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Viktor Korzun

Viktor Korzun

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
72
Citations
15616
World Ranking
2133
National Ranking
156

Viktor Korzun publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Viktor Korzun sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 183 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Viktor Korzun D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Viktor Korzun sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Viktor Korzun is affiliated with KWS Saat in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Plant Science, Genetics, Agronomy and Crop Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, and Systematics.

The research topics covered by Viktor Korzun focus primarily on Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics, Turfgrass Adaptation and Management, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, and Plant and Fungal Interactions.

Among the frequent coauthors in their publications are Jochen C. Reif, Vladimir Gorshkov, Мира Пономарева, Nils Stein, and Yusheng Zhao.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Viktor Korzun include:

  • Chromosome-scale genome assembly provides insights into rye biology, evolution and agronomic potential, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Addressing Research Bottlenecks to Crop Productivity, 2021, Trends in Plant Science
  • Genomics-informed prebreeding unlocks the diversity in genebanks for wheat improvement, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Prospects of GWAS and predictive breeding for European winter wheat's grain protein content, grain starch content, and grain hardness, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Unlocking big data doubled the accuracy in predicting the grain yield in hybrid wheat, 2021, Science Advances

Korzun's frequent publication venues include Plants, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Frontiers in Plant Science, Nature Genetics, and the Journal of Fungi. These journals have hosted multiple contributions covering various aspects of plant genetics and breeding.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide comparative diversity uncovers multiple targets of selection for improvement in hexaploid wheat landraces and cultivars.

    Colin R. Cavanagh;Shiaoman Chao;Shichen Wang;Bevan Emma Huang

  • Natural variation in a homolog of Antirrhinum CENTRORADIALIS contributed to spring growth habit and environmental adaptation in cultivated barley

    Jordi Comadran;Benjamin Kilian;Joanne Russell;Luke Ramsay

  • Genetic mapping of 66 new microsatellite (SSR) loci in bread wheat.

    P. K. Gupta;H. S. Balyan;K. J. Edwards;P. Isaac

  • Genetic analysis of the dwarfing gene (Rht8) in wheat. Part I. Molecular mapping of Rht8 on the short arm of chromosome 2D of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

    V. Korzun;M. S. Röder;M. W. Ganal;A. J. Worland

  • Interspecific transferability and comparative mapping of barley EST-SSR markers in wheat, rye and rice

    Rajeev K. Varshney;Ralf Sigmund;Andreas Börner;Viktor Korzun

  • Haplotyping, linkage mapping and expression analysis of barley genes regulated by terminal drought stress influencing seed quality.

    Sebastian Worch;Kalladan Rajesh;Vokkaliga T Harshavardhan;Christof Pietsch

  • Hybrid breeding in wheat: technologies to improve hybrid wheat seed production

    Ryan Whitford;Delphine Fleury;Jochen C. Reif;Melissa Garcia

  • The influence of photoperiod genes on the adaptability of European winter wheats

    A. J. Worland;A. Börner;V. Korzun;W. M. Li

  • Genetic analysis of the dwarfing gene Rht8 in wheat. Part II. The distribution and adaptive significance of allelic variants at the Rht8 locus of wheat as revealed by microsatellite screening

    A. J. Worland;V. Korzun;M. S. Röder;M. W. Ganal

  • Marker-assisted selection for disease resistance in wheat and barley breeding.

    Thomas Miedaner;Viktor Korzun

  • Construction and analysis of a microsatellite-based database of European wheat varieties

    M. S. Röder;K. Wendehake;V. Korzun;G. Bredemeijer

  • The relationships between the dwarfing genes of wheat and rye

    A. Börner;J. Plaschke;V. Korzun;A. J. Worland

  • Towards a whole-genome sequence for rye (Secale cereale L.).

    Eva Bauer;Thomas Schmutzer;Ivan Barilar;Martin Mascher

  • Reticulate evolution of the rye genome.

    Mihaela M. Martis;Ruonan Zhou;Grit Haseneyer;Thomas Schmutzer

  • Whole Genome Association Mapping of Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in European Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

    Sonja Kollers;Bernd Rodemann;Jie Ling;Viktor Korzun

  • Population structure, genetic diversity and linkage disequilibrium in elite winter wheat assessed with SNP and SSR markers.

    Tobias Würschum;Simon M. Langer;C. Friedrich H. Longin;Viktor Korzun

  • Molecular mapping of Fusarium head blight resistance in the winter wheat population Dream/Lynx

    M. Schmolke;G. Zimmermann;H. Buerstmayr;G. Schweizer

  • Stacking quantitative trait loci (QTL) for Fusarium head blight resistance from non-adapted sources in an European elite spring wheat background and assessing their effects on deoxynivalenol (DON) content and disease severity.

    T. Miedaner;F. Wilde;B. Steiner;H. Buerstmayr

  • A genetic map of rye (Secale cereale L.) combining RFLP, isozyme, protein, microsatellite and gene loci

    V. Korzun;S. Malyshev;A. V. Voylokov;A. Börner

  • Mapping of 99 new microsatellite-derived loci in rye ( Secale cereale L.) including 39 expressed sequence tags

    Elena K. Khlestkina;Ma Hla Myint Than;Elena G. Pestsova;Marion S. Röder

Frequent Co-Authors

Erhard Ebmeyer
Erhard Ebmeyer Jain Irrigation Systems (Israel)
Andreas Börner
Andreas Börner Leibniz Association
Marion S. Röder
Marion S. Röder Leibniz Association
Thomas Miedaner
Thomas Miedaner University of Hohenheim
Jochen C. Reif
Jochen C. Reif Leibniz Association
Nils Stein
Nils Stein University of Western Australia
Martin W. Ganal
Martin W. Ganal TraitGenetics GmbH
Frank Ordon
Frank Ordon Julius Kühn-Institut
Lorenz Hartl
Lorenz Hartl Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture
Tobias Würschum
Tobias Würschum University of Hohenheim

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