Rex Bernardo

9.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
127 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Rex Bernardo is a scholar working on Plant Science, Genetics and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Rex Bernardo has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 112 papers in Plant Science, 109 papers in Genetics and 15 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Rex Bernardo's work include Genetics and Plant Breeding (104 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (100 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (66 papers). Rex Bernardo is often cited by papers focused on Genetics and Plant Breeding (104 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (100 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (66 papers). Rex Bernardo collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Switzerland. Rex Bernardo's co-authors include Jianming Yu, Henry Horng‐Shing Lu, Jeanne Romero‐Severson, Hans‐Joachim G Jung, Cathrine Ziyomo, Alain Charcosset, James A. Anderson, Michael Pumphrey, Shengqiang Zhong and Lian Lian and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Theoretical and Applied Genetics and Crop Science.

In The Last Decade

Rex Bernardo

123 papers receiving 6.5k 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.

Molecular Markers and Selection for Complex Traits in Plants: Learning from the Last 20 Years

2008 600 citations Rex Bernardo Crop Science profile →
Prospects for Genomewide Selection for Quantitative Traits in Maize

2007 585 citations Rex Bernardo, Jianming Yu Crop Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Rex Bernardo	6.2k	4.8k	727	472	191	127	6.8k
Alain Charcosset	6.4k 1.0×	5.1k 1.0×	804 1.1×	809 1.7×	100 0.5×	132	7.3k
Sherry Flint-García	4.9k 0.8×	3.6k 0.7×	730 1.0×	1.0k 2.2×	84 0.4×	79	5.8k
Gaël Pressoir	3.5k 0.6×	2.9k 0.6×	436 0.6×	699 1.5×	118 0.6×	16	4.6k
Kassa Semagn	4.0k 0.7×	2.8k 0.6×	444 0.6×	622 1.3×	258 1.4×	87	4.6k
Tobias Würschum	5.4k 0.9×	3.1k 0.6×	833 1.1×	802 1.7×	206 1.1×	166	6.0k
Emma Mace	3.1k 0.5×	1.7k 0.4×	1.1k 1.5×	660 1.4×	110 0.6×	107	3.9k
Silvio Salvi	4.1k 0.7×	1.9k 0.4×	698 1.0×	821 1.7×	137 0.7×	87	4.4k
Arnel R. Hallauer	4.6k 0.7×	2.6k 0.5×	1.6k 2.2×	454 1.0×	68 0.4×	154	5.1k
Martin Bohn	3.3k 0.5×	2.2k 0.5×	372 0.5×	869 1.8×	86 0.5×	109	4.1k
Xuecai Zhang	3.4k 0.6×	2.5k 0.5×	359 0.5×	488 1.0×	122 0.6×	82	3.9k

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Bernardo, Rex, et al.. (2025). Lessons from a student‐led breeding effort on leafy African vegetables in Minnesota. Crop Science. 65(3). 1 indexed citations

Bernardo, Rex. (2025). Contribution of crossing over to genetic variance in maize and wheat populations. The Plant Genome. 18(1). e20552–e20552.

Anilkumar, C. & Rex Bernardo. (2025). Genomewide Selection in Rice ( Oryza sativa L.) Breeding: Balancing Cost and Time for Higher Genetic Gain. Plant Breeding.

Powell, Ashley A., et al.. (2024). Genomewide prediction to target russet formation in apple. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 0–0. 1 indexed citations

Bernardo, Rex, et al.. (2024). Genomewide marker estimates of the level of dominance in maize heterosis. Crop Science. 64(3). 1577–1585.

Bernardo, Rex, et al.. (2023). Reciprocal testcross design for genome-wide prediction of maize single-cross performance. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 136(9). 184–184. 1 indexed citations

Ru, Sushan & Rex Bernardo. (2019). Predicted genetic gains from introgressing chromosome segments from exotic germplasm into an elite soybean cultivar. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 133(2). 605–614. 8 indexed citations

Bernardo, Rex, et al.. (2019). Assessing by Modeling the Consequences of Increased Recombination in Recurrent Selection of Oryza sativa and Brassica rapa. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 9(12). 4169–4181. 10 indexed citations

Ru, Sushan & Rex Bernardo. (2018). Targeted recombination to increase genetic gain in self-pollinated species. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 132(2). 289–300. 18 indexed citations

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Bernardo, Rex & Addie Thompson. (2016). Germplasm Architecture Revealed through Chromosomal Effects for Quantitative Traits in Maize. The Plant Genome. 9(2). 11 indexed citations

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Bernardo, Rex, et al.. (2016). Recombination and genetic variance among maize doubled haploids induced from F1 and F2 plants. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 129(12). 2429–2436. 18 indexed citations

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Lian, Lian, et al.. (2015). Marker Imputation Before Genomewide Selection in Biparental Maize Populations. The Plant Genome. 8(2). eplantgenome2014.10.0078–eplantgenome2014.10.0078. 25 indexed citations

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Bernardo, Rex, et al.. (2013). Pollen control and spatial and temporal adjustment in evaluation of kernel composition of maize inbreds. Maydica. 58(2). 135–140. 3 indexed citations

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Bernardo, Rex, et al.. (2009). DOUBLED HAPLOIDS IN COMMERCIAL MAIZE BREEDING: ONE-STAGE AND TWO-STAGE PHENOTYPIC SELECTION VERSUS MARKER-ASSISTED RECURRENT SELECTION 1. Maydica. 54(4). 439–448. 10 indexed citations

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Bernardo, Rex, et al.. (2009). Accuracy of genotypic value predictions for marker-based selection in biparental plant populations. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 120(1). 151–161. 331 indexed citations

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Yu, Jianming, et al.. (2005). Power of in silico QTL mapping from phenotypic, pedigree, and marker data in a hybrid breeding program. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 110(6). 1061–1067. 29 indexed citations

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Bernardo, Rex. (1996). Testcross additive and dominance effects in best linear unbiased prediction of maize single-cross performance. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 93(7). 1098–1102. 59 indexed citations

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Bernardo, Rex, et al.. (1996). Marker-based estimates of identity by descent and alikeness in state among maize inbreds. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 93-93(1-2). 262–267. 27 indexed citations

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Bernardo, Rex. (1993). Estimation of coefficient of coancestry using molecular markers in maize. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 85(8). 1055–1062. 80 indexed citations

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Bernardo, Rex. (1992). Relationship between single-cross performance and molecular marker heterozygosity. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 83(5). 628–634. 134 indexed citations

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