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John W. Snape is affiliated with Norwich Research Park in the United Kingdom. Their research encompasses several areas within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a notable focus on Plant Science, Genetics, and Agronomy and Crop Science. The scientist's main topics of work include Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Crop Yield and Soil Fertility, Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture, Food Composition and Properties, and Biofuel Production and Bioconversion.

They have contributed to various academic publications, with recent papers spanning diverse subject matter and publication venues. Some of these include:

  • Meeting the Challenges Facing Wheat Production: The Strategic Research Agenda of the Global Wheat Initiative, 2022, Agronomy
  • Natural Selection Towards Wild-Type in Composite Cross Populations of Winter Wheat, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Genetic variation in wheat grain quality is associated with differences in the galactolipid content of flour and the gas bubble properties of dough liquor, 2020, Food Chemistry X
  • English legal histories, 2020, Law and Humanities
  • International Tax Policy: Between Competition and Cooperation, 2020, The Cambridge Law Journal

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers including Simon Griffiths, Luzie U. Wingen, Peter Langridge, Michaël Alaux, and Nuno Felipe Almeida.

John W. Snape's publications appear in journals that focus on agriculture, plant science, law, and food chemistry. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Agronomy
  • Food Chemistry X
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Law and Humanities
  • The Cambridge Law Journal

The scientist's research incorporates several interdisciplinary aspects. In particular, their work connects areas such as crop genetics, environmental impacts on agriculture, and food properties, highlighting topics that bridge both biological sciences and policies related to agriculture and bioeconomy.

Best Publications

  • ‘Green revolution’ genes encode mutant gibberellin response modulators

    Jinrong Peng;Donald E. Richards;Nigel M. Hartley;George P. Murphy

  • A Pseudo-Response Regulator is misexpressed in the photoperiod insensitive Ppd-D1a mutant of wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.)

    James Beales;Adrian Turner;Simon Griffiths;John W. Snape

  • Raising yield potential in wheat

    Matthew Reynolds;M. John Foulkes;Gustavo A. Slafer;Peter Berry

  • RFLP mapping of five major genes and eight quantitative trait loci controlling flowering time in a winter × spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cross

    D. A. Laurie;N. Pratchett;J. W. Snape;J. H. Bezant

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

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

  • RFLP mapping of the vernalization (Vrn1) and frost resistance (Fr1) genes on chromosome 5A of wheat.

    G. Galiba;S. A. Quarrie;J. Sutka;A. Morgounov

  • Identification of traits to improve the nitrogen-use efficiency of wheat genotypes

    O. Gaju;V. Allard;V. Allard;P. Martre;P. Martre;J.W. Snape

  • Waiting for Fine Times: Genetics of Flowering Time in Wheat

    J.W. Snape;K. Butterworth;E. Whitechurch;A.J. Worland

  • Identifying physiological traits associated with improved drought resistance in winter wheat

    M.J. Foulkes;R. Sylvester-Bradley;R. Weightman;J.W. Snape

  • Mapping quantitative trait loci for flag leaf senescence as a yield determinant in winter wheat under optimal and drought-stressed environments

    Vinesh Verma;M. J. Foulkes;A. J. Worland;R. Sylvester-Bradley

  • A comparison of transgenic barley lines produced by particle bombardment and Agrobacterium-mediated techniques.

    S. Travella;S. Travella;S. M. Ross;J. Harden;C. Everett

  • AFLP and STS tagging of Lr19, a gene conferring resistance to leaf rust in wheat

    R. Prins;J. Z. Groenewald;G. F. Marais;J. W. Snape

  • An update of the Courtot x Chinese Spring intervarietal molecular marker linkage map for the QTL detection of agronomic traits in wheat.

    Pierre Sourdille;T. Cadalen;Hélène Guyomarc'H;J.W. Snape

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

    Simon Griffiths;James Simmonds;Michelle Leverington;Yingkun Wang

  • Anthesis date mainly explained correlations between post-anthesis leaf senescence, grain yield, and grain protein concentration in a winter wheat population segregating for flowering time QTLs

    Matthieu Bogard;Matthieu Jourdan;Matthieu Jourdan;Vincent Allard;Vincent Allard;Pierre Martre;Pierre Martre

  • The study of grain protein control in wheat using whole chromosome substitution lines.

    C. N. Law;C. F. Young;J. W. S. Brown;J. W. Snape

  • High-throughput Agrobacterium-mediated barley transformation

    Joanne G Bartlett;Sílvia C Alves;Mark Smedley;John W Snape

  • Expression of an engineered cysteine proteinase inhibitor (Oryzacystatin-IΔD86) for nematode resistance in transgenic rice plants

    P. Vain;B. Worland;M. C. Clarke;G. Richard

  • The use of grain protein deviation for identifying wheat cultivars with high grain protein concentration and yield

    James M. Monaghan;John W. Snape;A. Jan S. Chojecki;Peter S. Kettlewell

  • The crossabilities of wheat varieties with Hordeum bulbosum

    J W Snape;V Chapman;J Moss;C E Blanchard

  • Mapping genes affecting flowering time and frost resistance on chromosome 5B of wheat

    B. Tóth;G. Galiba;E. Fehér;J. Sutka

Frequent Co-Authors

James Simmonds
James Simmonds John Innes Centre
Simon Griffiths
Simon Griffiths John Innes Centre
Gábor Galiba
Gábor Galiba Centre for Agricultural Research
Pierre Martre
Pierre Martre INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Vincent Allard
Vincent Allard INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Luzie U. Wingen
Luzie U. Wingen John Innes Centre
Jacques Le Gouis
Jacques Le Gouis INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Michael Gooding
Michael Gooding Aberystwyth University
Roger Sylvester-Bradley
Roger Sylvester-Bradley Agricultural Development Advisory Service (United Kingdom)
Paul Christou
Paul Christou University of Lleida

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