Mainassara Zaman‐Allah

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
56 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

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Mainassara Zaman‐Allah is a scholar working on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mainassara Zaman‐Allah has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Plant Science, 21 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Mainassara Zaman‐Allah's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (19 papers), Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (15 papers) and Genetics and Plant Breeding (11 papers). Mainassara Zaman‐Allah is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (19 papers), Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (15 papers) and Genetics and Plant Breeding (11 papers). Mainassara Zaman‐Allah collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, France and India. Mainassara Zaman‐Allah's co-authors include Jill E. Cairns, Vincent Vadez, J. L. Araus, M. Olsen, Shawn C. Kefauver, B. M. Prasanna, Richard Trethowan, Nese Sreenivasulu, Rajeev K. Varshney and Reyazul Rouf Mir and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Trends in Plant Science.

In The Last Decade

Mainassara Zaman‐Allah

55 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Translating High-Throughput Phenotyping into Genetic Gain

2018 486 citations J. L. Araus, Shawn C. Kefauver et al. profile →
Beat the stress: breeding for climate resilience in maize for the tropical rainfed environments

2021 131 citations B. M. Prasanna, Jill E. Cairns et al. Theoretical and Applied Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mainassara Zaman‐Allah Kenya	30	2.9k	757	749	506	429	56	3.8k
Muhammad Habib ur Rahman Pakistan	41	2.5k 0.9×	360 0.5×	620 0.8×	331 0.7×	536 1.2×	167	4.2k
Jack Christopher Australia	33	4.5k 1.6×	360 0.5×	1.4k 1.8×	548 1.1×	413 1.0×	119	5.1k
Felix Fritschi United States	37	4.5k 1.6×	1.8k 2.3×	926 1.2×	254 0.5×	655 1.5×	167	6.5k
Paulo Eduardo Teodoro Brazil	30	2.6k 0.9×	1.3k 1.7×	351 0.5×	304 0.6×	1.0k 2.4×	471	4.6k
Cosmos Magorokosho Kenya	29	2.7k 0.9×	373 0.5×	915 1.2×	1.3k 2.5×	290 0.7×	62	3.7k
Michelle Watt Australia	42	5.4k 1.9×	510 0.7×	1.1k 1.5×	285 0.6×	380 0.9×	92	6.4k
Larry C. Purcell United States	44	5.3k 1.8×	597 0.8×	1.8k 2.4×	419 0.8×	346 0.8×	149	6.2k
G. R. Squire United Kingdom	27	2.3k 0.8×	487 0.6×	517 0.7×	150 0.3×	318 0.7×	71	3.3k
Alejandro del Pozo Chile	30	2.0k 0.7×	396 0.5×	603 0.8×	246 0.5×	406 0.9×	133	2.8k
Vijaya Gopal Kakani United States	38	3.1k 1.1×	881 1.2×	680 0.9×	113 0.2×	1.0k 2.4×	92	4.6k

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Cairns, Jill E., Mainassara Zaman‐Allah, Frédéric Baudron, et al.. (2025). Know your men and women farmers: Ensuring host farmers in participatory trials represent heterogeneity within the target environment. Plants People Planet. 8(1). 259–276.

Collinson, Sarah, Rachel C. Voss, Frédéric Baudron, et al.. (2024). Validating a novel genetic technology for hybrid maize seed production under management practices associated with resource‐poor farmers in Zimbabwe. Plants People Planet. 7(3). 801–815. 3 indexed citations

Prasanna, B. M., Jill E. Cairns, P.H. Zaidi, et al.. (2021). Beat the stress: breeding for climate resilience in maize for the tropical rainfed environments. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 134(6). 1729–1752. 131 indexed citations breakdown →

Pasley, Heather, James J. Camberato, Jill E. Cairns, et al.. (2020). Nitrogen rate impacts on tropical maize nitrogen use efficiency and soil nitrogen depletion in eastern and southern Africa. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 116(3). 397–408. 36 indexed citations

