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Katy Martin Rainey

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2004

Publications

71

Citations

2,170

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

22

Publishing since 2004

Research summary
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Katy Martin Rainey's research focuses on soybean genetics and breeding, particularly improving seed quality traits like oil, protein, and carbohydrate content, as well as yield and disease resistance. Her work also incorporates modern technology such as drone-based (UAS) imaging and machine learning to rapidly measure plant traits (a process called phenotyping) for use in breeding programs. This combines traditional crop genetics with data-driven and remote-sensing methods to speed up the development of improved soybean varieties.

Soybean genetics and breedingSeed composition traits (oil, protein, carbohydrates)High-throughput crop phenotyping using drones/imagingMachine learning for yield predictionPlant disease detection and resistance

Publication output was higher around 2017-2020 and has slowed somewhat in recent years, averaging about 2-3 papers annually over the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.6/year recently
2017: 8 publications172018: 2 publications182019: 10 publications10192020: 9 publications202021: 3 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 5 publications242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Crop Science×7
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics×4
  • Frontiers in Plant Science×4
  • Theoretical and Applied Genetics×4
  • The Plant Genome×3
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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