Professor John Witcombe
Emeritus Professor
- Published
Participatory plant breeding in rice in Nepal.
Joshi, K. D., Sthapit, B. R., Subedi, M., Witcombe, J. R., Cleveland, D. A. (Editor) & Soleri, D. (Editor), 1 Jan 2002, Farmers: Scientists and Plant Breeding: Integrating Knowledge and Practice. 2002 ed. CABI Publishing, p. 239-267Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
- Published
Participatory plant breeding in rice in eastern India-the success of a NGO/GO partnership
Virk, D. S., Singh, D. N., Kumar, R., Prasad, S. C., Gangwar, J. S. & Witcombe, J. R., 12 Mar 2002, p. 5-7.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
- Published
Participatory plant breeding in rice in low-altitude production systems in Nepal
Gyawali, S., Joshi, K. D. & Witcombe, J. R., 12 Mar 2002, p. 8-10.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
- Published
Participatory plant breeding is better described as highly client-oriented plant breeding. I. Four indicators of client-orientation in plant breeding
Witcombe, J. R., Joshi, K. D., Gyawali, S., Musa, A. M., Johansen, C., Virk, D. S. & Sthapit, B. R., 1 Jul 2005, In: Experimental Agriculture. 41, 3, p. 299-319Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Participatory plant breeding is better described as highly client-oriented plant breeding. II. Optional farmer collaboration in the segregating generations.
Witcombe, J. R., Gyawali, S., Sunwar, S., Sthapit, B. R. & Joshi, K. D., 1 Jan 2006, In: Experimental Agriculture. 42, 1, p. 79-90Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Participatory research approaches rapidly improve household food security in Nepal and identify policy changes required for institutionalisation
Joshi, K. D., Devkota, K. P., Harris, D., Khanal, N. P., Paudyal, B., Sapkota, A. & Witcombe, J. R., 13 May 2012, In: Field Crops Research. 131, p. 40-48Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Participatory scaling up of participatory varietal selection.
Joshi, K. D., Gyawali, S. & Witcombe, J. R., 12 Mar 2002, p. 40-43.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
- Published
Participatory varietal selection (PVS) for post rainy (rabi) season sorghum.
Rana, B. S., Witcombe, J. R. & Virk, D. S., 1 Jan 2005, 2005 ed. Centre for Arid Zone Studies.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
- Published
Participatory varietal selection in rice in Nepal in favourable agricultural environments - A comparison of two methods assessed by varietal adoption
Joshi, K. D. & Witcombe, J. R., 1 Oct 2002, In: Euphytica. 127, 3, p. 445-458Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Partnering with farmers to accelerate adoption of new technologies in South Asia to improve wheat productivity.
Ortiz-Ferrara, G., Joshi, A. K., Chand, R., Bhatta, M. R., Mudwari, A., Thapa, D. B., Sufian, M. A., Saikia, T. P., Chatrath, R., Witcombe, J. R., Virk, D. S. & Sharma, R. C., 1 Oct 2007, In: Euphytica. 157, 3, p. 399-407Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Plant breeding can be made more efficient by having fewer, better crosses
Witcombe, J. R., Gyawali, S., Subedi, M., Virk, D. S. & Joshi, K. D., 7 Feb 2013, In: BMC Plant Biology. 13, 22Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
QTLs associated with root traits increase yield in upland rice when transferred through marker-assisted selection
Steele, K. A., Price, A. H., Witcombe, J. R., Shrestha, R., Singh, B. N., Gibbons, J. M. & Virk, D. S., 1 Jan 2013, In: Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 126, 1, p. 101-108Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
REML is an effective analysis for mixed modelling of unbalanced on-farm varietal trials.
