;Ralf Kaldenhoff

  • Aquaporin Tetramer Composition Modifies the Function of Tobacco Aquaporins

    Beate Otto;Norbert Uehlein;Sven Sdorra;Matthias Fischer

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis and plant aquaporin expression

    Norbert Uehlein;Kerstin Fileschi;Martin Eckert;Gerd Patrick Bienert

  • Isolation, cloning and expression of a multifunctional O-methyltransferase capable of forming 2,5-dimethyl-4-methoxy-3(2H)-furanone, one of the key aroma compounds in strawberry fruits.

    Martina Wein;Noa Lavid;Stefan Lunkenbein;Efraim Lewinsohn

  • Aquaporins in plants

    Ralf Kaldenhoff;M. Fischer

  • Aquaporins in poplar: What a difference a symbiont makes!

    Zaklina Marjanović;Norbert Uehlein;Ralf Kaldenhoff;Janusz J Zwiazek

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudio Lovisolo
Claudio Lovisolo University of Turin
Andrea Schubert
Andrea Schubert University of Turin
Wilfried Schwab
Wilfried Schwab Technical University of Munich
Gerd Patrick Bienert
Gerd Patrick Bienert Technical University of Munich
Miquel Ribas-Carbo
Miquel Ribas-Carbo University of the Balearic Islands
Menachem Moshelion
Menachem Moshelion Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hipólito Medrano
Hipólito Medrano University of the Balearic Islands
Jaume Flexas
Jaume Flexas University of the Balearic Islands
Rainer Hedrich
Rainer Hedrich University of Würzburg
Antonio Díaz-Espejo
Antonio Díaz-Espejo Spanish National Research Council

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