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D-Index
48
Citations
8404
World Ranking
2411
National Ranking
8

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Agronomy

His scientific interests lie mostly in Weed, Agronomy, Weed control, Crop and Crop yield. David E. Johnson has researched Weed in several fields, including Germination and Seedling. David E. Johnson interconnects Adaptation, Ecosystem and Water stress in the investigation of issues within Germination.

His Weed control research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Agroforestry and Tillage, Minimum tillage. His work carried out in the field of Agroforestry brings together such families of science as Striga, Cyperus difformis and Cyperus rotundus. His study explores the link between Crop and topics such as Irrigation that cross with problems in Dry weight, Transplanting, Panicle, Competition and Seeding.

His most cited work include:

  • Weed Management in Direct‐Seeded Rice (451 citations)
  • The role of seed ecology in improving weed management strategies in the tropics (181 citations)
  • Weed management in rice‐based cropping systems in Africa (124 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Agronomy, Weed, Weed control, Germination and Seedling. As part of his studies on Agronomy, David E. Johnson frequently links adjacent subjects like Upland rice. His study in Weed is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Irrigation, Dry weight, Competition, Cyperus rotundus and Poaceae.

The various areas that he examines in his Weed control study include Transplanting and Agroforestry. His studies in Germination integrate themes in fields like Ecology and Dry matter. The Seedling study which covers Crop residue that intersects with Eleusine indica.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (62.50%)
  • Weed (56.25%)
  • Weed control (32.50%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Agronomy (62.50%)
  • Cropping (7.50%)
  • Crop (21.25%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

David E. Johnson mostly deals with Agronomy, Cropping, Crop, Productivity and Agroforestry. His study involves Weed and Weed control, a branch of Agronomy. The study incorporates disciplines such as Transplanting, Dry season and Wet season in addition to Weed.

His Crop study incorporates themes from Tillage and Sowing. His Productivity research includes elements of Poverty, Poverty reduction and Natural resource economics. His Agroforestry research includes themes of Seedbed, Food security, Irrigation and Natural resource management.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Preventive Weed Management in Direct-Seeded Rice: Targeting the Weed Seedbank (11 citations)
  • Climate Ready- Technologies: Combating Poverty by Raising Productivity in Rainfed Rice Environments in Asia (8 citations)
  • New records of very high nitrous oxide fluxes from rice cannot be generalized for water management and climate impacts (7 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Agronomy

Poverty, Productivity, Ecosystem, Natural resource economics and Poverty reduction are his primary areas of study. His Poverty investigation overlaps with other areas such as Business and Flooding.

Best Publications

  • Weed Management in Direct‐Seeded Rice

    A.N. Rao;D.E. Johnson;B. Sivaprasad;J.K. Ladha

  • The role of seed ecology in improving weed management strategies in the tropics

    Bhagirath S. Chauhan;David E. Johnson

  • Relationships between upland rice canopy characteristics and weed competitiveness

    Michaël Dingkuhn;D.E. Johnson;A. Sow;Alain Audebert

  • Row spacing and weed control timing affect yield of aerobic rice

    Bhagirath S. Chauhan;David E. Johnson

  • Weed management in rice‐based cropping systems in Africa

    J. Rodenburg;D. E. Johnson

  • The influence of rice plant type on the effect of weed competition on Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima

    D. E. Johnson;M. Dingkuhn;M. P. Jones;M. C. Mahamane

  • Weed Management in Aerobic Rice in Northwestern Indo-Gangetic Plains

    G. Mahajan;B. S. Chauhan;D. E. Johnson

  • Growth and yield potential of Oryza sativa and O. glaberrima upland rice cultivars and their interspecific progenies

    M Dingkuhn;M.P Jones;D.E Johnson;A Sow

  • Adaptation to flooding during emergence and seedling growth in rice and weeds, and implications for crop establishment

