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Biology and Biochemistry
Switzerland
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
131
Citations
78029
World Ranking
386
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Thomas Boller is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland, focusing on research primarily within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several key subfields, including Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, Pharmacology, Forestry, and Molecular Biology.

Their research covers an array of main topics such as:

  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Seed Germination and Physiology

Boller's recent papers illustrate a focus on plant interactions, symbiosis, and sustainable agricultural practices. Notable publications include:

  • "Deep-rooted pigeon pea promotes the water relations and survival of shallow-rooted finger millet during drought-Despite strong competitive interactions at ambient water availability" (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • "Intercropping Transplanted Pigeon Pea With Finger Millet: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria Boost Yield While Reducing Fertilizer Input" (2020, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems)
  • "Rate of hyphal spread of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from pigeon pea to finger millet and their contribution to plant growth and nutrient uptake in experimental microcosms" (2021, Applied Soil Ecology)
  • "Proteome adaptations under contrasting soil phosphate regimes of Rhizophagus irregularis engaged in a common mycorrhizal network" (2021, Fungal Genetics and Biology)
  • "Spatial Arrangement and Biofertilizers Enhance the Performance of Legume-Millet Intercropping System in Rainfed Areas of Southern India" (2021, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems)

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Natarajan Mathimaran
  • Devesh Singh
  • Ansgar Kahmen
  • Paul Mäder
  • Jegan Sekar

Boller's work is published in a variety of journals, with multiple contributions to Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, along with publications in PLoS ONE, Applied Soil Ecology, Fungal Genetics and Biology, and Cell.

Best Publications

  • A Renaissance of Elicitors: Perception of Microbe-Associated Molecular Patterns and Danger Signals by Pattern-Recognition Receptors

    Thomas Boller;Georg Felix

  • Mycorrhizal fungal diversity determines plant biodiversity, ecosystem variability and productivity

    Marcel G. A. van der Heijden;John N. Klironomos;Margot Ursic;Peter Moutoglis

  • MAP kinase signalling cascade in Arabidopsis innate immunity

    Tsuneaki Asai;Guillaume Tena;Joulia Plotnikova;Matthew R. Willmann

  • FLS2: an LRR receptor-like kinase involved in the perception of the bacterial elicitor flagellin in Arabidopsis.

    Lourdes Gómez-Gómez;Thomas Boller

  • Perception of the bacterial PAMP EF-Tu by the receptor EFR restricts Agrobacterium-mediated transformation.

    Cyril Zipfel;Gernot Kunze;Delphine Chinchilla;Anne Caniard

  • A flagellin-induced complex of the receptor FLS2 and BAK1 initiates plant defence

    Delphine Chinchilla;Cyril Zipfel;Cyril Zipfel;Silke Robatzek;Birgit Kemmerling

  • Bacterial disease resistance in Arabidopsis through flagellin perception.

    Cyril Zipfel;Silke Robatzek;Silke Robatzek;Lionel Navarro;Edward J. Oakeley

  • Antifungal Hydrolases in Pea Tissue II. Inhibition of Fungal Growth by Combinations of Chitinase and β-1,3-Glucanase

    Felix Mauch;Brigitte Mauch-Mani;Thomas Boller

  • Innate immunity in plants : an arms race between pattern recognition receptors in plants and effectors in microbial pathogens

    Thomas Boller;Sheng Yang He

  • The N Terminus of Bacterial Elongation Factor Tu Elicits Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis Plants

    Gernot Kunze;Cyril Zipfel;Silke Robatzek;Karsten Niehaus

  • The Arabidopsis Receptor Kinase FLS2 Binds flg22 and Determines the Specificity of Flagellin Perception

    Delphine Chinchilla;Zsuzsa Bauer;Martin Regenass;Thomas Boller

  • Chitinase in bean leaves: induction by ethylene, purification, properties, and possible function

    T. Boller;A. Gehri;F. Mauch;U. Vögeli

  • Ligand-induced endocytosis of the pattern recognition receptor FLS2 in Arabidopsis

    Silke Robatzek;Delphine Chinchilla;Thomas Boller

  • Impact of land use intensity on the species diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in agroecosystems of Central Europe

    Fritz Oehl;Ewald Sieverding;Kurt Ineichen;Paul Mäder

  • DIFFERENT ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGAL SPECIES ARE POTENTIAL DETERMINANTS OF PLANT COMMUNITY STRUCTURE

    Marcel G. A. van der Heijden;Thomas Boller;Andres Wiemken;Ian R. Sanders

  • A single locus determines sensitivity to bacterial flagellin in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Lourdes Gómez-Gómez;Georg Felix;Thomas Boller

  • Recommendations for naming plant pathogenesis-related proteins

    L. C. van Loon;W. S. Pierpoint;T.-H. Boller;V. Conejero

  • Impact of long-term conventional and organic farming on the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Fritz Oehl;Ewald Sieverding;Paul Mäder;David Dubois

  • The Transcriptional Innate Immune Response to flg22. Interplay and Overlap with Avr Gene-Dependent Defense Responses and Bacterial Pathogenesis

    Lionel Navarro;Cyril Zipfel;Owen Rowland;Ingo Keller

  • Hydrolytic enzymes in the central vacuole of plant cells.

    Thomas Boller;Hans Kende

Frequent Co-Authors

Andres Wiemken
Andres Wiemken University of Basel
Georg Felix
Georg Felix University of Tübingen
Pierre-Emmanuel Courty
Pierre-Emmanuel Courty INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Paul Mäder
Paul Mäder Forschungsinstitut für Biologischen Landbau
Claudio De Virgilio
Claudio De Virgilio University of Fribourg
Silke Robatzek
Silke Robatzek Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jean-Marc Neuhaus
Jean-Marc Neuhaus University of Neuchâtel
Ian R. Sanders
Ian R. Sanders University of Lausanne
John Ryals
John Ryals Metabolon (United States)
Bernhard Schmid
Bernhard Schmid University of Zurich

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