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D-Index
41
Citations
7148
World Ranking
3653
National Ranking
254

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Gene
  • Ecology

His primary scientific interests are in Botany, Cultivar, Xylem, Phloem and Shoot. David L. McNeil studies Photosynthesis which is a part of Botany. His Cultivar study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Poaceae, Oleic acid and Fatty acid.

His study on Poaceae also encompasses disciplines like

  • Gene–environment interaction and related Storage protein,
  • Null allele which connect with Agronomy. His Xylem study incorporates themes from Lupinus, Asparagine and Valine. The various areas that he examines in his Mutant study include Urea and Nitrate, Nitrate reductase.

His most cited work include:

  • A Supernodulation and Nitrate-Tolerant Symbiotic (nts) Soybean Mutant (333 citations)
  • Isolation and properties of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] mutants that nodulate in the presence of high nitrate concentrations. (325 citations)
  • Next generation of elevated [CO2] experiments with crops: a critical investment for feeding the future world (137 citations)

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

His scientific interests lie mostly in Agronomy, Botany, Horticulture, Cultivar and Agroforestry. His work in Agronomy addresses issues such as Photosynthesis, which are connected to fields such as Chlorophyll and Animal science. His work carried out in the field of Botany brings together such families of science as Gene, Mutant and Gene–environment interaction.

His Horticulture study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Rhizome and Allyl isothiocyanate. The study incorporates disciplines such as Food science, Oleic acid, Allele, Genotype and Genetic variation in addition to Cultivar. His study in Agroforestry is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Horticultural crops and Production.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (34.97%)
  • Botany (28.83%)
  • Horticulture (19.63%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2020)?

  • Quality (6.13%)
  • Cultivar (16.56%)
  • Horticultural crops (9.82%)

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

David L. McNeil focuses on Quality, Cultivar, Horticultural crops, Horticulture and Agriculture. His Quality research integrates issues from Supply chain, Biotechnology, Environmental resource management and Environmental economics. Cultivar is a subfield of Agronomy that he investigates.

The concepts of his Horticultural crops study are interwoven with issues in Agroforestry, Monsoon, Forestry and Marketing. David L. McNeil has included themes like Fortification, Food processing and Nutrient in his Agriculture study. In his work, Botany is strongly intertwined with RNA-Seq, which is a subfield of Drought tolerance.

Between 2012 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Elevated atmospheric [CO2] can dramatically increase wheat yields in semi‐arid environments and buffer against heat waves (87 citations)
  • Perception of climate change and its impact by smallholders in pastoral/agropastoral systems of Borana, South Ethiopia (64 citations)
  • RNA-seq analysis of cold and drought responsive transcriptomes of Zea mays ssp. mexicana L (24 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Gene
  • Ecology

David L. McNeil mainly investigates Cultivar, Gene, Genetics, Genome-wide association study and Quantitative trait locus. The subject of his Cultivar research is within the realm of Agronomy. His work on Stomatal conductance expands to the thematically related Agronomy.

David L. McNeil has researched Gene in several fields, including Subspecies and Botany. His research in Botany is mostly concerned with Drought tolerance. In his study, Genotype is inextricably linked to Germplasm, which falls within the broad field of Genetics.

Best Publications

  • Isolation and properties of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] mutants that nodulate in the presence of high nitrate concentrations.

    Bernard J. Carroll;David L. McNeil;Peter M. Gresshoff

  • A Supernodulation and Nitrate-Tolerant Symbiotic (nts) Soybean Mutant

    Bernard J. Carroll;David L. McNeil;Peter M. Gresshoff

  • Fatty acid and tocopherol contents and oxidative stability of walnut oils

    G. P. Savage;P. C. Dutta;D. L. McNeil

  • Perception of climate change and its impact by smallholders in pastoral/agropastoral systems of Borana, South Ethiopia

    Nega Debela;Caroline Mohammed;Kerry Bridle;Ross Corkrey

  • Lipid composition and oxidative stability of oils in hazelnuts (Corylus avellana L.) grown in New Zealand

