Tzion Fahima

22.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
160 papers, 11.4k citations indexed

About

Tzion Fahima is a scholar working on Plant Science, Genetics and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Tzion Fahima has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 11.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Plant Science, 50 papers in Genetics and 24 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Tzion Fahima's work include Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (100 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (39 papers) and Genetics and Plant Breeding (36 papers). Tzion Fahima is often cited by papers focused on Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (100 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (39 papers) and Genetics and Plant Breeding (36 papers). Tzion Fahima collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and China. Tzion Fahima's co-authors include Eviatar Nevo, Jorge Dubcovsky, Abraham B. Korol, Assaf Distelfeld, Cristóbal Uauy, Avigdor Beiles, Ann E. Blechl, Yehoshua Saranga, Zvi Peleg and Marion S. Röder and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Tzion Fahima

156 papers receiving 10.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

A NAC Gene Regulating Senescence Improves Grain Protein, Zinc, and Iron Content in Wheat

2006 1.2k citations Cristóbal Uauy, Assaf Distelfeld et al. Science profile →
Positional cloning of the wheat vernalization gene VRN1

2003 1.0k citations Liuling Yan, Artem Loukoianov et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Microsatellites: genomic distribution, putative functions and mutational mechanisms: a review

2002 911 citations Abraham B. Korol, Tzion Fahima et al. profile →
A Kinase-START Gene Confers Temperature-Dependent Resistance to Wheat Stripe Rust

2009 543 citations Cristóbal Uauy, Assaf Distelfeld et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tzion Fahima Israel	56	10.2k	3.4k	2.2k	1.6k	550	160	11.4k
Joanne Russell United Kingdom	46	5.6k 0.6×	2.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	627 0.4×	209 0.4×	116	6.8k
James E. Specht United States	44	8.4k 0.8×	1.0k 0.3×	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 1.0×	713 1.3×	123	9.3k
P. K. Singh India	37	5.7k 0.6×	1.7k 0.5×	846 0.4×	718 0.5×	241 0.4×	383	6.6k
Abraham B. Korol Israel	43	3.8k 0.4×	2.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	497 0.3×	168 0.3×	118	5.9k
Andrzej Kilian Australia	57	8.9k 0.9×	4.6k 1.3×	2.8k 1.3×	766 0.5×	70 0.1×	232	12.0k
Michaël Baum Syria	45	5.3k 0.5×	1.5k 0.4×	1.0k 0.5×	686 0.4×	141 0.3×	143	6.1k
Paul Gepts United States	67	12.7k 1.2×	1.4k 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	76 0.1×	241	13.9k
Patrick J. Brown United States	35	5.8k 0.6×	3.7k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	49 0.1×	91	7.3k
H. D. Bradshaw United States	33	3.5k 0.3×	2.0k 0.6×	2.5k 1.1×	938 0.6×	141 0.3×	49	6.9k
Nathaniel R. Street Sweden	36	2.5k 0.2×	962 0.3×	2.0k 0.9×	850 0.5×	126 0.2×	87	4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tzion Fahima

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Fatiukha, Andrii, Hanan Sela, Valentyna Klymiuk, et al.. (2025). Tandem kinase proteins across the plant kingdom. Nature Genetics. 57(1). 254–262. 7 indexed citations

Sela, Hanan, Gadi Peleg, Assaf Distelfeld, et al.. (2025). Plasticity of Root System Architecture and Whole Transcriptome Responses Underlying Nitrogen Deficiency Tolerance Conferred by a Wild Emmer Wheat QTL. Plant Cell & Environment. 48(4). 2835–2855. 1 indexed citations

Li, Yinghui, et al.. (2023). Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species-Aided Localized Cell Death Contributing to Immune Responses Against Wheat Powdery Mildew Pathogen. Phytopathology. 113(5). 884–892. 21 indexed citations

Klymiuk, Valentyna, Harmeet Singh Chawla, Krystalee Wiebe, et al.. (2022). Discovery of stripe rust resistance with incomplete dominance in wild emmer wheat using bulked segregant analysis sequencing. Communications Biology. 5(1). 826–826. 51 indexed citations

