David A. Somers

7.0k total citations
119 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

David A. Somers is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, David A. Somers has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Plant Science, 81 papers in Molecular Biology and 29 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in David A. Somers's work include Plant tissue culture and regeneration (50 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (27 papers) and Transgenic Plants and Applications (22 papers). David A. Somers is often cited by papers focused on Plant tissue culture and regeneration (50 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (27 papers) and Transgenic Plants and Applications (22 papers). David A. Somers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Oman. David A. Somers's co-authors include Paula M. Olhoft, B. G. Gengenbach, John W Gronwald, Wojciech P. Pawlowski, Gary J. Muehlbauer, W. R. Bushnell, Deborah A. Samac, Christopher Donovan, Dominic Wyse and Carroll P. Vance and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Biotechnology and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

David A. Somers

117 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David A. Somers United States 41 3.8k 2.9k 1.0k 444 440 119 4.8k
Brian Miki Canada 44 4.5k 1.2× 4.3k 1.5× 800 0.8× 84 0.2× 126 0.3× 105 5.7k
Jeffrey F. D. Dean United States 30 2.2k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 867 0.9× 284 0.6× 152 0.3× 62 3.1k
Dominique Roby France 47 5.7k 1.5× 2.9k 1.0× 311 0.3× 520 1.2× 36 0.1× 80 6.5k
Noel T. Keen United States 29 2.3k 0.6× 1.1k 0.4× 457 0.4× 393 0.9× 38 0.1× 52 3.1k
Tuan‐Hua David Ho United States 47 5.4k 1.4× 3.5k 1.2× 847 0.8× 153 0.3× 30 0.1× 102 6.7k
Giulia De Lorenzo Italy 54 8.4k 2.2× 3.6k 1.2× 610 0.6× 778 1.8× 34 0.1× 130 9.2k
Hideo Nakashita Japan 31 2.5k 0.7× 1.2k 0.4× 107 0.1× 295 0.7× 106 0.2× 75 3.1k
George C. Allen United States 23 1.6k 0.4× 1.7k 0.6× 456 0.4× 107 0.2× 88 0.2× 42 2.5k
Michael Bölker Germany 38 2.1k 0.6× 3.5k 1.2× 120 0.1× 869 2.0× 271 0.6× 76 4.5k
Paramjit Khurana India 36 3.1k 0.8× 2.5k 0.8× 292 0.3× 106 0.2× 50 0.1× 137 4.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Somers, David A.. (2008). Welcome to The Plant Genome. The Plant Genome. 1(1). 8 indexed citations
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Schnurr, Judy A., et al.. (2006). UDP-sugar pyrophosphorylase is essential for pollen development in Arabidopsis. Planta. 224(3). 520–532. 84 indexed citations
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Makarevitch, Irina & David A. Somers. (2006). Association of Arabidopsis topoisomerase IIA cleavage sites with functional genomic elements and T‐DNA loci. The Plant Journal. 48(5). 697–709. 5 indexed citations
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Olhoft, Paula M., Christopher Donovan, & David A. Somers. (2006). Soybean (<i>Glycine max</i>) Transformation Using Mature Cotyledonary Node Explants. Humana Press eBooks. 343. 385–396. 26 indexed citations
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Ko, Tae-Seok, Schuyler S. Korban, & David A. Somers. (2006). Soybean (<i>Glycine max</i>) Transformation Using Immature Cotyledon Explants. Humana Press eBooks. 343. 397–406. 10 indexed citations
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Olhoft, Paula M., Lex Flagel, & David A. Somers. (2004). T‐DNA locus structure in a large population of soybean plants transformed using the Agrobacterium‐mediated cotyledonary‐node method. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 2(4). 289–300. 45 indexed citations
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Somers, David A. & Irina Makarevitch. (2004). Transgene integration in plants: poking or patching holes in promiscuous genomes?. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 15(2). 126–131. 49 indexed citations
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Makarevitch, Irina, Sergei Svitashev, & David A. Somers. (2003). Complete sequence analysis of transgene loci from plants transformed via microprojectile bombardment. Plant Molecular Biology. 52(2). 421–432. 63 indexed citations
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Johnson, Timothy J., David A. Somers, Bhupamani Das, Jia Ke, & Raham Sher Khan. (2001). High-efficiency gene transfer to recalcitrant plants by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Plant Cell Reports. 20(2). 150–156. 30 indexed citations
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Peña, R. C. de la, Kevin P. Smith, F. Capettini, et al.. (1999). Quantitative trait loci associated with resistance to Fusarium head blight and kernel discoloration in barley. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 99(3-4). 561–569. 115 indexed citations
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Pawlowski, Wojciech P., Kimberly A. Torbert, Howard W. Rines, & David A. Somers. (1998). Irregular patterns of transgene silencing in allohexaploid oat. Plant Molecular Biology. 38(4). 597–607. 51 indexed citations
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Pawlowski, Wojciech P. & David A. Somers. (1996). Transgene inheritance in plants genetically engineered by microprojectile bombardment. Molecular Biotechnology. 6(1). 17–30. 110 indexed citations
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Somers, David A., Richard A. Keith, M. A. Egli, et al.. (1993). Expression of the Acc1 Gene-Encoded Acetyl-Coenzyme A Carboxylase in Developing Maize (Zea mays L.) Kernels. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 101(3). 1097–1101. 15 indexed citations
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Yun, Song Joong, et al.. (1993). Sequence of a (1-3, 1-4)-[beta]-Glucanase cDNA from Oat. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 103(1). 295–296. 11 indexed citations
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Bregitzer, Phil, W. R. Bushnell, H. W. Rines, & David A. Somers. (1991). Callus formation and plant regeneration from somatic embryos of oat (Avena sativa L.). Plant Cell Reports. 10(5). 243–6. 10 indexed citations
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Parker, William B., David A. Somers, Donald L. Wyse, et al.. (1990). Selection and Characterization of Sethoxydim- Tolerant Maize Tissue Cultures. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 92(4). 1220–1225. 34 indexed citations
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Dotson, Stanton B. & David A. Somers. (1989). Differential metabolism of sodium azide in maize callus and germinating embryos. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 213(2). 157–163. 3 indexed citations
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Dotson, Stanton B., David A. Somers, & B. G. Gengenbach. (1989). Purification and Characterization of Lysine-Sensitive Aspartate Kinase from Maize Cell Cultures. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 91(4). 1602–1608. 34 indexed citations
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Burton, J. D., John W Gronwald, David A. Somers, et al.. (1987). Inhibition of plant acetyl-coenzyme a carboxylase by the herbicides sethoxydim and haloxyfop. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 148(3). 1039–1044. 141 indexed citations

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