Wendy Kuhn Silk

Wendy Kuhn Silk publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wendy Kuhn Silk sits on this spectrum.

Wendy Kuhn Silk D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wendy Kuhn Silk sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Growth of the Maize Primary Root at Low Water Potentials : I. Spatial Distribution of Expansive Growth

  Robert E. Sharp;Wendy Kuhn Silk;Theodore C. Hsiao

  623
  Citations

• Growth of the Maize Primary Root at Low Water Potentials II. Role of Growth and Deposition of Hexose and Potassium in Osmotic Adjustment

  Robert E. Sharp;Theodore C. Hsiao;Wendy Kuhn Silk

  422
  Citations

• Moving with climbing plants from Charles Darwin's time into the 21st century.

  Sandrine Isnard;Wendy K. Silk

  372
  Citations

• Quantitative Descriptions of Development

  W K Silk

  340
  Citations

• Rates of root and organism growth, soil conditions, and temporal and spatial development of the rhizosphere.

  Michelle Watt;Wendy K. Silk;John B. Passioura

  301
  Citations

• Environmental Effects on Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Leaf and Root Growth

  Achim Walter;Wendy K. Silk;Ulrich Schurr

  290
  Citations

• Kinematics of plant growth.

  Wendy Kuhn Silk;Wendy Kuhn Silk;Ralph O. Erickson;Ralph O. Erickson

  272
  Citations

• To duckweeds (Landoltia punctata), nanoparticulate copper oxide is more inhibitory than the soluble copper in the bulk solution

  Jiyan Shi;Aamir D. Abid;Ian M. Kennedy;Krassimira R. Hristova;Krassimira R. Hristova

  247
  Citations

• How kelp produce blade shapes suited to different flow regimes: A new wrinkle

  M. A. R. Koehl;W. K. Silk;H. Liang;L. Mahadevan

  199
  Citations

• Effect of Water Stress on Cortical Cell Division Rates within the Apical Meristem of Primary Roots of Maize.

  Mollie M. Sacks;Wendy Kuhn Silk;Prabir Burman

  197
  Citations

• Aphid Infestation Causes Different Changes in Carbon and Nitrogen Allocation in Alfalfa Stems as Well as Different Inhibitions of Longitudinal and Radial Expansion

  Christine Girousse;Bruno Moulia;Wendy Silk;Jean-Louis Bonnemain

  156
  Citations

• Growth and development of sorghum leaves under conditions of NaCl stress: possible role of some mineral elements in growth inhibition

  Nirit Bernstein;Wendy K. Silk;André Läuchli

  156
  Citations

• Growth and development of sorghum leaves under conditions of NaCl stress : spatial and temporal aspects of leaf growth inhibition

  Nirit Bernstein;Wendy K. Silk;André Läuchli

  154
  Citations

• KINEMATICS OF HYPOCOTYL CURVATURE

  Wendy Kuhn Silk;Ralph O. Erickson

  152
  Citations

• Nonvascular, Symplasmic Diffusion of Sucrose Cannot Satisfy the Carbon Demands of Growth in the Primary Root Tip of Zea mays L.

  M. S. Bret-Harte;W. K. Silk

  148
  Citations

• Growth Patterns Inferred from Anatomical Records: Empirical Tests Using Longisections of Roots of Zea mays L.

  Wendy Kuhn Silk;Elizabeth M. Lord;Kathleen J. Eckard

  142
  Citations

• Compost amendment of Cu-Zn minespoil reduces toxic bioavailable heavy metal concentrations and promotes establishment and biomass production of Bromus carinatus (Hook and Arn.).

  Ryan O'Dell;Wendy Silk;Peter Green;Victor Claassen

  140
  Citations

• Effects of low water potential on cortical cell length in growing regions of maize roots.

  Thomas E. Fraser;Wendy Kuhn Silk;Thomas L. Rost

  137
  Citations

• Effect of Temperature on Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Growth in the Primary Maize Root

  Ali M. Pahlavanian;Wendy Kuhn Silk

  135
  Citations

• Steady Form from Changing Cells

  Wendy Kuhn Silk

  133
  Citations

• Kinematics and Dynamics of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) Leaf Development at Various Na/Ca Salinities (I. Elongation Growth).

  N. Bernstein;A. Lauchli;W. K. Silk

  132
  Citations

• Hydraulics of plant growth

  John S Boyer;Wendy K Silk

  103
  Citations

• Growth-sustaining Water Potential Distributions in the Primary Corn Root A NONCOMPARTMENTED CONTINUUM MODEL

  Wendy Kuhn Silk;Kit K. Wagner

  89
  Citations

• Uronide Deposition Rates in the Primary Root of Zea mays.

  Wendy Kuhn Silk;Robert C. Walker;John Labavitch

  78
  Citations