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A. Leakey

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h-index: 51
Works: 177
Citations: 15K

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Water Use Efficiency as a Constraint and Target for Improving the Resilience and Productivity of C3 and C4 Crops.
A. Leakey, John N. Ferguson, C. Pignon, A. Wu +3 more
2019Annual Review of Plant Biology280 citations
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Photosystem II Subunit S overexpression increases the efficiency of water use in a field-grown crop
K. Głowacka, J. Kromdijk, Katherine F. Kucera, Jiayang Xie +6 more
2018Nature Communications213 citations Open access
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Climate change challenges, plant science solutions
N. A. Eckardt, E. Ainsworth, R. N. Bahuguna, M. Broadley +25 more
2022The Plant Cell155 citations Open access
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A guide to photosynthetic gas exchange measurements: Fundamental principles, best practice and potential pitfalls.
Florian A. Busch, Elizabeth A. Ainsworth, A. Amtmann, Amanda P. Cavanagh +11 more
2024Plant, Cell and Environment134 citations Open access
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Increasing drought and diminishing benefits of elevated carbon dioxide for soybean yields across the US Midwest
Zhe-Nong Jin, E. Ainsworth, A. Leakey, D. Lobell
2018Global Change Biology102 citations
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Machine learning-enabled phenotyping for GWAS and TWAS of WUE traits in 869 field-grown sorghum accessions
John N. Ferguson, Samuel B. Fernandes, B. Monier, Nathan D. Miller +10 more
2020bioRxiv76 citations Open access
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Diversity in stomatal function is integral to modelling plant carbon and water fluxes
K. Wolz, T. Wertin, Mark Abordo, Dan Wang +1 more
2017Nature Ecology & Evolution76 citations
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Soil carbon stocks in temperate grasslands differ strongly across sites but are insensitive to decade‐long fertilization
A. Keller, E. Borer, S. Collins, L. C. DeLancey +9 more
2021Global Change Biology70 citations Open access
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Nutrient addition increases grassland sensitivity to droughts.
Siddharth Bharath, E. Borer, L. Biederman, D. Blumenthal +6 more
2020Ecology69 citations Open access
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Deleterious Mutation Burden and Its Association with Complex Traits in Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)
R. Valluru, Elodie Gazave, Samuel B. Fernandes, John N. Ferguson +8 more
2019Genetics64 citations Open access
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Understanding Growth Dynamics and Yield Prediction of Sorghum Using High Temporal Resolution UAV Imagery Time Series and Machine Learning
S. Varela, T. Pederson, C. Bernacchi, A. Leakey
2021Remote Sensing62 citations Open access
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Stronger fertilization effects on aboveground versus belowground plant properties across nine U.S. grasslands
A. Keller, C. Walter, D. Blumenthal, E. Borer +9 more
2022Ecology54 citations Open access
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Optical topometry and machine learning to rapidly phenotype stomatal patterning traits for maize QTL mapping
Jiayang Xie, Samuel B. Fernandes, D. Mayfield-Jones, G. Erice +3 more
2021Plant Physiology51 citations Open access
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Elevated ozone reduces photosynthetic carbon gain by accelerating leaf senescence of inbred and hybrid maize in a genotype-specific manner
Craig R. Yendrek, G. Erice, Christopher M. Montes, Tiago Tomaz +5 more
2017bioRxiv50 citations Open access
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Novel Bayesian Networks for Genomic Prediction of Developmental Traits in Biomass Sorghum
J. P. D. dos Santos, Samuel B. Fernandes, Scott D. Mccoy, R. Lozano +5 more
2019G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics47 citations Open access
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Phenotyping stomatal closure by thermal imaging for GWAS and TWAS of water use efficiency-related genes
C. Pignon, Samuel B. Fernandes, R. Valluru, Nonoy B. Bandillo +6 more
2021bioRxiv43 citations Open access
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Stomata: custodians of leaf gaseous exchange
Tracy Lawson, A. Leakey
2024Journal of Experimental Botany37 citations Open access
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Reducing stomatal density by expression of a synthetic epidermal patterning factor increases leaf intrinsic water use efficiency and reduces plant water use in a C4 crop
