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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
77
Citations
22123
World Ranking
490
National Ranking
150

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Enzyme
  • Botany
  • Gene

His primary scientific interests are in Agronomy, Malnutrition, Botany, Food systems and Biotechnology. His Poaceae, Cultivar and Dry weight study, which is part of a larger body of work in Agronomy, is frequently linked to Bioavailability, bridging the gap between disciplines. In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Poaceae, Shoot, Xylem, Chromosomal translocation and Biophysics is strongly linked to Cell wall.

His Malnutrition research includes themes of Human nutrition, Staple food, Plant breeding, Sustainable agriculture and Biofortification. His study in Botany is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Zinc, Nutrient solution, Urease and Nickel. Ross M. Welch has researched Food systems in several fields, including Developing country, Natural resource economics and Livelihood.

His most cited work include:

  • Breeding for micronutrients in staple food crops from a human nutrition perspective (990 citations)
  • Micronutrient Nutrition of Plants (531 citations)
  • A new paradigm for world agriculture: meeting human needs: Productive, sustainable, nutritious (460 citations)

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

His primary areas of investigation include Bioavailability, Agronomy, Zinc, Botany and Food science. His Agronomy research incorporates elements of Cadmium and Horticulture. His Zinc research integrates issues from Genotype, Biochemistry, Animal science and Magnesium.

In his work, Urea is strongly intertwined with Nickel, which is a subfield of Botany. His Plant breeding research incorporates themes from Staple food and Malnutrition. His Staple food study combines topics in areas such as Biofortification and Food systems.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Bioavailability (28.32%)
  • Agronomy (25.43%)
  • Zinc (24.28%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2004-2020)?

  • Bioavailability (28.32%)
  • Food science (17.92%)
  • Biochemistry (18.50%)

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

Ross M. Welch focuses on Bioavailability, Food science, Biochemistry, Inulin and Botany. His Food science study also includes

  • Biofortification together with Crop, Micronutrient deficiency and Biotechnology,
  • Excretion that connect with fields like Phosphorus. The Biochemistry study combines topics in areas such as Zinc, Zinc absorption and White.

His Zinc study incorporates themes from Membrane Transporters and Poaceae, Agronomy. His research on Agronomy focuses in particular on Dry weight. The concepts of his Human nutrition study are interwoven with issues in Plant breeding, Green Revolution, Malnutrition and Food processing.

Between 2004 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Biofortification - a sustainable agricultural strategy for reducing micronutrient malnutrition in the global south. (441 citations)
  • Nutritious subsistence food systems (321 citations)
  • Food system strategies for preventing micronutrient malnutrition (166 citations)

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

  • Enzyme
  • Botany
  • Biochemistry

His main research concerns Agronomy, Poaceae, Biochemistry, Botany and Bioavailability. His work on Plant breeding and Cultivar as part of general Agronomy research is frequently linked to Business, thereby connecting diverse disciplines of science. His Plant breeding study deals with Sustainable agriculture intersecting with Biofortification.

His studies deal with areas such as Cadmium, Zinc, Shoot and Chromosomal translocation as well as Poaceae. He combines subjects such as Function and Iron status with his study of Biochemistry. Ross M. Welch has included themes like Food science, Ferrous, Ferritin, Nicotianamine synthase and Iron deficiency in his Botany study.

Best Publications

  • Breeding for micronutrients in staple food crops from a human nutrition perspective

    Ross M. Welch;Robin D. Graham

  • Biofortification - a sustainable agricultural strategy for reducing micronutrient malnutrition in the global south.

    Howarth E. Bouis;Ross M. Welch

  • Micronutrient Nutrition of Plants

    R M Welch

  • Nickel: a micronutrient essential for higher plants

    Patrick H. Brown;Ross M. Welch;Earle E. Cary

  • A new paradigm for world agriculture: meeting human needs: Productive, sustainable, nutritious

    Ross M Welch;Robin D Graham

  • Addressing micronutrient malnutrition through enhancing the nutritional quality of staple foods: Principles, perspectives and knowledge gaps

    Robin D. Graham;Ross M. Welch;Howarth E. Bouis

  • Characterization of Cadmium Binding, Uptake, and Translocation in Intact Seedlings of Bread and Durum Wheat Cultivars

    Jonathan J. Hart;Ross M. Welch;Wendell A. Norvell;Lori A. Sullivan

  • Nutritious subsistence food systems

    Robin D. Graham;Ross M. Welch;David A. Saunders;I. Ortiz‐Monasterio

  • Nickel: an essential micronutrient for legumes and possibly all higher plants.

    David L. Eskew;Ross M. Welch;Earle E. Cary

  • Breeding crops for enhanced micronutrient content

    R. M. Welch;Robin David Graham

  • Food system strategies for preventing micronutrient malnutrition

    Dennis D. Miller;Ross M. Welch

  • Transport interactions between cadmium and zinc in roots of bread and durum wheat seedlings.

    Jonathan J. Hart;Ross M. Welch;Wendell A. Norvell;Leon V. Kochian

  • An improved understanding of soil Cd risk to humans and low cost methods to phytoextract Cd from contaminated soils to prevent soil Cd risks

    Rufus L. Chaney;Philip G. Reeves;James A. Ryan;Robert W. Simmons

  • Historical shifts in the seed mineral micronutrient concentration of US hard red winter wheat germplasm

    David F Garvin;Ross M Welch;John W Finley

  • The impact of mineral nutrients in food crops on global human health

    Ross. M. Welch

  • Induction of iron(III) and copper(II) reduction in pea (Pisum sativum L.) roots by Fe and Cu status : does the root-cell plasmalemma Fe(III)-chelate reductase perform a general role in regulating cation uptake ?

    Ross M. Welch;Wendell A. Norvell;Stephen C. Schaefer;Jon E. Shaff

  • Agriculture: the real nexus for enhancing bioavailable micronutrients in food crops.

    Ross M. Welch;Robin D. Graham

  • Nickel in higher plants: further evidence for an essential role.

    David L. Eskew;Ross M. Welch;Wendell A. Norvell

  • Quantitative trait loci for phytate in rice grain and their relationship with grain micronutrient content

    James C. R. Stangoulis;Bao-Lam Huynh;Ross M. Welch;Eun-Young Choi

  • Association of Cadmium in Durum Wheat Grain with Soil Chloride and Chelate-Extractable Soil Cadmium

    W. A. Norvell;J. Wu;D. G. Hopkins;R. M. Welch

  • Geographic Distribution of Trace Element Problems

    Ross M. Welch;William H. Allaway;William A. House;Joe Kubota

Frequent Co-Authors

Raymond P. Glahn
Raymond P. Glahn Agricultural Research Service
Leon V. Kochian
Leon V. Kochian University of Saskatchewan
Xin Gen Lei
Xin Gen Lei Cornell University
Dennis D. Miller
Dennis D. Miller Cornell University
Robin D. Graham
Robin D. Graham University of Adelaide
Ismail Cakmak
Ismail Cakmak Sabancı University
Abebe Menkir
Abebe Menkir International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
James C. R. Stangoulis
James C. R. Stangoulis Flinders University
Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio
Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Matthew W. Blair
Matthew W. Blair Tennessee State University

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