James E. Hourston
Oxfam(GB)Royal Holloway University of London(GB)
Publications by Year
Research Areas
Seed Germination and Physiology, Plant tissue culture and regeneration, Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects, Reproductive Biology and Fertility, Tree Root and Stability Studies
Most-Cited Works
- → Developing Soil Microbial Inoculants for Pest Management: Can One Have Too Much of a Good Thing?(2016)63 cited
- → Biomechanical properties of wheat grains: the implications on milling(2017)44 cited
- → Fruit fracture biomechanics and the release of Lepidium didymum pericarp-imposed mechanical dormancy by fungi(2017)44 cited
- → The effects of high oxygen partial pressure on vegetable Allium seeds with a short shelf-life(2020)32 cited
- → The biochemistry underpinning industrial seed technology and mechanical processing of sugar beet(2019)27 cited
- → Cold‐induced secondary dormancy and its regulatory mechanisms in Beta vulgaris(2022)21 cited
- → Morphological dormancy, embryo growth and pericarp restraint during crop and wild Apiaceae mericarp germination in response to ambient temperature(2025)3 cited
- → Distinct Molecular Biomechanical Mechanisms Inhibit Endosperm Cell‐Wall Weakening and Seed Germination at Cold and Warm Nonoptimal Temperatures(2025)3 cited
- → Does the Slow-Growth, High-Mortality Hypothesis Apply Below Ground?(2016)2 cited
- → Enhancement of Apiaceae pre-germination embryo growth, mericarp ageing resilience and germination differs between hormone, gas plasma, and hydropriming technologies(2026)