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Plant Science and Agronomy
Mexico
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
118
Citations
45508
World Ranking
75
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)
  • 2002 - Fellow of the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Statistics
  • Genetics
  • Gene

José Crossa mostly deals with Biotechnology, Gene–environment interaction, Agronomy, Plant breeding and Genetics. His Biotechnology research includes themes of Genetic diversity, Crop, Linkage disequilibrium, Selection and Data set. His Selection study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Genetic gain and Genomic selection.

His Gene–environment interaction study combines topics in areas such as Covariance, Mixed model, Statistics, Quantitative trait locus and Biplot. As part of the same scientific family, José Crossa usually focuses on Agronomy, concentrating on Crop residue and intersecting with Crop rotation and Soil water. He works mostly in the field of Genetics, limiting it down to topics relating to Computational biology and, in certain cases, Phenotype.

His most cited work include:

  • Prediction of Genetic Values of Quantitative Traits in Plant Breeding Using Pedigree and Molecular Markers (497 citations)
  • Statistical analyses of multilocation trials (433 citations)
  • Genomic Selection in Wheat Breeding using Genotyping-by-Sequencing (415 citations)

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

José Crossa focuses on Agronomy, Statistics, Selection, Germplasm and Gene–environment interaction. His study looks at the relationship between Statistics and topics such as Trait, which overlap with Heritability. His research integrates issues of Genetic gain and Genomic selection in his study of Selection.

His Germplasm research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Zea mays, Heterosis and Genetic diversity. His Gene–environment interaction study improves the overall literature in Genotype. His Plant breeding study incorporates themes from Quantitative trait locus, Biotechnology, Crop yield and Breeding program.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (27.98%)
  • Statistics (27.44%)
  • Selection (18.05%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Statistics (27.44%)
  • Selection (18.05%)
  • Artificial intelligence (7.76%)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Statistics, Selection, Artificial intelligence, Bayesian probability and Plant breeding. His Statistics study which covers Trait that intersects with Genetic gain. His study looks at the relationship between Selection and fields such as Doubled haploidy, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems.

Within one scientific family, José Crossa focuses on topics pertaining to Machine learning under Artificial intelligence, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Grain yield. His Bayesian probability research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Kernel regression, Regression, Predictive modelling and Maximum a posteriori estimation. His research in Plant breeding intersects with topics in Breeding program, Computational biology, Marker-assisted selection and Genomic selection.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Resequencing of 429 chickpea accessions from 45 countries provides insights into genome diversity, domestication and agronomic traits. (64 citations)
  • Improving grain yield, stress resilience and quality of bread wheat using large-scale genomics. (54 citations)
  • Integrating genomic-enabled prediction and high-throughput phenotyping in breeding for climate-resilient bread wheat (32 citations)

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

  • Statistics
  • Gene
  • Genetics

His scientific interests lie mostly in Statistics, Plant breeding, Artificial intelligence, Selection and Hybrid. His Statistics research incorporates elements of Heritability, Trait, Set and Gene–environment interaction. His work carried out in the field of Gene–environment interaction brings together such families of science as Remote sensing and Grain yield, Agronomy.

The concepts of his Plant breeding study are interwoven with issues in Toxicology, Quantitative trait locus, Carotenoid, Breeding program and Computational biology. His research investigates the connection between Artificial intelligence and topics such as Machine learning that intersect with problems in Bayesian probability. José Crossa has researched Hybrid in several fields, including Biotechnology, Inbred strain and Participatory assessment.

Best Publications

  • Genomic Selection in Plant Breeding: Methods, Models, and Perspectives

    José Crossa;Paulino Pérez-Rodríguez;Jaime Cuevas;Osval Montesinos-López

  • Statistical analyses of multilocation trials

    Jose Crossa

  • Prediction of genetic values of quantitative traits in plant breeding using pedigree and molecular markers.

