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Jill E. Cairns
Affiliation : International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
- 56Publications (affiliation in Kenya)
Research profile
Jill E. Cairns has 56 indexed publications (2011–2024). Their work appears mainly in “Crop Science”, “Frontiers in Plant Science” and “Trends in Plant Science”. Their most cited article, “Field high-throughput phenotyping: the new crop breeding frontier” (2013), has been cited 1817 times. 13 of these publications date from the last three years of activity. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in India, Ethiopia, Mexico, Bangladesh.
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- Genetic gains in early maturing maize hybrids developed by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Southern Africa during 2000–2018
- The tricot approach: an agile framework for decentralized on-farm testing supported by citizen science. A retrospective
- Accelerating genetic gain through early-stage on-farm sparse testing
- Genetic trends in the Zimbabwe’s national maize breeding program over two decades
- Validating a novel genetic technology for hybrid maize seed production under management practices associated with resource‐poor farmers in Zimbabwe
- Redesigning crop varieties to win the race between climate change and food security
- Construction of a generalised farm typology to aid selection, targeting and scaling of onfarm research
- Innovative approaches to integrating gender into conventional maize breeding: lessons from the Seed Production Technology for Africa project
- Exploiting crop genotype-specific root-soil interactions to enhance agronomic efficiency
- Genome-wide association studies of grain yield and quality traits under optimum and low-nitrogen stress in tropical maize (Zea mays L.)
- Genetic trends in CIMMYT’s tropical maize breeding pipelines
- Regional Monitoring of Fall Armyworm (FAW) Using Early Warning Systems
- Incorporating male sterility increases hybrid maize yield in low input African farming systems
- Challenges for sustainable maize production of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa
- Gender inclusivity through maize breeding in Africa: A review of the issues and options for future engagement
- Genotypic variation in maize (Zea mays) influences rates of soil organic matter mineralization and gross nitrification
- Revisiting strategies to incorporate gender-responsiveness into maize breeding in southern Africa
- Nitrogen rate impacts on tropical maize nitrogen use efficiency and soil nitrogen depletion in eastern and southern Africa
- Line × tester analysis of maize grain yield under acid and non‐acid soil conditions
- Low-N stress tolerant maize hybrids have higher fertilizer N recovery efficiency and reduced N-dilution in the grain compared to susceptible hybrids under low N conditions
- Leaf versus whole-canopy remote sensing methodologies for crop monitoring under conservation agriculture: a case of study with maize in Zimbabwe
- Genome-Wide Association Mapping and Genomic Prediction Analyses Reveal the Genetic Architecture of Grain Yield and Flowering Time Under Drought and Heat Stress Conditions in Maize
- Evaluating Maize Genotype Performance under Low Nitrogen Conditions Using RGB UAV Phenotyping Techniques
- Nitrogen fertilizer rate increases plant uptake and soil availability of essential nutrients in continuous maize production in Kenya and Zimbabwe
- Translating High-Throughput Phenotyping into Genetic Gain
- A framework for priority-setting in climate smart agriculture research
- Developing and deploying climate-resilient maize varieties in the developing world
- High-Throughput Phenotyping of Canopy Cover and Senescence in Maize Field Trials Using Aerial Digital Canopy Imaging
- High-throughput method for ear phenotyping and kernel weight estimation in maize using ear digital imaging
- Phenotyping Conservation Agriculture Management Effects on Ground and Aerial Remote Sensing Assessments of Maize Hybrids Performance in Zimbabwe
- When the going gets tough: Performance of stress tolerant maize during the 2015/16 (El Niño) and 2016/17 (La Niña) season in southern Africa
- Comparative Performance of Ground vs. Aerially Assessed RGB and Multispectral Indices for Early-Growth Evaluation of Maize Performance under Phosphorus Fertilization
- Potential benefits of drought and heat tolerance for adapting maize to climate change in tropical environments
- On‐Farm Yield Gains with Stress‐Tolerant Maize in Eastern and Southern Africa
- Potential for Scaling up Climate Smart Agricultural Practices: Examples from Sub-Saharan Africa
- Genetic Diversity among Selected Elite CIMMYT Maize Hybrids in East and Southern Africa
- Diallel analysis of acid soil tolerant and susceptible maize inbred lines for grain yield under acid and non-acid soil conditions
- A Novel Remote Sensing Approach for Prediction of Maize Yield Under Different Conditions of Nitrogen Fertilization
- Gains in Maize Genetic Improvement in Eastern and Southern Africa: I. CIMMYT Hybrid Breeding Pipeline
- Gains in Maize Genetic Improvement in Eastern and Southern Africa: II. CIMMYT Open‐Pollinated Variety Breeding Pipeline
- Unmanned aerial platform-based multi-spectral imaging for field phenotyping of maize
- Maize systems under climate change in sub-Saharan Africa
- Factors preventing the performance of oxygen isotope ratios as indicators of grain yield in maize
- New Technologies for Phenotyping
- Conservation agriculture in Southern Africa: Advances in knowledge
- Molecular mapping across three populations reveals a QTL hotspot region on chromosome 3 for secondary traits associated with drought tolerance in tropical maize
- Field high-throughput phenotyping: the new crop breeding frontier
- Adapting maize production to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa
- Identification of Drought, Heat, and Combined Drought and Heat Tolerant Donors in Maize
- High-Throughput and Precision Phenotyping for Cereal Breeding Programs
- Relationship of Line per se and Testcross Performance for Grain Yield of Tropical Maize in Drought and Well‐Watered Trials
- Genome-enabled prediction of genetic values using radial basis function neural networks
- Infrared Thermal Imaging as a Rapid Tool for Identifying Water‐Stress Tolerant Maize Genotypes of Different Phenology
- Dissecting Maize Productivity: Ideotypes Associated with Grain Yield under Drought Stress and Well‐watered Conditions
- Phenotyping for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in MaizeF
- Use of thermography for high throughput phenotyping of tropical maize adaptation in water stress
Publication venues
- Crop Science × 6
- Frontiers in Plant Science × 5
- Trends in Plant Science × 3
- Remote Sensing × 3
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture × 2
- Theoretical and Applied Genetics × 2
Publications per year
- 20245
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- 20224
- 20214
- 20204
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Collaborations
Partner institutions : Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo · World Agroforestry Centre · International Center for Tropical Agriculture · Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization · International Potato Center
Co-authors’ countries : India · Ethiopia · Mexico · Bangladesh
Co-authors
- Mainassara Zaman‐Allah
- Boddupalli Maruthi Prasanna
- Cosmos Magorokosho
- Amsal Tarekegne
- Michael S. Olsen
- Dan Makumbi
- Biswanath Das
- Christian Thierfelder
- Thokozile Ndhlela
- Rachel C. Voss
- John MacRobert
- Benhilda Masuka
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