Mupangwa, Walter, et al.. (2020). Maize Kernel Abortion Recognition and Classification Using Binary Classification Machine Learning Algorithms and Deep Convolutional Neural Networks. AI. 1(3). 361–375. 9 indexed citations

Das, Biswanath, G. N. Atlin, Michael Olsen, et al.. (2019). Identification of donors for low-nitrogen stress with maize lethal necrosis (MLN) tolerance for maize breeding in sub-Saharan Africa. Euphytica. 215(4). 80–80. 24 indexed citations

Issoufou, Hassane Bil‐Assanou, et al.. (2019). Response of Maize ( Zea mays L.) Hybrids to Diurnal Variation of Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD) and Progressive Soil Moisture Depletion. 7(1). 1. 10 indexed citations

Buchaillot, Ma. Luisa, Adrian Gracia‐Romero, Omar Vergara‐Díaz, et al.. (2019). Evaluating Maize Genotype Performance under Low Nitrogen Conditions Using RGB UAV Phenotyping Techniques. Sensors. 19(8). 1815–1815. 76 indexed citations

Gracia‐Romero, Adrian, Shawn C. Kefauver, Omar Vergara‐Díaz, et al.. (2017). Comparative Performance of Ground vs. Aerially Assessed RGB and Multispectral Indices for Early-Growth Evaluation of Maize Performance under Phosphorus Fertilization. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8. 2004–2004. 98 indexed citations

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Zaidi, P.H., Mainassara Zaman‐Allah, Samuel Trachsel, et al.. (2016). Phenotyping for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Maize : Heat Stress. A field manual. CIMMYT eBooks. 15 indexed citations

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Magorokosho, Cosmos, M. Olsen, G. N. Atlin, et al.. (2016). Gains in Maize Genetic Improvement in Eastern and Southern Africa: II. CIMMYT Open‐Pollinated Variety Breeding Pipeline. Crop Science. 57(1). 180–191. 63 indexed citations

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Zaman‐Allah, Mainassara, et al.. (2015). Diversité agro-morphologique des accessions de fonio [<i>Digitaria exilis</i> (Kippist.) Stapf.] au Niger. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences. 8(4). 1710–1710. 9 indexed citations

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Zaman‐Allah, Mainassara, et al.. (2014). Situation de référence de la phytodiversité et la productivité herbacée d’un dispositif de suivi du feu de brousse au Niger. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences. 8(3). 1165–1165. 1 indexed citations

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Zaman‐Allah, Mainassara, et al.. (2013). Genetic diversity and population structure in a collection of roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffaL.) from Niger. Plant Genetic Resources. 12(2). 207–214. 4 indexed citations

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Belko, Nouhoun, Mainassara Zaman‐Allah, Ndeye Ndack Diop, et al.. (2012). Restriction of transpiration rate under high vapour pressure deficit and non‐limiting water conditions is important for terminal drought tolerance in cowpea. Plant Biology. 15(2). 304–316. 58 indexed citations

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Zaman‐Allah, Mainassara, et al.. (2009). Paramètres agronomiques liés à la tolérance au sel chez le haricot (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). BASE. 13(1). 113–119. 1 indexed citations

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Sifi, B., et al.. (2009). Effets de la fertilisation azotée, de l’inoculation par Rhizobium sp. et du régime des pluies sur la production de la biomasse et la teneur en azote du pois chiche. BASE. 13(4). 537–544. 3 indexed citations

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Zaman‐Allah, Mainassara, et al.. (2007). Symbiotic response to low phosphorus supply in two common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes.. Symbiosis. 44. 109–113. 14 indexed citations

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Sifi, B., et al.. (2007). Effect of salinity on root-nodule conductance to the oxygen diffusion in the Cicer arietinum–Mesorhizobium ciceri symbiosis. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 3 indexed citations

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Zaman‐Allah, Mainassara, et al.. (2005). Salt tolerance of a common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivar as affected by rhizobia. Symbiosis. 40(1). 17–22. 2 indexed citations

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