selected publications
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article
- Simulating the effect of flowering time on maize individual leaf area in contrasting environmental scenarios. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71:5577-5588. 2020
- Stress resilience in crop plants: strategic thinking to address local food production problems. Food and Energy Security. 6:12-18. 2017
- Genomic prediction unifies animal and plant breeding programs to form platforms for biological discovery 2017
- The Crop Ontology: a source of standard traits and variables for breeding and agronomy 2016
- Molecular mapping across three populations reveals a QTL hotspot region on chromosome 3 for secondary traits associated with drought tolerance in tropical maize. Molecular Breeding. 34:701-715. 2014
- Biotechnology Success Stories by the Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR) System 2014
- Biotechnology in Africa 2014
- Drought phenotyping in crops: From theory to practice 2014
- Genome-wide association analysis for nine agronomic traits in maize under well-watered and water-stressed conditions. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 126:2587-2596. 2013
- The growths of leaves, shoots, roots and reproductive organs partly share their genetic control in maize plants.. Plant Cell and Environment. 36:1105-1119. 2013
- QTL mapping in three tropical maize populations reveals a set of constitutive and adaptive genomic regions for drought tolerance. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 126:583-600. 2013
- Can genomics boost productivity of orphan crops. Nature Biotechnology. 30:1172-1176. 2012
- Drought stress and tropical maize: QTLs for leaf greenness, plant senescence, and root capacitance. Field Crops Research. 124:93-103. 2011
- Combining ability, heterosis and genetic diversity in tropical maize ( Zea mays L.) under stress and non-stress conditions. Euphytica. 180:143-162. 2011
- Joint linkage-linkage disequilibrium mapping is a powerful approach to detecting quantitative trait loci underlying drought tolerance in maize. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107:19585-19590. 2010
- Drought stress and tropical maize: QTL-by-environment interactions and stability of QTLs across environments for yield components and secondary traits. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 119:913-930. 2009
- Mapping QTLs for component traits influencing drought stress tolerance of maize (Zea mays L) in India.. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 18:151-160. 2009
- A multi-trait multi-environment QTL mixed model with an application to drought and nitrogen stress trials in maize (Zea mays L.). Euphytica. 161:241-257. 2008
- Inclusive composite interval mapping (ICIM) for digenic epistasis of quantitative traits in biparental populations. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 116:243-260. 2008
- Using carbon isotope discrimination to select maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines and hybrids for drought tolerance. Plant Science. 173:390-396. 2007
- Quantitative trait loci for yield and correlated traits under high and low soil nitrogen conditions in tropical maize. Molecular Breeding. 20:15-29. 2007
- Are source and sink strengths genetically linked in maize plants subjected to water deficit? A QTL study of the responses of leaf growth and of Anthesis-Silking Interval to water deficit. Journal of Experimental Botany. 58:339-349. 2007
- Marker-assisted selection to improve drought adaptation in maize: the backcross approach, perspectives, limitations, and alternatives. Journal of Experimental Botany. 58:351-360. 2007
- Mapping QTLs and QTL x environment interaction for CIMMYT maize drought stress program using factorial regression and partial least squares methods.. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 112:1009-1023. 2006
- Genetic characterization of 218 elite CIMMYT maize inbred lines using RFLP markers. Euphytica. 142:97-106. 2005
- Comparative Map and Trait Viewer (CMTV): an integrated bioinformatic tool to construct consensus maps and compare QTL and functional genomics data across genomes and experiments. Plant Molecular Biology. 56:465-480. 2004
- Genetic analysis of cold-tolerance of photosynthesis in maize. Plant Molecular Biology. 56:241-253. 2004
- Genetic Diversity, Specific Combining Ability, and Heterosis in Tropical Maize under Stress and Nonstress Environments. Crop Science. 43:797-806. 2003
- Money matters (I): costs of field and laboratory procedures associated with conventional and marker-assisted maize breeding at CIMMYT. Molecular Breeding. 11:221-234. 2003
- Money matters (II): costs of maize inbred line conversion schemes at CIMMYT using conventional and marker-assisted selection. Molecular Breeding. 11:235-247. 2003
- Evaluation of aluminium tolerance in a spring rye collection by hydroponic screening. Plant Breeding. 121:241-248. 2002
- Simulation Experiments on efficiencies of gene introgression by backcrossing. Crop Science. 42:557-565. 2002
- Identification of quantitative trait loci for cold-tolerance of photosynthesis in maize (Zea mays L.). Journal of Experimental Botany. 53:1967-1977. 2002
- The application of biotechnology to wheat improvement 2002
- A method for combining molecular markers and phenotypic attributes for classifying plant genotypes. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 103:944-952. 2001
- Molecular linkage map for an intraspecific recombinant inbred population of durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var. durum). Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 102:177-186. 2001
- Avenues for genetic modification of radiation use efficiency in wheat. Journal of Experimental Botany. 51:459-473. 2000
- Molecular approaches for the genetic improvement of cereals for stable production in water-limited environments 2000
- Single large-scale marker-assisted selection (SLS-MAS). Molecular Breeding. 5:531-541. 1999
- Plant genetic resources: What can they contribute toward increased crop productivity?. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 96:5937-5943. 1999
- Marker-assisted selection: new tools and strategies. Trends in Plant Science. 3:236-239. 1998
- Identification of quantitative trait loci under drought conditions in tropical maize. 2. Yield components and marker-assisted selection strategies. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 94:887-896. 1997
- Use of STSs and SSRs as rapid and reliable preselection tools in a marker-assisted selection-backcross scheme. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter. 15:154-162. 1997
- Identification of quantitative trait loci under drought conditions in tropical maize. 1. Flowering parameters and the anthesis-silking interval. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 92:905-914. 1996
- Abscisic Acid Turnover in Intact Maize Roots: A new Approach. Journal of Plant Physiology. 148:761-764. 1996
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document
- A multi-trait multi-environment QTL mixed model with an application to drought and nitrogen stress trials in maize ( Zea mays L.) 2008
- Inclusive composite interval mapping (ICIM) for digenic epistasis of quantitative traits in biparental populations 2008
- Resilient crops for water limited environments: Proceedings of a Workshop 2004
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editorial article
- Facing the challenges of global agriculture today: what can we do about drought?. Frontiers in Physiology. 4:289-289. 2013
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review
- Modernising breeding for orphan crops: tools, methodologies, and beyond. Planta. 971-977. 2019
- Analytical and Decision Support Tools for Genomics-Assisted Breeding.. Trends in Plant Science. 354-363. 2016
- More genomic resources for less-studied crops. Trends in Biotechnology. 452-460. 2010
- Molecular breeding in developing countries: challenges and perspectives.. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 213-218. 2010