William L. Rooney

12.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
265 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

William L. Rooney is a scholar working on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, William L. Rooney has authored 265 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Plant Science, 126 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 71 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in William L. Rooney's work include Bioenergy crop production and management (116 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (69 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (45 papers). William L. Rooney is often cited by papers focused on Bioenergy crop production and management (116 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (69 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (45 papers). William L. Rooney collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico. William L. Rooney's co-authors include John E. Mullet, Patricia E. Klein, Stephen Kresovich, Linda Dykes, Lloyd W. Rooney, Robert R. Klein, Brent Bean, Jürg M. Blumenthal, Sharon E. Mitchell and Seth C. Murray and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

William L. Rooney

258 papers receiving 8.0k citations

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Designing sorghum as a dedicated bioenergy feedstock

2007 529 citations William L. Rooney, Brent Bean et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Identifying the Best High‐Biomass Sorghum Hybrids Based on Biomass Yield Potential and Feedstock Quality Affected by Nitrogen Fertility Management Under Various Environments 2025 ·GCB Bioenergy ·(unknown), Nictor Namoi, (unknown), (unknown), William L. Rooney, DoKyoung Lee	0
2	Synthesis, function, and genetic variation of sorgoleone, the major biological nitrification inhibitor in sorghum 2025 ·Crop Science ·Sakiko Okumoto, (unknown), Nithya Rajan, Jing Xi, Scott R. Baerson, William L. Rooney, Michael J. Thomson, Damaris A. Odeny, Tadashi Yoshihashi, Josh V. Vermaas, G. V. Subbarao	0
3	Indirect plant defense may provide economically important pest suppression in sorghum 2025 ·Pest Management Science ·(unknown), Anjel M. Helms, (unknown), Adrianna Szczepaniec, William L. Rooney, David L. Kerns, Micky D. Eubanks	1
4	Photoperiod associated late flowering reaction norm: Dissecting loci and genomic-enviromic associated prediction in maize 2024 ·Field Crops Research ·Alper Adak, Seth C. Murray, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nithya Subramanian, Natalia de León, Jianming Yu, (unknown), Marcel Brun, Joshua A. Hill, Charles D. Johnson, Oscar Riera‐Lizarazu, William L. Rooney, Hong‐Bin Zhang	2
5	Registration of sorghum backcross‐nested association mapping (BC‐NAM) families in a BTx623 or RTx436 background 2024 ·Journal of Plant Registrations ·(unknown), Leo Hoffmann, (unknown), (unknown), Chad Hayes, Yves Emendack, Richard Boyles, Jeff Dahlberg, Robert R. Klein, Patricia E. Klein, William L. Rooney	2
6	Applying unoccupied aerial systems to assess genetic gain from mass selection for tembotrione tolerance in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) 2024 ·Plant Breeding ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Muthukumar Bagavathiannan, William L. Rooney	0
7	Evaluating and Predicting the Performance of Sorghum Lines in an Elite by Exotic Backcross-Nested Association Mapping Population 2024 ·Plants ·(unknown), (unknown), Leo Hoffmann, (unknown), Patricia E. Klein, Robert R. Klein, William L. Rooney	2
8	Near‐infrared reflectance spectroscopy phenomic prediction can perform similarly to genomic prediction of maize agronomic traits across environments 2024 ·The Plant Genome ·(unknown), Alper Adak, Seth C. Murray, Diego Jarquín, (unknown), (unknown), William L. Rooney	6
9	Inbred phenotypic data and non‐additive effects can enhance genomic prediction models for hybrid grain sorghum 2023 ·Crop Science ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Patricia E. Klein, Robert R. Klein, William L. Rooney	4
10	Use of genomic prediction to screen sorghum B‐lines in hybrid testcrosses 2023 ·The Plant Genome ·(unknown), (unknown), Patricia E. Klein, Robert R. Klein, Chad Hayes, William L. Rooney	6
11	Non-Destructive Direct Pericarp Thickness Measurement of Sorghum Kernels Using Extended-Focus Optical Coherence Microscopy 2023 ·Sensors ·Dipankar Sen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alexei V. Sokolov, Marlan O. Scully, William L. Rooney, Aart Verhoef	1
12	Application of X-ray computed tomography to analyze the structure of sorghum grain 2022 ·Plant Methods ·(unknown), Oscar Riera‐Lizarazu, William L. Rooney	9
13	Design and demonstration of a low‐field magnetic resonance imaging rhizotron for in‐field imaging of energy sorghum roots 2022 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Stephen A. Altobelli, Mark S. Conradi, Hilary T. Fabich, Eiichi Fukushima, Néha Koonjoo, Dean O. Kuethe, William L. Rooney, Karl F. Stupic, Bragi Sveinsson, Brock Weers, Nithya Rajan, Matthew S. Rosen, Cristine L.S. Morgan	12
14	Assessment of kernel characteristics to predict popping performance in grain sorghum 2022 ·Crop Science ·(unknown), (unknown), William L. Rooney	1
15	Near Infrared Spectroscopic Evaluation of Starch Properties of Diverse Sorghum Populations 2021 ·Processes ·Kamaranga H. S. Peiris, Xiaorong Wu, Scott R. Bean, (unknown), Chad Hayes, (unknown), S. V. Krishna Jagadish, (unknown), Fadi Aramouni, Tesfaye Tesso, (unknown), William L. Rooney, (unknown), Brent Bean	21
16	Phenotypic, Phytochemical, and Transcriptomic Analysis of Black Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) Pericarp in Response to Light Quality 2020 ·Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry ·(unknown), Robert R. Klein, Linda Dykes, William L. Rooney, Patricia E. Klein	7
17	Identification of QTL for Target Leaf Spot resistance in Sorghum bicolor and investigation of relationships between disease resistance and variation in the MAMP response 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Jennifer Kimball, Yaya Cui, Dongqin Chen, (unknown), William L. Rooney, Gary Stacey, Peter Balint‐Kurti	16
18	Genomic characterization of a core set of the USDA-NPGS Ethiopian sorghum germplasm collection: implications for germplasm conservation, evaluation, and utilization in crop improvement 2017 ·BMC Genomics ·Hugo E. Cuevas, (unknown), Chad Hayes, William L. Rooney, Leo Hoffmann	43
19	Method for production of sorghum hybrids with selected flowering times 2013 ·OakTrust (Texas A&M University Libraries) ·John E. Mullet, William L. Rooney	2
20	Genetic Diversity among Sorghum Races and Working Groups Based on AFLPs and SSRs 2007 ·Crop Science ·Ramasamy Perumal, (unknown), Monica A. Menz, (unknown), Jeff Dahlberg, Clint Magill, William L. Rooney	26

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