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David M. Stelly publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David M. Stelly sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 203 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

David M. Stelly D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David M. Stelly sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David M. Stelly is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States and has a research focus spanning agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work is situated primarily in plant science and molecular biology, with additional interests in endocrinology, agronomy and crop science, and environmental engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Research in Cotton Cultivation
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
  • Plant Tissue Culture and Regeneration
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Weed Control and Herbicide Applications
  • Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement

Recent publications by David M. Stelly reflect a focus on cotton genetics, crop improvement, and regulatory approaches in agriculture. Selected papers include:

  • Genomic diversifications of five Gossypium allopolyploid species and their impact on cotton improvement, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • The Gossypium longicalyx Genome as a Resource for Cotton Breeding and Evolution, 2020, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Toward product-based regulation of crops, 2022, Science
  • High-Temperature and Drought-Resilience Traits among Interspecific Chromosome Substitution Lines for Genetic Improvement of Upland Cotton, 2020, Plants
  • Genome-wide association study for tolerance to drought and salt tolerance and resistance to thrips at the seedling growth stage in US Upland cotton, 2021, Industrial Crops and Products

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Sukumar Saha
  • Johnie N. Jenkins
  • Jack C. McCarty
  • Te-Ming Tseng
  • Nacer Bellaloui

Key publication venues for David M. Stelly's work are:

  • Plants
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Euphytica
  • Preprints.org
  • Nature Genetics

David M. Stelly was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Sequencing of allotetraploid cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L. acc. TM-1) provides a resource for fiber improvement

    Tianzhen Zhang;Yan Hu;Wenkai Jiang;Lei Fang

  • Repeated polyploidization of Gossypium genomes and the evolution of spinnable cotton fibres

    Andrew H Paterson;Jonathan F Wendel;Heidrun Gundlach;Hui Guo

  • A Detailed RFLP Map of Cotton, Gossypium Hirsutum X Gossypium Barbadense: Chromosome Organization and Evolution in a Disomic Polyploid Genome

    A. J. Reinisch;Jian-Ming Dong;C. L. Brubaker;D. M. Stelly

  • Toward Sequencing Cotton ( Gossypium ) Genomes

    Z. Jeffrey Chen;Brian E. Scheffler;Elizabeth Dennis;Barbara A. Triplett

  • Genomic diversifications of five Gossypium allopolyploid species and their impact on cotton improvement.

    Z. Jeffrey Chen;Z. Jeffrey Chen;Avinash Sreedasyam;Atsumi Ando;Qingxin Song;Qingxin Song

  • Genetic mapping and QTL analysis of fiber-related traits in cotton ( Gossypium )

    M. Mei;N. H. Syed;N. H. Syed;W. Gao;P. M. Thaxton

  • Resistance Gene Candidates Identified by PCR with Degenerate Oligonucleotide Primers Map to Clusters of Resistance Genes in Lettuce

    Katherine A. Shen;Blake C. Meyers;M. Nurul Islam-Faridi;Doris B. Chin

  • Dispersed Repetitive DNA Has Spread to New Genomes Since Polyploid Formation in Cotton

    X.-P. Zhao;Yang Si;R. E. Hanson;C. F. Crane

  • A rapid procedure for the isolation of C 0 t-1 DNA from plants

    Michael S. Zwick;Robert E. Hanson;Thomas D. McKnight;M. Nurul Islam-Faridi

  • A RAPID PROCEDURE FOR THE ISOLATION OF C0T-1 DNA FROM PLANTS

    Michael S. Zwick;Robert E. Hanson;M. Nurul Islam-Faridi;David M. Stelly

  • Accumulation of genome-specific transcripts, transcription factors and phytohormonal regulators during early stages of fiber cell development in allotetraploid cotton.

    S. Samuel Yang;Foo Cheung;Jinsuk J. Lee;Misook Ha

  • Epigenomic and functional analyses reveal roles of epialleles in the loss of photoperiod sensitivity during domestication of allotetraploid cottons.

    Qingxin Song;Tianzhen Zhang;David M. Stelly;Z. Jeffrey Chen;Z. Jeffrey Chen

  • Genetic mapping of new cotton fiber loci using EST-derived microsatellites in an interspecific recombinant inbred line cotton population

    Young-Hoon Park;Magdy S. Alabady;Magdy S. Alabady;Mauricio Ulloa;Brad Sickler

  • miR828 and miR858 regulate homoeologous MYB2 gene functions in Arabidopsis trichome and cotton fibre development

    Xueying Guan;Mingxiong Pang;Gyoungju Nah;Xiaoli Shi

  • Apomixis--The Asexual Revolution

    Jean-Philippe Vielle Calzada;Charles F. Crane;David M. Stelly

  • Distribution of 5S and 18S-28S rDNA loci in a tetraploid cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) and its putative diploid ancestors.

    R. E. Hanson;M. N. Islam-Faridi;E. A. Percival;C. F. Crane

  • Expression and Segregation of Genes Encoding CryIA Insecticidal Proteins in Cotton

    E. S. Sachs;J. H. Benedict;D. M. Stelly;J. F. Taylor

  • Development of a 63K SNP Array for Cotton and High-Density Mapping of Intraspecific and Interspecific Populations of Gossypium spp.

    Amanda M Hulse-Kemp;Jana Lemm;Joerg Plieske;Hamid Ashrafi

  • Genome-wide analysis reveals rapid and dynamic changes in miRNA and siRNA sequence and expression during ovule and fiber development in allotetraploid cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

    Mingxiong Pang;Andrew W Woodward;Vikram Agarwal;Xueying Guan

  • Chromosome Identification and Nomenclature of Sorghum bicolor

    Jeong Soon Kim;Patricia E. Klein;Robert R. Klein;H. James Price

Frequent Co-Authors

Johnie N. Jenkins
Johnie N. Jenkins Agricultural Research Service
Z. Jeffrey Chen
Z. Jeffrey Chen The University of Texas at Austin
William L. Rooney
William L. Rooney Texas A&M University
Jack C. McCarty
Jack C. McCarty US Department of Agriculture
Joshua A. Udall
Joshua A. Udall Agricultural Research Service
Brian E. Scheffler
Brian E. Scheffler Agricultural Research Service
Mauricio Ulloa
Mauricio Ulloa US Department of Agriculture
Reid G. Palmer
Reid G. Palmer US Department of Agriculture
Hamid Ashrafi
Hamid Ashrafi North Carolina State University
Jonathan F. Wendel
Jonathan F. Wendel Iowa State University

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