    José Crossa;Gustavo De Los Campos;Gustavo De Los Campos;Paulino Pérez;Daniel Gianola

  • Additive main effects and multiplicative interaction analysis of two international Maize cultivar trials

    J. Crossa;H. G. Gauch;R. W. Zobel

  • Genomic Selection in Wheat Breeding using Genotyping-by-Sequencing

    Jesse A. Poland;Jeffrey Endelman;Julie Dawson;Jessica Rutkoski

  • Predicting Quantitative Traits With Regression Models for Dense Molecular Markers and Pedigree

    Gustavo de los Campos;Hugo Naya;Daniel Gianola;José Crossa

  • A reaction norm model for genomic selection using high-dimensional genomic and environmental data

    Diego Jarquín;Diego Jarquín;José Crossa;Xavier Lacaze;Philippe Du Cheyron

  • Genomic Prediction of Breeding Values when Modeling Genotype × Environment Interaction using Pedigree and Dense Molecular Markers

    Juan Burgueño;Gustavo de los Campos;Kent Weigel;José Crossa

  • Association analysis of historical bread wheat germplasm using additive genetic covariance of relatives and population structure

    José Crossa;Juan Burgueño;Susanne Dreisigacker;Mateo Vargas

  • Two Types of GGE Biplots for Analyzing Multi-Environment Trial Data

    Weikai Yan;Paul L. Cornelius;Jose Crossa;L.A. Hunt

  • Genomic prediction in CIMMYT maize and wheat breeding programs

    Jose Crossa;Paulino Perez;John M Hickey;John M Hickey;Juan Burgueno

  • Canopy temperature and vegetation indices from high-throughput phenotyping improve accuracy of pedigree and genomic selection for grain yield in wheat

    Jessica Rutkoski;Jessica Rutkoski;Jesse Poland;Suchismita Mondal;Enrique Autrique

  • Semi-parametric genomic-enabled prediction of genetic values using reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces methods

    Gustavo De Los Campos;Daniel Gianola;Guilherme J. M. Rosa;Kent A. Weigel

  • Biplot Analysis of Genotype × Environment Interaction: Proceed with Caution

    Rong-Cai Yang;Jose Crossa;Paul L. Cornelius;Juan Burgueño

  • AMMI adjustment for statistical analysis of an international wheat yield trial.

    J. Crossa;P.N. Fox;W.H. Pfeiffer;S. Rajaram

  • High-throughput phenotyping and genomic selection: the frontiers of crop breeding converge.

    Llorenç Cabrera-Bosquet;José Crossa;Jarislav von Zitzewitz;María Dolors Serret

  • Breeding schemes for the implementation of genomic selection in wheat (Triticum spp.)

    Filippo M Bassi;Alison R Bentley;Gilles Charmet;Rodomiro Ortiz

  • Identification of Drought, Heat, and Combined Drought and Heat Tolerant Donors in Maize

    Jill E. Cairns;Jose Crossa;P. H. Zaidi;Pichet Grudloyma

  • Increased prediction accuracy in wheat breeding trials using a marker × environment interaction genomic selection model.

    Marco Lopez-Cruz;Jose Crossa;David Bonnett;Susanne Dreisigacker

  • META-R: A software to analyze data from multi-environment plant breeding trials

    Gregorio Alvarado;Francisco M. Rodríguez;Francisco M. Rodríguez;Angela Pacheco;Juan Burgueño

  • Race non-specific resistance to rust diseases in CIMMYT spring wheats

    R. P. Singh;J. Huerta-Espino;S. Bhavani;S. A. Herrera-Foessel

  • Genetic Characterization of CIMMYT Inbred Maize Lines and Open Pollinated Populations Using Large Scale Fingerprinting Methods

    Marilyn L. Warburton;Xia Xianchun;Jose Crossa;Jorge Franco

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan Burgueño
Juan Burgueño International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Ravi P. Singh
Ravi P. Singh International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Paulino Pérez-Rodríguez
Paulino Pérez-Rodríguez Colegio de Postgraduados
Mateo Vargas
Mateo Vargas Chapingo Autonomous University
Susanne Dreisigacker
Susanne Dreisigacker International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Jesse Poland
Jesse Poland King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Richard Trethowan
Richard Trethowan University of Sydney
Suchismita Mondal
Suchismita Mondal Montana State University
Gustavo de los Campos
Gustavo de los Campos Michigan State University
Daniel Gianola
Daniel Gianola University of Wisconsin–Madison

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