Professor John Witcombe

Emeritus Professor

  1. Published

    Field evaluation of upland rice lines selected for QTLs controlling root traits.

    Steele, K. A., Virk, D. S., Kumar, R., Prasad, S. C. & Witcombe, J. R., 5 Mar 2007, In: Field Crops Research. 101, 2, p. 180-186

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Food Security through Ricebean Research in India and Nepal (FOSRIN) Report 2. Identification of polymorphic markers in ricebean (Vigna umbellata).

    Bajracharya, J., Singh, S., Dangol, B., Hollington, P. A. & Witcombe, J. R., 1 Jan 2008, 2008 ed. Unknown.

    Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

  3. Published

    Has the introduction of modern rice varieties changed rice genetic diversity in a high-altitude region of Nepal?

    Steele, K. A., Gyawali, S., Joshi, K. D., Shrestha, P., Sthapit, B. R. & Witcombe, J. R., 10 Jul 2009, In: Field Crops Research. 113, 1, p. 24-30

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Highly client-oriented breeding, using local preferences and selection, produces widely adapted rice varieties.

    Joshi, K. D., Musa, A. M., Johansen, C., Gyawali, S., Harris, D. & Witcombe, J. R., 4 Jan 2007, In: Field Crops Research. 100, 1, p. 107-116

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    How much evidence is needed before client-oriented breeding (COB) is institutionalised? Evidence from rice and maize in India

    Witcombe, J. & Yadavendra, J. P., Oct 2014, In: Field Crops Research. 167, p. 143-152

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    How narrowly adapted are the products of decentralised breeding? The spread of rice varieties from a participatory plant breeding programme in Nepal.

    Joshi, K. D., Sthapit, B. R. & Witcombe, J. R., 1 Dec 2001, In: Euphytica. 122, 3, p. 589-597

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Identifying famers' preferences and constraints to Pearl Millet production in the Sahel and North-Sudan zones of Burkina Faso

    Drabo, I., Zangre, R. G., Danquah, E. Y., Ofori, K., Witcombe, J. & Hash, C. T., Oct 2019, In: Experimental Agriculture. 55, 5, p. 765-775

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Identifying superior wheat cultivars in participatory research on resource poor farms.

    Thapa, D. B., Sharma, R. C., Mudwari, A., Ortiz-Ferrara, G., Sharma, S., Basnet, R. K., Witcombe, J. R., Virk, D. S. & Joshi, K. D., 26 Jun 2009, In: Field Crops Research. 112, 2-3, p. 124-130

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Impact of introduction of modern varieties on crop diversity

    Witcombe, J. R., Joshi, J. D., Virk, D. S., Sthapit, B. R., Lenne, J. M. (ed.) & Wood, D. (ed.), 1 Jan 2011, Agrobiodiversity Management for Food Security: A Critical Review. 2011 ed. CABI Publishing

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  10. Published

    Improving the food security of low-resource farmers: introducing horsegram into maize-based cropping systems.

    Witcombe, J. R., Billore, M., Singhal, H. C., Patel, N. B., Tikka, B. S., Saini, D. P., Sharma, L. K., Sharma, R., Yadav, S. K. & Yadavendra, J. P., 1 Jun 2008, In: Experimental Agriculture. 44, 3, p. 339-348

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review