| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Speed of Germination—Aid In Selection And Evaluation for Seedling Emergence And Vigor1 | Crop Science | 1962 | 3,274 |
| 2 | Stability Parameters for Comparing Varieties1 | Crop Science | 1966 | 2,616 |
| 3 | Stage of Development Descriptions for Soybeans, Glycine Max (L.) Merrill1 | Crop Science | 1971 | 2,574 |
| 4 | Vigor Determination in Soybean Seed by Multiple Criteria1 | Crop Science | 1973 | 1,365 |
| 5 | Genomic Selection for Crop Improvement | Crop Science | 2009 | 1,266 |
| 6 | Cultivar Evaluation and Mega-Environment Investigation Based on the GGE Biplot | Crop Science | 2000 | 1,147 |
| 7 | Understanding and Improving Salt Tolerance in Plants | Crop Science | 2005 | 1,025 |
| 8 | Leaf Nitrogen, Photosynthesis, and Crop Radiation Use Efficiency: A Review | Crop Science | 1989 | 939 |
| 9 | Growth Analysis Formulae ‐ Their Use and Abuse1 | Crop Science | 1967 | 864 |
| 10 | Theoretical Aspects of Selection for Yield in Stress and Non‐Stress Environment1 | Crop Science | 1981 | 846 |
| 11 | Cell Membrane Stability as a Measure of Drought and Heat Tolerance in Wheat1 | Crop Science | 1981 | 830 |
| 12 | Analysis of Genetic Diversity in Crop Plants—Salient Statistical Tools and Considerations | Crop Science | 2003 | 784 |
| 13 | GGE Biplot vs. AMMI Analysis of Genotype‐by‐Environment Data | Crop Science | 2007 | 763 |
| 14 | Exact Confidence Intervals for Heritability on a Progeny Mean Basis1 | Crop Science | 1985 | 758 |
| 15 | Wheat Yield Progress Associated with Higher Stomatal Conductance and Photosynthetic Rate, and Cooler Canopies | Crop Science | 1998 | 751 |
| 16 | Marker‐Assisted Selection in Plant Breeding: From Publications to Practice | Crop Science | 2008 | 742 |
| 17 | An Integrated Genetic Linkage Map of the Soybean Genome | Crop Science | 1999 | 726 |
| 18 | Molecular Markers and Selection for Complex Traits in Plants: Learning from the Last 20 Years | Crop Science | 2008 | 725 |
| 19 | Prospects for Genomewide Selection for Quantitative Traits in Maize | Crop Science | 2007 | 712 |
| 20 | Description of Sunflower Growth Stages1 | Crop Science | 1981 | 698 |
| 21 | Stability Analysis: Where Do We Stand?1 | Crop Science | 1986 | 674 |
| 22 | A Uniform, Objective, and Adaptive System for Expressing Rice Development | Crop Science | 2000 | 658 |
| 23 | Systemic Acquired Resistance and Induced Systemic Resistance in Conventional Agriculture | Crop Science | 2004 | 656 |
| 24 | Adaptations of Endophyte‐Infected Cool‐Season Grasses to Environmental Stresses: Mechanisms of Drought and Mineral Stress Tolerance | Crop Science | 2000 | 654 |
| 25 | Population Definition, Sample Selection, and Calibration Procedures for Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy | Crop Science | 1991 | 643 |
| 26 | Antioxidant Response to NaCl Stress in Salt‐Tolerant and Salt‐Sensitive Cultivars of Cotton | Crop Science | 1994 | 620 |
| 27 | Biofortification—A Sustainable Agricultural Strategy for Reducing Micronutrient Malnutrition in the Global South | Crop Science | 2010 | 620 |
| 28 | Implications of Genotype‐Environmental Interactions in Applied Plant Breeding1 | Crop Science | 1964 | 608 |
| 29 | Can Changes in Canopy and/or Root System Architecture Explain Historical Maize Yield Trends in the U.S. Corn Belt? | Crop Science | 2009 | 594 |
| 30 | Yield Potential Trends of Tropical Rice since the Release of IR8 and the Challenge of Increasing Rice Yield Potential | Crop Science | 1999 | 553 |
| 31 | Biplot Analysis of Test Sites and Trait Relations of Soybean in Ontario | Crop Science | 2002 | 553 |
| 32 | Issues in Diallel Analysis | Crop Science | 1978 | 551 |
| 33 | Plant Breeding with Genomic Selection: Gain per Unit Time and Cost | Crop Science | 2010 | 547 |
| 34 | Genomic Selection in Plant Breeding: A Comparison of Models | Crop Science | 2012 | 546 |
| 35 | Development, Identification, and Characterization of a Glyphosate‐Tolerant Soybean Line | Crop Science | 1995 | 544 |
| 36 | Post–Green Revolution Trends in Yield Potential of Temperate Maize in the North‐Central United States | Crop Science | 1999 | 534 |
| 37 | Identifying Mega‐Environments and Targeting Genotypes | Crop Science | 1997 | 522 |
| 38 | Breeding Opportunities for Increasing the Efficiency of Water Use and Crop Yield in Temperate Cereals | Crop Science | 2002 | 511 |
| 39 | Yield Potential: Its Definition, Measurement, and Significance | Crop Science | 1999 | 507 |
| 40 | Breeding and Cereal Yield Progress | Crop Science | 2010 | 497 |
| 41 | Genomic Prediction of Breeding Values when Modeling Genotype × Environment Interaction using Pedigree and Dense Molecular Markers | Crop Science | 2012 | 478 |
| 42 | Evaluating Wheat Nitrogen Status with Canopy Reflectance Indices and Discriminant Analysis | Crop Science | 1995 | 462 |
| 43 | Soybean Response to Water: A QTL Analysis of Drought Tolerance | Crop Science | 2001 | 458 |
| 44 | Yield Improvement in Temperate Maize is Attributable to Greater Stress Tolerance | Crop Science | 1999 | 455 |
| 45 | Plant Regeneration from Tissue Cultures of Maize1 | Crop Science | 1975 | 453 |
| 46 | HarvestPlus: Breeding Crops for Better Nutrition | Crop Science | 2007 | 448 |
| 47 | Statistical Analysis of Yield Trials by AMMI and GGE | Crop Science | 2006 | 446 |
| 48 | Past and Future Use of Wild Relatives in Crop Breeding | Crop Science | 2017 | 446 |
| 49 | Physiological Processes Associated with Wheat Yield Progress in the UK | Crop Science | 2005 | 442 |
| 50 | How Do Lignin Composition, Structure, and Cross‐Linking Affect Degradability? A Review of Cell Wall Model Studies | Crop Science | 2005 | 438 |
