William R. Whalley

William R. Whalley 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 William R. Whalley sits on this spectrum.

William R. Whalley 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 William R. Whalley sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Soil management in relation to sustainable agriculture and ecosystem services

  D S Powlson;P J Gregory;W R Whalley;J N Quinton

  746
  Citations

• How do roots penetrate strong soil

  L. J. Clark;W. R. Whalley;P. B. Barraclough

  415
  Citations

• Biological effects of soil compaction

  W.R. Whalley;E. Dumitru;A.R. Dexter

  388
  Citations

• Considerations on the use of time‐domain reflectometry (TDR) for measuring soil water content

  W. R. Whalley

  380
  Citations

• How do roots penetrate strong soil?

  Unknown

  279
  Citations

• Physical effects of soil drying on roots and crop growth

  Andrew P. Whitmore;W. Richard Whalley

  270
  Citations

• Plant roots sense soil compaction through restricted ethylene diffusion

  Bipin K. Pandey;Guoqiang Huang;Rahul Bhosale;Sjon Hartman;Sjon Hartman

  267
  Citations

• Applications of X‐ray computed tomography for examining biophysical interactions and structural development in soil systems: a review

  Jonathan R Helliwell;Craig J Sturrock;Kathryn M Grayling;Saoirse R Tracy

  255
  Citations

• Increased soil phosphorus availability induced by faba bean root exudation stimulates root growth and phosphorus uptake in neighbouring maize

  Deshan Zhang;Chaochun Zhang;Xiaoyan Tang;Haigang Li

  246
  Citations

• Soil engineering in vivo: harnessing natural biogeochemical systems for sustainable, multi-functional engineering solutions

  Jason T. DeJong;Jason T. DeJong;Kenichi Soga;Steven A. Banwart;W. Richard Whalley

  242
  Citations

• Structural differences between bulk and rhizosphere soil

  W. R. Whalley;B. Riseley;P. B. Leeds-Harrison;N. R. A. Bird

  241
  Citations

• Major crop species show differential balance between root morphological and physiological responses to variable phosphorus supply

  Yang Lyu;Hongliang Tang;Hongliang Tang;Haigang Li;Fusuo Zhang

  224
  Citations

• Natural capital and ecosystem services, developing an appropriate soils framework as a basis for valuation

  D.A. Robinson;N. Hockley;D.M. Cooper;B.A. Emmett

  221
  Citations

• Roots, water, and nutrient acquisition: let's get physical

  Nick Chapman;Anthony J. Miller;Anthony J. Miller;Keith Lindsey;W. Richard Whalley

  201
  Citations

• Calculation of the compression index and precompression stress from soil compression test data

  A.S. Gregory;W.R. Whalley;C.W. Watts;N.R.A. Bird

  193
  Citations

• How do roots elongate in a structured soil

  Kemo Jin;Kemo Jin;Jianbo Shen;Rhys W. Ashton;Ian C. Dodd

  188
  Citations

• Effects of ‘on-farm seed priming’ on consecutive daily sowing occasions on the emergence and growth of maize in semi-arid Zimbabwe

  F.S Murungu;C Chiduza;P Nyamugafata;L.J Clark

  181
  Citations

• Evidence from near-isogenic lines that root penetration increases with root diameter and bending stiffness in rice.

  Lawrence John Clark;Adam Huw Price;Katherine A. Steele;William Richard Whalley

  179
  Citations

• Effects of seed priming, aggregate size and soil matric potential on emergence of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) and maize (Zea mays L.)

  F.S. Murungu;P. Nyamugafata;C. Chiduza;L.J. Clark

  176
  Citations

• The effect of soil strength on the yield of wheat

  W. Richard Whalley;Chris W. Watts;Andrew S. Gregory;Sacha J. Mooney

  172
  Citations

• Shaping an Optimal Soil by Root–Soil Interaction

  Kemo Jin;Philip J. White;William R. Whalley;Jianbo Shen

  165
  Citations

• Deep roots and soil structure

  W. Gao;Laura Hodgkinson;K. Jin;Chris W. Watts

  159
  Citations

• Use of effective stress to predict the penetrometer resistance of unsaturated agricultural soils

  W.R. Whalley;P.B. Leeds-Harrison;L.J. Clark;D.J.G. Gowing

  142
  Citations

• Prediction of the penetrometer resistance of soils with models with few parameters

  W.R. Whalley;J. To;B.D. Kay;A.P. Whitmore

  139
  Citations