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John N. Ferguson

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John N. Ferguson — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 17
Works: 42
Citations: 1,054

Most-cited papers

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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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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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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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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The Potential of Resilient Carbon Dynamics for Stabilising Crop Reproductive Development and Productivity During Heat Stress.
John N. Ferguson, Alison C Tidy, E. Murchie, Z. Wilson
2021Plant, Cell and Environment54 citations Open access
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The barley immune receptor Mla recognizes multiple pathogens and contributes to host range dynamics
Jan Bettgenhaeuser, Inmaculada Hernández-Pinzón, A. Dawson, M. Gardiner +13 more
2021Nature Communications49 citations Open access
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Rapid temperature responses of photosystem II efficiency forecast genotypic variation in rice vegetative heat tolerance.
John N. Ferguson, L. McAusland, Kellie E. Smith, A. Price +2 more
2020The Plant Journal46 citations Open access
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Climate change and abiotic stress mechanisms in plants.
John N. Ferguson
2019Emerging Topics in Life Sciences41 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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To defend or to grow: lessons from Arabidopsis C24
U. Bechtold, John N. Ferguson, P. Mullineaux
2018Journal of Experimental Botany32 citations Open access
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Isolation and fine mapping of Rps6: an intermediate host resistance gene in barley to wheat stripe rust
A. Dawson, John N. Ferguson, M. Gardiner, P. Green +2 more
2016Theoretical and Applied Genetics32 citations Open access
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Natural variation of life‐history traits, water use, and drought responses in Arabidopsis
John N. Ferguson, M. Humphry, T. Lawson, O. Brendel +1 more
2018Plant Direct28 citations Open access
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Excised leaves show limited and species-specific effects on photosynthetic parameters across crop functional types
John N. Ferguson, Tamanna Jithesh, T. Lawson, J. Kromdijk
2023Journal of Experimental Botany27 citations Open access
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Approaches and determinants to sustainably improve crop production
A. Gojon, L. Nussaume, D. Luu, E. Murchie +15 more
2022Food and Energy Security26 citations Open access
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Chlorophyll fluorescence-based high-throughput phenotyping facilitates the genetic dissection of photosynthetic heat tolerance in African (Oryza glaberrima) and Asian (Oryza sativa) rice
Jordan K Robson, John N. Ferguson, L. McAusland, J. Atkinson +7 more
2023Journal of Experimental Botany25 citations Open access
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A deficient CP24 allele defines variation for dynamic nonphotochemical quenching and photosystem II efficiency in maize
John N. Ferguson, Leonardo Caproni, Julia Walter, Katie Shaw +14 more
2025The Plant Cell20 citations Open access
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Out of Africa: characterizing the natural variation in dynamic photosynthetic traits in a diverse population of African rice (Oryza glaberrima)
S. Cowling, Pracha Treeintong, John N. Ferguson, H. Soltani +3 more
2021Journal of Experimental Botany19 citations Open access
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Accelerated flowering time reduces lifetime water use without penalizing reproductive performance in Arabidopsis
John N. Ferguson, R. Meyer, K. Edwards, M. Humphry +2 more
2019Plant, Cell and Environment17 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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Generalizability and transferability of machine learning models using hyperspectral reflectance data for maize traits
Rudan Xu, John N. Ferguson, Matthieu Breil-Aubert, J. Kromdijk +1 more
2026Scientific Reports10 citations Open access
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Erratum to: Isolation and fine mapping of Rps6: an intermediate host resistance gene in barley to wheat stripe rust
A. Dawson, John N. Ferguson, M. Gardiner, P. Green +2 more
2016TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik9 citations Open access
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The genetic basis of dynamic non-photochemical quenching and photosystem II efficiency in fluctuating light reveals novel molecular targets for maize (Zea mays) improvement
John N. Ferguson, Leonardo Caproni, Julia Walter, Katie Shaw +12 more
2023bioRxiv5 citations Open access