John N. Ferguson, Peter Schmuker, Anna Dmitrieva, T. Quach +6 more
2024Journal of Experimental Botany37 citations Open access
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Uncovering hidden genetic variation in photosynthesis of field‐grown maize under ozone pollution
Nicole E Choquette, F. Ogut, T. Wertin, Christopher M. Montes +6 more
2019Global Change Biology37 citations Open access
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Drivers of Natural Variation in Water-Use Efficiency Under Fluctuating Light Are Promising Targets for Improvement in Sorghum
C. Pignon, A. Leakey, S. Long, J. Kromdijk
2021Frontiers in Plant Science33 citations Open access
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A reporting format for leaf-level gas exchange data and metadata
Kim S. Ely, A. Rogers, D. Agarwal, E. Ainsworth +78 more
2021Ecological Informatics32 citations Open access
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Highly stretchable, robust, and resilient wearable electronics for remote, autonomous plant growth monitoring
Siqing Wang, Bindu Edupulapati, J. Hagel, Justin J. Kwok +10 more
2024Device31 citations Open access
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Similar photosynthetic but different yield responses of C3 and C4 crops to elevated O3
Shuai Li, A. Leakey, Christopher A Moller, Christopher M. Montes +3 more
2023Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America30 citations Open access
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An improved representation of the relationship between photosynthesis and stomatal conductance leads to more stable estimation of conductance parameters and improves the goodness‐of‐fit across diverse data sets
J. Lamour, K. Davidson, Kim S. Ely, G. Le Moguédec +4 more
2022Global Change Biology29 citations Open access
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Can improved canopy light transmission ameliorate loss of photosynthetic efficiency in the shade? An investigation of natural variation in Sorghum bicolor
N. Jaikumar, Samantha S. Stutz, Samuel B. Fernandes, A. Leakey +3 more
2021Journal of Experimental Botany28 citations Open access
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Implementing Spatio-Temporal 3D-Convolution Neural Networks and UAV Time Series Imagery to Better Predict Lodging Damage in Sorghum
S. Varela, T. Pederson, A. Leakey
2022Remote Sensing26 citations Open access
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Rapid and high-throughput determination of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) biomass composition using near infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics
Md. Wadud Ahmed, C. Esquerre, K. Eilts, Dylan P. Allen +5 more
2024Biomass & Bioenergy24 citations Open access
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Greater aperture counteracts effects of reduced stomatal density on water use efficiency: a case study on sugarcane and meta-analysis
D. Lunn, Baskaran Kannan, A. Germon, Alistair Leverett +3 more
2024Journal of Experimental Botany22 citations Open access
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Installation and imaging of thousands of minirhizotrons to phenotype root systems of field-grown plants
A. Rajurkar, Scott M. McCoy, Jeremy Ruhter, Jessica Mulcrone +2 more
2021bioRxiv22 citations Open access
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C4 photosynthesis, trait spectra, and the fast-efficient phenotype.
Russell K. Monson, Shuai Li, Elizabeth A. Ainsworth, Yuzhen Fan +10 more
2025New Phytologist21 citations
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Machine learning-enabled computer vision for plant phenotyping: a primer on AI/ML and a case study on stomatal patterning
Grace D Tan, U. Chaudhuri, Sebastian Varela, Narendra Ahuja +1 more
2024Journal of Experimental Botany20 citations
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Bioprocessing, Recovery, and Mass Balance of Vegetative Lipids from Metabolically Engineered “Oilcane” Demonstrates Its Potential as an Alternative Feedstock for Drop-In Fuel Production
Shraddha Maitra, M. B. Viswanathan, Kiyoul Park, Baskaran Kannan +6 more
2022ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering20 citations
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Correlation and co-localization of QTL for stomatal density, canopy temperature, and productivity with and without drought stress in Setaria
P. Prakash, Darshi Banan, Rachel E. Paul, Maximilian J. Feldman +4 more
2021Journal of Experimental Botany18 citations Open access
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Light-Stable, Ultrastretchable Wearable Strain Sensors for Versatile Plant Growth Monitoring.
