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Improved Seed Varieties

Improved Seed Varieties is a plant breeding innovation that belongs to the category of agricultural technologies, distinguished by its genetic enhancement through selective breeding or biotechnological methods to confer superior agronomic traits such as higher yield, disease resistance, or environmental tolerance compared to traditional cultivars.

217

Publications

9.3K

Citations

871

Authors

285

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

95

Variants

Improved Cultivars

Parents

Publications

217

ON-FARM SEED PRIMING IN SEMI-ARID AGRICULTURE: DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION IN MAIZE, RICE AND CHICKPEA IN INDIA USING PARTICIPATORY METHODS

D. Harris, Arun Kumar Joshi, P. A. Khan et al. · Experimental Agriculture · 1999 · 453 citations

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Draft genome of the peanut A-genome progenitor ( <i>Arachis duranensis</i> ) provides insights into geocarpy, oil biosynthesis, and allergens

Xiaoping Chen, Hongjie Li, Manish K. Pandey et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2016 · 298 citations · Full text

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Integrated Seed Sector Development in Africa: A Conceptual Framework for Creating Coherence Between Practices, Programs, and Policies

N.P. Louwaars, Walter Simon de Boef · Journal of Crop Improvement · 2012 · 270 citations

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Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States

Jorge Fernandez‐Cornejo, Seth James Wechsler, Lorraine Mitchell · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2014 · 267 citations · Full text

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Agricultural technology adoption, commercialization and smallholder rice farmers’ welfare in rural Nigeria

Bola Amoke Awotide, Aziz Karimov, Aliou Diagne · Agricultural and Food Economics · 2016 · 238 citations · Full text

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Authors

871

  1. RK
    Rajeev K. Varshney

    International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, India

    5 publications · 405 citations

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  2. CO
    Chris O. Ojiewo

    International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Kenya

    4 publications · 104 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. DA
    Dawit Alemu

    Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Ethiopia

    3 publications · 107 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. DJ
    David J. Spielman

    International Food Policy Research Institute, United States

    3 publications · 116 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. WM
    W. Mwangi

    International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Kenya

    3 publications · 228 citations

    3

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1–5 of 871

Institutions

285

  1. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

    Patancheru, India

    8 h-index

    31 publications

    4K citations

  2. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    968 citations

  3. Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research

    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    7 h-index

    20 publications

    573 citations

  4. International Food Policy Research Institute

    Washington D.C., United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    345 citations

  5. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

    Kano, Nigeria

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    488 citations

  6. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

    Nairobi, Kenya

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    469 citations

  7. Haramaya University

    Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    188 citations

  8. Makerere University

    Kampala, Uganda

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    190 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Crop Improvement

    6 publications · 476 citations

    6

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  2. African Journal of Agricultural Research

    AJAR · 6 publications · 234 citations

    6

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  3. Sustainability

    6 publications · 186 citations

    6

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  4. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

    IJAS · 4 publications · 133 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA)

    Repository · 4 publications · 120 citations

    4

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