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Plant Science and Agronomy
Colombia
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
71
Citations
17808
World Ranking
673
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Colombia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Colombia Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Botany

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Agronomy, Phaseolus, Botany, Pasture and Soil water. He studies Agronomy, focusing on Brachiaria in particular. His Phaseolus research integrates issues from Plant breeding, Genetic variation, Tropical agriculture and Drought tolerance.

His study looks at the intersection of Botany and topics like Horticulture with Phosphate. His work deals with themes such as Soil organic matter, Sorghum, Nitrosomonas europaea, Oxisol and Carbon sink, which intersect with Pasture. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Subtropics, Upland rice and Acid rain.

His most cited work include:

  • Carbon storage by introduced deep-rooted grasses in the South American savannas (479 citations)
  • Scope and Strategies for Regulation of Nitrification in Agricultural Systems—Challenges and Opportunities (317 citations)
  • Evidence for biological nitrification inhibition in Brachiaria pastures (267 citations)

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

His primary areas of investigation include Agronomy, Brachiaria, Phaseolus, Botany and Soil water. His Agronomy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Nutrient and Soil fertility. His study in Brachiaria is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Cultivar, Hybrid, Horticulture and Nitrification.

His Nitrification study which covers Agriculture that intersects with Livestock. His Phaseolus study also includes

  • Drought tolerance, which have a strong connection to Crop yield,
  • Abiotic stress which is related to area like Crop. The study incorporates disciplines such as Nitrogen fixation and Oxisol in addition to Shoot.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (65.12%)
  • Brachiaria (24.20%)
  • Phaseolus (26.69%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Agronomy (65.12%)
  • Phaseolus (26.69%)
  • Abiotic stress (11.03%)

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

His scientific interests lie mostly in Agronomy, Phaseolus, Abiotic stress, Horticulture and Nitrification. His research in Agronomy intersects with topics in Soil water and Tropics. His Phaseolus research incorporates themes from Germplasm, Interspecific competition, Phenology, Soil pH and Habit.

His Abiotic stress study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Crop, Plant breeding, Quantitative trait locus, Regulation of gene expression and Drought tolerance. The various areas that Idupulapati M. Rao examines in his Crop study include Nutrient and Phosphorus deficiency. He has researched Nitrification in several fields, including Brachiaria, Rhizosphere, Nitrate and Hybrid.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Source-Sink Relationships in Crop Plants and Their Influence on Yield Development and Nutritional Quality. (40 citations)
  • Adequate vegetative cover decreases nitrous oxide emissions from cattle urine deposited in grazed pastures under rainy season conditions (35 citations)
  • Adequate vegetative cover decreases nitrous oxide emissions from cattle urine deposited in grazed pastures under rainy season conditions (35 citations)

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

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Botany

His primary scientific interests are in Agronomy, Abiotic stress, Phaseolus, Quantitative trait locus and Abiotic component. His work carried out in the field of Agronomy brings together such families of science as Agriculture, Urine and Nitrous oxide. His studies deal with areas such as Nutrient, Crop and Plant breeding as well as Abiotic stress.

His research integrates issues of Tropics and Sink in his study of Nutrient. His Quantitative trait locus research includes themes of Gene pool, Gene interaction and Drought tolerance. His Abiotic component research incorporates elements of Biotic stress, Domestication, Biotechnology and Germplasm.

Best Publications

  • Carbon storage by introduced deep-rooted grasses in the South American savannas

    M. J. Fisher;I. M. Rao;M. A. Ayarza;C. E. Lascano

  • Scope and Strategies for Regulation of Nitrification in Agricultural Systems—Challenges and Opportunities

    G. V. Subbarao;O. Ito;K. L. Sahrawat;W. L. Berry

  • Phenotyping common beans for adaptation to drought.

    Stephen E. Beebe;Idupulapati M. Rao;Matthew W. Blair;Jorge A. Acosta-Gallegos

  • Evidence for biological nitrification inhibition in Brachiaria pastures

    G. V. Subbarao;K. Nakahara;M. P. Hurtado;H. Ono

  • Strategies for improving phosphorus acquisition efficiency of crop plants.

