Klaus Pillen

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
140 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Klaus Pillen is a scholar working on Plant Science, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Klaus Pillen has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Plant Science, 75 papers in Genetics and 19 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Klaus Pillen's work include Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (108 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (67 papers) and Genetics and Plant Breeding (56 papers). Klaus Pillen is often cited by papers focused on Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (108 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (67 papers) and Genetics and Plant Breeding (56 papers). Klaus Pillen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Klaus Pillen's co-authors include Jens Léon, Andreas Maurer, Maria von Korff, Inga Schmalenbach, R. G. Herrmann, Arndt Zacharias, Ali Ahmad Naz, Timothy J. March, Hucheng Wang and Mark Tester and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Klaus Pillen

139 papers receiving 4.6k citations

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Construction of an RFLP map of barley

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Emma Mace Australia

Nicholas A. Tinker Canada

Silvio Salvi Italy

Lee T. Hickey Australia

Hans Peter Maurer Germany

Benjamin Kilian Germany

Marco Maccaferri Italy

Ruilian Jing China

Rex Bernardo United States

Thorsten Schnurbusch Germany

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Koch, Natalie, Thomas Hornick, Christian Dusny, et al.. (2025). Pollen and anther morphological variation in rye was shaped by domestication. BMC Plant Biology. 25(1). 389–389. 1 indexed citations

Maurer, Andreas, Ricardo Fabiano Hettwer Giehl, Shuangshuang Zhao, et al.. (2024). Dynamic Phytomeric Growth Contributes to Local Adaptation in Barley. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(2). 4 indexed citations

Will, Torsten, et al.. (2023). The Past, Present and Future of Wheat Dwarf Virus Management- A Review. Preprints.org. 3 indexed citations

Will, Torsten, et al.. (2023). The Past, Present, and Future of Wheat Dwarf Virus Management—A Review. Plants. 12(20). 3633–3633. 5 indexed citations

Junker, Astrid, Thomas Altmann, Thomas Schmutzer, et al.. (2023). Novel exotic alleles of EARLY FLOWERING 3 determine plant development in barley. Journal of Experimental Botany. 74(12). 3630–3650. 10 indexed citations

Babben, Steve, Jana Trenner, Albrecht Serfling, et al.. (2022). An exotic allele of barley EARLY FLOWERING 3 contributes to developmental plasticity at elevated temperatures. Journal of Experimental Botany. 74(9). 2912–2931. 15 indexed citations

Matros, Andrea, et al.. (2022). The genetic diversity of Ethiopian barley genotypes in relation to their geographical origin. PLoS ONE. 17(5). e0260422–e0260422. 18 indexed citations

Yamamoto, Eiji, Jeffrey Neyhart, David J. Bonfil, et al.. (2021). Genetic loci mediating circadian clock output plasticity and crop productivity under barley domestication. New Phytologist. 230(5). 1787–1801. 12 indexed citations

Grieco, Michele, Andreas Backhaus, Yudelsy Antonia Tandrón Moya, et al.. (2021). Dynamics and genetic regulation of leaf nutrient concentration in barley based on hyperspectral imaging and machine learning. Plant Science. 315. 111123–111123. 26 indexed citations

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Youssef, Helmy M., et al.. (2021). Detection and Verification of QTL for Salinity Tolerance at Germination and Seedling Stages Using Wild Barley Introgression Lines. Plants. 10(11). 2246–2246. 5 indexed citations

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Jiang, Yong, Thomas Schmutzer, Manish L. Raorane, et al.. (2020). Can metabolic prediction be an alternative to genomic prediction in barley?. PLoS ONE. 15(6). e0234052–e0234052. 21 indexed citations

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Stiewe, Gunther, et al.. (2019). Proof of concept to unmask the breeding value of genetic resources of barley (Hordeum vulgare) with a hybrid strategy. Plant Breeding. 139(3). 536–549. 5 indexed citations

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Alomari, Dalia Z., Kai Eggert, Nicolaus von Wirén, et al.. (2018). Whole-Genome Association Mapping and Genomic Prediction for Iron Concentration in Wheat Grains. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(1). 76–76. 50 indexed citations

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Porzel, Andrea, et al.. (2018). Changes in isovitexin-O-glycosylation during the development of young barley plants. Phytochemistry. 148. 11–20. 19 indexed citations

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Thormann, Imke, Patrick A. Reeves, Ann A. Reilley, et al.. (2016). Geography of Genetic Structure in Barley Wild Relative Hordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneum in Jordan. PLoS ONE. 11(8). e0160745–e0160745. 17 indexed citations

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Maurer, Andreas, Wiebke Sannemann, Jens Léon, & Klaus Pillen. (2016). Estimating parent-specific QTL effects through cumulating linked identity-by-state SNP effects in multiparental populations. Heredity. 118(5). 477–485. 17 indexed citations

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Ibrahim, Sally, A. M. Schubert, Klaus Pillen, & José León. (2012). Comparison of QTLs for drought tolerance traits between two advanced backcross populations of spring wheat.. International journal of agriscience.. 2(3). 216–227. 7 indexed citations

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Ibrahim, Sally, A. M. Schubert, Klaus Pillen, & José León. (2012). QTL analysis of drought tolerance for seedling root morphological traits in an advanced backcross population of spring wheat.. International journal of agriscience.. 2(7). 619–629. 22 indexed citations

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Hoti, Fabian, et al.. (2009). Advanced backcross-QTL analysis in spring barley (H. vulgare ssp. spontaneum) comparing a REML versus a Bayesian model in multi-environmental field trials. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 119(1). 105–123. 22 indexed citations

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Pillen, Klaus, Arndt Zacharias, & Jens Léon. (2004). Comparative AB-QTL analysis in barley using a single exotic donor of Hordeum vulgare ssp. spontaneum.. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 108(8). 1591–1601. 59 indexed citations

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