Rainer Messmer
- Plant Science top 5%
- Genetics top 5%
- Agronomy and Crop Science top 5%
- Molecular Biology
- Food Science
- Co-authors
- P. StampAndreas HundYvan FracheboudJean‐Marcel RibautMarianne BänzigerMateo VargasSamuel TrachselAchim Walter
- Topics
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (10 papers)Genetics and Plant Breeding (9 papers)Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (8 papers)
- Partner nations
- SwitzerlandMexicoGermany
In The Last Decade
Rainer Messmer
14 papers receiving 615 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 34
- Plant Science 603
- Genetics 377
- Agronomy and Crop Science 194
- Molecular Biology 57
- Food Science 21
Countries citing papers authored by Rainer Messmer
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Fields of papers citing papers by Rainer Messmer
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Rainer Messmer. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Rainer Messmer. The network helps show where Rainer Messmer may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Messmer
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rainer Messmer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rainer Messmer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Rainer Messmer. Rainer Messmer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
All Works
| # | Work | Indexed citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 75 | |
| 2 | 30 | |
| 3 | Yield of tropical Asian maize (Zea mays L) at alternating row irrigation and at severe drought | 1 |
| 4 | 15 | |
| 5 | Temporal dynamics of kernel set of tropical sweet maize (Zea mays L.) as influenced by genotype and mild drought | 3 |
| 6 | 91 | |
| 7 | 63 | |
| 8 | Early hybrid testing in tropical maize: are molecular markers useful for selecting the parental component? | 3 |
| 9 | Trends in Drought Research | 6 |
| 10 | 1 | |
| 11 | 238 | |
| 12 | 80 | |
| 13 | 30 | |
| 14 | Genetic analysis of drought tolerance in tropical maize. | 1 |
About Rainer Messmer
Rainer Messmer is a scholar working on Agronomy and Crop Science, Genetics and Plant Science, having authored 14 papers that have together received 637 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (10 papers), Genetics and Plant Breeding (9 papers) and Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Agronomy and Crop Science (194 citations), Plant Science (603 citations) and Genetics (377 citations). Rainer Messmer has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, Mexico and Germany. Frequent co-authors include P. Stamp, Andreas Hund, Yvan Fracheboud, Jean‐Marcel Ribaut, Marianne Bänziger, Mateo Vargas, Samuel Trachsel, Achim Walter, Albrecht E. Melchinger and Christian Riedelsheimer. Their work appears in journals such as Plant Cell & Environment, Plant and Soil and Theoretical and Applied Genetics.
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