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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
87
Citations
40092
World Ranking
312
National Ranking
30

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Gene
  • Enzyme

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Salinity, Agronomy, Halophyte, Botany and Shoot. He mostly deals with Soil salinity in his studies of Salinity. The concepts of his Agronomy study are interwoven with issues in Soil biodiversity, Chlorophyll and Transpiration.

His Halophyte study incorporates themes from Thellungiella, Agriculture, Waterlogging and Osmoprotectant. As a part of the same scientific study, Timothy J. Flowers usually deals with the Thellungiella, concentrating on Salt gland and frequently concerns with Biochemistry. As part of the same scientific family, Timothy J. Flowers usually focuses on Botany, concentrating on Osmoregulation and intersecting with Dry weight, Dehydration, Osmolyte, Protein stabilization and Osmotic pressure.

His most cited work include:

  • THE MECHANISM OF SALT TOLERANCE IN HALOPHYTES (1655 citations)
  • Improving crop salt tolerance (1540 citations)
  • Salinity tolerance in halophytes (1515 citations)

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

Timothy J. Flowers spends much of his time researching Salinity, Halophyte, Botany, Agronomy and Shoot. His biological study deals with issues like Horticulture, which deal with fields such as Stomatal conductance. The study incorporates disciplines such as Biochemistry and Osmoprotectant in addition to Halophyte.

Many of his studies on Botany apply to Osmoregulation as well. His research on Agronomy often connects related areas such as Saline water. Timothy J. Flowers usually deals with Shoot and limits it to topics linked to Waterlogging and Aerenchyma.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Salinity (57.08%)
  • Halophyte (48.07%)
  • Botany (37.34%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2009-2021)?

  • Halophyte (48.07%)
  • Salinity (57.08%)
  • Botany (37.34%)

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

His primary scientific interests are in Halophyte, Salinity, Botany, Agronomy and Shoot. In the subject of general Halophyte, his work in Suaeda maritima is often linked to Halophile, thereby combining diverse domains of study. His primary area of study in Salinity is in the field of Soil salinity.

His Botany research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Salt Tolerant Plants and Suaeda. His Agronomy study combines topics in areas such as Alkali soil and Saline water. His Shoot research incorporates themes from Apoplast, Hydroponics, Crop and Oryza sativa.

Between 2009 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Evolution of halophytes: multiple origins of salt tolerance in land plants (397 citations)
  • Evolution of halophytes: multiple origins of salt tolerance in land plants (397 citations)
  • Diversity, distribution and roles of osmoprotective compounds accumulated in halophytes under abiotic stress (334 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Gene
  • Enzyme

His primary areas of investigation include Halophyte, Agronomy, Salinity, Shoot and Germination. Timothy J. Flowers integrates many fields in his works, including Halophyte and Halophile. His study in Agronomy is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Apoplast, Transpiration and Soil salinity.

His Salinity research includes elements of Dormancy, Osmoprotectant and Botany, Seedling. His work carried out in the field of Botany brings together such families of science as Salt resistance, Suaeda maritima and High marsh. His Shoot research integrates issues from Waterlogging, Suaeda and Antioxidant.

Best Publications

  • Salinity tolerance in halophytes

    Timothy J. Flowers;Timothy J. Flowers;Timothy D. Colmer

  • Improving crop salt tolerance

    Timothy Flowers

  • THE MECHANISM OF SALT TOLERANCE IN HALOPHYTES

    T J Flowers;P F Troke;A R Yeo

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Breeding for salinity resistance in crop plants: Where next?

    T J Flowers;A R Yeo

  • Diversity, distribution and roles of osmoprotective compounds accumulated in halophytes under abiotic stress

    Inès Slama;Chedly Abdelly;Alain Bouchereau;Tim Flowers

  • Crops for a Salinized World

    Jelte Rozema;Timothy Flowers

  • Plant salt tolerance: adaptations in halophytes

    Timothy J. Flowers;Timothy D. Colmer

  • Evolution of halophytes: multiple origins of salt tolerance in land plants

    Timothy J. Flowers;Timothy J. Flowers;Hanaa K. Galal;Hanaa K. Galal;Lindell Bromham

  • Sodium chloride toxicity and the cellular basis of salt tolerance in halophytes

    Timothy J. Flowers;Rana Munns;Timothy D. Colmer

  • Use of wild relatives to improve salt tolerance in wheat

    Timothy D. Colmer;Timothy J. Flowers;Rana Munns

  • Ion Relations of Plants Under Drought and Salinity

    T J Flowers;A R Yeo

  • Screening of rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes for physiological characters contributing to salinity resistance, and their relationship to overall performance

    A. R. Yeo;M. E. Yeo;S. A. Flowers;T. J. Flowers

  • VARIABILITY IN THE RESISTANCE OF SODIUM CHLORIDE SALINITY WITHIN RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.) VARIETIES

    T. J. Flowers;A. R. Yeo

  • Silicon reduces sodium uptake in rice (Oryza sativa L.) in saline conditions and this is accounted for by a reduction in the transpirational bypass flow

    A. R. Yeo;S. A. Flowers;G. Rao;K. Welfare

  • Halophyte agriculture: Success stories

    Suresh Panta;Tim Flowers;Peter Lane;Richard Doyle

  • Quantitative Trait Loci for Component Physiological Traits Determining Salt Tolerance in Rice

    Mikiko L. Koyama;Aurora Levesley;Robert M.D. Koebner;Timothy J. Flowers

  • Salinity Resistance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) And a Pyramiding Approach to Breeding Varieties for Saline Soils

    A R Yeo;T J Flowers

  • Why does salinity pose such a difficult problem for plant breeders

    Timothy Flowers;S.A. Flowers

  • Silicon deposition in the root reduces sodium uptake in rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings by reducing bypass flow.

    H.J. Gong;D.P. Randall;Timothy Flowers

Frequent Co-Authors

A. R. Yeo
A. R. Yeo University of Sussex
Timothy D. Colmer
Timothy D. Colmer University of Western Australia
Rana Munns
Rana Munns University of Western Australia
Christian Zörb
Christian Zörb University of Hohenheim
Sergey Shabala
Sergey Shabala University of Western Australia
Adele Muscolo
Adele Muscolo University of Reggio Calabria
H. Greenway
H. Greenway University of Western Australia
Anthony J. Miller
Anthony J. Miller John Innes Centre
Lindell Bromham
Lindell Bromham Australian National University
Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

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