selected publications
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article
- Modelling illustrates that genomic selection provides new opportunities for intercrop breeding. bioRxiv. 2020
- 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
- Delivering Perennial New and Orphan Crops for Resilient and Nutritious Farming Systems 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
- Agricultural diversification as an adaptation strategy 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
- Exome sequencing of geographically diverse barley landraces and wild relatives gives insights into environmental adaptation. Nature Genetics. 48:1024-1030. 2016
- Traditional Ethnoveterinary Medicine in East Africa: A Manual on the Use of Medicinal Plants 2015
- Seeing the trees as well as the forest: The importance of managing forest genetic resources. Forest Ecology and Management. 333:1-8. 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
- The role of forest genetic resources in responding to biotic and abiotic factors in the context of anthropogenic climate change. Forest Ecology and Management. 333:76-87. 2014
- Utilization and transfer of forest genetic resources: A global review. Forest Ecology and Management. 333:22-34. 2014
- tropiTree: An NGS-Based EST-SSR Resource for 24 Tropical Tree Species. PLOS ONE. 9. 2014
- Genetic diversity and ecological niche modelling of wild barley: refugia, large-scale post-LGM range expansion and limited mid-future climate threats?. PLOS ONE. 9. 2014
- Application of Molecular Markers in Spatial Analysis to Optimize In Situ Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources 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
- Agroforestry tree domestication: a primer 2012
- Innovation in input supply systems in smallholder agroforestry: seed sources, supply chains and support systems. Agroforestry Systems. 83:347-359. 2011
- Analysis of >1000 single nucleotide polymorphisms in geographically matched samples of landrace and wild barley indicates secondary contact and chromosome‐level differences in diversity around domestication genes. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 191:564-578. 2011
- Climate change and forest genetic resources – State of knowledge, risks and opportunities 2011
- Climate change and forest genetic resources-state of knowledge, risks, and opportunities: Background study paper no.56 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
- Testing putative African tropical forest refugia using chloroplast and nuclear DNA phylogeography. Tropical Plant Biology. 3:50-58. 2010
- 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
- Origins and genetic conservation of tropical trees in agroforestry systems: a case study from the Peruvian Amazon. Conservation Genetics. 9:361-372. 2008
- Molecular markers for tropical trees: a practical guide to principles and procedures 2008
- Genetic variation in the threatened medicinal tree Prunus Africana in Cameroon and Kenya: implications For current management and evolutionary history. South African Journal of Botany. 72:498-506. 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
- Comparing genetic diversity in agroforestry systems with natural forest: a case study of the important timber tree Vitex fischeri in central Kenya. Agroforestry Systems. 67:293-300. 2006
- 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
- Genetic bottlenecks in agroforestry systems: results of tree nursery surveys in East Africa. Agroforestry Systems. 63:149-155. 2005
- SHORT COMMUNICATION: Do farmers reduce genetic diversity when they domesticate tropical trees? A case study from Amazonia. Molecular Ecology. 14:497-501. 2005
- SHORT COMMUNICATION: Do farmers reduce genetic diversity when they domesticate tropical trees? A case study from Amazonia. Molecular Ecology. 14:497-501. 2005
- The potential of indigenous fruit trees: results of a survey in Kitui District, Kenya.. Agroforestry today. 12:13-16. 2000
- Multiplication, that's the name of the game: guidelines for seed production of agroforestry trees. Agroforestry today. 10:19-22. 1999
- Ordering tree seed-some guidelines. Agroforestry today. 10:8-11. 1998
- Collecting germplasm from trees-some guidelines.. Agroforestry today. 9:6-9. 1997
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review
- Contributions of biodiversity to the sustainable intensification of food production. GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY-AGRICULTURE POLICY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT. 23-37. 2019
- Why institutional environments for agroforestry seed systems matter. Development Policy Review. 89-112. 2018
- 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
- 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