Guy Blomme

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
156 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Guy Blomme is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Guy Blomme has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Plant Science, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Guy Blomme's work include Banana Cultivation and Research (131 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (39 papers) and Cassava research and cyanide (32 papers). Guy Blomme is often cited by papers focused on Banana Cultivation and Research (131 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (39 papers) and Cassava research and cyanide (32 papers). Guy Blomme collaborates with scholars based in Uganda, Ethiopia and Belgium. Guy Blomme's co-authors include Walter Ocimati, Michael Gomez Selvaraj, Henry Ruiz, J. Ntamwira, Temesgen Addis, Sivalingam Elayabalan, Zerihun Yemataw, E. Karamura, Bernard Vanlauwe and S. J. Eden-Green and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Guy Blomme

151 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. AI-powered banana diseases and pest detection
    2019 282 citations Walter Ocimati, Guy Blomme et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Guy Blomme Uganda 26 2.1k 309 264 176 156 156 2.6k
Jean‐Noël Aubertot France 21 1.7k 0.8× 159 0.5× 265 1.0× 333 1.9× 189 1.2× 41 2.4k
Jacques Avelino France 29 1.8k 0.9× 441 1.4× 183 0.7× 149 0.8× 328 2.1× 89 3.4k
Jiban Shrestha Nepal 24 1.6k 0.7× 293 0.9× 170 0.6× 86 0.5× 111 0.7× 255 2.7k
L.A.P. Lotz Netherlands 27 2.0k 1.0× 93 0.3× 438 1.7× 157 0.9× 159 1.0× 97 2.4k
Sandeep Kumar India 21 1.4k 0.7× 88 0.3× 356 1.3× 82 0.5× 155 1.0× 83 2.7k
Monika Messmer Switzerland 34 3.4k 1.6× 210 0.7× 424 1.6× 272 1.5× 140 0.9× 95 3.8k
Walter Ocimati Uganda 17 1.1k 0.5× 149 0.5× 101 0.4× 77 0.4× 137 0.9× 71 1.3k
Ramakrishnan M. Nair India 34 3.1k 1.5× 105 0.3× 478 1.8× 110 0.6× 95 0.6× 121 3.7k
Chiedozie Egesi Nigeria 24 1.9k 0.9× 104 0.3× 371 1.4× 34 0.2× 91 0.6× 86 2.2k
Peter Kulakow Nigeria 28 1.8k 0.9× 144 0.5× 200 0.8× 22 0.1× 108 0.7× 114 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Guy Blomme

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Fields of papers citing papers by Guy Blomme

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guy Blomme

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Guy Blomme. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Guy Blomme based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Guy Blomme. Guy Blomme is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Blomme, Guy, et al.. (2025). Banana Bunchy Top Disease in Rwanda: Identifying Disease Presence and Potential Areas at Risk. Phytopathology. 115(12). 1728–1736.
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Turner, D. W., Daniel J. Gibbs, Walter Ocimati, & Guy Blomme. (2024). A Functional Analysis of Inflorescence Architecture in Musa L. (Musaceae). Food and Energy Security. 13(5). 1 indexed citations
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Bouwmeester, H., Guy Blomme, Bonaventure Aman Omondi, & Walter Ocimati. (2023). Banana bunchy top disease in Africa—Predicting continent‐wide disease risks by combining survey data and expert knowledge. Plant Pathology. 72(8). 1476–1490. 10 indexed citations
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Ocimati, Walter, et al.. (2022). Spread of Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum within banana mats: implications for Xanthomonas wilt management. Journal of Plant Pathology. 104(3). 1111–1122. 1 indexed citations
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Blomme, Guy, et al.. (2021). Comparing effectiveness, cost- and time-efficiency of control options for Xanthomonas wilt of banana under Rwandan agro-ecological conditions. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 160(2). 487–501. 6 indexed citations
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Ntamwira, J., et al.. (2021). The Integration of Shade-Sensitive Annual Crops in Musa spp. Plantations in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Agronomy. 11(2). 368–368. 6 indexed citations
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Yemataw, Zerihun, et al.. (2021). Estimating Yield Components, Limiting Factors, and Yield Gaps of Enset in Ethiopia Using Easily Measurable Above-Ground Plant Traits. Sustainability. 13(23). 13255–13255. 1 indexed citations
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Xing, Yanru, John Fredy Hernández Nopsa, K. F. Andersen, et al.. (2020). Global Cropland Connectivity: A Risk Factor for Invasion and Saturation by Emerging Pathogens and Pests. BioScience. 70(9). 744–758. 31 indexed citations
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Borrell, James S., Mark Goodwin, Guy Blomme, et al.. (2020). Enset‐based agricultural systems in Ethiopia: A systematic review of production trends, agronomy, processing and the wider food security applications of a neglected banana relative. Plants People Planet. 2(3). 212–228. 71 indexed citations
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Okonya, Joshua Sikhu, et al.. (2019). Farmer Reported Pest and Disease Impacts on Root, Tuber, and Banana Crops and Livelihoods in Rwanda and Burundi. Sustainability. 11(6). 1592–1592. 38 indexed citations
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Blomme, Guy, et al.. (2019). Pro‐vitamin A carotenoid content of 48 plantain (Musa AAB genome) cultivars sourced from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 100(2). 634–647. 8 indexed citations
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Okonya, Joshua Sikhu, Netsayi Mudege, Anne M. Rietveld, et al.. (2019). The Role of Women in Production and Management of RTB Crops in Rwanda and Burundi: Do Men Decide, and Women Work?. Sustainability. 11(16). 4304–4304. 13 indexed citations
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Blomme, Guy, et al.. (2006). Root system and shoot growth of banana (Musa spp.) in two agro-ecological zones in Nigeria. 15. 18–23. 1 indexed citations
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Blomme, Guy, Rony Swennen, & A. Tenkouano. (2005). Environmental influences on shoot and root growth in banana and plantain. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 7. 1163–1167. 1 indexed citations
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Blomme, Guy, Rony Swennen, & A. Tenkouano. (2002). The effect of soil bulk density on root and overall plant development in six banana varieties. 11(2). 38–40. 5 indexed citations
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Blomme, Guy, et al.. (2001). Horizontal distribution of root nematode damage in six Musa spp. genotypes. 7(2). 73–80. 3 indexed citations

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