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| Title |
Plant breeding can be made more efficient by having fewer, better crosses
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Plant Biology, February 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2229-13-22 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
John R Witcombe, Sanjaya Gyawali, Madhu Subedi, Daljit S Virk, Krishna D Joshi |
| Abstract |
Crop yields have to increase to provide food security for the world's growing population. To achieve these yield increases there will have to be a significant contribution from genetic gains made by conventional plant breeding. However, the breeding process is not efficient because crosses made between parental combinations that fail to produce useful varieties consume over 99% of the resources. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 50% |
| Paraguay | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 96 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 3 | 3% |
| Brazil | 2 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Argentina | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 88 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 26 | 27% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 16% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 5% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 12 | 13% |
| Unknown | 12 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 67 | 70% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 4% |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 3% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 2 | 2% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 5 | 5% |
| Unknown | 13 | 14% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 February 2013.
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#15,517,312
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from BMC Plant Biology
#1,166
of 3,588 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#174,548
of 291,026 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Plant Biology
#14
of 33 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 3,588 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 3.0. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 66% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 33 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 54% of its contemporaries.