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High‐Throughput Screen of NPQ in Sorghum Shows Highly Polygenic Architecture of Photoprotection
Richard L. Vath, Samuel B. Fernandes, B. Monier, K. Głowacka +6 more
2025bioRxiv4 citations Open access
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KineticGP: A computational framework for genomic prediction of leaf photosynthetic traits
Rudan Xu, John N. Ferguson, David Hobby, M. Rahimi-Majd +3 more
2025bioRxiv4 citations Open access
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Leveraging mutational burden for complex trait prediction in sorghum
R. Valluru, Elodie Gazave, Samuel B. Fernandes, John N. Ferguson +8 more
2018bioRxiv3 citations Open access
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Kinetic parameter prediction using neural networks identifies limitations to C4 photosynthesis
Philipp Wendering, John N. Ferguson, Rudan Xu, J. Kromdijk +1 more
2025bioRxiv2 citations Open access
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Unraveling a hidden effective signal in leaf hyperspectral reflectance data
M. Rahimi-Majd, John N. Ferguson, Bernard Genty, J. Kromdijk +1 more
2026Science of Remote Sensing1 citations Open access
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Generalizability of machine learning models for plant traits using hyperspectral reflectance data: The case of maize
Rudan Xu, John N. Ferguson, J. Kromdijk, Z. Nikoloski
2025bioRxiv1 citations Open access
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Reducing stomatal density by expression of a synthetic EPF 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
2024bioRxiv1 citations Open access
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Leaf excision has minimal impact on photosynthetic parameters across crop functional types
John N. Ferguson, Tamanna Jithesh, T. Lawson, J. Kromdijk
2023bioRxiv1 citations Open access
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Erratum to: Isolation and fine mapping of Rps6: an intermediate host resistance gene in barley to wheat stripe rust
A. Dawson, John N. Ferguson, M. Gardiner, P. Green +2 more
2016Theoretical and Applied Genetics1 citations Open access
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AI-enabled simultaneous phenotyping of leaf vein and stomatal traits uncovers independent genetic control in maize
Martina Sechi, R. Porcedda, Martina Pallaoro, John N. Ferguson +3 more
2026bioRxiv0 citations Open access
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Improving multi-trait genomic prediction using synthetic traits from hyperspectral data based on co-heritability
A. Upadhyay, Ruhana Azam, Meilu Yuan, Stefan Ivanovic +7 more
2026Theoretical and Applied Genetics0 citations Open access
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Parameterizing steady-state C3 photosynthesis models using photosynthesis response curves: which models to use and which parameter estimates to trust?
Rudan Xu, John N. Ferguson, Salmane Tariq, Patience B. Iliya +3 more
2026Journal of Experimental Botany0 citations Open access
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CSRcalculator: A reproducible framework for understanding plant ecological strategies
T. Gaskin, B. Crick, M. Wright, Amanda P. Cavanagh +3 more
2026Plants, People, Planet0 citations Open access
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CSR Calculator: An R package and Shiny application for assigning plant ecological strategies using trait data
T. Gaskin, B. Crick, Amanda P. Cavanagh, K. Huber +2 more
2025bioRxiv0 citations Open access
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Improving Multi-Trait Genomic Prediction Efficiency Through The Incorporation Of Synthetic Traits Selected Based on Co-heritability
A. Upadhyay, Ruhana Azam, Meilu Yuan, Stefan Ivanovic +7 more
2025bioRxiv0 citations Open access
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Extensive photophysiological variation in wild barley is linked to environmental origin
Matthieu Breil-Aubert, Katie Shaw, Jessica Royles, C. R. G. Sales +10 more
2025bioRxiv0 citations Open access
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MYB59 is Linked to Natural Variation of Water‐Use Associated With Warmer Temperatures in Arabidopsis thaliana
John N. Ferguson, O. Brendel, Ulrike Bechtold
2025bioRxiv0 citations Open access
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title 1 AI and HTP for GWAS and TWAS of WUE in sorghum 2 3 Corresponding
John N. Ferguson, Samuel B. Fernandes, B. Monier, Nathan D. Miller +16 more
20210 citations
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Non-functional and weak alleles of FRIGIDA and FLOWERING LOCUS C reduce lifetime water-use independent of leaf-level water-use-efficiency traits in Arabidopsis thaliana
John N. Ferguson, Rhonda C. Meyer, K. Edwards, M. Humphry +2 more
2018bioRxiv0 citations Open access
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Natural variation of water use and water productivity in Arabidopsis thaliana
John N. Ferguson
20170 citations
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