M. A. Saghai Maroof

16.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
119 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

About

M. A. Saghai Maroof is a scholar working on Plant Science, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, M. A. Saghai Maroof has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Plant Science, 33 papers in Genetics and 13 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in M. A. Saghai Maroof's work include Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (45 papers), Soybean genetics and cultivation (37 papers) and Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (36 papers). M. A. Saghai Maroof is often cited by papers focused on Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (45 papers), Soybean genetics and cultivation (37 papers) and Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (36 papers). M. A. Saghai Maroof collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. M. A. Saghai Maroof's co-authors include R. W. Allard, Richard A. Jorgensen, K. M. Soliman, G. R. Buss, Qifa Zhang, R. M. Biyashev, Chao Xu, Peter J. Maughan, Guliang Yang and Yanbi Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

M. A. Saghai Maroof

118 papers receiving 11.1k 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.

Ribosomal DNA spacer-length polymorphisms in barley: mendelian inheritance, chromosomal location, and population dynamics.

1984 4.4k citations M. A. Saghai Maroof, Richard A. Jorgensen et al. profile →
Importance of epistasis as the genetic basis of heterosis in an elite rice hybrid

1997 586 citations Chao Xu, Qifa Zhang et al. profile →
Extraordinarily polymorphic microsatellite DNA in barley: species diversity, chromosomal locations, and population dynamics.

1994 533 citations M. A. Saghai Maroof, R. M. Biyashev et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. A. Saghai Maroof United States	48	10.6k	4.2k	2.8k	751	739	119	12.1k
Andreas Graner Germany	60	12.4k 1.2×	5.0k 1.2×	4.4k 1.6×	589 0.8×	970 1.3×	176	14.9k
Antoni Rafalski United States	33	7.3k 0.7×	3.7k 0.9×	3.3k 1.2×	647 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	48	9.7k
Andrzej Kilian Australia	57	8.9k 0.8×	4.6k 1.1×	2.8k 1.0×	728 1.0×	919 1.2×	232	12.0k
Nevin D. Young United States	58	11.1k 1.1×	2.0k 0.5×	3.8k 1.4×	583 0.8×	584 0.8×	130	12.6k
Martin W. Ganal Germany	62	16.3k 1.5×	6.1k 1.4×	3.8k 1.4×	891 1.2×	643 0.9×	144	17.5k
Steven J. Knapp United States	60	9.2k 0.9×	3.3k 0.8×	3.1k 1.1×	719 1.0×	850 1.2×	214	10.9k
D. J. Mackill Philippines	52	10.6k 1.0×	4.1k 1.0×	1.7k 0.6×	390 0.5×	504 0.7×	100	11.5k
Nils Stein Germany	58	10.1k 1.0×	3.3k 0.8×	3.8k 1.4×	280 0.4×	446 0.6×	216	11.3k
Ilan Paran Israel	39	7.5k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	3.1k 1.1×	604 0.8×	469 0.6×	68	9.0k
Robbie Waugh United Kingdom	76	15.8k 1.5×	5.9k 1.4×	4.7k 1.7×	974 1.3×	1.0k 1.4×	282	18.2k

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Van, Kyujung, et al.. (2024). Resistance gene enrichment sequencing for NLR genes for Phytophthora sojae in selected soybean plant introductions and differentials with putative novel and known Rps genes. Crop Science. 65(1). 2 indexed citations

Biyashev, R. M., Clarice Schmidt, Qijian Song, et al.. (2024). Comparison of Rps loci toward isolates, singly and combined inocula, of Phytophthora sojae in soybean PI 407985, PI 408029, PI 408097, and PI424477. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1394676–1394676. 4 indexed citations

Biyashev, R. M., et al.. (2023). Identification of quantitative trait loci controlling soybean seed protein and oil content. PLoS ONE. 18(6). e0286329–e0286329. 10 indexed citations

Raboy, Victor, et al.. (2021). Network Inference of Transcriptional Regulation in Germinating Low Phytic Acid Soybean Seeds. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 708286–708286. 3 indexed citations

Kachroo, Aardra, et al.. (2020). A transcriptional regulatory network of Rsv3-mediated extreme resistance against Soybean mosaic virus. PLoS ONE. 15(4). e0231658–e0231658. 10 indexed citations

Van, Kyujung, William Rolling, R. M. Biyashev, et al.. (2020). Mining germplasm panels and phenotypic datasets to identify loci for resistance to Phytophthora sojae in soybean. The Plant Genome. 14(1). e20063–e20063. 16 indexed citations

Tamang, Bishal G., et al.. (2014). Physiological and transcriptomic characterization of submergence and reoxygenation responses in soybean seedlings. Plant Cell & Environment. 37(10). 2350–2365. 97 indexed citations

Maroof, M. A. Saghai, et al.. (2010). Fine Mapping and Candidate Gene Discovery of the Soybean Mosaic Virus Resistance Gene, Rsv4. The Plant Genome. 3(1). 71 indexed citations

Zhou, Lecong, Santiago X. Mideros, Lei Bao, et al.. (2009). Infection and genotype remodel the entire soybean transcriptome. BMC Genomics. 10(1). 49–49. 46 indexed citations

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Mammadov, Jafar, W. S. Brooks, Carl A. Griffey, & M. A. Saghai Maroof. (2007). Validating molecular markers for barley leaf rust resistance genes Rph5 and Rph7. Plant Breeding. 126(5). 458–463. 8 indexed citations

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Hayes, A. J. & M. A. Saghai Maroof. (2000). Targeted resistance gene mapping in soybean using modified AFLPs. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 100(8). 1279–1283. 54 indexed citations

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Wang, Shiping, et al.. (1998). Distribution of Simple Sequence Repeat and AFLP Markers in Molecular Linkage Map of Rice. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 40(7). 8 indexed citations

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Maroof, M. A. Saghai, et al.. (1998). Genetic Diversity of Rice Detected by a Multiple Copy Microsatellite DNA Marker. 20(2). 27–30. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Q., et al.. (1997). Molecularmarker diversity and hybrid sterility in indica-japonica rice crosses. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 95(1-2). 112–118. 52 indexed citations

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Maroof, M. A. Saghai, et al.. (1996). Identification of quantitative trait loci controlling resistance to gray leaf spot disease in maize. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 93(4). 539–546. 80 indexed citations

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Liu, K. D., et al.. (1996). Extraordinarily polymorphic ribosomal DNA in wild and cultivated rice. Genome. 39(6). 1109–1116. 21 indexed citations

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Yu, Yanbi, M. A. Saghai Maroof, & G. R. Buss. (1996). Divergence and allelomorphic relationship of a soybean virus resistance gene based on tightly linked DNA microsatellite and RFLP markers. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 92(1). 64–69. 27 indexed citations

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Zehr, B. E., et al.. (1992). Use of RFLP markers to search for alleles in a maize population for improvement of an elite hybrid. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 83-83(6-7). 903–911. 32 indexed citations

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Maroof, M. A. Saghai, et al.. (1992). Associations between nuclear loci and chloroplast DNA genotypes in wild barley.. Genetics. 131(1). 225–231. 15 indexed citations

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Neale, David B., et al.. (1988). Chloroplast DNA diversity in populations of wild and cultivated barley.. Genetics. 120(4). 1105–1110. 83 indexed citations

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