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Thomas Lübberstedt

Thomas Lübberstedt

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61
Citations
11790
World Ranking
3076
National Ranking
1343

Overview

Thomas Lübberstedt is a researcher affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, focusing extensively on plant genetics and breeding.

The scientist's research interests are deeply rooted in plant science, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional focus areas including agronomy and crop science as well as analytical chemistry. They address topics such as genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, genetics and plant breeding, chromosomal and genetic variations, plant virus research studies, plant molecular biology research, plant tissue culture and regeneration, and wheat and barley genetics and pathology.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Theoretical and Applied Genetics
  • Plants
  • Plant Breeding
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Coauthor collaborations have included Ursula K. Frei, Abil Dermail, Langlang Ma, Guangtang Pan, and Yaou Shen. These partnerships indicate a broad and diverse collaborative network within the plant sciences research community.

Their recent publications reflect their ongoing focus on improving understanding of plant tolerance and breeding techniques. Notable papers include:

  • "GWAS and WGCNA uncover hub genes controlling salt tolerance in maize (Zea mays L.) seedlings," 2021, Theoretical and Applied Genetics
  • "Breeding Maize Maternal Haploid Inducers," 2020, Plants
  • "Effects of ZmHIPP on lead tolerance in maize seedlings: Novel ideas for soil bioremediation," 2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Improving drought tolerance in maize: Tools and techniques," 2022, Frontiers in Genetics
  • "Impact of Spontaneous Haploid Genome Doubling in Maize Breeding," 2020, Plants

Overall, Thomas Lübberstedt's body of work contributes to plant science through detailed investigations into genetic control mechanisms, breeding innovations, and responses to environmental stressors in crops, especially maize. Their research supports advances in agricultural biotechnology and plant breeding methodologies aimed at addressing challenges such as drought, salinity, and heavy metal tolerance.

Best Publications

  • Functional markers in plants

    Jeppe R. Andersen;Thomas Lübberstedt

  • Two high-density AFLP linkage maps of Zea mays L.: analysis of distribution of AFLP markers.

    Marnik Vuylsteke;R Mank;R Antonise;E Bastiaans

  • From dwarves to giants? Plant height manipulation for biomass yield.

    Maria G. Salas Fernandez;Philip W. Becraft;Yanhai Yin;Thomas Lübberstedt

  • Validation of Dwarf8 polymorphisms associated with flowering time in elite European inbred lines of maize (Zea mays L.).

    Jeppe R. Andersen;Tobias Schrag;Albrecht E. Melchinger;Imad Zein

  • QTL mapping of vernalization response in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) reveals co-location with an orthologue of wheat VRN1

    Louise Bach Jensen;Jeppe Reitan Andersen;Ursula Frei;Yongzhong Xing

  • Functional markers in wheat.

    Merethe Bagge;Xianchun Xia;Thomas Lübberstedt

  • Genome-wide association analysis of seedling root development in maize (Zea mays L.)

    Jordon Pace;Candice Gardner;Cinta Romay;Baskar Ganapathysubramanian

  • Molecular basis of trait correlations

    Yongsheng Chen;Thomas Lübberstedt

  • Relationships among Early European Maize Inbreds: IV. Genetic Diversity Revealed with AFLP Markers and Comparison with RFLP, RAPD, and Pedigree Data

    T. Lübberstedt;A. E. Melchinger;C. Dussle;M. Vuylsteke

  • QTL Mapping in Testcrosses of European Flint Lines of Maize: I. Comparison of Different Testers for Forage Yield Traits

    Thomas Lübberstedt;Albrecht E. Melchinger;Dietrich Klein;Heinz Degenhardt

  • The genetic and molecular basis of plant resistance to pathogens.

    Yan Zhang;Thomas Lubberstedt;Mingliang Xu

  • Need for multidisciplinary research towards a second green revolution.

    Bernd Wollenweber;John R Porter;Thomas Lübberstedt

  • Technological advances in maize breeding: past, present and future

    Carson M. Andorf;William D. Beavis;Matthew B. Hufford;Stephen Smith

  • High-resolution mapping of loci conferring resistance to sugarcane mosaic virus in maize using RFLP, SSR, and AFLP markers.

    M. L. Xu;A. E. Melchinger;X. C. Xia;T. Lübberstedt

  • Comparative expression profiling in meristems of inbred-hybrid triplets of maize based on morphological investigations of heterosis for plant height

    Anna Użarowska;Barbara Keller;Hans-Peter Piepho;Gerhard Schwarz

  • Analysis of maize (Zea mays L.) seedling roots with the high-throughput image analysis tool ARIA (Automatic Root Image Analysis).

    Jordon Pace;Nigel Lee;Hsiang Sing Naik;Baskar Ganapathysubramanian

  • Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping of Resistance to Sugarcane Mosaic Virus in Maize

    Xianchun Xia;Albrecht E. Melchinger;Lissy Kuntze;Thomas Lübberstedt

  • Novel technologies in doubled haploid line development

    Jiaojiao Ren;Jiaojiao Ren;Penghao Wu;Benjamin Trampe;Xiaolong Tian

  • Genetic diversity in Arabidopsis thaliana L. Heynh. investigated by cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS) and inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers

    S. Barth;A. E. Melchinger;Th. Lübberstedt

  • Genetic basis of resistance to sugarcane mosaic virus in European maize germplasm

    A. E. Melchinger;L. Kuntze;R. K. Gumber;T. Lübberstedt

Frequent Co-Authors

Albrecht E. Melchinger
Albrecht E. Melchinger University of Hohenheim
Bruno Studer
Bruno Studer ETH Zurich
Torben Asp
Torben Asp Aarhus University
Yaou Shen
Yaou Shen Sichuan Agricultural University
Bernd Wollenweber
Bernd Wollenweber Aarhus University
Isabel Roldán-Ruiz
Isabel Roldán-Ruiz Ghent University
Yanhai Yin
Yanhai Yin Iowa State University
Preben Bach Holm
Preben Bach Holm Aarhus University
Klaus F. X. Mayer
Klaus F. X. Mayer Technical University of Munich

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