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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
42
Citations
8426
World Ranking
3400
National Ranking
850

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Calvin Sperling Biodiversity Memorial Lectureship, American Society of Agronomy
  • 1969 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Genus

J. M. J. de Wet mainly focuses on Botany, Agronomy, Domestication, Sorghum and Crop. In his study, J. M. J. de Wet carries out multidisciplinary Botany and Variation research. In the field of Agronomy, his study on Sorghum bicolor overlaps with subjects such as Distribution.

The Sorghum study combines topics in areas such as Systematics and Poaceae. His Crop study incorporates themes from Finger millet and Eleusine. His Polyploid research incorporates elements of Taxon and Cultivated plant taxonomy.

His most cited work include:

  • Toward a rational classification of cultivated plants (710 citations)
  • COMPARATIVE EVOLUTION OF CEREALS. (421 citations)
  • A Simplified Classification of Cultivated Sorghum1 (345 citations)

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

His primary areas of study are Botany, Hybrid, Domestication, Tripsacum and Agronomy. His work deals with themes such as Chromosome and Introgression, which intersect with Botany. As a part of the same scientific study, J. M. J. de Wet usually deals with the Introgression, concentrating on Taxon and frequently concerns with Cultivated plant taxonomy.

His work focuses on many connections between Hybrid and other disciplines, such as Ploidy, that overlap with his field of interest in Evolutionary biology and Bivalent. He combines subjects such as Plant ecology, Race, Crop and Eleusine with his study of Domestication. When carried out as part of a general Agronomy research project, his work on Sorghum, Sorghum bicolor, Plant production and Setaria is frequently linked to work in Distribution, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (77.55%)
  • Hybrid (26.53%)
  • Domestication (21.43%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1981-2014)?

  • Botany (77.55%)
  • Hybrid (26.53%)
  • Tripsacum (21.43%)

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

J. M. J. de Wet focuses on Botany, Hybrid, Tripsacum, Poaceae and Inflorescence. J. M. J. de Wet regularly ties together related areas like Domestication in his Botany studies. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Evolutionary biology, Meiosis, Aneuploidy and Eleusine.

His Eleusine study combines topics in areas such as Stolonifera, Cultivar, Echinochloa, Subspecies and Taxonomy. His Inflorescence research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Andropogoneae and Stamen. His study in Zea mays is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Perennial plant, Introgression and Taxon.

Between 1981 and 2014, his most popular works were:

  • Infraspecific variation and systematics of cultivatedSetaria italica, foxtail millet (Poaceae) (54 citations)
  • Diversity in Kodo millet,Paspalum scrobiculatum (43 citations)
  • Domestication of Sawa Millet (Echinochloa colona) (37 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Gene

J. M. J. de Wet mainly investigates Hybrid, Botany, Weed, Domestication and Agronomy. His Hybrid study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Foxtail, Eleusine, Setaria, Inflorescence and Poaceae. The study incorporates disciplines such as Echinochloa, Cultivar and Stolonifera in addition to Eleusine.

His Poaceae research includes elements of Taxonomy, Systematics, Subspecies and Economic botany. He has included themes like Plant ecology, Paspalum, Tropics and Habitat in his Weed study. His studies deal with areas such as Agroforestry and Old World as well as Domestication.

Best Publications

  • Toward a rational classification of cultivated plants

    J. R. Harlan;J. M. J. de Wet

  • COMPARATIVE EVOLUTION OF CEREALS.

    Jack R. Harlan;J. M. J. de Wet;E. Glen Price

  • A simplified classification of cultivated Sorghum

    J. R. Harlan;J. M. J. de Wet

  • Weeds and Domesticates: Evolution in the man-made habitat

    J. M. J. De Wet;J. R. Harlan

  • Systematics and evolution of Sorghum sect. Sorghum (Gramineae)

    J. M. J. de Wet

  • Some thoughts about weeds

    Jack R. Harlan;J. M. J. de Wet

  • The morphology and domestication of pearl millet

    Jere Brunken;J. M. J. de Wet;J. R. Harlan

  • The origin and domestication of Sorghum bicolor

    J. M. J. De Wet;J. R. Harlan

  • Domestication of Eleusine coracana

    Khidir W. Hilu;J. M. J. de Wet

  • The origin of Sorghum bicolor. II. Distribution and domestication

    J. M. J. de Wet;J. P. Huckabay

  • SPECIAL PAPER: SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF SORGHUM SECT. SORGHUM (GRAMINEAE)

    J. M. J. de Wet

  • Sources of Variation in Cynodon dactylon (L). Pers. 1

    Jack R. Harlan;J. M. J. de Wet

  • THE COMPILOSPECIES CONCEPT

    Jack R. Harlan;J. M. J. de Wet

  • Diversity in Kodo millet,Paspalum scrobiculatum

    J. M. J. de Wet;D. E. Brink;K. E. Prasada Rao;M. H. Mengesha

  • ARCHAEOBOTANICAL STUDIES OF ELEUSINE CORACANA SSP. CORACANA (FINGER MILLET)

    K. W. Hilu;J. M. J. de Wet;J. R. Harlan

  • APOMIXIS, POLYPLOIDY, AND SPECIATION IN DICHANTHIUM.

    J. M. J. de Wet;J. R. Harlan

  • DIPLOID-TETRAPLOID-HAPLOID CYCLES AND THE ORIGIN OF VARIABILITY IN DICHANTHIUM AGAMOSPECIES.

    J. M. J. de Wet

  • Chromosome numbers of a few South African grasses

    J. M. J. de Wet

  • Systematics and evolution of Eleusine coracana (Gramineae)

    J. M. J. de Wet;K. E. Prasada Rao;D. E. Brink;M. H. Mengesha

  • Chromosome Numbers in Transvaal Grasses

    J. M. J. de Wet;L. J. Anderson

  • Infraspecific variation and systematics of cultivatedSetaria italica, foxtail millet (Poaceae)

    K E P Rao;J M J de Wet;D E Brink;M H Mengesha

  • SYSTEMATICS OF SOUTH AMERICAN TRIPSACUM (GRAMINEAE)

    J. M. J. de Wet;J. M. J. de Wet;D. H. Timothy;D. H. Timothy;K. W. Hilu;K. W. Hilu;G. B. Fletcher;G. B. Fletcher

  • Pathways of Genetic Transfer from Tripsacum to Zea Mays

    Jack R. Harlan;J. M. J. De Wet

  • ORIGIN OF VARIABILITY IN THE SPONTANEA COMPLEX OF SORGHUM BICOLOR

    J. M. J. De Wet;J. R. Harlan;E. G. Price

  • Cytogenetic Studies in Cynodon L. C. Rich. (Gramineae)1

    Jack R. Harlan;J. M. J. de Wet;K. M. Rawal;M. R. Felder

  • THE GENUS DANTHONIA IN GRASS PHYLOGENY

    J. M. J. de Wet

  • Racial evolution in Eleusine coracana ssp. coracana (Finger Millet)

    K. W. Hilu;J. M. J. De Wet

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack R. Harlan
Jack R. Harlan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Khidir W. Hilu
Khidir W. Hilu Virginia Tech
J. Desmond Clark
J. Desmond Clark University of California, Berkeley

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