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Jamnadass, Ramni Principle Scientist and Theme Co-Leader- Trees, ICRAF

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- Draft Genomes of Two Artocarpus Plants, Jackfruit (A. heterophyllus) and Breadfruit (A. altilis).. Genes. 11:27. 2020
- Nutritional composition of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) fruit pulp sampled at different geographical locations in Kenya. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 94. 2020
- Draft Genomes of two Artocarpus plants, Jackfruit (A. heterophyllus) and Breadfruit (A. altilis). bioRxiv. 869339. 2019
- Draft Genome Sequence of Solanum Aethiopicum Provides Insights Into Disease Resistance, Drought Tolerance, and the Evolution of the Genome. GigaScience. 8. 2019
- A simple field based method for rapid wood density estimation for selected tree species in Western Kenya 2019
- Quantitative variation of fatty acid composition in seed oil from baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) wild populations in sub-Sahara Africa. South African Journal of Botany. 123:1-8. 2019
- Contributions of biodiversity to the sustainable intensification of food production: thematic study for The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture 2019
- Breeders’ views on the production of new and orphan crops in Africa: a survey of constraints and opportunities 2019
- Effects of pre-severance irradiance on the growth of Allanblackia floribunda Oliv. stockplants and on the subsequent rooting capacity of leafy stem cuttings. New Forests. 50:505-517. 2019
- The draft genomes of five agriculturally important African orphan crops. GigaScience. 8. 2019
- Draft genome sequence of the Solanum aethiopicum provides insights into disease resistance, drought tolerance and the evolution of the genome. bioRxiv. 532077. 2019
- Delivering Perennial New and Orphan Crops for Resilient and Nutritious Farming Systems 2019
- Developing fruit tree portfolios that link agriculture more effectively with nutrition and health: a new approach for providing year-round micronutrients to smallholder farmers. Food Security. 11:1355-1372. 2019
- Fresh Fruit and Vegetables: Contributions to Food and Nutrition Security 2019
- To what extent are genetic resources considered in environmental service provision? A case study based on trees and carbon sequestration. Climate and Development. 10:755-768. 2018
- Quality of tree seedlings produced in nurseries in Malawi: an assessment of morphological attributes. Forests, trees and livelihoods. 27:103-117. 2018
- Antimicrobial Drimane Sesquiterpenes Contribute to Balanced Antagonism but Do Not Structure Bacterial and Fungal Endophytes in the African Pepper Bark Tree Warburgia ugandensis. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 5. 2017
- Nutritional variation in baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) fruit pulp and seeds based on Africa geographical regions.. Food Science and Nutrition. 5:1116-1129. 2017
- A meta-analysis of molecular marker genetic datasets for eastern Africa trees supports the utility of potential natural vegetation maps for planning climate-smart restoration initiatives. Tree Genetics & Genomes. 13:71. 2017
- Growth, flowering and fruiting of stecklings, grafts and seedlings of Allanblackia floribunda Oliver (Clusiaceae). Agroforestry Systems. 91:259-270. 2017
- Conceptual Analysis: The Charcoal-Agriculture Nexus to Understand the Socio-Ecological Contexts Underlying Varied Sustainability Outcomes in African Landscapes. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 5. 2017
- Conceptual Analysis: The Charcoal-Agriculture Nexus to Understand the Socio-Ecological Contexts Underlying Varied Sustainability Outcomes in African Landscapes. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 5. 2017
- Food biodiversity for healthy, diverse diets 2017
- Food biodiversity for healthy, diverse diets 2017
- Quality of charcoal produced using micro gasification and how the new cook stove works in rural Kenya. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS. 12:95001. 2017
- Genetic diversity of the African poplar (Populus ilicifolia) populations in Kenya. TREE GENETICS & GENOMES. 12:66. 2016
- Survival, growth performance and reproductive biology of Allanblackia parviflora A. Chev., a high valued indigenous fruit tree species in Ghana. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 63:791-800. 2016
- Gasifier as a cleaner cooking system in rural Kenya. Journal of Cleaner Production. 121:208-217. 2016
- Variations in shoot and root growth of three provenances of Faidherbia albida in clay and sand soil. Journal of Forestry Research. 27:59-66. 2016
- Early survival and growth of Allanblackia stuhlmannii (Clusiaceae): a threatened tropical rainforest tree of high economic value in Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology. 53:572-580. 2015
- Genetic diversity of Faidherbia albida (Del.) A. Chev accessions held at the World Agroforestry Centre. Forests, trees and livelihoods. 24:219-230. 2015
- Tree Seed and Seedling Supply Systems: A Review of the Asia, Africa and Latin America Models. Small-scale Forestry. 14:171-191. 2015
- Biodiversity and nutrition 2015
- Understanding the roles of forests and tree-based systems in food provision 2015
- Strategies for Sustainable Supply of and Trade in Threatened Medicinal Tree Species: A case study of genus Warburgia. Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 12:671-683. 2014
