Mervyn O. Humphreys

Mervyn O. Humphreys publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Mervyn O. Humphreys D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Best Publications

• PROGRESS IN BREEDING PERENNIAL FORAGE GRASSES FOR TEMPERATE AGRICULTURE

  P. W. Wilkins;M. O. Humphreys

  540
  Citations

• Increased concentration of water-soluble carbohydrate in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) : milk production from late lactation dairy cows

  L. A. Miller;Jon M. Moorby;David R. Davies;Mervyn O. Humphreys

  485
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• Influence of species, cutting date and cutting interval on the fatty acid composition of grasses

  Richard J. Dewhurst;Nigel D. Scollan;Susan Jean Youell;John K. S. Tweed

  292
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• An enhanced molecular marker based genetic map of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) reveals comparative relationships with other Poaceae genomes

  Elizabeth S. Jones;Natalia L. Mahoney;Mike Denis Hayward;Ian P. Armstead

  291
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• Forage breeding and management to increase the beneficial fatty acid content of ruminant products

  Richard J. Dewhurst;Nigel D. Scollan;Michael R. F. Lee;Helen J. Ougham

  203
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• An association mapping approach to identify flowering time genes in natural populations of Lolium perenne (L.)

  Leif Skøt;Mervyn O. Humphreys;Ian P. Armstead;Susan Heywood

  170
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• Water‐soluble carbohydrates in perennial ryegrass breeding

  M. O. Humphreys

  169
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• Dissecting the regulation of fructan metabolism in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) with quantitative trait locus mapping.

  Lesley B. Turner;Andrew J. Cairns;Ian P. Armstead;Jenny Ashton

  160
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• Progress and potential of interspecific hybrids of Lolium and Festuca

  H. Thomas;M. O. Humphreys

  151
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• Rumen metabolism and nitrogen flow to the small intestine in steers offered Lolium perenne containing different levels of water-soluble carbohydrate

  Michael Rf Lee;LJ Harris;JM Moorby;MO Humphreys

  150
  Citations

• Synteny between a major heading-date QTL in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and the Hd3 heading-date locus in rice.

  Ian P. Armstead;Lesley B. Turner;Markku S. Farrell;Leif Skøt

  150
  Citations

• Effect of increasing availability of water-soluble carbohydrates on in vitro rumen fermentation

  Michael R. F. Lee;Roger J. Merry;David R. Davies;Jon M. Moorby

  149
  Citations

• Production responses from lambs grazed on Lolium perenne selected for an elevated water-soluble carbohydrate concentration

  Michael R. F. Lee;Evan L. Jones;Jonathan M. Moorby;Mervyn O. Humphreys

  139
  Citations

• Association of candidate genes with flowering time and water-soluble carbohydrate content in Lolium perenne (L.).

  Leif Skøt;Janet Humphreys;Mervyn O. Humphreys;Daniel Thorogood

  121
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• Genetic improvement of forage crops – past, present and future

  Mervyn O. Humphreys

  112
  Citations

• Seasonal variation in the herbage yield and nutritive value of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) cultivars with high or normal herbage water-soluble carbohydrate concentrations grown in three contrasting Australian dairy environments

  K. F. Smith;R. J. Simpson;R. N. Oram;K. F. Lowe

  110
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• Comparison and integration of genetic maps generated from F2 and BC1‐type mapping populations in perennial ryegrass

  I. P. Armstead;L. B. Turner;I. P. King;A. J. Cairns

  103
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• Genetic analysis of Lolium. I. Identification of linkage groups and the establishment of a genetic map

  M. D. Hayward;J. W. Forster;J. G. Jones;O. Dolstra

  96
  Citations

• Coordinated expression of functionally diverse fructosyltransferase genes is associated with fructan accumulation in response to low temperature in perennial ryegrass

  Hiroshi Hisano;Akira Kanazawa;Midori Yoshida;Mervyn O. Humphreys

  89
  Citations

• The effects of ploidy and a phenotype conferring a high water-soluble carbohydrate concentration on carbohydrate accumulation, nutritive value and morphology of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)

  K. F. Smith;R. J. Simpson;R. A. Culvenor;Mervyn O. Humphreys

  83
  Citations

• Morphological and molecular analysis of common millet (P. miliaceum) cultivars compared to an aDNA sample from the 15th century (Hungary).

  R. Lágler;G. Gyulai;Mervyn Owen Humphreys;Z. Szabó

  80
  Citations

• Seasonal variation in the herbage yield and nutritive value of perennial ryegrass (

  K. F. Smith;R. J. Simpson;R. N. Oram;K. F. Lowe

  2
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• map of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) reveals comparative relationships with other Poaceae genomes

  Elizabeth S. Jones;Natalia L. Mahoney;Michael D. Hayward;Ian P. Armstead

  0
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