| Quantitative trait loci for soybean seed yield in elite and plant introduction germplasm MD Smalley, WR Fehr, SR Cianzio, F Han, SA Sebastian, LG Streit Crop science 44 (2), 436-442, 2004 | 57 | 2004 |
| Estimation of heritability in maize by parent-offspring regression. MD Smalley, JL Daub, AR Hallauer | 52 | 2004 |
| Mixed model approaches for the identification of QTLs within a maize hybrid breeding program FA Van Eeuwijk, M Boer, LR Totir, M Bink, D Wright, CR Winkler, ... Theoretical and Applied Genetics 120, 429-440, 2010 | 49 | 2010 |
| Hybrid maize plant and seed X4M830 LJ Hoffbeck, MD Smalley US Patent 7,227,065, 2007 | 45 | 2007 |
| Maize variety X6N727 MD Smalley US Patent 7,700,855, 2010 | 42 | 2010 |
| Maize variety PH12K5 MD Smalley US Patent 8,044,282, 2011 | 32 | 2011 |
| Maize variety hybrid X8M165 EM Grote, MD Smalley US Patent 8,269,081, 2012 | 31 | 2012 |
| Maize inbred PH25KM MA Chandler, MD Smalley US Patent 9,642,322, 2017 | 30 | 2017 |
| Two decades of creating drought tolerant maize and underpinning prediction technologies in the US corn-belt: review and perspectives on the future of crop design CD Messina, M Cooper, GL Hammer, D Berning, I Ciampitti, R Clark, ... BioRxiv, 2020.10. 29.361337, 2020 | 29 | 2020 |
| Maize hybrid X05F864 MJ Gadlage, MD Smalley, EM Grote US Patent 9,370,158, 2016 | 27 | 2016 |
| Maize hybrid X03F667 EM Grote, TC Kevern, MA Chandler, JX Zhang, KG Grant, MJ O'leary, ... US Patent 9,357,733, 2016 | 27 | 2016 |
| Maize variety PHW2Z MD Smalley US Patent 7,932,447, 2011 | 24 | 2011 |
| Maize hybrid X08C971 DW Whitaker, WA Wilson, MD Smalley US Patent 8,686,249, 2014 | 21 | 2014 |
| Maize variety hybrid X7P254 MD Smalley, MJ O'leary US Patent 7,977,552, 2011 | 21 | 2011 |
| Maize hybrid X00H319 MA Chandler, EM Grote, MD Smalley US Patent 9,775,316, 2017 | 20 | 2017 |
| Maize inbred PH1KTF MD Smalley US Patent 8,895,819, 2014 | 20 | 2014 |
| Maize variety hybrid X7N819 TE Piper, JR Hotchkiss, MD Smalley, JK Gogerty US Patent 8,263,825, 2012 | 19 | 2012 |
| Maize hybrid X03K059 MA Chandler, KG Grant, EM Grote, MD Smalley US Patent 9,955,652, 2018 | 16 | 2018 |
| Maize variety hybrid X08A105 TC Barker, MD Smalley, TA Lee US Patent 8,304,635, 2012 | 15 | 2012 |
| Maize variety hybrid X03A160 LAV Chifflet, MD Smalley, TC Kevern, TA Lee US Patent 8,354,575, 2013 | 14 | 2013 |
