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Tony J. Vyn

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1980

Publications

191

Citations

8,734

Est. group size

~3

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

47

Publishing since 1980

Research summary
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Tony J. Vyn's research focuses on maize (corn) agronomy, particularly how crop breeding and nitrogen fertilizer management together affect grain yield, nitrogen use efficiency, and kernel development. His work often compares older and newer maize hybrids to understand how decades of breeding have changed traits like biomass accumulation, flowering timing, and nitrogen uptake, and also examines soil microbial processes such as biological nitrogen fixation as alternatives to synthetic fertilizer. This research is relevant to students interested in crop physiology, sustainable nitrogen management, and applied plant breeding.

Maize breeding and genetic yield gainsNitrogen use efficiency in cropsCrop-soil nitrogen managementKernel and grain development physiologySoil microbiome and biological nitrogen fixation

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade without a clear upward or downward trend, with recent years (2021-2025) averaging just over six publications per year.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.2/year recently
2017: 10 publications172018: 5 publications182019: 8 publications192020: 4 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 11 publications11222023: 7 publications232024: 5 publications242025: 7 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Field Crops Research×9
  • Crop Science×5
  • Agronomy Journal×5
  • Frontiers in Plant Science×4
  • European Journal of Agronomy×4
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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