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Genetics and Plant Breeding

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Nadia Idrees
University of Agriculture Faisalabad
2
Ghulam Sabar
Unknown
3
Ejaz-ul Hasan
Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research
4
Khady Doumbia
Université Nangui Abrogoua
5
Germano Costa‐Neto
Syngenta (United States)
6
Dongling Guo
Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences
7
Gonzalo Rizzo
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
8
Zhenghua He
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
9
Rico Raimundo Artur Constantino
Instituto de Investigação Agrária de Moçambique
10
Boureima SAKANDE
Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo

Papers

1
Regulatory mechanisms and breeding strategies for crop drought resistance
New Crops|2024
91 cit.
2
Publication in Nature (2025) [61 citations, W4409485887]
Nature|2025
61 cit.
3
Potassium limits productivity in intensive cereal cropping systems in Southeast Asia
Nature Food|2024
20 cit.
4
Publication in Molecular Breeding (2024) [6 citations, W4396873960]
Molecular Breeding|2024
6 cit.
5
Perception of the preferences of the links in the Spider plant (Cleome gynandra L.) value chain in Burkina Faso
Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science|2024
1 cit.
6
Morphological traits variation of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) grown in Cte dIvoire
AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY|2024
1 cit.
7
Genetic diversity and population structure of cowpea of Côte d’Ivoire [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] using agronomic and SNP markers
Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology|2024
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Peng Hou
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
2
Zarnab Sabir
University of Agriculture Faisalabad
3
Martin Mascher
Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK)
4
Yaou Shen
Sichuan Agricultural University
5
Dejun Han
Northwest A&F University
6
Romulo P. Lollato
Kansas State University
7
Jian Ma
Sichuan Agricultural University
8
Matteo Dell’Acqua
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
9
Manje Gowda
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
10
Umakanta Sarker
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute

Papers

1
A global analysis of dry matter accumulation and allocation for maize yield breakthrough from 1.0 to 25.0 Mg ha−1
Resources Conservation and Recycling|2022
94 cit.
2
Jasmonic Acid (JA) in Plant Immune Response: Unravelling Complex Molecular Mechanisms and Networking of Defence Signalling Against Pathogens
Journal of Plant Growth Regulation|2024
89 cit.
3
Bioactive Phytochemicals and Quenching Activity of Radicals in Selected Drought-Resistant Amaranthus tricolor Vegetable Amaranth
Antioxidants|2022
82 cit.
4
Prospects of telomere‐to‐telomere assembly in barley: Analysis of sequence gaps in the MorexV3 reference genome
Plant Biotechnology Journal|2022
74 cit.
5
Estimation of maize straw production and appropriate straw return rate in China
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment|2022
71 cit.
6
Phytonutrients, Colorant Pigments, Phytochemicals, and Antioxidant Potential of Orphan Leafy Amaranthus Species
Molecules|2022
69 cit.
7
A catalogue of resistance gene homologs and a chromosome‐scale reference sequence support resistance gene mapping in winter wheat
Plant Biotechnology Journal|2022
66 cit.
8
Salinity Stress Ameliorates Pigments, Minerals, Polyphenolic Profiles, and Antiradical Capacity in Lalshak
Antioxidants|2023
60 cit.
9
Characterization of Phytochemicals, Nutrients, and Antiradical Potential in Slim Amaranth
Antioxidants|2022
56 cit.
10
Salt Eustress Induction in Red Amaranth (Amaranthus gangeticus) Augments Nutritional, Phenolic Acids and Antiradical Potential of Leaves
Antioxidants|2022
51 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Edward S. Buckler
Cornell University
2
Peter E. Smouse
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
3
Bridgett M. vonHoldt
Princeton University
4
Albrecht E. Melchinger
University of Hohenheim
5
Mark E. Sorrells
Cornell University
6
José Crossa
Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo
7
Jean‐Luc Jannink
Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture & Health
8
Jonathan K. Pritchard
Stanford University
9
Gary A. Churchill
University of Washington
10
Gustavo A. Slafer
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats

Papers

1
Inference of Population Structure Using Multilocus Genotype Data
Genetics|2000
34.3k cit.
2
<scp>genalex</scp> 6: genetic analysis in Excel. Population genetic software for teaching and research
Molecular Ecology Notes|2005
16.7k cit.
3
GenAlEx 6.5: genetic analysis in Excel. Population genetic software for teaching and research—an update
Bioinformatics|2012
13.2k cit.
4
STRUCTURE HARVESTER: a website and program for visualizing STRUCTURE output and implementing the Evanno method
Conservation Genetics Resources|2011
12.7k cit.
5
TASSEL: software for association mapping of complex traits in diverse samples
Bioinformatics|2007
8.3k cit.
6
Inference of Population Structure Using Multilocus Genotype Data: Linked Loci and Correlated Allele Frequencies
Genetics|2003
8.1k cit.
7
Empirical threshold values for quantitative trait mapping.
Genetics|1994
5k cit.
8
A unified mixed-model method for association mapping that accounts for multiple levels of relatedness
Nature Genetics|2005
4.3k cit.
9
R/qtl: QTL mapping in experimental crosses
Bioinformatics|2003
3.7k cit.
10
Inferring weak population structure with the assistance of sample group information
Molecular Ecology Resources|2009
3.6k cit.

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