Fatiukha, Andrii, Valentyna Klymiuk, Zvi Peleg, et al.. (2021). Genomic Architecture of Phenotypic Plasticity in Response to Water Stress in Tetraploid Wheat. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(4). 1723–1723. 19 indexed citations

Zhang, Qiang, Yinghui Li, Yinghui Li, et al.. (2021). Introgression of the Powdery Mildew Resistance Genes Pm60 and Pm60b from Triticum urartu to Common Wheat Using Durum as a ‘Bridge’. Pathogens. 11(1). 25–25. 11 indexed citations

Wu, Qiuhong, Fei Zhao, Yongxing Chen, et al.. (2021). Bulked segregant CGT‐Seq‐facilitated map‐based cloning of a powdery mildew resistance gene originating from wild emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccoides). Plant Biotechnology Journal. 19(7). 1288–1290. 21 indexed citations

Klymiuk, Valentyna, Andrii Fatiukha, Dina Raats, et al.. (2020). Three previously characterized resistances to yellow rust are encoded by a single locus Wtk1. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71(9). 2561–2572. 23 indexed citations

Fatiukha, Andrii, Valentyna Klymiuk, Zvi Peleg, et al.. (2019). Variation in phosphorus and sulfur content shapes the genetic architecture and phenotypic associations within the wheat grain ionome. The Plant Journal. 101(3). 555–572. 16 indexed citations

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Barınova, Sophia, et al.. (2018). BIOINDICATION USING DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY OF ALGAE OF THE ALAKOL LAKE, KAZAKHSTAN. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research. 16(6). 7799–7831. 8 indexed citations

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Korol, Abraham B., et al.. (2017). 野生四倍体二粒小麦（Triticum dicoccoides）农艺性状的QTLs. 19(4). 317–334. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Ru, et al.. (2013). QTL location and analysis of selenium content in tetraploid wheat grain.. Guizhou nongye kexue. 1–10. 4 indexed citations

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Wicker, Thomas, Klaus Mayer, Heidrun Gundlach, et al.. (2011). Frequent Gene Movement and Pseudogene Evolution Is Common to the Large and Complex Genomes of Wheat, Barley, and Their Relatives . The Plant Cell. 23(5). 1706–1718. 151 indexed citations

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Cheng, Jianping, et al.. (2009). Variance Analysis of Grain Selenium Contents in Wild Emmer Wheat,Triticum dicoccoide. Redai yaredai zhiwu xuebao. 17(3). 229–236. 1 indexed citations

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Peleg, Zvi, Yehoshua Saranga, Tatiana Suprunova, et al.. (2008). High-density genetic map of durum wheat × wild emmer wheat based on SSR and DArT markers. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 117(1). 103–115. 133 indexed citations

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Peleg, Zvi, et al.. (2008). Dissection of powdery mildew resistance uncover different resistance types in the Triticum turgidum L. gene pool. The Sydney eScholarship Repository (The University of Sydney). 51(1340). 603–605. 2 indexed citations

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Uauy, Cristóbal, Assaf Distelfeld, Tzion Fahima, Ann E. Blechl, & Jorge Dubcovsky. (2006). A NAC Gene Regulating Senescence Improves Grain Protein, Zinc, and Iron Content in Wheat. Science. 314(5803). 1298–1301. 1155 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yan, Liuling, Artem Loukoianov, G. Tranquilli, et al.. (2003). Positional cloning of the wheat vernalization gene VRN1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(10). 6263–6268. 1042 indexed citations breakdown →

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Peng, Junhua, Abraham Korol, Tzion Fahima, et al.. (2000). Molecular Genetic Maps in Wild Emmer Wheat, Triticum dicoccoides: Genome-Wide Coverage, Massive Negative Interference, and Putative Quasi-Linkage. Genome Research. 10(10). 1509–1531. 151 indexed citations

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Fahima, Tzion, Lea Madi, & Y. Henis. (1992). Ultrastructure and germinability of Verticillium dahliae microsclerotia parasitized by Talaromyces flavus on agar medium and in treated soil. Biocontrol Science and Technology. 2(1). 69–78. 14 indexed citations

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