Frederick E. Below

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
100 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Frederick E. Below is a scholar working on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Frederick E. Below has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Plant Science, 65 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 18 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Frederick E. Below's work include Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (58 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (29 papers) and Genetics and Plant Breeding (22 papers). Frederick E. Below is often cited by papers focused on Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (58 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (29 papers) and Genetics and Plant Breeding (22 papers). Frederick E. Below collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Brazil. Frederick E. Below's co-authors include Jason W. Haegele, Ross Bender, Matías L. Ruffo, Richard H. Hageman, Juliann R. Seebauer, Steven J. Crafts‐Brandner, M. Uribelarrea, James S. Schepers, D. D. Francis and Merle F. Vigil and has published in prestigious journals such as PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, Journal of Experimental Botany and Soil Science Society of America Journal.

In The Last Decade

Frederick E. Below

99 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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Nutrient Uptake, Partitioning, and Remobilization in Modern, Transgenic Insect‐Protected Maize Hybrids

2012 295 citations Ross Bender, Jason W. Haegele et al. Agronomy Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frederick E. Below United States	35	3.1k	1.8k	907	375	284	100	3.9k
Shuting Dong China	42	3.4k 1.1×	2.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	402 1.1×	195 0.7×	185	4.6k
Donald L. Wyse United States	37	2.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	561 0.6×	539 1.4×	372 1.3×	153	3.7k
Peng Liu China	33	2.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	968 1.1×	281 0.7×	183 0.6×	196	3.6k
William E. May Canada	32	1.7k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	836 0.9×	394 1.1×	242 0.9×	119	2.6k
John T. O’Donovan Canada	39	3.8k 1.2×	2.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	690 1.8×	376 1.3×	175	4.9k
Kristian Thorup‐Kristensen Denmark	38	3.0k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	2.1k 2.3×	331 0.9×	490 1.7×	160	4.6k
Glenn McDonald Australia	35	3.4k 1.1×	698 0.4×	830 0.9×	277 0.7×	131 0.5×	87	4.1k
Malcolm J. Morrison Canada	30	2.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	901 1.0×	614 1.6×	290 1.0×	102	4.0k
K. Neil Harker Canada	39	4.5k 1.4×	2.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	914 2.4×	436 1.5×	219	5.6k
Marla S. McIntosh United States	22	1.8k 0.6×	777 0.4×	665 0.7×	369 1.0×	382 1.3×	62	2.7k

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Seebauer, Juliann R., et al.. (2025). Biostimulant or biological? The complexity of defining, categorizing, and regulating microbial inoculants. Agricultural & Environmental Letters. 10(2). 2 indexed citations

Kent, Angela D., et al.. (2024). Long‐term continuous maize: Impacts on the soil microbiome and implications for residue management. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 88(4). 1109–1126. 3 indexed citations

Seebauer, Juliann R., et al.. (2024). Soil inoculation with nitrogen‐fixing bacteria to supplement maize fertilizer need. Agronomy Journal. 117(1). 1 indexed citations

Seebauer, Juliann R., et al.. (2021). Plant Biostimulants: A Categorical Review, Their Implications for Row Crop Production, and Relation to Soil Health Indicators. Agronomy. 11(7). 1297–1297. 117 indexed citations

Below, Frederick E., et al.. (2020). Plant population and row spacing effects on corn: Phenotypic traits of positive yield‐responsive hybrids. Agronomy Journal. 112(3). 1589–1600. 24 indexed citations

Seebauer, Juliann R., et al.. (2019). Weather During Key Growth Stages Explains Grain Quality and Yield of Maize. Agronomy. 9(1). 16–16. 48 indexed citations

Haegele, Jason W., et al.. (2018). Yield Stability Differs in Commercial Maize Hybrids in Response to Changes in Plant Density, Nitrogen Fertility, and Environment. Crop Science. 58(1). 230–241. 34 indexed citations

Seebauer, Juliann R. & Frederick E. Below. (2017). Use of In Vitro Kernel Culture to Study Maize Nitrogen and Carbohydrate Metabolism. Methods in molecular biology. 1676. 3–13. 2 indexed citations

Bender, Ross, Jason W. Haegele, & Frederick E. Below. (2015). Modern soybean varieties' nutrient uptake patterns.. Better crops with plant food. 99(2). 7–10. 2 indexed citations

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Bender, Ross, Jason W. Haegele, Matías L. Ruffo, & Frederick E. Below. (2013). Modern corn hybrids' nutrient uptake patterns.. Better crops with plant food. 97(1). 7–10. 31 indexed citations

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Moose, Stephen P., et al.. (2012). The sugar, biomass and biofuel potential of temperate by tropical maize hybrids. GCB Bioenergy. 4(5). 496–508. 12 indexed citations

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Mumera, L. M. & Frederick E. Below. (1996). Genotypic variation in resistance to Striga parasitism of maize. Maydica. 41(4). 255–262. 3 indexed citations

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Gentry, Lowell E. & Frederick E. Below. (1993). Maize Productivity as Influenced by Form and Availability of Nitrogen. Crop Science. 33(3). 491–497. 19 indexed citations

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Below, Frederick E., et al.. (1990). Influence of heterotic pattern on nitrogen use and yield of maize.. Maydica. 35(3). 209–213. 13 indexed citations

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Below, Frederick E., et al.. (1987). Effect of Head Removal on Leaf Senescence of Sunflower. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 83(4). 844–848. 18 indexed citations

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Below, Frederick E., et al.. (1987). Plant Traits Related to Productivity of Maize. I. Genetic Variability, Environmental Variation, and Correlation with Grain Yield and Stalk Lodging¹. Crop Science. 27(6). 1116–1121. 7 indexed citations

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Crafts‐Brandner, Steven J., Frederick E. Below, J. E. Harper, & R. H. Hageman. (1984). Effects of Pod Removal on Metabolism and Senescence of Nodulating and Nonnodulating Soybean Isolines. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 75(2). 311–317. 34 indexed citations

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Crafts‐Brandner, Steven J., Frederick E. Below, James E. Harper, & Richard H. Hageman. (1983). Metabolism of Carbon and Nitrogen by Soybean Seedlings in Response to Vegetative Apex Removal. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 73(1). 6–10. 10 indexed citations

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Below, Frederick E., et al.. (1982). Interaction of Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism in the Productivity of Maize. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 70(4). 1185–1190. 97 indexed citations

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Reed, Andrew J., Frederick E. Below, & Richard H. Hageman. (1980). Grain Protein Accumulation and the Relationship between Leaf Nitrate Reductase and Protease Activities during Grain Development in Maize (Zea mays L.). PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 66(1). 164–170. 62 indexed citations

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