Professor John Witcombe

Emeritus Professor

  1. 2007
  2. 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. 823-835

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. 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

  4. Published

    Collaborative breeding with farmers can be effective.

    Gyawali, S., Sunwar, S., Subedi, M., Tripathi, M., Joshi, K. D. & Witcombe, J. R., 20 Feb 2007, In: Field Crops Research. 101, 1, p. 88-95

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Mass and line selection can produce equally uniform rice varieties

    Virk, D. S., Steele, K. A. & Witcombe, J. R., 1 Feb 2007, In: Field Crops Research. 100, 2-3, p. 341-347

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. 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

  7. 2006
  8. Published

    Marker-assisted selection to introgress QTLs controlling root traits into an Indian upland rice variety

    Steele, K. A., Price, A. H., Shashidhar, H. E. & Witcombe, J. R., 14 Sept 2006, In: Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 112, 2, p. 208-221

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. 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, AG., 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 journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Managing an agricultural research programme for poverty alleviation in developing countries: an institute without walls

    Stirling, C. M., Harris, D. & Witcombe, J. R., 1 Apr 2006, In: Experimental Agriculture. 42, 2, p. 127-146

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. 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. 327-335

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Marker assisted selection for participatory plant breeding in rice

    Steele, K. A., Virk, D. S. & Witcombe, J. R., 1 Jan 2006, 2006 ed. Centre for Arid Zone Studies.

    Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

  13. 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. 79-90

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. 2005
  15. Published

    Increasing the client orientation of maize breeding using farmer participation in eastern India

    Virk, D. S., Chakraborty, M., Ghosh, J., Prasad, S. C. & Witcombe, J. R., 1 Oct 2005, In: Experimental Agriculture. 41, 4, p. 413-426

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  16. 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. 299-319

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. Published

    DFID Plant Sciences Research Programme Annual Report 2005.

    Witcombe, J. R., Harris, D. & Stirling, C. M., 1 Jan 2005, 2005 ed. Centre for Arid Zone Studies.

    Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

  18. Published
  19. 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/ReportCommissioned report

  20. 2004
  21. Published

    Lessons learned from scaling up participatory variety selection: LI-BIRD experiences.

    Devkota, K. P., Gyawali, S., Tripathi, M. P., Joshi, K. D., Witcombe, J. R., Pande, S. (ed.), Stevenson, P. C. (ed.), Neupane, R. K. (ed.) & Grzywacz, D. (ed.), 17 Nov 2004.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  22. 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. (ed.), Stevenson, P. C. (ed.), Neupane, R. K. (ed.) & Grzywacz, D. (ed.), 17 Nov 2004.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  23. Published

    Marker-evaluated selection in rice: shifts in allele frequency among bulks selected in contrasting agricultural environments identify genomic regions of importance to rice adaptation and breeding.

    Steele, K. A., Edwards, G., Zhu, J. & Witcombe, J. R., 1 Oct 2004, In: Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 109, 6, p. 1247-1260

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Marker-assisted selection of four root QTL and aroma to improve Kalinga III: Evaluation of pyramid lines and advanced bulks from backcrossing

    Steele, K. A., Singh, D. N., Kumar, R., Prasad, S. C., Billore, M., Virk, D. S., Shashidhar, H. E. & Witcombe, J. R., 1 Jan 2004.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  25. 2003
  26. 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. 117-125

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Collaborative and consultative participatory plant breeding of rice for the rainfed uplands of eastern India

    Virk, D. S., Singh, D. N., Prasad, S. C., Gangwar, J. S. & Witcombe, J. R., 1 Jun 2003, In: Euphytica. 132, 1, p. 95-108

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Participatory plant breeding in maize: a case study from Gujarat, India.

    Witcombe, J. R., Joshi, A. & Goyal, S. N., 1 Apr 2003, In: Euphytica. 130, 3, p. 413-422

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Participatory crop improvement in high potential production systems - piloting sustainable adoption of new technologies.

    Joshi, K. D., Gyawali, S. & Witcombe, J. R., 1 Jan 2003, 2003 ed. Centre for Arid Zone Studies.

    Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

  30. 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. 81-88

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review