Mitchell R. Tuinstra
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
160
Citations
6,579
Est. group size
~17
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
57
Publishing since 1970
Mitchell R. Tuinstra studies the genetics and breeding of sorghum and maize, focusing on traits like plant height, drought and stress tolerance, and grain and forage quality. His work combines traditional plant breeding and genetic mapping with newer tools such as pangenome analysis, hyperspectral imaging, and remote sensing to identify and track useful crop traits. This research supports the development of improved crop varieties for challenging growing conditions.
Publication output grew substantially from 2017 to a peak around 2021 and 2023, with continued steady activity of roughly 5-8 papers per year through 2025-2026.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- A sorghum pangenome reference improves global crop trait discovery
Nature · 2026
- Determination of protein digestibility in whole sorghum grains by near-infrared spectroscopy
Journal of Cereal Science · 2026
- Registration of ‘PU305’, ‘PU306’, and ‘PU307’ sorghum lines with stable <i>dwarf3</i> mutations
Journal of Plant Registrations · 2026
- Phenylpropanoid derived flavonoid biosynthesis pathway compensates for abiotic and biotic stress tolerance in dhurrin-free forage sorghum
Environmental and Experimental Botany · 2025
- Developing future resilience from signatures of adaptation across the sorghum pangenome
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025
- Mutations in the <i>dwarf3</i> gene confer height stability in sorghum
The Plant Genome · 2024
- Genetic diversity analysis and heterotic grouping of Indian white maize inbred lines using combining ability and SNP markers
Crop Science · 2024
- Heat-tolerant maize for rainfed hot, dry environments in the lowland tropics: From breeding to improved seed delivery
The Crop Journal · 2023
- Expression of stay‐green drought tolerance in dhurrin‐free sorghum
Crop Science · 2023
- Comparison of Various Nitrogen and Water Dual Stress Effects for Predicting Relative Water Content and Nitrogen Content in Maize Plants through Hyperspectral Imaging
AI · 2023
- Global Diversity of Source-Sink Senescence in Maize
2023
- Seedling growth and fall armyworm feeding preference influenced by dhurrin production in sorghum
Theoretical and Applied Genetics · 2022
- Dhurrin stability and hydrogen cyanide release in dried sorghum samples
Field Crops Research · 2022
- Multi-Species Prediction of Physiological Traits with Hyperspectral Modeling
Plants · 2022
- Integrating Phenomics and Genomics for Yield Prediction in Temperate and Tropical Maize
2022
- Crop Science×6
- Frontiers in Plant Science×5
- Computers and Electronics in Agriculture×4
- BMC Research Notes×4
- bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×4
- Amare Seyoum
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Adedayo Adeyanju
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Habte Nida
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Peter J. Bradbury
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · The Ohio State University
- Torbert Rocheford
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.
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