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Tesfaye Tesso

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2003
Bioenergy crop production and managementGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and AnimalsPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesGenetics and Plant BreedingFood composition and properties

Publications

108

Citations

4,580

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

22

Publishing since 2003

Research summary
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Tesfaye Tesso's research focuses on sorghum (a cereal crop related to corn) breeding and genetics, covering topics such as drought and low-nitrogen tolerance, disease resistance, herbicide resistance, root system architecture, grain quality, and genomic tools for predicting plant performance. The work combines field-based crop evaluation with genetic and genomic analysis methods, including gene mapping and RNA sequencing, aimed at improving sorghum varieties for challenging growing conditions, particularly in Ethiopia and other semi-arid regions.

Sorghum breeding and geneticsCrop stress tolerance (drought, low nitrogen, chilling)Herbicide and disease resistance in sorghumGrain quality and nutrition (protein, starch, digestibility)Genomic tools for crop improvement

Publication output has fluctuated over the past decade, peaking around 2019-2020, dipping sharply in 2022, then recovering somewhat in 2023-2024, suggesting a variable but ongoing research pace.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.8/year recently
2017: 6 publications172018: 6 publications182019: 9 publications192020: 10 publications10202021: 6 publications212022: 1 publication222023: 8 publications232024: 5 publications242526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Crop Science×7
  • Frontiers in Plant Science×4
  • Journal of Plant Registrations×4
  • Industrial Crops and Products×3
  • Nature Plants×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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