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D-Index
45
Citations
6339
World Ranking
2906
National Ranking
121

Leonardo Velasco 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 Leonardo Velasco sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 243 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Leonardo Velasco 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 Leonardo Velasco sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Gene
  • Genetics

Leonardo Velasco mostly deals with Botany, Sunflower, Fatty acid, Helianthus annuus and Tocopherol. His Botany research integrates issues from Chromatography, Linolenic acid and Chemical composition. The concepts of his Chromatography study are interwoven with issues in Rapeseed and Analytical chemistry.

Leonardo Velasco studies Orobanche, a branch of Sunflower. His study looks at the relationship between Helianthus annuus and topics such as Hybrid, which overlap with Genetic variability and Gene–environment interaction. His study looks at the intersection of Tocopherol and topics like Food science with Biochemistry, Vitamin E and Cultivar.

His most cited work include:

  • Determination of seed oil content and fatty acid composition in sunflower through the analysis of intact seeds, husked seeds, meal and oil by near‐infrared reflectance spectroscopy (100 citations)
  • Estimation of seed weight, oil content and fatty acid composition in intact single seeds of rapeseed ( Brassica napus} L.) by near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (100 citations)
  • Chemotaxonomic significance of fatty acids and tocopherols in Boraginaceae (79 citations)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Botany, Sunflower, Food science, Germplasm and Tocopherol. His research integrates issues of Linolenic acid, Horticulture and Fatty acid in his study of Botany. His study in Sunflower is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Biotechnology and Sunflower oil.

His Food science research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Palmitic acid, Linoleic acid, Mutant, Oleic acid and Allele. His Germplasm research incorporates themes from Genetic variability and Transgressive segregation. His gamma-Tocopherol study in the realm of Tocopherol interacts with subjects such as Composition.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (54.44%)
  • Sunflower (42.78%)
  • Food science (23.33%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

  • Sunflower (42.78%)
  • Botany (54.44%)
  • Orobanche (16.67%)

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

Sunflower, Botany, Orobanche, Agronomy and Germplasm are his primary areas of study. His research in Sunflower intersects with topics in Biotechnology, Resistance and Parasitic plant. The various areas that Leonardo Velasco examines in his Botany study include Tocopherol, Food science, Genetic variation and Virulence.

Leonardo Velasco has included themes like Partial least squares regression and Fatty acid, Linoleic acid, Fatty acid composition in his Food science study. His work carried out in the field of Orobanche brings together such families of science as Genetics, Weed, Gene pool, Genetic diversity and Hybrid. As a member of one scientific family, Leonardo Velasco mostly works in the field of Germplasm, focusing on Phytosterol and, on occasion, Horticulture and Sunflower oil.

Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Changes in squalene and sterols associated with olive maturation (37 citations)
  • Sunflower Resistance to Broomrape (Orobanche cumana) Is Controlled by Specific QTLs for Different Parasitism Stages (28 citations)
  • Genetic diversity of Orobanche cumana populations from Spain assessed using SSR markers (28 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Gene
  • Genetics

Leonardo Velasco mostly deals with Orobanche, Botany, Sunflower, Agronomy and Biotechnology. His Orobanche study combines topics in areas such as Vertical resistance, Resistance, Horizontal resistance, Genetic diversity and Allele. His studies deal with areas such as Flesh and Virulence as well as Botany.

Leonardo Velasco has researched Sunflower in several fields, including Gene, Genotype, Genetic variation and Parasitic plant. His studies in Agronomy integrate themes in fields like Olive oil and Agricultural science. In his work, Cultivar, Fruit tree and Heritability is strongly intertwined with Seedling, which is a subfield of Biotechnology.

Best Publications

  • 160 h of chemical-looping combustion in a 10 kW reactor system with a NiO-based oxygen carrier

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  • Erucic acid in feed and food

    Helle Katrine Knutsen;Jan Alexander;Lars Barregård;Margherita Bignami

  • Estimation of seed weight, oil content and fatty acid composition in intact single seeds of rapeseed ( Brassica napus} L.) by near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy

    Leonardo Velasco;Christian Möllers;Heiko C. Becker

  • Determination of seed oil content and fatty acid composition in sunflower through the analysis of intact seeds, husked seeds, meal and oil by near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy

    B. Pérez-Vich;L. Velasco;J. M. Fernández-Martínez

  • Estimating the fatty acid composition of the oil in intact-seed rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) by near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy

    Leonardo Velasco;Heiko C. Becker

  • Quantitative trait loci for broomrape (Orobanche cumana Wallr.) resistance in sunflower.