    Lara Ramaekers;Roseline Remans;Idupulapati M. Rao;Matthew W. Blair

  • Selection for Drought Resistance in Common Bean Also Improves Yield in Phosphorus Limited and Favorable Environments

    Stephen E. Beebe;Idupulapati M. Rao;César Cajiao;Miguel Grajales

  • Biological nitrification inhibition (BNI)—is it a widespread phenomenon?

    G.V. Subbarao;Marco Antonio Rondón;O. Ito;T. Ishikawa

  • Phosphorus Transformations in an Oxisol under contrasting land-use systems: The role of the soil microbial biomass

    Astrid Oberson;Dennis Keith Friesen;Idupulapati Madhusudana Rao;S. Bühler

  • Abiotic Stress Responses in Legumes: Strategies Used to Cope with Environmental Challenges

    Susana S Araújo;Stephen E. Beebe;Martin Crespi;Bruno Delbreil

  • Effects of phosphorus nutrition on photosynthesis in Glycine max (L.) Merr.

    A. L. Fredeen;T. K. Raab;I. M. Rao;N. Terry

  • Source-Sink Relationships in Crop Plants and Their Influence on Yield Development and Nutritional Quality.

    Millicent R. Smith;Idupulapati M. Rao;Andrew Merchant

  • SELECTION AND BREEDING FOR ACID-SOIL TOLERANCE IN CROPS : UPLAND RICE AND TROPICAL FORAGES AS CASE STUDIES

    Idupulapati M. Rao;Robert S. Zeigler;Raúl R. Vera;Surapong Sarkarung

  • Physiological and genetic analysis of root responsiveness to auxin-producing plant growth-promoting bacteria in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

    Roseline Remans;Steve Beebe;Matthew Blair;German Manrique

  • Genetic improvement of common beans and the challenges of climate change.

    Stephen Beebe;Julian Ramirez;Julian Ramirez;Andy Jarvis;Andy Jarvis;Idupulapati M. Rao

  • Suppression of soil nitrification by plants

    Guntur Venkata Subbarao;Tadashi Yoshihashi;Margaret Worthington;Kazuhiko Nakahara

  • Secretion of phytase from the roots of several plant species under phosphorus-deficient conditions

    Minggang Li;Mitsuru Osaki;Idupulapati Madhusudana Rao;Toshiaki Tadano

  • The High Level of Aluminum Resistance in Signalgrass Is Not Associated with Known Mechanisms of External Aluminum Detoxification in Root Apices

    Peter Wenzl;Gloria M. Patiño;Alba Lucía Chaves;Jorge Edgard Mayer

  • Biological Nitrification Inhibition—A Novel Strategy to Regulate Nitrification in Agricultural Systems

    G.V. Subbarao;K.L. Sahrawat;K. Nakahara;T. Ishikawa

  • LivestockPlus - The sustainable intensification of forage-based agricultural systems to improve livelihoods and ecosystem services in the tropics *

    I. Rao;M. Peters;A. Castro;R. Schultze-Kraft

  • Sequential phosphorus extraction of a 33P-labeled oxisol under contrasting agricultural systems

    S. Buehler;Astrid Oberson;Idupulapati Madhusudana Rao;Dennis Keith Friesen

  • Role of Physiology in Improving Crop Adaptation to Abiotic Stresses in the Tropics: The Case of Common Bean and Tropical Forages

    Idupulapati Madhusudana Rao

  • Root adaptations to soils with low fertility and aluminium toxicity

    Idupulapati M. Rao;John W. Miles;Stephen E. Beebe;Walter J. Horst

  • Phosphorus acquisition and cycling in crop and pasture systems in low fertility tropical soils

    D. K. Friesen;I. M. Rao;R. J. Thomas;A. Oberson

  • Strategies for improving phosphorus acquisition efficiency of crop plants [Approved article]

    Lara Ramaekers;Roseline Remans;Idupulapati Madhusudana Rao;Matthew W. Blair

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen E. Beebe
Stephen E. Beebe Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
Manabu Ishitani
Manabu Ishitani Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
Jacobo Arango
Jacobo Arango Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
Walter J. Horst
Walter J. Horst University of Hannover
Guntur V. Subbarao
Guntur V. Subbarao Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
Astrid Oberson
Astrid Oberson ETH Zurich
Matthew W. Blair
Matthew W. Blair Tennessee State University
Joe Tohme
Joe Tohme Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
Bal Ram Singh
Bal Ram Singh Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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