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48
Citations
8903
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2402
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27

Best Publications

  • Screening of Bread Wheat Genotypes for Drought Tolerance Using Phenotypic and Proline Analyses.

    Learnmore Mwadzingeni;Hussein Shimelis;Samson Tesfay;Toi J. Tsilo

  • Fusarium head blight of wheat: Pathogenesis and control strategies

    C.C. Dweba;S. Figlan;H.A. Shimelis;T.E. Motaung

  • Breeding wheat for drought tolerance: Progress and technologies

    Learnmore Mwadzingeni;Hussein Shimelis;Ernest Dube;Mark D Laing

  • Genome-wide association analysis of agronomic traits in wheat under drought-stressed and non-stressed conditions.

    Learnmore Mwadzingeni;Hussein Shimelis;D. Jasper G. Rees;Toi J. Tsilo

  • Genetic Improvement of Wheat for Drought Tolerance: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities

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  • Agronomic and Physiological Traits, and Associated Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) Affecting Yield Response in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.): A Review.

    Nkhathutsheleni Maureen Tshikunde;Jacob Mashilo;Hussein Shimelis;Alfred Odindo

  • Opportunities and challenges of speed breeding: A review

    Maliata Athon Wanga;Hussein Shimelis;Jacob Mashilo;Mark D. Laing

  • Potato Production in Kenya: Farming Systems and Production Constraints

    Jane Jane Muthoni;Hussein Shimelis;Rob Melis

  • Treatment of wastewater from rubber industry in Malaysia

    S.P. Ramalema;H. Shimelis;I. Ncube;Karl J. Kunert

  • Factors affecting crop water use efficiency: A worldwide meta-analysis

    Nozibusiso Mbava;Macdex Mutema;Rebecca Zengeni;Hussein Shimelis

  • Production constraints and breeding approaches for cowpea improvement for drought prone agro-ecologies in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Lydia N. Horn;Lydia N. Horn;H. Shimelis

  • Variance components and heritabilities of yield and agronomic traits among cowpea genotypes

    Hussein Shimelis;Rhandzu Shiringani

  • Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea [L.] Verdc.) Production, Utilisation and Genetic Improvement in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Nomathemba Gloria Majola;Abe Shegro Gerrano;Hussein Shimelis

  • Genomics-assisted breeding for boosting crop improvement in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan).

    Lekha Pazhamala;Rachit K. Saxena;Vikas K. Singh;C. V. Sameerkumar

  • Crops for increasing soil organic carbon stocks – A global meta analysis

    Isack Mathew;Hussein Shimelis;Macdex Mutema;Budiman Minasny

  • Drought stress in sorghum: Mitigation strategies, breeding methods and technologies—A review

    Muhammad Ahmad Yahaya;Muhammad Ahmad Yahaya;Hussein Shimelis

  • What crop type for atmospheric carbon sequestration: Results from a global data analysis

    Isack Mathew;Hussein Shimelis;Macdex Mutema;Vincent Chaplot

  • Storage root formation, dry matter synthesis, accumulation and genetics in sweetpotato

    Placide Rukundo;Hussein Shimelis;Mark Laing;Daphrose Gahakwa

  • Selection of cowpea genotypes based on grain mineral and total protein content

    Abe Shegro Gerrano;Willem S. Jansen van Rensburg;Sonja L. Venter;Nemera G. Shargie

  • Genotype-by-environment interaction of newly-developed sweet potato genotypes for storage root yield, yield-related traits and resistance to sweet potato virus disease

    Stephan Ngailo;Hussein Shimelis;Julia Sibiya;Kiddo Mtunda

  • Management of Bacterial Wilt [Rhalstonia solanacearum Yabuuchi et al., 1995] of Potatoes: Opportunity for Host Resistance in Kenya

    Jane Muthoni;Hussein Shimelis;Rob Melis

  • Development of NIRS models for rapid quantification of protein content in sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) LAM.]

    Lembe Samukelo Magwaza;Sónia Inês Messo Naidoo;Sunette M. Laurie;Mark D. Laing

  • Comparison of the Efficacy of Ground Wild Cucumber Fruits, Aldicarb and Fenamiphos on Suppression of Meloidogyne incognita in Tomato

    P. W. Mashela;H. A. Shimelis;F. N. Mudau

  • Genotype-by-environment interaction for grain yield among novel cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) selections derived by gamma irradiation.

    Lydia Horn;Hussein Shimelis;Fatma Sarsu;Learnmore Mwadzingeni

  • Genotype-by-environment interaction and yield stability of quality protein maize hybrids developed from tropical-highland adapted inbred lines

    Demissew Abakemal;Hussein Shimelis;John Derera

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Laing
Mark Laing University of KwaZulu-Natal
Vincent Chaplot
Vincent Chaplot University of KwaZulu-Natal
Albert T. Modi
Albert T. Modi Walter Sisulu University
Lembe Samukelo Magwaza
Lembe Samukelo Magwaza Cranfield University
Rajeev K. Varshney
Rajeev K. Varshney Murdoch University
Budiman Minasny
Budiman Minasny University of Sydney
Rachit K. Saxena
Rachit K. Saxena International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Abhishek Rathore
Abhishek Rathore International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Suchismita Mondal
Suchismita Mondal Montana State University
Maryke Labuschagne
Maryke Labuschagne University of the Free State

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