Siqing Wang, Janice M Baek, A. P. Lau, J. Quebedeaux +2 more
2025ACS Sensors16 citations
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High‐fidelity detection of crop biomass quantitative trait loci from low‐cost imaging in the field
Darshi Banan, Rachel E. Paul, Maximilian J. Feldman, Mark W. Holmes +4 more
2018Plant Direct16 citations Open access
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Similar photosynthetic response to elevated carbon dioxide concentration in species with different phloem loading strategies
Kristen A. Bishop, P. Lemonnier, J. Quebedeaux, Christopher M. Montes +2 more
2018Photosynthesis Research14 citations
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Author Correction: Increasing CO2 threatens human nutrition
Samuel S. Myers, A. Zanobetti, I. Kloog, P. Huybers +16 more
2019Nature13 citations
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Two decades of fumigation data from the Soybean Free Air Concentration Enrichment facility
Elise K Aspray, T. Mies, Jesse A. McGrath, Christopher M. Montes +13 more
2023Scientific Data12 citations Open access
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Influence of particle size on NIR spectroscopic characterization of sorghum biomass for the biofuel industry
Md. Wadud Ahmed, C. Esquerre, K. Eilts, Dylan P. Allen +5 more
2025Results in Chemistry11 citations Open access
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Deep Convolutional Neural Networks Exploit High-Spatial- and -Temporal-Resolution Aerial Imagery to Phenotype Key Traits in Miscanthus
S. Varela, Xu-Ying Zheng, J. Njuguna, E. Sacks +3 more
2022Remote Sensing11 citations Open access
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The leaf economics spectrum of triploid and tetraploid C4 grass Miscanthus x giganteus
Shuai Li, Christopher A Moller, Noah G Mitchell, D. Martin +8 more
2022Plant, Cell and Environment11 citations Open access
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Breaking the barrier of human-annotated training data for machine learning-aided plant research using aerial imagery
Sebastian Varela, Xu-ying Zheng, Joyce Njuguna, E. Sacks +3 more
2025bioRxiv10 citations Open access
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Plasticity in stomatal behaviour across a gradient of water supply is consistent among field‐grown maize inbred lines with varying stomatal patterning
Risheng Ding, Jiayang Xie, D. Mayfield-Jones, Yan-Qun Zhang +2 more
2021bioRxiv10 citations Open access
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Age‐dependent increase in α‐tocopherol and phytosterols in maize leaves exposed to elevated ozone pollution
Jessica M. Wedow, C. Burroughs, Lorena Rios Acosta, A. Leakey +1 more
2021Plant Direct9 citations Open access
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P. Prakash, Darshi Banan, Rachel E. Paul, Maximilian J. Feldman +5 more
20217 citations
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Environmental factors have a greater influence on photosynthetic capacity in C4 plants than biochemical subtypes or growth forms
Yuzhen Fan, D. W. Noble, B. Medlyn, Russell K. Monson +26 more
2025New Phytologist6 citations Open access
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Drought does not mitigate reductions in soybean photosynthesis and yield caused by elevated ozone.
D. Martin, Elise K Aspray, Shuai Li, A. Leakey +1 more
2025Plant Physiology6 citations
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NIR spectroscopy and chemometrics for detecting some selected components of lipid-producing sorghum biomass for biofuels
Md. Wadud Ahmed, C. Esquerre, Vijay Singh, A. Leakey +1 more
20232023 Omaha, Nebraska July 9-12, 20236 citations
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Carbon availability, soil pH, and microbial allocation to nitrogen acquisition shape grassland heterotrophic respiration in response to a decade of nitrogen addition.
L. C. DeLancey, Qian Zhao, A. Keller, Christopher A. Walter +6 more
2025Soil Biology and Biochemistry5 citations Open access
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Stomata in-sight: Integrating live confocal microscopy with leaf gas exchange and environmental control
Joseph D. Crawford, D. Mayfield-Jones, G. Fried, Nicolás Hernández +1 more
2025Plant Physiology5 citations Open access
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