Clifford F. Weil
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
76
Citations
2,708
Est. group size
~1
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
54
Publishing since 1973
Clifford F. Weil studies the genetics and cell biology of crop plants, primarily maize and sorghum. His work examines how genes control processes like cell division, leaf growth, chloroplast development, and seed protein quality, often using mutant plants and genome sequencing to link specific DNA changes to observable traits. Much of this research aims to understand basic plant development while also having potential applications for improving crop nutrition, such as protein digestibility in sorghum grain.
Publication output has been modest but fairly steady over the last decade, with a peak of four papers in 2019 and roughly one to three papers per year in most other years.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- KATANIN promotes cell elongation and division to generate proper cell numbers in maize organs
Nature Communications · 2026
- KATANIN promotes cell elongation and division to generate proper cell numbers in maize organs
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025
- The dwarf & pale leaf mutation reduces chloroplast numbers, resulting in sugar depletion that inhibits leaf growth of maize seedlings
Current Plant Biology · 2024
- Rapid determination of protein digestibility in sorghum before and after cooking
MethodsX · 2023
- Natural variability for protein digestibility and grain quality traits in a West African Sorghum Association Panel
Journal of Cereal Science · 2022
- Systematic prediction of EMS‐induced mutations in a sorghum mutant population
Plant Direct · 2022
- Mutation of the nuclear pore complex component, <i>aladin1</i> , disrupts asymmetric cell division in <i>Zea mays</i> (maize)
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics · 2021
- A High-Resolution Method for the Systematic Detection of EMS-Induced Mutations in a Sequenced Population
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2021
- Mutation of the nuclear pore complex component, <i>aladin1</i> , disrupts asymmetric cell division in <i>Zea mays</i> (maize)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2020
- Maize Carbohydrate Partitioning Defective33 Encodes an MCTP Protein and Functions in Sucrose Export from Leaves
Molecular Plant · 2019
- Novel ankyrin-repeat mutant and modifiers of a kafirin mutant improve sorghum protein digestibility
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2019
- Whole-Genome Sequence Accuracy Is Improved by Replication in a Population of Mutagenized Sorghum
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics · 2018
- Mapping the Increased Protein Digestibility Trait in the High‐Lysine Sorghum Mutant P721Q
Crop Science · 2016
- Whole genome sequence accuracy is improved by replication in a population of mutagenized sorghum
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2016
- bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×5
- Journal of Cereal Science×2
- G3 Genes Genomes Genetics×2
- Molecular Plant×1
- in silico Plants×1
- Kevin R Cook
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Indiana University
- Jay B. Hollick
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University
- Damon Lisch
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Shujun Ou
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University
- Charles F. Crane
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.
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