Rebecca Nelson

11.4k citations

129 papers · 7.2k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 46

Plant Science top 0.1%
Genetics top 1%
Cell Biology top 1%
Molecular Biology top 10%
Ecology top 5%

Co-authors: Peter Balint‐Kurti Randall J. Wisser Jesse Poland Tyr Wiesner‐Hanks J. M. Bonman Richard C. Pratt D. J. Mackill Susan R. McCouch
Topics: Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (39 papers)Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (29 papers)Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (29 papers)
Cited by: Plant Science Cell Biology Genetics
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nature Genetics PLoS ONE
Partner nations: United States Philippines Peru

In The Last Decade

Rebecca Nelson

125 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

Shades of gray: the world of quantitative disease resistance

2008 521 citations Jesse Poland, Peter Balint‐Kurti et al. Trends in Plant Science profile →
Navigating complexity to breed disease-resistant crops

2017 340 citations Rebecca Nelson, Tyr Wiesner‐Hanks et al. profile →
Automated Identification of Northern Leaf Blight-Infected Maize Plants from Field Imagery Using Deep Learning

2017 305 citations Chad DeChant, Tyr Wiesner‐Hanks et al. Phytopathology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A maize near‐isogenic line population designed for gene discovery and characterization of allelic effects 2025 ·The Plant Journal ·Tao Zhong,(unknown),Laura Morales,Kelly Swarts,(unknown),Yijian He,(unknown),Qin Yang,(unknown),(unknown),Wade E. Thomason,Rebecca Nelson,Tiffany Jamann,Peter Balint‐Kurti,James B. Holland	0
2	Biochar in the circular bionutrient economy 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Johannes Lehmann,Edmundo Barrios,(unknown),(unknown),Rebecca Nelson,Johan Six,John T. Trimmer	2
3	COVID-19 pandemic lessons for agri-food systems innovation 2021 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Christopher B. Barrett,Jessica Fanzo,Mario Herrero,Daniel Mason-D’Croz,Alexander Mathys,Philip K. Thornton,Stephen A. Wood,Tim G. Benton,Shenggen Fan,(unknown),Rebecca Nelson,Jianbo Shen,Lindiwe Majele Sibanda	21
4	Spatiotemporal assessment of post-harvest mycotoxin contamination in rural North Indian food systems 2021 ·Food Control ·(unknown),Hari Kishan Sudini,(unknown),Prabhu Pingali,Rebecca Nelson	6
5	Maize Introgression Library Provides Evidence for the Involvement of liguleless1 in Resistance to Northern Leaf Blight 2020 ·G3 Genes Genomes Genetics ·Judith M. Kolkman,Josh Strable,(unknown),Dallas E. Kroon,Tyr Wiesner‐Hanks,Peter J. Bradbury,Rebecca Nelson	19
6	Bundling innovations to transform agri-food systems 2020 ·Nature Sustainability ·Christopher B. Barrett,Tim G. Benton,Karen Cooper,Jessica Fanzo,Rikin Gandhi,Mario Herrero,Steven James,(unknown),Daniel Mason-D’Croz,Alexander Mathys,Rebecca Nelson,Jianbo Shen,Philip K. Thornton,Elizabeth Bageant,Shenggen Fan,Andrew G. Mude,Lindiwe Majele Sibanda,Stephen A. Wood	106
7	Low-cost grain sorting technologies to reduce mycotoxin contamination in maize and groundnut 2020 ·Food Control ·Meriem Aoun,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Gary L. Windham,W. Paul Williams,Rebecca Nelson	35
8	Diverse Components of Resistance to Fusarium verticillioides Infection and Fumonisin Contamination in Four Maize Recombinant Inbred Families 2019 ·Toxins ·Laura Morales,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Peter Balint‐Kurti,James B. Holland,Rebecca Nelson	18
9	Nematode ascaroside enhances resistance in a broad spectrum of plant–pathogen systems 2019 ·Journal of Phytopathology ·Daniel F. Klessig,Murli Manohar,(unknown),Aline Koch,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Judith M. Kolkman,B. Gillian Turgeon,Rebecca Nelson,Jan E. Leach,Valerie M. Williamson,Karl‐Heinz Kogel,Aardra Kachroo,Frank C. Schroeder	25
