Ralph Hückelhoven

12.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
146 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Ralph Hückelhoven is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralph Hückelhoven has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Plant Science, 41 papers in Cell Biology and 39 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ralph Hückelhoven's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (95 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (37 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (26 papers). Ralph Hückelhoven is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (95 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (37 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (26 papers). Ralph Hückelhoven collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Hungary. Ralph Hückelhoven's co-authors include Karl‐Heinz Kogel, József Fodor, Philipp Franken, Cornelia Dechert, Holger Schultheiß, Aart J. E. van Bel, Qianli An, Ruth Eichmann, Helmut Baltruschat and Frank Waller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ralph Hückelhoven

141 papers receiving 8.7k 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.

The endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica reprograms barley to salt-stress tolerance, disease resistance, and higher yield

2005 856 citations Frank Waller, Helmut Baltruschat et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
SNARE-protein-mediated disease resistance at the plant cell wall

2003 750 citations Ralph Hückelhoven et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ralph Hückelhoven Germany	46	7.7k	2.8k	2.1k	574	307	146	8.9k
Zhensheng Kang China	62	12.3k 1.6×	5.2k 1.9×	2.4k 1.2×	324 0.6×	345 1.1×	466	13.5k
J. J. Rudd United Kingdom	34	5.7k 0.7×	2.4k 0.9×	2.3k 1.1×	672 1.2×	370 1.2×	61	6.4k
Marc‐Henri Lebrun France	41	3.8k 0.5×	2.4k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	342 0.6×	657 2.1×	89	5.0k
Martijn Rep Netherlands	53	8.2k 1.1×	3.7k 1.3×	4.9k 2.4×	324 0.6×	416 1.4×	112	10.5k
Ryohei Terauchi Japan	58	10.9k 1.4×	5.3k 1.9×	1.9k 0.9×	539 0.9×	213 0.7×	193	12.9k
David B. Collinge Denmark	46	7.8k 1.0×	3.8k 1.4×	1.8k 0.9×	419 0.7×	366 1.2×	104	9.5k
Karl‐Heinz Kogel Germany	59	10.2k 1.3×	3.4k 1.2×	2.8k 1.4×	885 1.5×	572 1.9×	164	11.8k
H. B. Deising Germany	41	4.2k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	2.1k 1.0×	792 1.4×	429 1.4×	148	5.1k
Seogchan Kang United States	49	7.3k 0.9×	3.6k 1.3×	4.9k 2.4×	466 0.8×	851 2.8×	135	8.9k
Amir Sharon Israel	35	2.9k 0.4×	1.4k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	486 0.8×	393 1.3×	81	3.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralph Hückelhoven

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Bartram, Claus R., Mareike Heilmann, Julia Mergner, et al.. (2025). Barley resistance and susceptibility to fungal cell entry involve the interplay of ROP signaling with phosphatidylinositol‐monophosphates. The Plant Journal. 123(2). e70356–e70356. 1 indexed citations

Asam, Stefan, et al.. (2024). Monitoring Fusarium toxins from barley to malt: Targeted inoculation with Fusarium culmorum. Mycotoxin Research. 41(1). 215–237. 1 indexed citations

Rzemieniewski, Jakub, Hyun Kyung Lee, Caroline Broyart, et al.. (2024). CEP signaling coordinates plant immunity with nitrogen status. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10686–10686. 16 indexed citations

Oubounyt, Mhaned, Michael Gigl, Jan Baumbach, et al.. (2023). Laminarin-triggered defence responses are geographically dependent in natural populations of Solanum chilense. Journal of Experimental Botany. 74(10). 3240–3254. 10 indexed citations

Löffelhardt, Birgit, Dagmar Kolb, Thomas Leisen, et al.. (2023). Convergent evolution of plant pattern recognition receptors sensing cysteine-rich patterns from three microbial kingdoms. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3621–3621. 18 indexed citations

Messerer, Maxim, Klaus Mayer, Christine Wurmser, et al.. (2023). Barley shows reduced Fusarium head blight under drought and modular expression of differentially expressed genes under combined stress. Journal of Experimental Botany. 74(21). 6820–6835. 2 indexed citations

Herz, Markus, et al.. (2023). Artificially applied late-terminal drought stress in the field differentially affects Ramularia leaf spot disease in winter barley. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection. 130(6). 1357–1370. 1 indexed citations

Wolters, Pieter J., Vivianne G. A. A. Vleeshouwers, Åsa Lankinen, et al.. (2022). Whole‐genome sequencing elucidates the species‐wide diversity and evolution of fungicide resistance in the early blight pathogen Alternaria solani. Evolutionary Applications. 15(10). 1605–1620. 12 indexed citations

Leisen, Thomas, Isabell Albert, Jonas Müller, et al.. (2022). Botrytis hypersensitive response inducing protein 1 triggers noncanonical PTI to induce plant cell death. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 191(1). 125–141. 25 indexed citations

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Engelhardt, Stefan, et al.. (2020). ROP INTERACTIVE PARTNER b Interacts with RACB and Supports Fungal Penetration into Barley Epidermal Cells. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 184(2). 823–836. 12 indexed citations

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Coleman, Alexander D., et al.. (2020). The Arabidopsis leucine‐rich repeat receptor‐like kinase MIK2 is a crucial component of early immune responses to a fungal‐derived elicitor. New Phytologist. 229(6). 3453–3466. 49 indexed citations

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Kuhn, Sarah, Tom Schreiber, Alain Tissier, et al.. (2020). Oomycete small RNAs bind to the plant RNA-induced silencing complex for virulence. eLife. 9. 93 indexed citations

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Ried, Martina Katharina, Andreas Binder, Andrea A. Gust, et al.. (2019). A set of Arabidopsis genes involved in the accommodation of the downy mildew pathogen Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis. PLoS Pathogens. 15(7). e1007747–e1007747. 13 indexed citations

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Ranf, Stefanie, et al.. (2016). Barley disease susceptibility factor RACB acts in epidermal cell polarity and positioning of the nucleus. Journal of Experimental Botany. 67(11). 3263–3275. 29 indexed citations

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Douchkov, Dimitar, et al.. (2012). The conserved oligomeric G olgi complex is involved in penetration resistance of barley to the barley powdery mildew fungus. Molecular Plant Pathology. 14(3). 230–240. 47 indexed citations

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Hückelhoven, Ralph. (2007). Transport and secretion in plant–microbe interactions. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 10(6). 573–579. 39 indexed citations

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Waller, Frank, Helmut Baltruschat, József Fodor, et al.. (2005). The endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica reprograms barley to salt-stress tolerance, disease resistance, and higher yield. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(38). 13386–13391. 856 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jain, Sanjay Kumar, Gregor Langen, Wolfgang R. Hess, et al.. (2004). The White Barley Mutant Albostrians Shows Enhanced Resistance to the Biotroph Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 17(4). 374–382. 16 indexed citations

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Hückelhoven, Ralph, Cornelia Dechert, & Karl‐Heinz Kogel. (2001). Non‐host resistance of barley is associated with a hydrogen peroxide burst at sites of attempted penetration by wheat powdery mildew fungus. Molecular Plant Pathology. 2(4). 199–205. 62 indexed citations

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Hückelhoven, Ralph, et al.. (2000). Association of hydrogen peroxide accumulation with expression of PR-1 during defense of barley against the powdery mildew fungus.. Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica. 35. 231–238. 2 indexed citations

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