    Abdelbagi M. Ismail;David E. Johnson;Evangelina S. Ella;Georgina V. Vergara

  • Implications of narrow crop row spacing and delayed Echinochloa colona and Echinochloa crus-galli emergence for weed growth and crop yield loss in aerobic rice

    Bhagirath S. Chauhan;David E. Johnson

  • Relations of rice seeding rates to crop and weed growth in aerobic rice

    Bhagirath S. Chauhan;Virender P. Singh;Avnish Kumar;David E. Johnson

  • Weedy (Red) Rice: An Emerging Constraint to Global Rice Production

    Lewis H. Ziska;David R. Gealy;Nilda Burgos;Ana L. Caicedo

  • Influence of tillage systems on weed seedling emergence pattern in rainfed rice

    Bhagirath Singh Chauhan;David E. Johnson

  • Influence of Environmental Factors on Seed Germination and Seedling Emergence of Eclipta (Eclipta prostrata) in a Tropical Environment

    Bhagirath S. Chauhan;David E. Johnson

  • Ecological studies on Echinochloa crus-galli and the implications for weed management in direct-seeded rice

    B.S. Chauhan;D.E. Johnson

  • Germination Ecology of Goosegrass {Eleusine indica): An Important Grass Weed of Rainfed Rice

    Bhagirath S. Chauhan;David E. Johnson

  • Improved water control and crop management effects on lowland rice productivity in West Africa

    M. Becker;D.E. Johnson

  • Cropping intensity effects on upland rice yield and sustainability in West Africa

    M. Becker;D.E. Johnson

  • Seed Germination Ecology of Junglerice (Echinochloa colona): A Major Weed of Rice

    Bhagirath S. Chauhan;David E. Johnson

  • Legumes as dry season fallow in upland rice-based systems of West Africa.

    M. Becker;David E. Johnson

  • Challenges for weed management in African rice systems in a changing climate

    Jonne Rodenburg;Holger Meinke;David E. Johnson

  • Ecological studies on Cyperus difformis, Cyperus iria and Fimbristylis miliacea: three troublesome annual sedge weeds of rice

    B.S. Chauhan;D.E. Johnson

  • The implications of land preparation, crop establishment method and weed management on rice yield variation in the rice–wheat system in the Indo-Gangetic plains

    Y. Singh;V.P. Singh;G. Singh;D.S. Yadav

  • Investigating early vigour in upland rice (Oryza sativa L.): Part I. Seedling growth and grain yield in competition with weeds

    O.S. Namuco;J.E. Cairns;D.E. Johnson

  • Realizing Africa's Rice Promise

    Marco Wopereis;David E. Johnson;Nourollah Ahmadi;Eric Tollens

  • Seed Germination and Seedling Emergence of Giant Sensitiveplant (Mimosa invisa)

    Bhagirath S. Chauhan;David E. Johnson

  • Germination Ecology of Southern Crabgrass (Digitaria ciliaris) and India Crabgrass (Digitaria longiflora): Two Important Weeds of Rice in Tropics

    Bhagirath S. Chauhan;David E. Johnson

  • Growth Response of Direct-Seeded Rice to Oxadiazon and Bispyribac-Sodium in Aerobic and Saturated Soils

    Bhagirath S. Chauhan;David E. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Bhagirath S. Chauhan
Bhagirath S. Chauhan University of Queensland
Yoichiro Kato
Yoichiro Kato University of Tokyo
Grant R. Singleton
Grant R. Singleton University of Greenwich
Mathias Becker
Mathias Becker University of Bonn
Rakesh Singh
Rakesh Singh Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Abdelbagi M. Ismail
Abdelbagi M. Ismail International Rice Research Institute
Kazuki Saito
Kazuki Saito International Rice Research Institute
Jagdish K. Ladha
Jagdish K. Ladha University of California, Davis
Virender Kumar
Virender Kumar International Rice Research Institute
Jill E. Cairns
Jill E. Cairns International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

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