Darren M. Wells

8.2k citations

70 papers · 4.2k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 32

Co-authors: Malcolm J. Bennett Jonathan A. Atkinson Michael P. Pound Tony Pridmore Andrew P. French Tony Miller Xiaorong Fan S. J. Smith
Topics: Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (33 papers)Plant Molecular Biology Research (26 papers)Smart Agriculture and AI (13 papers)
Cited by: Plant Science Agronomy and Crop Science Soil Science
Journals: Nature Nature CommunicationsSHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
Partner nations: United Kingdom France United States

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Darren M. Wells

68 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A novel sensor to map auxin response and distribution at high spatio-temporal resolution

2012 580 citations Darren M. Wells, Malcolm J. Bennett et al. profile →
Uncovering the hidden half of plants using new advances in root phenotyping

2018 241 citations Jonathan A. Atkinson, Michael P. Pound et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Root Growth and Development in “Real Life”: Advances and Challenges in Studying Root–Environment Interactions 2025 ·Annual Review of Plant Biology ·Poonam Mehra,Jason Banda,(unknown),(unknown),Gabriel Castrillo,Tino Colombi,Bipin K. Pandey,Craig J. Sturrock,Darren M. Wells,Malcolm J. Bennett	4
2	Chlorophyll fluorescence-based high-throughput phenotyping facilitates the genetic dissection of photosynthetic heat tolerance in African ( Oryza glaberrima ) and Asian ( Oryza sativa ) rice 2023 ·Journal of Experimental Botany ·(unknown),John N. Ferguson,Lorna McAusland,(unknown),Christine Tranchant‐Dubreuil,Philippe Cubry,François Sabot,Darren M. Wells,Adam H. Price,Zoe A. Wilson,Erik H. Murchie	12
3	Loss of ancestral function in duckweed roots is accompanied by progressive anatomical reduction and a re-distribution of nutrient transporters 2023 ·Current Biology ·(unknown),(unknown),Paulina Flis,(unknown),(unknown),Britta M. C. Kümpers,Levi Yant,Jonathan A. Atkinson,Darren M. Wells,Rahul Bhosale,Anthony Bishopp	21
4	X‐ray CT reveals 4D root system development and lateral root responses to nitrate in soil 2022 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Marcus Griffiths,Nathan Mellor,Craig J. Sturrock,Brian S. Atkinson,James T. Johnson,Stefan Mairhofer,Larry M. York,Jonathan A. Atkinson,Mohammadreza Soltaninejad,J. Foulkes,Michael P. Pound,Sacha J. Mooney,Tony Pridmore,Malcolm J. Bennett,Darren M. Wells	15
5	Systems approaches reveal that ABCB and PIN proteins mediate co-dependent auxin efflux 2022 ·The Plant Cell ·Nathan Mellor,Ute Voß,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Anthony Bishopp,Malcolm J. Bennett,Markus Geisler,Darren M. Wells,Leah R. Band	35
6	Non-invasive hydrodynamic imaging in plant roots at cellular resolution 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Flavius C. Pascut,Valentin Couvreur,Daniela Dietrich,Nicola Leftley,Guilhem Reyt,Yann Boursiac,Mónica Calvo‐Polanco,Ilda Casimiro,Christophe Maurel,David E. Salt,Xavier Draye,Darren M. Wells,Malcolm J. Bennett,Kevin F. Webb	29
7	Auxin fluxes through plasmodesmata modify root-tip auxin distribution 2020 ·Development ·Nathan Mellor,Ute Voß,(unknown),Malcolm J. Bennett,Darren M. Wells,Leah R. Band	69
8	RootNav 2.0: Deep learning for automatic navigation of complex plant root architectures 2019 ·GigaScience ·Robail Yasrab,Jonathan A. Atkinson,Darren M. Wells,Andrew P. French,Tony Pridmore,Michael P. Pound	90
