James Simmonds

James Simmonds publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James Simmonds sits on this spectrum.

James Simmonds D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James Simmonds sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Speed breeding is a powerful tool to accelerate crop research and breeding

  Amy Watson;Sreya Ghosh;Matthew J. Williams;William S. Cuddy

  1153
  Citations

• Uncovering hidden variation in polyploid wheat.

  Ksenia V. Krasileva;Ksenia V. Krasileva;Ksenia V. Krasileva;Hans A. Vasquez-Gross;Tyson Howell;Paul Bailey

  590
  Citations

• A genetic framework for grain size and shape variation in wheat.

  Vasilis C. Gegas;Aida Nazari;Simon Griffiths;James Simmonds

  527
  Citations

• Speed breeding in growth chambers and glasshouses for crop breeding and model plant research.

  Sreya Ghosh;Amy Watson;Oscar E. Gonzalez-Navarro;Ricardo H. Ramirez-Gonzalez

  497
  Citations

• Meta-QTL analysis of the genetic control of ear emergence in elite European winter wheat germplasm

  Simon Griffiths;James Simmonds;Michelle Leverington;Yingkun Wang

  278
  Citations

• Population genomic analysis of Aegilops tauschii identifies targets for bread wheat improvement.

  Kumar Gaurav;Sanu Arora;Paula Silva;Javier Sánchez-Martín

  264
  Citations

• A splice acceptor site mutation in TaGW2-A1 increases thousand grain weight in tetraploid and hexaploid wheat through wider and longer grains

  James Simmonds;Peter Scott;Jemima Brinton;Teresa C. Mestre;Teresa C. Mestre

  215
  Citations

• Dissecting gene × environmental effects on wheat yields via QTL and physiological analysis

  John. W. Snape;M. John Foulkes;James Simmonds;Michelle Leverington

  196
  Citations

• Identification and independent validation of a stable yield and thousand grain weight QTL on chromosome 6A of hexaploid wheat ( Triticum aestivum L .)

  James Simmonds;Peter Scott;Michelle Leverington-Waite;Adrian S Turner

  176
  Citations

• Gene editing and mutagenesis reveal inter-cultivar differences and additivity in the contribution of TaGW2 homoeologues to grain size and weight in wheat.

  Wei Wang;James Simmonds;Qianli Pan;Dwight Davidson

  175
  Citations

• Meta-QTL analysis of the genetic control of crop height in elite European winter wheat germplasm

  Simon Griffiths;James Simmonds;Michelle Leverington;Yingkun Wang

  164
  Citations

• Susceptibility to Fusarium head blight is associated with the Rht-D1b semi-dwarfing allele in wheat

  Srinivasachary;N. Gosman;N. Gosman;A. Steed;J. Simmonds

  146
  Citations

• Increased pericarp cell length underlies a major quantitative trait locus for grain weight in hexaploid wheat.

  Jemima Brinton;James Simmonds;Francesca Minter;Michelle Leverington-Waite

  122
  Citations

• Identification of transcription factors regulating senescence in wheat through gene regulatory network modelling

  Philippa Borrill;Sophie A Harrington;James Simmonds;Cristobal Uauy

  120
  Citations

• Genetic dissection of grain size and grain number trade-offs in CIMMYT wheat germplasm.

  Simon Griffiths;Luzie Wingen;Julian Pietragalla;Guillermo Garcia

  119
  Citations

• A haplotype-led approach to increase the precision of wheat breeding.

  Jemima Brinton;Jemima Brinton;Ricardo H Ramirez-Gonzalez;James Simmonds;Luzie Wingen

  103
  Citations

• The Inhibitor of wax 1 locus (Iw1) prevents formation of β‐ and OH‐β‐diketones in wheat cuticular waxes and maps to a sub‐cM interval on chromosome arm 2BS

  Nikolai M. Adamski;Maxwell S. Bush;James Simmonds;Adrian S. Turner

  102
  Citations

• Reduced height (Rht) and photoperiod insensitivity (Ppd) allele associations with establishment and early growth of wheat in contrasting production systems

  M. Addisu;J. W. Snape;J. R. Simmonds;M. J. Gooding

  86
  Citations

• Validation of a 1DL earliness per se (eps) flowering QTL in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum)

  Meluleki Zikhali;Michelle Leverington-Waite;Lesley Fish;James Simmonds

  85
  Citations

• Agricultural Selection of Wheat Has Been Shaped by Plant-Microbe Interactions

  Andrzej Tkacz;Andrzej Tkacz;Francesco Pini;Thomas R. Turner;Eloïne Bestion

  67
  Citations