Velu Govindan

Best Publications

• The emergence of Ug99 races of the stem rust fungus is a threat to world wheat production

  Ravi P. Singh;David P. Hodson;Julio Huerta-Espino;Yue Jin

  937
  Citations

• Biofortification strategies to increase grain zinc and iron concentrations in wheat

  G. Velu;I. Ortiz-Monasterio;İsmail Çakmak;Y. Hao

  493
  Citations

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

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

  314
  Citations

• Improving grain yield, stress resilience and quality of bread wheat using large-scale genomics.

  Philomin Juliana;Jesse Poland;Julio Huerta-Espino;Sandesh Shrestha

  250
  Citations

• Harnessing Diversity in Wheat to Enhance Grain Yield, Climate Resilience, Disease and Insect Pest Resistance and Nutrition Through Conventional and Modern Breeding Approaches.

  Suchismita Mondal;Jessica E. Rutkoski;Govindan Velu;Pawan K. Singh

  191
  Citations

• Performance of biofortified spring wheat genotypes in target environments for grain zinc and iron concentrations

  G. Velu;R.P. Singh;J. Huerta-Espino;R.J. Peña

  175
  Citations

• Energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry as a tool for zinc, iron and selenium analysis in whole grain wheat

  Nicholas G. Paltridge;Paul J. Milham;J. Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio;Govindan Velu

  163
  Citations

• Response to drought and heat stress on wheat quality, with special emphasis on bread-making quality, in durum wheat.

  Carlos Guzmán;Jorge Enrique Autrique;Suchismita Mondal;Ravi Prakash Singh

  146
  Citations

• Genetic dissection of grain zinc concentration in spring wheat for mainstreaming biofortification in CIMMYT wheat breeding

  Govindan Velu;Ravi Prakash Singh;Leonardo Crespo-Herrera;Philomin Juliana

  135
  Citations

• Variability in iron, zinc and phytic acid content in a worldwide collection of commercial durum wheat cultivars and the effect of reduced irrigation on these traits.

  Ana María Magallanes-López;Nayeli Hernandez-Espinosa;Govindan Velu;Gabriel Posadas-Romano

  133
  Citations

• Genetic Yield Gains In CIMMYT's International Elite Spring Wheat Yield Trials By Modeling The Genotype × Environment Interaction.

  Leonardo A. Crespo-Herrera;Jose Crossa;Julio Huerta-Espino;Enrique Autrique

  127
  Citations

• QTL mapping for grain zinc and iron concentrations and zinc efficiency in a tetraploid and hexaploid wheat mapping populations

  Govindan Velu;Yusuf Tutus;Hugo F. Gomez-Becerra;Yuanfeng Hao

  126
  Citations

• Prospects of breeding biofortified pearl millet with high grain iron and zinc content

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  117
  Citations

• Genetic Gains for Grain Yield in CIMMYT Spring Bread Wheat across International Environments

  R. C. Sharma;J. Crossa;G. Velu;J. Huerta-Espino

  112
  Citations

• Genomic prediction for grain zinc and iron concentrations in spring wheat

  Govindan Velu;Jose Crossa;Ravi P. Singh;Yuanfeng Hao

  112
  Citations

• Harnessing genetic potential of wheat germplasm banks through impact-oriented-prebreeding for future food and nutritional security.

  Sukhwinder Singh;Prashant Vikram;Deepmala Sehgal;Juan Burgueño

  105
  Citations

• Integrating genomic-enabled prediction and high-throughput phenotyping in breeding for climate-resilient bread wheat

  Philomin Juliana;Osval A. Montesinos-López;José Crossa;Suchismita Mondal

  99
  Citations

• Assessing Genetic Diversity to Breed Competitive Biofortified Wheat With Enhanced Grain Zn and Fe Concentrations

  Govindan Velu;Leonardo Crespo Herrera;Carlos Guzman;Julio Huerta

  99
  Citations

• Genetic Gains for Grain Yield in CIMMYT's Semi-Arid Wheat Yield Trials Grown in Suboptimal Environments

  L. A. Crespo-Herrera;J. Crossa;J. Huerta-Espino;M. Vargas

  97
  Citations

• High-throughput phenotyping platforms enhance genomic selection for wheat grain yield across populations and cycles in early stage

  Jin Sun;Jesse A. Poland;Suchismita Mondal;José Crossa

  96
  Citations