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Yuval Eshed 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 Yuval Eshed sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 102 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Yuval Eshed 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 Yuval Eshed sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yuval Eshed is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Plant Virus Research Studies

Their research spans several subfields such as Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Global and Planetary Change.

Yuval Eshed has authored papers in various scientific journals, including multiple publications in Cell, bioRxiv, New Phytologist, Nature Plants, and Science. The frequent publication venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell
  • New Phytologist
  • Science
  • Nature Plants

Significant recent publications by Yuval Eshed include:

  • Major Impacts of Widespread Structural Variation on Gene Expression and Crop Improvement in Tomato, 2020, Cell
  • Conserved pleiotropy of an ancient plant homeobox gene uncovered by cis-regulatory dissection, 2021, Cell
  • Inhibition of gibberellin accumulation by water deficiency promotes fast and long-term 'drought avoidance' responses in tomato, 2021, New Phytologist
  • Dissection of floral transition by single-meristem transcriptomes at high temporal resolution, 2021, Nature Plants
  • Convergent evolution of plant prickles by repeated gene co-option over deep time, 2024, Science

Yuval Eshed has worked frequently with co-authors including Zachary B. Lippman, Anat Hendelman, Gina M. Robitaille, Hagai Shohat, and B. P. Fitzgerald. Each of these collaborators has contributed to multiple publications with Eshed.

Best Publications

  • Less-than-additive epistatic interactions of quantitative trait loci in tomato.

    Yuval Eshed;Dani Zamir

  • An introgression line population of Lycopersicon pennellii in the cultivated tomato enables the identification and fine mapping of yield-associated QTL

    Y Eshed;D Zamir

  • Radial Patterning of Arabidopsis Shoots by Class III HD-ZIP and KANADI Genes

    John F Emery;Sandra K Floyd;John Alvarez;Yuval Eshed

  • Role of PHABULOSA and PHAVOLUTA in determining radial patterning in shoots

    Jane R McConnell;John F Emery;Yuval Eshed;Ning Bao

  • SHATTERPROOF MADS-box genes control seed dispersal in Arabidopsis

    Sarah J. Liljegren;Gary S. Ditta;Yuval Eshed;Beth Savidge

  • Members of the YABBY gene family specify abaxial cell fate in Arabidopsis.

    Kellee R. Siegfried;Yuval Eshed;Stuart F. Baum;Denichiro Otsuga

  • Major Impacts of Widespread Structural Variation on Gene Expression and Crop Improvement in Tomato.

    Michael Alonge;Xingang Wang;Matthias Benoit;Matthias Benoit;Sebastian Soyk

  • The tomato FT ortholog triggers systemic signals that regulate growth and flowering and substitute for diverse environmental stimuli

    Eliezer Lifschitz;Tamar Eviatar;Alexander Rozman;Akiva Shalit

  • Establishment of polarity in lateral organs of plants

    Yuval Eshed;Stuart F Baum;John V Perea;John Lincoln Bowman

  • Advanced backcross QTL analysis in a cross between an elite processing line of tomato and its wild relative L. pimpinellifolium.

    S. D. Tanksley;S. Grandillo;T. M. Fulton;D. Zamir

  • Auxin Response Factors Mediate Arabidopsis Organ Asymmetry via Modulation of KANADI Activity

    Irena Pekker;John Paul Alvarez;John Paul Alvarez;Yuval Eshed

  • Regulation of LANCEOLATE by miR319 is required for compound-leaf development in tomato.

    Naomi Ori;Aya Refael Cohen;Adi Etzioni;Arnon Brand

  • Mechanisms that control knox gene expression in the Arabidopsis shoot.

    Naomi Ori;Yuval Eshed;George Chuck;John L. Bowman

  • Mapping and introgression of a tomato yellow leaf curl virus tolerance gene, TY-1

    D. Zamir;I. Ekstein-Michelson;Y. Zakay;N. Navot

  • Endogenous and synthetic microRNAs stimulate simultaneous, efficient, and localized regulation of multiple targets in diverse species.

    John Paul Alvarez;Irena Pekker;Alexander Goldshmidt;Eyal Blum

  • The Making of a Compound Leaf: Genetic Manipulation of Leaf Architecture in Tomato

    Dana Hareven;Tamar Gutfinger;Ania Parnis;Yuval Eshed

  • A genomic library of Lycopersicon pennellii in L. esculentum : A tool for fine mapping of genes

    Yuval Eshed;Dani Zamir

  • The I2C family from the wilt disease resistance locus I2 belongs to the nucleotide binding, leucine-rich repeat superfamily of plant resistance genes.

    Naomi Ori;Yuval Eshed;Ilan Paran;Gernot Presting

  • Asymmetric leaf development and blade expansion in Arabidopsis are mediated by KANADI and YABBY activities.

    Yuval Eshed;Anat Izhaki;Stuart F Baum;Sandra Floyd

  • Distinct mechanisms promote polarity establishment in carpels of Arabidopsis

    Yuval Eshed;Stuart F Baum;John L Bowman

Frequent Co-Authors

John L. Bowman
John L. Bowman Monash University
Dani Zamir
Dani Zamir Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Zachary B. Lippman
Zachary B. Lippman Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Ilan Paran
Ilan Paran Agricultural Research Organization
Robert Fluhr
Robert Fluhr Weizmann Institute of Science
Joyce Van Eck
Joyce Van Eck Boyce Thompson Institute
Neil E. Olszewski
Neil E. Olszewski University of Minnesota
Asaph Aharoni
Asaph Aharoni Weizmann Institute of Science
Roni Aloni
Roni Aloni Tel Aviv University
Michael C. Schatz
Michael C. Schatz Johns Hopkins University

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