Ken D. Sayre

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Ken D. Sayre is a scholar working on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken D. Sayre has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Plant Science, 36 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 30 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Ken D. Sayre's work include Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (32 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (24 papers) and Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (12 papers). Ken D. Sayre is often cited by papers focused on Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (32 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (24 papers) and Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (12 papers). Ken D. Sayre collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, Belgium and United States. Ken D. Sayre's co-authors include Bram Govaerts, Peter Hobbs, Raj Kumar Gupta, Jozef Deckers, R. A. Fischer, Luc Dendooven, S. Rajaram, Mónica Mezzalama, José Crossa and Fahong Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Soil Biology and Biochemistry and Plant and Soil.

In The Last Decade

Ken D. Sayre

70 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

The role of conservation agriculture in sustainable agriculture

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ken D. Sayre Mexico	36	3.2k	2.7k	2.1k	880	718	72	5.9k
Amir Kassam United Kingdom	30	1.8k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 1.4×	1.3k 1.7×	108	4.9k
A. Bationo Kenya	41	2.3k 0.7×	2.7k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	928 1.3×	123	5.6k
Éric Justes France	42	4.0k 1.3×	2.7k 1.0×	3.1k 1.4×	1.1k 1.3×	390 0.5×	118	7.1k
S P Wani India	39	2.8k 0.9×	2.5k 0.9×	918 0.4×	534 0.6×	490 0.7×	309	6.7k
Andreas Fließbach Switzerland	36	3.1k 1.0×	3.4k 1.2×	1.1k 0.5×	840 1.0×	567 0.8×	112	6.9k
Cameron M. Pittelkow United States	28	2.0k 0.6×	2.9k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	929 1.1×	461 0.6×	88	5.0k
Laurie E. Drinkwater United States	37	3.1k 1.0×	3.8k 1.4×	1.9k 0.9×	586 0.7×	423 0.6×	69	7.3k
Matt Liebman United States	52	5.5k 1.7×	2.5k 0.9×	4.1k 1.9×	1.5k 1.7×	937 1.3×	176	9.8k
David J. Connor Australia	44	4.0k 1.3×	1.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	769 0.9×	328 0.5×	141	5.8k
J. Wolf Netherlands	31	2.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	2.1k 2.3×	867 1.2×	59	5.2k

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Edwards-Callaway, Lily, et al.. (2024). Expert Consultation: Factors Influencing End-of-Life Decision-Making for Dairy Cattle Across the United States Supply Chain. Animals. 14(22). 3311–3311.

Fischer, R. A., et al.. (2018). Yield response to plant density, row spacing and raised beds in low latitude spring wheat with ample soil resources: An update. Field Crops Research. 232. 95–105. 97 indexed citations

Devkota, Krishna Prasad, Ahmad M. Manschadi, John P. A. Lamers, et al.. (2013). Growth and yield of rice (Oryza sativa L.) under resource conservation technologies in the irrigated drylands of Central Asia. Field Crops Research. 149. 115–126. 28 indexed citations

Talukder, A.S.M.H.M., C. A. Meisner, Md Abdur Rouf Sarkar, et al.. (2012). Effect of water management, arsenic and phosphorus levels on rice in a high-arsenic soil–water system: II. Arsenic uptake. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 80. 145–151. 71 indexed citations

Fuentes, Mariela, Claudia Hidalgo, I. González-Martı́n, et al.. (2012). NIR Spectroscopy: An Alternative for Soil Analysis. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 43(1-2). 346–356. 22 indexed citations

Wang, Fahong, Ken D. Sayre, Shengdong Li, et al.. (2011). Morphological and yield responses of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) to raised bed planting in Northern China. African Journal of Agricultural Research. 6(13). 2991–2997. 6 indexed citations

Haque, Md Enamul, R.W. Bell, Aminul Islam, Ken D. Sayre, & MM Hossain. (2011). Versatile multi-crop planter for two-wheel tractors: an innovative option for smallholders. Murdoch Research Repository (Murdoch University). 15 indexed citations

Verhulst, Nele, Ken D. Sayre, Mateo Vargas, et al.. (2011). Wheat yield and tillage–straw management system×year interaction explained by climatic co-variables for an irrigated bed planting system in northwestern Mexico. Field Crops Research. 124(3). 347–356. 46 indexed citations

Araya, Tesfay, Wim Cornelis, Jan Nyssen, et al.. (2011). Effects of conservation agriculture on runoff, soil loss and crop yield under rainfed conditions in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. Soil Use and Management. 27(3). 404–414. 96 indexed citations

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Hossain, Md. Israil, et al.. (2009). Agricultural mechanization in Bangladesh and conservation agriculture: The opportunities, priorities, practices and possibilities. Murdoch Research Repository (Murdoch University). 3 indexed citations

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Fuentes, Mariela, I. González-Martı́n, José Miguel Hernández‐Hierro, et al.. (2009). The natural abundance of 13C with different agricultural management by NIRS with fibre optic probe technology. Talanta. 79(1). 32–37. 5 indexed citations

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Govaerts, Bram, et al.. (2008). Aggregation and C and N contents of soil organic matter fractions in a permanent raised-bed planting system in the Highlands of Central Mexico. Plant and Soil. 305(1-2). 237–252. 109 indexed citations

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Govaerts, Bram, Mónica Mezzalama, Ken D. Sayre, et al.. (2005). Long-term consequences of tillage, residue management, and crop rotation on maize/wheat root rot and nematode populations in subtropical highlands. Applied Soil Ecology. 32(3). 305–315. 122 indexed citations

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Govaerts, Bram, et al.. (2004). NDVI measured plant growth variability with conservation tillage, relation with limiting resources.. PubMed. 69(2). 139–42. 1 indexed citations

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Barbour, Margaret M., R. A. Fischer, Ken D. Sayre, & Graham D. Farquhar. (2000). Oxygen isotope ratio of leaf and grain material correlates with stomatal conductance and grain yield in irrigated wheat. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. 27(7). 625–637. 203 indexed citations

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Sayre, Ken D.. (1998). Ensuring the use of sustainable crop management strategies by small wheat farmers in the 21st century. CIMMYT eBooks. 25 indexed citations

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Vargas, Mateo, José Crossa, Ken D. Sayre, et al.. (1998). Interpreting Genotype ✕ Environment Interaction in Wheat by Partial Least Squares Regression. Crop Science. 38(3). 679–689. 81 indexed citations

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Reynolds, Matthew, Ken D. Sayre, & H. Vivar. (1994). Intercropping wheat and barley with N-fixing legume species: a method for improving ground cover, N-use efficiency and productivity in low input systems. The Journal of Agricultural Science. 123(2). 175–183. 29 indexed citations

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Reynolds, Matthew, Edmundo Acevedo, Ken D. Sayre, & R. A. Fischer. (1994). Yield potential in modern wheat varieties: its association with a less competitive ideotype. Field Crops Research. 37(3). 149–160. 88 indexed citations

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Sayre, Ken D.. (1987). Cognitive science and the problem of semantic content. Synthese. 70(2). 247–269. 9 indexed citations

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