Virk, D. S., Pandit, D. B., Sufian, M. A., Ahmed, F., Siddique, M. A., Samad, M. A., Rahman, M. M., Islam, M. M., Ortiz-Ferrara, G., Joshi, K. D. & Witcombe, J. R., 1 Jan 2009, In: Experimental Agriculture. 45, 1, p. 77-91Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Regulatory reform of seed systems: Benefits and impacts from a mungbean case study in Nepal
Joshi, K. D., Khanal, N. P., Harris, D., Khanal, N. N., Sapkota, A., Khadka, K., Dara, R., Neupane, R. K., Joshi, M. & Witcombe, J., 1 Mar 2014, In: Field Crops Research. 158, p. 15-23Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Resistance gene deployment strategies in cereal hybrids using marker-assisted selection: gene pyramiding, three-way hybrids, and synthetic parent populations
Witcombe, J. R. & Hash, C. T., Mar 2000, In: Euphytica. 112, p. 175–186Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Rice PPB in India and Nepal: Client-oriented plant breeding using few, carefully chosen crosses
Witcombe, J., Virk, D. & Joshi, K. D., 2019, Farmers and Plant Breeding: Current Approaches and Perspectives. Westengen, O. T. & Winge, T. (eds.). RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
- Published
Rice landrace diversity in Nepal. Socio-economic and ecological factors determining rice landrace diversity in three agro-ecozones of Nepal based on farm surveys
Bajracharya, J., Rana, R. B., Gauchan, D., Sthapit, B. R., Jarvis, D. I. & Witcombe, J. R., 1 Oct 2010, In: Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 57, 7, p. 1013-1022Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Rice landrace diversity in Nepal: Variability of agro-morphological traits and SSR markers in landraces from a high-altitude site.
Bajracharya, J., Steele, K. A., Jarvis, D. I., Sthapit, B. R. & Witcombe, J., 15 Feb 2006, In: Field Crops Research. 95, 2-3, p. 327-335Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Selection for salt-tolerance and early heading in bread wheat
Mahar, A. R., Hollington, P. A., Witcombe, J. R. & Virk, D. S., 1 Jan 2003, In: Cereal research Communications. 31, 1-2, p. 81-88Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Teamwork delivers biotechnology products to Indian small-holder crop-livestock producers: Pearl millet hybrid “HHB 67 Improved” enters seed delivery pipeline
Hash, C. T., Sharma, A., Kolesnikova-Allen, M. A., Singh, S. D., Thakur, R. P., Bhasker Raj, A., Ratnaji Rao, M. N. V., Nijhawan, D. C., Beniwal, C. R., Sagar, P., Yadav, H. P., Yadav, Y. P., Srikant, Bhatnagar, S. K., Khairwal, I. S., Howarth, C. J., Cavan, G. P., Gale, M. D., Liu, C., Devos, K. M., Breese, W. & Witcombe, J. R., Aug 2006, In: Journal of SAT Agricultural Research. 2, 1, 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
The impact of participatory plant breeding (PPB) on landrace diversity: A case study for high-altitude rice in Nepal.
Joshi, K. D. & Witcombe, J. R., 1 Oct 2003, In: Euphytica. 134, 1, p. 117-125Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
The scaling up process and outcomes of participatory crop improvement in Nepal: Adoption and Impact.
Joshi, K. D., Devkota, K. P., Gyawali, S., Tripathi, M. P., Witcombe, J. R., Pande, S. (Editor), Stevenson, P. C. (Editor), Neupane, R. K. (Editor) & Grzywacz, D. (Editor), 17 Nov 2004.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
- E-pub ahead of print
Thousands of trait-specific KASP markers designed for diverse breeding applications in rice (Oryza sativa)
Steele, K., Quinton-Tulloch, M., Vyas, D. & Witcombe, J., 1 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Trade-offs between on-farm varietal diversity and highly client-oriented breeding - a case study of upland rice in India.
Virk, D. S. & Witcombe, J., 1 Jun 2007, In: Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 54, 4, p. 823-835Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Variation in RFLP markers associated with root growth in QTLs in Indian upland rice
Steele, K. A., Moore, B. J., Witcombe, J. R., Virk, D. S. & Price, A. H., 1 Aug 2000, In: International Rice Research Notes. 25, 2, p. 16-17Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review