OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Experimental Agriculture is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Effect of tillage frequency, seed rate, and glyphosate application on teff and weeds in Tigray, Ethiopia	24
Socio-demographic factors and ethnobotanical knowledge associated with sesame management practices across agroecological zones in Benin	21
Field evaluation of a new third generation push-pull technology for control of striga weed, stemborers, and fall armyworm in western Kenya	14
Estimating productivity and nutritive value of Marandu palisadegrass using a proximal canopy reflectance sensor	13
Effects of spatial and temporal regulation of drip emitters and tube configurations on water productivity of juvenile macadamia trees in the tropics	11
Canopy development, leaf traits and yield in high-altitude Andean maize under contrasting plant densities in Argentina	9
Trait-based description of the agronomic and usage potential of a range of plantain varieties from Cameroon	9
Straw return-enhanced soil carbon and nitrogen fractions and nitrogen use efficiency in a maize–rice rotation system	8
Impacts of eucalyptus biochar application on greenhouse gas emission from an upland rice–sugarcane cropping system on sandy soil	7
Achieving super high yield in rice by simultaneously increasing panicle number and grain weight via improving pre-heading biomass production	7
Effect of combining organic manure and inorganic fertilisers on maize–bush bean intercropping	7
Participatory Plant Breeding to develop biofortified upland rice for marginal environments	7
Physiology, yield, and water use efficiency of drip-irrigated upland rice cultivars subjected to water stress at and after flowering	7
Continuous cropping legumes in semi-arid Southern Africa: Legume productivity and soil health implications	7
Increase in maize yield and soil aggregate-associated carbon in North China due to long-term conservation tillage	7
Resistance of sugarcane hybrids to internode borer Chilo sacchariphagus indicus (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)	6
Impact of improved agricultural extension approaches on technology adoption: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial in rural Tunisia	6
Fertiliser use efficiency, production risks and profitability of maize on smallholder farms in East Africa	6
Agronomic performance of disc chain harrow as a conservation agriculture tool for a one-step cover crop termination and seedbed preparation	6
Dose-response models to guide site-specific nutrient management and lessons for fertiliser trial design in sub-Saharan Africa – CORRIGENDUM	5
Evolution of soil fertility research and development in Ethiopia: From reconnaissance to data-mining approaches – CORRIGENDUM	5
Unravelling causes of poor crop response to applied N and P fertilizers on African soils	5
N-enriched biochar increases carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus accumulation associated with changes in plant ecological stoichiometry in subtropical rice paddy fields – CORRIGENDUM	5
Drought responses in Coffea arabica as affected by genotype and phenophase. II – photosynthesis at leaf and plant scales	5
Yield response of tef (Eragrostis tef) to nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and sulphur under balanced fertilization on Vertisols in different agroecological zones of Ethiopia	5

Farmers’ preferences for the next generation of maize hybrids: application of product concept testing in Kenya and Uganda	5
Evolution of soil fertility research and development in Ethiopia: From reconnaissance to data-mining approaches	5
Farmers’ selection criteria for sweet potato varieties in Benin: An application of Best-Worst Scaling	5
Yield-limiting plant nutrients for maize production in northwest Ethiopia – CORRIGENDUM	5
Conservation agriculture effects on yield and profitability of rice-based systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain	4
Topcross pearl millet hybrids for Africa: A case study for Mali	4
Improvement of soil aggregate-associated carbon sequestration capacity after 14 years of conservation tillage	4
Early harvesting and increasing stubble-cutting height enhance ratoon rice yield	4
Sustainable intensification of wheat production under smallholder farming systems in Burera, Musanze and Nyamagabe districts of Rwanda	3
Sesbania brown manuring improves soil health, productivity, and profitability of post-rice bread wheat and chickpea	3
Low-cost seed storage technologies for development impact of small-scale seed saving entities in tropical climates	3
Effects of shade tree legumes on cacao biomass and bean yields after 20 years of intercropping in Ivory Coast	3
Does coinoculation with bradyrhizobia and cyanobacteria improve groundnut growth and yield?	3
High phosphorus supply enhances leaf gas exchange and growth of young Arabica coffee plants under water deficit	3
Unravelling causes of poor crop response to applied N and P fertilizers on African soils – CORRIGENDUM	3
Nitrogen and trinexapac-ethyl effects on wheat grain yield, lodging and seed physiological quality in southern Brazil	3
Combined effects of mulching and crop density on soil evaporation, temperature, and water use efficiency of winter wheat	3
The temperature optima for pollen germination and pollen tube growth of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) strongly depend on the growth temperature	3
Crop diversification and reduced tillage for improved grain and nutritional yields in rain-fed maize-based cropping systems of semi-arid Malawi	3
Changes in soil carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus contents, storages, and stoichiometry during land degradation in jasmine croplands in subtropical China	3