Benjamin Kilian

10.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
98 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Kilian is a scholar working on Plant Science, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Kilian has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Plant Science, 40 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Kilian's work include Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (62 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (30 papers) and Genetics and Plant Breeding (26 papers). Benjamin Kilian is often cited by papers focused on Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (62 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (30 papers) and Genetics and Plant Breeding (26 papers). Benjamin Kilian collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Türkiye and United Kingdom. Benjamin Kilian's co-authors include Andreas Graner, Hakan Özkan, Rajiv Sharma, Hannes Dempewolf, Francesco Salamini, Nils Stein, Kerstin Neumann, Luigi Guarino, Rajeev K. Varshney and Justin Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Genetics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Kilian

94 papers receiving 4.9k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Past and Future Use of Wild Relatives in Crop Breeding

2017 402 citations Hannes Dempewolf, Benjamin Kilian et al. Crop Science profile →
Natural variation in a homolog of Antirrhinum CENTRORADIALIS contributed to spring growth habit and environmental adaptation in cultivated barley

2012 356 citations Benjamin Kilian, Nils Stein et al. profile →
Reap the crop wild relatives for breeding future crops

2021 184 citations Benjamin Kilian, Rajeev K. Varshney et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin Kilian Germany	39	4.6k	1.8k	859	586	324	98	5.1k
Michaël Baum Syria	45	5.3k 1.2×	1.5k 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	686 1.2×	558 1.7×	143	6.1k
Nicholas A. Tinker Canada	34	4.0k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	624 0.7×	502 0.9×	170 0.5×	100	4.5k
B. C. Y. Collard Philippines	29	5.2k 1.1×	2.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	299 0.5×	312 1.0×	63	5.9k
Joe Tohmé Colombia	47	6.3k 1.4×	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	371 0.6×	459 1.4×	141	7.2k
Roberto Papa Italy	44	4.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	779 0.9×	600 1.0×	355 1.1×	118	5.1k
Zvi Peleg Israel	35	4.7k 1.0×	851 0.5×	1.0k 1.2×	729 1.2×	259 0.8×	87	5.2k
Emma Mace Australia	36	3.1k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	660 0.8×	1.1k 1.9×	204 0.6×	107	3.9k
Alexander E. Lipka United States	34	4.3k 0.9×	2.4k 1.3×	1.3k 1.5×	503 0.9×	240 0.7×	102	5.7k
Joanne Russell United Kingdom	46	5.6k 1.2×	2.6k 1.4×	1.3k 1.5×	627 1.1×	572 1.8×	116	6.8k
Klaus Pillen Germany	38	4.5k 1.0×	2.1k 1.1×	691 0.8×	653 1.1×	105 0.3×	140	4.8k

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Álvarez, Nora P Castañeda, Eric von Wettberg, Bryan C. Runck, et al.. (2025). Prioritizing parents from global genebanks to breed climate-resilient crops. Nature Climate Change. 15(6). 673–681. 4 indexed citations

Kilian, Benjamin, et al.. (2024). Physiological and biochemical changes induced by drought stress during the stem elongation and anthesis stages in the Triticum genus. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 228. 106047–106047. 9 indexed citations

Dida, Mathews M., et al.. (2023). Post‐attachment resistance to Striga hermonthica in finger millet ( Eleusine coracana ). Weed Research. 65(2). 1 indexed citations

Sharma, Shivali, et al.. (2022). Photoperiod Insensitivity in Pigeonpea Introgression Lines Derived from Wild Cajanus Species. Agronomy. 12(6). 1370–1370. 5 indexed citations

Sharma, Shivali, et al.. (2022). Reaping the Potential of Wild Cajanus Species through Pre-Breeding for Improving Resistance to Pod Borer, Helicoverpa armigera, in Cultivated Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.). Biology. 11(4). 485–485. 4 indexed citations

Kilian, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Development of High Yielding Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] Lines with Improved Quality Seeds through Mutation and Pedigree Selection Methods. Horticulturae. 7(9). 271–271. 6 indexed citations

Sharma, Shivali, Albert W. Schulthess, Filippo M. Bassi, et al.. (2021). Introducing Beneficial Alleles from Plant Genetic Resources into the Wheat Germplasm. Biology. 10(10). 982–982. 57 indexed citations

Amri, Ahmed, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of a Set of Hordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneum Accessions for β-Glucans and Microelement Contents. Agriculture. 11(10). 950–950. 6 indexed citations

Бадаева, Е. Д., Fedor A. Konovalov, H. Knüpffer, et al.. (2021). Genetic diversity, distribution and domestication history of the neglected GGAtAt genepool of wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 135(3). 755–776. 21 indexed citations

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Sharma, Shivali, Rajan Sharma, Mahalingam Govindaraj, et al.. (2020). Harnessing wild relatives of pearl millet for germplasm enhancement: Challenges and opportunities. Crop Science. 61(1). 177–200. 22 indexed citations

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Kilian, Benjamin, Hannes Dempewolf, Luigi Guarino, et al.. (2020). Crop Science special issue: Adapting agriculture to climate change: A walk on the wild side. Crop Science. 61(1). 32–36. 57 indexed citations

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Bernhardt, Nadine, Jonathan Brassac, Xue Dong, et al.. (2019). Genome‐wide sequence information reveals recurrent hybridization among diploid wheat wild relatives. The Plant Journal. 102(3). 493–506. 32 indexed citations

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Philipp, Norman, Stéphan Weise, Markus Oppermann, et al.. (2019). Historical phenotypic data from seven decades of seed regeneration in a wheat ex situ collection. Scientific Data. 6(1). 137–137. 14 indexed citations

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Keilwagen, Jens, Heike Lehnert, Thomas Berner, et al.. (2019). Detecting Large Chromosomal Modifications Using Short Read Data From Genotyping-by-Sequencing. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10. 1133–1133. 19 indexed citations

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Бадаева, Е. Д., Jens Keilwagen, H. Knüpffer, et al.. (2015). Chromosomal Passports Provide New Insights into Diffusion of Emmer Wheat. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0128556–e0128556. 25 indexed citations

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Pasam, Raj, Rajiv Sharma, Alexander Walther, et al.. (2014). Genetic Diversity and Population Structure in a Legacy Collection of Spring Barley Landraces Adapted to a Wide Range of Climates. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e116164–e116164. 50 indexed citations

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Dolstra, O., Marcos Malosetti, Benjamin Kilian, et al.. (2013). Association mapping of salt tolerance in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 126(9). 2335–2351. 107 indexed citations

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Pasam, Raj, Rajiv Sharma, Marcos Malosetti, et al.. (2012). Genome-wide association studies for agronomical traits in a world wide spring barley collection. BMC Plant Biology. 12(1). 16–16. 287 indexed citations

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Kilian, Benjamin, et al.. (2010). Accessing genetic diversity for crop improvement. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 13(2). 167–173. 181 indexed citations

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Wang, Gongwei, Inga Schmalenbach, Maria von Korff, et al.. (2010). Association of barley photoperiod and vernalization genes with QTLs for flowering time and agronomic traits in a BC2DH population and a set of wild barley introgression lines. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 120(8). 1559–1574. 98 indexed citations

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