    B. Pérez-Vich;B. Akhtouch;S. J. Knapp;A. J. Leon

  • Chemotaxonomic significance of fatty acids and tocopherols in Boraginaceae

    Leonardo Velasco;Fernando D. Goffman

  • Variability for the fatty acid composition of the seed oil in a germplasm collection of the genus Brassica

    Leonardo Velasco;Fernando D. Goffman;Heiko C. Becker

  • Review of research progress on the electrical properties and modification of mineral insulating oils used in power transformers

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  • Finite deflections of a rigid viscoplastic strain hardening annular plate loaded impulsively(Finite deflections of rigid-plastic strain hardening annular plates subjected to�…

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  • Changes in squalene and sterols associated with olive maturation

    A. Fernández-Cuesta;L. León;L. Velasco;R. De la Rosa

  • Genetic and environmental variation for tocopherol content and composition in sunflower commercial hybrids

    L. Velasco;J. M. Fernández-Martínez;R. García-Ruíz;J. Domínguez

  • 18. A HISTORY OF FLOODING IN SOUTHERN QUEBEC, CANADA

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  • The effect of sub-surface irregularities on the strength of multi-year ice

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  • Coherencia entre la frecuencia respiratoria y la variabilidad del ritmo cardiaco durante prueba de esfuerzo

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  • Seed yield, oil and phytate concentration in the seeds of two oilseed rape cultivars as affected by different phosphorus supply

    T. Lickfett;B. Matthäus;L. Velasco;C. Möllers

  • BioSecure Signature Evaluation Campaign (ESRA'2011): evaluating systems on quality-based categories of skilled forgeries

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  • Identification of an Ethiopian mustard line with very high levels of glucosinolates.

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  • Sunflower Resistance to Broomrape (Orobanche cumana) Is Controlled by Specific QTLs for Different Parasitism Stages

    Johann Louarn;Marie-Claude Boniface;Nicolas Pouilly;Leonardo Velasco

  • Inheritance of resistance to sunflower broomrape (Orobanche cumana Wallr.) in an interspecific cross between Helianthus annuus and Helianthus debilis subsp. tardiflorus

    Leonardo Velasco;Begoña Pérez-Vich;Ahmed A. M. Yassein;Chao-Chien Jan

  • A receptor-like kinase enhances sunflower resistance to Orobanche cumana.

    Pauline Duriez;Pauline Duriez;Sonia Vautrin;Marie-Christine Auriac;Julia Bazerque

  • Chemotaxonomic value of tocopherols in Brassicaceae

    Fernando D Goffman;Werner Thies;Leonardo Velasco

  • Breeding for oil quality in safflower.

    L. Velasco;J. M. Fernández-Martínez;J. W. Bergman;H. Henning Mündel

  • Inheritance of resistance to broomrape (Orobanche cumana Wallr.) race F in a sunflower line derived from wild sunflower species

    L. Velasco;B. Pérez-Vich;C.C. Jan;J.M. Fernández-Martínez

  • Comparative studies on Orobanche cernua L. and O. cumana Wallr. (Orobanchaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula

    Antonio J. Pujadas-Salvà;Leonardo Velasco

  • Novel variation for the tocopherol profile in a sunflower created by mutagenesis and recombination.

    L. Velasco;B. Pérez‐Vich;J. M. Fernández‐Martínez

  • Thermostability of genetically modified sunflower oils differing in fatty acid and tocopherol compositions

    Susana Marmesat;Leonardo Velasco;Maria Victoria Ruiz‐Méndez;José María Fernández‐Martínez

  • Determination of the fatty acid composition of the oil in intact-seed mustard by near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy

    L. Velasco;J. M. Fernández-Martínez;A. De Haro

  • Analysis of total glucosinolate content and individual glucosinolates in Brassica spp. by near‐infrared reflectance spectroscopy

    L. Velasco;H. C. Becker

  • Fatty acids and tocochromanols in seeds of Orobanche.

    Leonardo Velasco;Fernando D Goffman;Antonio J Pujadas-Salvà

Frequent Co-Authors

José M. Fernández-Martínez
José M. Fernández-Martínez Spanish National Research Council
Christian Möllers
Christian Möllers University of Göttingen
Steven J. Knapp
Steven J. Knapp University of California, Davis
Loren H. Rieseberg
Loren H. Rieseberg University of British Columbia
Hélène Bergès
Hélène Bergès INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Angjelina Belaj
Angjelina Belaj Regional Government of Andalusia
Gebisa Ejeta
Gebisa Ejeta Purdue University West Lafayette
Sezai Ercisli
Sezai Ercisli Atatürk University
Mónica Fernández-Aparicio
Mónica Fernández-Aparicio Spanish National Research Council

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