    G. P. Savage;D. L. McNeil;P. C. Dutta

  • Comparison of low- and high molecular-weight wheat glutenin allele effects on flour quality

    C. Luo;W.B. Griffin;Gerard Branlard;D.L. Mcneil

  • Climate change impact on rainfed wheat in south-eastern Australia

    Muhuddin Rajin Anwar;Garry O’Leary;David McNeil;Hemayet Hossain

  • Next generation of elevated [CO2] experiments with crops: a critical investment for feeding the future world

    Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Claus Beier;Carlo Calfapietra;Reinhart Ceulemans

  • The effect of nitrogen and sulphur fertilisation and their interaction with genotype on wheat glutenins and quality parameters

    C. Luo;Gerard Branlard;W.B. Griffin;D.L. Mcneil

  • The Nor-D3 locus of Triticum tauschii: natural variation and genetic linkage to markers in chromosome 5

    E. S. Lagudah;R. Appels;D. McNeil

  • Modeling the Transport and Utilization of Carbon and Nitrogen in a Nodulated Legume

    John S. Pate;David B. Layzell;David L. McNeil

  • The molecular–genetic analysis of Triticum tauschii, the D-genome donor to hexaploid wheat

    E. S. Lagudah;R. Appels;A. H. D. Brown;D. McNeil

  • Elevated atmospheric [CO2] can dramatically increase wheat yields in semi‐arid environments and buffer against heat waves

    Glenn J. Fitzgerald;Michael Tausz;Garry O'Leary;Mahabubur R. Mollah

  • Use of bacteriophages as biocontrol agents to control Salmonella associated with seed sprouts

    Chawalit Kocharunchitt;Tom Ross;D. L. McNeil

  • Nitrogen status affects UV-B sensitivity of cucumber

    J.E. Hunt;D.L. McNeil

  • Mutagenesis of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) and the isolation of non-nodulating mutants

    Bernard J. Carroll;David L. McNeil;Peter M. Gresshoff

  • Lentil : an ancient crop for modern times

    Shyam S. Yadav;David L. McNeil;Philip C. Stevenson

  • Transport of organic solutes in Phloem and xylem of a nodulated legume.

    John S. Pate;Craig A. Atkins;Kathy Hamel;David L. McNeil

  • Factors that influence Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated transformation of broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica).

    M. X. Henzi;M. C. Christey;D. L. McNeil

  • Uptake and Utilization of Xylem-borne Amino Compounds by Shoot Organs of a Legume

    David L. McNeil;Craig A. Atkins;John S. Pate

  • Inheritance of Seed Size in Chickpea ('Cicer arietinum' L.) and Identification of QTL Based on 100-seed Weight and Seed Size Index

    S Hossain;R Ford;DL McNeil;C Pittock

  • Effects of Nitrogen on the Photosynthetic Apparatus of Clematis vitalba Grown at Several Irradiances

    Ralph A. Bungard;David McNeil;James D. Morton

  • Yield components, harvest index and plant type in relation to yield differences in field pea genotypes

    Derrick Jan Moot;David Leslie McNeil

  • Modelling net photosynthetic rate of field-grown cocksfoot leaves under different nitrogen, water and temperature regimes

    P. L. Peri;P. L. Peri;D. J. Moot;D. L. McNeil;A. C. Varella

  • Identification and molecular mapping of a dwarfing gene in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and its correlation with other agronomic traits

    Junmei Wang;Jianming Yang;David L. McNeil;Meixue Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Derrick J. Moot
Derrick J. Moot Lincoln University
Meixue Zhou
Meixue Zhou University of Tasmania
Peter M. Gresshoff
Peter M. Gresshoff University of Queensland
KJ Evans
KJ Evans University of Tasmania
John S. Pate
John S. Pate University of Western Australia
Evans Lagudah
Evans Lagudah Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Rudi Appels
Rudi Appels University of Melbourne
Rebecca Ford
Rebecca Ford Griffith University
Craig A. Atkins
Craig A. Atkins University of Western Australia
John E. Hunt
John E. Hunt Landcare Research

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