Mosisa Worku

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Mosisa Worku is a scholar working on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mosisa Worku has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Plant Science, 20 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 16 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Mosisa Worku's work include Genetics and Plant Breeding (25 papers), Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (20 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (15 papers). Mosisa Worku is often cited by papers focused on Genetics and Plant Breeding (25 papers), Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (20 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (15 papers). Mosisa Worku collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, Ethiopia and Mexico. Mosisa Worku's co-authors include Marianne Bänziger, Gunda Schulte auf’m Erley, D. K. Friesen, Walter J. Horst, Alpha Diallo, Dan Makumbi, B. M. Prasanna, Biswanath Das, Michael Olsen and Yoseph Beyene and has published in prestigious journals such as Plant and Soil, Theoretical and Applied Genetics and Field Crops Research.

In The Last Decade

Mosisa Worku

34 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

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
Mosisa Worku Kenya	19	874	409	367	154	118	38	1.1k
Dagne Wegary Ethiopia	17	727 0.8×	363 0.9×	237 0.6×	164 1.1×	138 1.2×	61	1.0k
Alpha Diallo Kenya	16	658 0.8×	365 0.9×	249 0.7×	143 0.9×	95 0.8×	26	885
Kebebew Assefa Ethiopia	23	1.1k 1.3×	275 0.7×	272 0.7×	116 0.8×	179 1.5×	79	1.4k
Sylvester O. Oikeh Nigeria	23	1.2k 1.4×	553 1.4×	329 0.9×	99 0.6×	259 2.2×	50	1.4k
Hailu Tefera Ethiopia	22	775 0.9×	159 0.4×	242 0.7×	86 0.6×	127 1.1×	33	1.0k
John MacRobert South Africa	13	479 0.5×	279 0.7×	175 0.5×	240 1.6×	194 1.6×	25	860
B. Skovmand Mexico	21	1.7k 2.0×	397 1.0×	442 1.2×	102 0.7×	78 0.7×	49	1.9k
Zerihun Tadele Switzerland	18	1.1k 1.2×	204 0.5×	198 0.5×	96 0.6×	99 0.8×	78	1.4k
Godfrey Asea Uganda	17	791 0.9×	178 0.4×	265 0.7×	101 0.7×	59 0.5×	75	984
S. O. Ajala Nigeria	14	456 0.5×	323 0.8×	138 0.4×	98 0.6×	69 0.6×	44	609

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mosisa Worku

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Worku, Mosisa, et al.. (2024). The Formal Seed System of Maize in Ethiopia: Implications for Reducing the Yield Gap. International Journal of Agronomy. 2024. 1–9. 1 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 →

Chivasa, Walter, Mosisa Worku, Adefris Teklewold, et al.. (2021). Maize varietal replacement in Eastern and Southern Africa: Bottlenecks, drivers and strategies for improvement. Global Food Security. 32. 100589–100589. 31 indexed citations

Suresh, L. M., Yoseph Beyene, Dan Makumbi, et al.. (2020). Maize lethal necrosis (MLN): Efforts toward containing the spread and impact of a devastating transboundary disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Virus Research. 282. 197943–197943. 67 indexed citations

Simtowe, Franklin, et al.. (2019). Heterogeneous seed access and information exposure: implications for the adoption of drought-tolerant maize varieties in Uganda. Agricultural and Food Economics. 7(1). 57 indexed citations

Gowda, M. V. C., et al.. (2017). Quality Assurance/ Quality Control (QA/QC) in maize breeding and seed production : theory and practice. CIMMYT eBooks. 9 indexed citations

Keno, Tolera, et al.. (2017). Combing ability analysis of among early generation maize inbred lines. Ethiopian journal of agricultural sciences. 27(2). 49–60. 3 indexed citations

Ertiro, Berhanu Tadesse, Kassa Semagn, Biswanath Das, et al.. (2017). Genetic variation and population structure of maize inbred lines adapted to the mid-altitude sub-humid maize agro-ecology of Ethiopia using single nucleotide polymorphic (SNP) markers. BMC Genomics. 18(1). 777–777. 49 indexed citations

Worku, Mosisa, Dan Makumbi, Yoseph Beyene, et al.. (2016). Grain yield performance and flowering synchrony of CIMMYT’s tropical maize (Zea mays L.) parental inbred lines and single crosses. Euphytica. 211(3). 395–409. 24 indexed citations

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Ertiro, Berhanu Tadesse, Mosisa Worku, Biswanath Das, et al.. (2015). Comparison of Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR (KASP) and genotyping by sequencing (GBS) for quality control analysis in maize. BMC Genomics. 16(1). 908–908. 74 indexed citations

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Semagn, Kassa, Yoseph Beyene, Raman Babu, et al.. (2014). QTL Mapping and Molecular Breeding for Developing Stress Resilient Maize for Sub-Saharan Africa. 2 indexed citations

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Ertiro, Berhanu Tadesse, et al.. (2013). Genetic variability of maize stover quality and the potential for genetic improvement of fodder value. Field Crops Research. 153. 79–85. 34 indexed citations

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Worku, Mosisa, Marianne Bänziger, Gunda Schulte auf’m Erley, et al.. (2012). Nitrogen efficiency as related to dry matter partitioning and root system size in tropical mid-altitude maize hybrids under different levels of nitrogen stress. Field Crops Research. 130. 57–67. 38 indexed citations

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Shimelis, Hussein, et al.. (2012). Genetic interrelationships among medium to late maturing tropical maize inbred lines using selected SSR markers. Euphytica. 191(2). 269–277. 16 indexed citations

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Wegary, Dagne, et al.. (2011). Combining ability and heterotic relationships between CIMMYT and Ethiopian maize inbred lines. Ethiopian journal of agricultural sciences. 21. 82–93. 11 indexed citations

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Worku, Mosisa, Marianne Bänziger, D. K. Friesen, et al.. (2008). Relative importance of general combining ability and specific combining ability among tropical maize (zea mays l.) inbreds under contrasting nitrogen environments. Maydica. 53. 279–288. 35 indexed citations

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Worku, Mosisa, Marianne Bänziger, D. K. Friesen, et al.. (2007). Protein quantity and quality, and grain yield performance of quality protein maize and normal endosperm maize under different levels of nitrogen.. 1905–1909. 3 indexed citations

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Worku, Mosisa, et al.. (2007). Performances of CIMMYT maize germplasm under low-nitrogen soil conditions in the mid-altitude sub humid agro-ecology of Ethiopia.. 51(31). 15–18. 1 indexed citations

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Worku, Mosisa, et al.. (2004). Advances in improving harvest index of maize.

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Worku, Mosisa, et al.. (2002). Quality protein maize research in Ethiopia.. 39–45. 3 indexed citations

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