James Simmonds

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

James Simmonds is a scholar working on Plant Science, Genetics and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, James Simmonds has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Plant Science, 22 papers in Genetics and 13 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in James Simmonds's work include Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (43 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (22 papers) and Genetics and Plant Breeding (22 papers). James Simmonds is often cited by papers focused on Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (43 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (22 papers) and Genetics and Plant Breeding (22 papers). James Simmonds collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. James Simmonds's co-authors include J. W. Snape, Cristóbal Uauy, Lesley Fish, Simon Griffiths, Simon Orford, Jemima Brinton, Liz Sayers, Michelle Leverington‐Waite, Luzie U. Wingen and Yingkun Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

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James Simmonds

49 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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Uncovering hidden variation in polyploid wheat

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Stigma longevity is not a major limiting factor in hybrid wheat seed production 2025 ·Journal of Experimental Botany ·(unknown), James Simmonds, (unknown), Yann Manès, Cristóbal Uauy, Scott A. Boden	1
2	Population transcriptome and phenotype analyses reveal that Rht-D1b contributed a larger seedling root to modern bread wheat 2025 ·The Plant Cell ·Xiaoming Wang, Peng Zhao, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), James Simmonds, Wendy Harwood, (unknown), Zihui Liu, (unknown), Dejun Han, Wanquan Ji, Cristóbal Uauy, Jun Xiao, (unknown), Shengbao Xu	0
3	Partial redundancy buffers deleterious effects of mutating DNA methyltransferase 1-1 (MET1-1) in polyploid wheat 2025 ·Journal of Experimental Botany ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), James Simmonds, Marco Catoni, Philippa Borrill	1
4	HebQTLs reveal intra-subgenome regulation inducing unbalanced expression and function among bread wheat homoeologs 2025 ·Genome biology ·Xiaoming Wang, Yuxiu Liu, Peng Zhao, (unknown), (unknown), Xue Shi, James Simmonds, Philippa Borrill, Xiaojie Wang, (unknown), Shengbao Xu	2
5	Modern wheat breeding selection synergistically improves above- and belowground traits 2024 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Peng Zhao, Zihui Liu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), James Simmonds, Wanquan Ji, Cristóbal Uauy, Shengbao Xu, Xiaoming Wang	2
6	Delayed development of basal spikelets in wheat explains their increased floret abortion and rudimentary nature 2023 ·Journal of Experimental Botany ·(unknown), Cara A. Griffiths, (unknown), James Simmonds, (unknown), Richard J. Morris, Cristóbal Uauy	14
7	MicroRNA-resistant alleles of HOMEOBOX DOMAIN-2 modify inflorescence branching and increase grain protein content of wheat 2022 ·Science Advances ·Laura E. Dixon, Marianna Pasquariello, (unknown), (unknown), Gernot Poschet, (unknown), Simon Orford, Noam Chayut, Nikolai M. Adamski, Jemima Brinton, James Simmonds, Burkhard Steuernagel, Iain Searle, Cristóbal Uauy, Scott A. Boden	18
8	High expression of the MADS-box gene VRT2 increases the number of rudimentary basal spikelets in wheat 2022 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nikolai M. Adamski, James Simmonds, Iain C. Macaulay, Richard J. Morris, Wilfried Haerty, Cristóbal Uauy	22
9	FANCM promotes class I interfering crossovers and suppresses class II non-interfering crossovers in wheat meiosis 2022 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), James Simmonds, Inna Guterman, K. Kanyuka, Amanda Burridge, Andrew J. Tock, Eugenio Sánchez‐Morán, F. Chris H. Franklin, Ian R. Henderson, Keith J. Edwards, Cristóbal Uauy, James D. Higgins	26
10	Ectopic expression of Triticum polonicum VRT-A2 underlies elongated glumes and grains in hexaploid wheat in a dosage-dependent manner 2021 ·The Plant Cell ·Nikolai M. Adamski, James Simmonds, Jemima Brinton, (unknown), (unknown), Mark A. Smedley, Şadiye Hayta, (unknown), (unknown), P. R. SCOTT, (unknown), (unknown), J. Elaine Barclay, (unknown), John H. Doonan, Cândida Nibau, Cristóbal Uauy	43
11	Trend, population structure, and trait mapping from 15 years of national varietal trials of UK winter wheat 2021 ·G3 Genes Genomes Genetics ·Oluwaseyi Shorinola, James Simmonds, Luzie U. Wingen, Cristóbal Uauy	8
12	Agricultural Selection of Wheat Has Been Shaped by Plant-Microbe Interactions 2020 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Andrzej Tkacz, Francesco Pini, Thomas R. Turner, Eloïne Bestion, James Simmonds, Phil Howell, Andy Greenland, Jitender Cheema, David Emms, Cristóbal Uauy, Philip S. Poole	58
13	Gene editing and mutagenesis reveal inter-cultivar differences and additivity in the contribution of TaGW2 homoeologues to grain size and weight in wheat 2018 ·Theoretical and Applied Genetics ·Wei Wang, James Simmonds, Qianli Pan, (unknown), Fei He, Abdulhamit Battal, Alina Akhunova, Harold N. Trick, Cristóbal Uauy, Eduard Akhunov	104
14	Increased pericarp cell length underlies a major quantitative trait locus for grain weight in hexaploid wheat 2017 ·New Phytologist ·Jemima Brinton, James Simmonds, (unknown), Michelle Leverington‐Waite, J. W. Snape, Cristóbal Uauy	93
15	Temporally and Genetically Discrete Periods of Wheat Sensitivity to High Temperature 2017 ·Frontiers in Plant Science ·(unknown), Martin Lukáč, James Simmonds, Mikhail A. Semenov, M. J. Gooding	30
16	A splice acceptor site mutation in TaGW2-A1 increases thousand grain weight in tetraploid and hexaploid wheat through wider and longer grains 2016 ·Theoretical and Applied Genetics ·James Simmonds, P. R. SCOTT, Jemima Brinton, Teresa C. Mestre, Max Bush, (unknown), Jorge Dubcovsky, Cristóbal Uauy	147
17	Identification and independent validation of a stable yield and thousand grain weight QTL on chromosome 6A of hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) 2014 ·BMC Plant Biology ·James Simmonds, P. R. SCOTT, Michelle Leverington‐Waite, A. S. Turner, Jemima Brinton, Viktor Korzun, J. W. Snape, Cristóbal Uauy	122
18	Identification of a major QTL controlling the content of B-type starch granules in Aegilops 2011 ·Journal of Experimental Botany ·Thomas P. Howard, Nur Ardiyana Rejab, Simon Griffiths, Fiona Leigh, Michelle Leverington‐Waite, James Simmonds, Cristóbal Uauy, Kay Trafford	51
19	Meta-QTL analysis of the genetic control of ear emergence in elite European winter wheat germplasm 2009 ·Theoretical and Applied Genetics ·Simon Griffiths, James Simmonds, (unknown), Yingkun Wang, Lesley Fish, Liz Sayers, (unknown), Simon Orford, Luzie U. Wingen, (unknown), Sébastien Faure, D. A. Laurie, Lorelei Bilham, J. W. Snape	232
20	Susceptibility to Fusarium head blight is associated with the Rht-D1b semi-dwarfing allele in wheat 2008 ·Theoretical and Applied Genetics ·Srinivasachary Srinivasachary, N. Gosman, Andrew Steed, James Simmonds, Michelle Leverington‐Waite, (unknown), J. W. Snape, P. Nicholson	97

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