- The management of tree genetic resources and the livelihoods of rural communities in the tropics: non-timber forest products, smallholder agroforestry practices and tree commodity crops. Forest Ecology and Management. 333:9-21. 2014
- Utilization and transfer of forest genetic resources: A global review. Forest Ecology and Management. 333:22-34. 2014
- Additional cooking fuel supply and reduced global warming potential from recycling charcoal dust into charcoal briquette in Kenya. Journal of Cleaner Production. 81:81-88. 2014
- Additional cooking fuel supply and reduced global warming potential from recycling charcoal dust into charcoal briquette in Kenya. Journal of Cleaner Production. 81:81-88. 2014
- tropiTree: An NGS-Based EST-SSR Resource for 24 Tropical Tree Species. PLOS ONE. 9. 2014
- Testing Biodegradable Seedling Containers as an Alternative for Polythene Tubes in Tropical Small-Scale Tree Nurseries. Small-scale Forestry. 13:127-142. 2014
- EFFECT OF ROOTSTOCK TYPE, SCION SOURCE AND GRAFTING METHODS ON THE HEALING OF Allanblackia stuhlmannii GRAFTS UNDER TWO NURSERY CONDITIONS. Journal of Horticultural Science. 7. 2014
- Constraints and opportunities for tree diversity management along the forest transition curve to achieve multifunctional agriculture. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 6:54-60. 2014
- The potential of agroforestry in the provision of sustainable woodfuel in sub-Saharan Africa. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 6:138-147. 2014
- Antimicrobial drimane sesquiterpenes and their effect on endophyte communities in the medical tree Warburgia ugandensis. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5. 2014
- Correspondence in forest species composition between the Vegetation Map of Africa and higher resolution maps for seven African countries. Applied Vegetation Science. 17:162-171. 2014
- Identification of mango (Mangifera indica L.) landraces from Eastern and Central Kenya using a morphological and molecular approach. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 61:7-22. 2014
- Identification of mango (Mangifera indica L.) landraces from Eastern and Central Kenya using a morphological and molecular approach. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 61:7-22. 2014
- Public–Private Partnerships in Agroforestry 2014
- Tamarindus indica L. patterns of diversity from the genetic to the niche-species level in East Africa. Tropical Ecology. 55:19-32. 2014
- Implications of shifts in coffee production on tree species richness, composition and structure on small farms around Mount Kenya. Biodiversity and Conservation. 22:2919-2936. 2013
- Productivity of Jatropha curcas under smallholder farm conditions in Kenya. Agroforestry Systems. 87:729-746. 2013
- Identification of Specific Markers Linked to Regional Differentiation of Warburgia ugandensis. Journal of Life Sciences. 5:29-40. 2013
- Implications of Charcoal Briquette Produced by Local Communities on Livelihoods and Environment in Nairobi- Kenya. International Journal of Renewable Energy Development. 2:19-29. 2013
- Agroforestry for food and nutritional security 2013
- Genetic Variation of Kenyan Populations of Warburgia ugandensis, an Important East African Highlands Medicinal Tree Species. Journal of Life Sciences. 4:97-105. 2012
- Trade in medicinal tree and shrub products in three urban centres in Kenya. Forests, trees and livelihoods. 21:188-206. 2012
- Formalisation of local herbal product markets has potential to stimulate cultivation of medicinal plants by smallholder farmers in Kenya. Forests, trees and livelihoods. 21:114-127. 2012
- Allometric equations for estimating biomass in agricultural landscapes: I. Aboveground biomass. AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT. 158:216-224. 2012
- Allometric equations for estimating biomass in agricultural landscapes: I. Aboveground biomass. AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT. 158:216-224. 2012
- Crown area allometries for estimation of aboveground tree biomass in agricultural landscapes of western Kenya. Agroforestry Systems. 86:267-277. 2012
- Decentralization of Tree Seedling Supply Systems for Afforestation in the West of Yunnan Province, China. Small-scale Forestry. 11:147-166. 2012
- Agroforestry tree domestication: a primer 2012
- Tree Domestication in Agroforestry: Progress in the Second Decade (2003–2012) 2012
- Exotic tree species displace indigenous ones on farms at intermediate altitudes around Mount Kenya. Agroforestry Systems. 83:133-147. 2011
- Exotic tree species displace indigenous ones on farms at intermediate altitudes around Mount Kenya. Agroforestry Systems. 83:133-147. 2011
- Innovation in input supply systems in smallholder agroforestry: seed sources, supply chains and support systems. Agroforestry Systems. 83:347-359. 2011
- Allanblackia floribunda: a new oil tree crop for Africa: amenability to grafting. New Forests. 41:389-398. 2011
- Certification of agroforestry tree germplasm in Southern Africa: opportunities and challenges. Agroforestry Systems. 83:75-87. 2011
- Germination requirements of Allanblackia parviflora seeds and early growth of seedlings. New Forests. 41:337-348. 2011
- Agroforestry Tree Seed Production and Supply Systems in Malawi. Small-scale Forestry. 10:419-434. 2011
- Climate change and tree genetic resource management: maintaining and enhancing the productivity and value of smallholder tropical agroforestry landscapes. A review. Agroforestry Systems. 81:67-78. 2011