10	Dominant, Heritable Resistance to Stewart’s Wilt in Maize Is Associated with an Enhanced Vascular Defense Response to Infection withPantoea stewartii 2019 ·Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Paul A. Cobine,Judith M. Kolkman,Helen King,Tiffany Jamann,Peter Balint‐Kurti,Leonardo De La Fuente,Rebecca Nelson,David Mackey,Laurie G. Smith	9
11	Dissecting Symptomatology and Fumonisin Contamination Produced by Fusarium verticillioides in Maize Ears 2018 ·Phytopathology ·Laura Morales,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),James B. Holland,Rebecca Nelson	16
12	Image set for deep learning: field images of maize annotated with disease symptoms 2018 ·BMC Research Notes ·Tyr Wiesner‐Hanks,Ethan L. Stewart,Nicholas Kaczmar,Chad DeChant,Harvey Wu,Rebecca Nelson,Hod Lipson,Michael A. Gore	122
13	A gene encoding maize caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase confers quantitative resistance to multiple pathogens 2017 ·Nature Genetics ·Qin Yang,Yijian He,(unknown),Timothy Chaya,(unknown),Eli J. Borrego,Yang Bian,Farid El Kasmi,Yang Li,Paulo José Pereira Lima Teixeira,Judith M. Kolkman,Rebecca Nelson,Michael V. Kolomiets,Jeffery L. Dangl,Randall J. Wisser,Jeffrey L. Caplan,Xu Li,Nick Lauter,Peter Balint‐Kurti	210
14	Assessment of Aflatoxin and Fumonisin Contamination of Maize in Western Kenya 2015 ·Phytopathology ·Samuel Mutiga,Vivian Hoffmann,J. W. Harvey,Michael G. Milgroom,Rebecca Nelson	87
15	Transforming Research and Development Practice to Support Agroecological Intensification of Smallholder Farming 2014 ·Journal of international affairs ·Rebecca Nelson,Richard Coe	19
16	Tissue-Specific Components of Resistance to Aspergillus Ear Rot of Maize 2012 ·Phytopathology ·Santiago X. Mideros,Gary L. Windham,W. Paul Williams,Rebecca Nelson	14
17	In the Eye of the Beholder: The Effect of Rater Variability and Different Rating Scales on QTL Mapping 2010 ·Phytopathology ·Jesse Poland,Rebecca Nelson	67
18	Shades of gray: the world of quantitative disease resistancebreakdown → 2008 ·Trends in Plant Science ·Jesse Poland,Peter Balint‐Kurti,Randall J. Wisser,Richard C. Pratt,Rebecca Nelson	521
19	Plant Defense Genes Associated with Quantitative Resistance to Potato Late Blight in Solanum phureja × Dihaploid S. tuberosum Hybrids 2002 ·Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·Friederike Trognitz,Patricia Manosalva,René Gysin,David Niño-Liu,Reinhard Simon,(unknown),B. Trognitz,Marc Ghislain,Rebecca Nelson	78
20	Development of pre-isogenic lines for rice blast-resistance by marker-aided selection from a recombinant inbred population 1996 ·Theoretical and Applied Genetics ·Tsuyoshi Inukai,R. S. Zeigler,S. Sarkarung,Morley J. Bronson,(unknown),T. Kinoshita,Rebecca Nelson	41

About Rebecca Nelson

Rebecca Nelson is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Genetics, having authored 129 papers that have together received 7.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (39 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (29 papers) and Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (29 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (6.3k citations), Cell Biology (1.2k citations) and Genetics (1.8k citations). Rebecca Nelson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Philippines and Peru. Frequent co-authors include Peter Balint‐Kurti, Randall J. Wisser, Jesse Poland, Tyr Wiesner‐Hanks, J. M. Bonman, Richard C. Pratt, D. J. Mackill, Susan R. McCouch, Jan E. Leach and Chad DeChant. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Genetics and PLoS ONE.

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