9	Rice plants overexpressing OsEPF1 show reduced stomatal density and increased root cortical aerenchyma formation 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Umar Mohammed,Robert S. Caine,Jonathan A. Atkinson,Emily Harrison,Darren M. Wells,Caspar Chater,Julie E. Gray,Ranjan Swarup,Erik H. Murchie	64
10	Active Vision and Surface Reconstruction for 3D Plant Shoot Modelling 2019 ·IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics ·(unknown),Michael P. Pound,Andrew P. French,Darren M. Wells,Erik H. Murchie,Tony Pridmore	32
11	Plant Phenotyping: An Active Vision Cell for Three-Dimensional Plant Shoot Reconstruction 2018 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·(unknown),Michael P. Pound,Andrew P. French,Darren M. Wells,Erik H. Murchie,Tony Pridmore	43
12	Combining semi-automated image analysis techniques with machine learning algorithms to accelerate large-scale genetic studies 2017 ·GigaScience ·Jonathan A. Atkinson,Guillaume Lobet,(unknown),Patrick Meyer,Marcus Griffiths,Darren M. Wells	16
13	Deep machine learning provides state-of-the-art performance in image-based plant phenotyping 2017 ·GigaScience ·Michael P. Pound,Jonathan A. Atkinson,Alexandra J. Townsend,Michael Wilson,Marcus Griffiths,Aaron S. Jackson,Adrian Bulat,Georgios Tzimiropoulos,Darren M. Wells,Erik H. Murchie,Tony Pridmore,Andrew P. French	246
14	Shaping 3D Root System Architecture 2017 ·Current Biology ·Emily Morris,Marcus Griffiths,(unknown),Stefan Mairhofer,(unknown),Tatsuaki Goh,Daniel von Wangenheim,Brian S. Atkinson,Craig J. Sturrock,Jonathan P. Lynch,Kris Vissenberg,Karl Ritz,Darren M. Wells,Sacha J. Mooney,Malcolm J. Bennett	155
15	An Updated Protocol for High Throughput Plant Tissue Sectioning 2017 ·Frontiers in Plant Science ·Jonathan A. Atkinson,Darren M. Wells	35
16	Three-dimensional reconstruction of plant shoots from multiple images using an active vision system 2015 ·Repository@Nottingham (University of Nottingham) ·(unknown),Michael P. Pound,Darren M. Wells,Erik H. Murchie,Andrew P. French,Tony Pridmore	1
17	Phenotyping pipeline reveals major seedling root growth QTL in hexaploid wheat 2015 ·Journal of Experimental Botany ·Jonathan A. Atkinson,Luzie U. Wingen,Marcus Griffiths,Michael P. Pound,Oorbessy Gaju,J. Foulkes,Jacques Le Gouis,Simon Griffiths,Malcolm J. Bennett,Julie King,Darren M. Wells	166
18	Biosensors for phytohormone quantification: challenges, solutions, and opportunities 2013 ·Trends in Plant Science ·Darren M. Wells,Laurent Laplaze,Malcolm J. Bennett,Teva Vernoux	31
19	In vitro motility studies of HCM and DCM mutations in cardiac muscle actin 2007 ·Biophysical Journal ·Emma Dyer,Darren M. Wells,Charles Redwood,(unknown)	1
20	Novel sensors for measuring soil nitrogen, water availability and strength 2003 ·Rothamsted Repository (Rothamsted Repository) ·Tony Miller,Darren M. Wells,J. Braven,(unknown),(unknown),L. J. Clark,W. R. Whalley,David Gowing,P.B. Leeds‐Harrison	2

About Darren M. Wells

Darren M. Wells is a scholar working on Plant Science, Biophysics and Environmental Engineering, having authored 70 papers that have together received 4.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (33 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (26 papers) and Smart Agriculture and AI (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (3.6k citations), Agronomy and Crop Science (205 citations) and Soil Science (192 citations). Darren M. Wells has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. Frequent co-authors include Malcolm J. Bennett, Jonathan A. Atkinson, Michael P. Pound, Tony Pridmore, Andrew P. French, Tony Miller, Xiaorong Fan, S. J. Smith, Mathilde Orsel and Ute Voß. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

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