- Molecular Markers for Tropical Trees: Statistical Analysis of Dominant Data: ICRAF Technical Manual No. 13. 2011
- THE ROLE OF BOSWELLIA AND COMMIPHORA SPECIES IN RURAL LIVELIHOOD SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN THE HORN OF AFRICA: CASE STUDY OF NORTH- EASTERN KENYA 2011
- Water application rate and frequency affect seedling survival and growth of Vangueria infausta and Persea americana. African Journal of Biotechnology. 10:1593-1599. 2011
- Reproductive biology and characterization of Allanblackia parviflora A. Chev. in Ghana. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 56:1037-1044. 2009
- AFLP and SSR diversity in the African fruit tree Allanblackia: implications for management of a genus newly subject to domestication for the edible oil industry. TREE GENETICS & GENOMES. 5:517-527. 2009
- Molecular markers and the management of tropical trees: the case of indigenous fruits.. Tropical Plant Biology. 2:1-12. 2009
- Isolation of high quality DNA and RNA from cambium of the East African Greenheart (Warburgia ugandensis). African Journal of Biotechnology. 8:3036-3040. 2009
- Genetic structuring of important medicinal species of genus Warburgia as revealed by AFLP analysis. TREE GENETICS & GENOMES. 4:787-795. 2008
- Estimation of out-crossing rate in a natural breeding population of Warburgia ugandensis using AFLP marker. African Journal of Biotechnology. 7:139-146. 2008
- Molecular markers for tropical trees: a practical guide to principles and procedures 2008
- Population genetic responses of wild forage species to grazing along a rainfall gradient in the Sahel: A study combining phenotypic and molecular analyses. Euphytica. 151:431-445. 2006
- Genetic management of indigenous fruit trees in southern Africa: A case study of Sclerocarya birrea based on nuclear and chloroplast variation. South African Journal of Botany. 72:421-427. 2006
- Trypanosoma brucei: composition, organisation, plasticity, and differential transcription of NlaIII repeat elements in drug-resistant and sensitive isolates.. Experimental Parasitology. 113:244-255. 2006
- Determining Sources of Diversity in Cultivated and Wild Lablab purpureus Related to Provenance of Germplasm by using Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 52:683-695. 2005
- Determining Sources of Diversity in Cultivated and Wild Lablab purpureus Related to Provenance of Germplasm by using Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 52:683-695. 2005
- High differentiation among populations of the woody legume Sesbania sesban in sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for conservation and cultivation during germplasm introduction into agroforestry systems. Forest Ecology and Management. 210:225-238. 2005
- Characterization of tannin-tolerant bacterial isolates from East African ruminants. Anaerobe. 7:5-15. 2001
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- Enhancing African orphan crops with genomics. Nature Genetics. 52:356-360. 2020
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- Boswellia and Commiphora Species as a Resource Base for Rural Livelihood Security in the Horn of Africa: A Systematic Review. FORESTS. 551. 2019
- Boswellia and Commiphora Species as a Resource Base for Rural Livelihood Security in the Horn of Africa: A Systematic Review. FORESTS. 551. 2019
- Contributions of biodiversity to the sustainable intensification of food production. GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY-AGRICULTURE POLICY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT. 23-37. 2019
- African Orphan Crops Consortium (AOCC): status of developing genomic resources for African orphan crops.. Planta. 989-1003. 2019
- The role of genetics in mainstreaming the production of new and orphan crops to diversify food systems and support human nutrition. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 37-54. 2019
- Why institutional environments for agroforestry seed systems matter. Development Policy Review. 89-112. 2018
- Women and men in tropical dry forests: a preliminary review. International Forestry Review. 70-90. 2015
- Can agroforestry option values improve the functioning of drivers of agricultural intensification in Africa. CURRENT OPINION IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. 35-40. 2014
- Developing more productive African agroforestry systems and improving food and nutritional security through tree domestication. CURRENT OPINION IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. 123-127. 2014
- Developing more productive African agroforestry systems and improving food and nutritional security through tree domestication. CURRENT OPINION IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. 123-127. 2014
- Nutrient composition of selected indigenous fruits from sub-Saharan Africa.. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 2627-2636. 2013
- What is the relevance of smallholders’ agroforestry systems for conserving tropical tree species and genetic diversity in circa situm, in situ and ex situ settings? A review. Biodiversity and Conservation. 301-324. 2013
- Improving Livelihoods and Nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa through the Promotion of Indigenous and Exotic Fruit Production in Smallholders' Agroforestry Systems: A Review. International Forestry Review. 338-354. 2011
- Managing genetic variation in tropical trees: linking knowledge with action in agroforestry ecosystems for improved conservation and enhanced livelihoods. Biodiversity and Conservation. 969-986. 2009