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Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Lianna Liu
Hebei Agricultural University
2
Dié Tang
Sichuan Agricultural University
3
Zhou Chunyuan
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
4
M. Timothy Rabanus‐Wallace
The University of Melbourne
5
Ursula Oggenfuss
University of Minnesota Medical Center
6
Genevieve M. Hoopes
Michigan State University
7
Xiaoyu Liu
Australian Research Council
8
Jeewan Pandey
Texas A&M University
9
Zhiyang Zhang
Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Molecular Interactions
10
Emile Cavalet-Giorsa
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Papers

1
A systematic screen for co-option of transposable elements across the fungal kingdom
Mobile DNA|2024
10 cit.
2
Harmonizing low-cost and regulatory air quality monitoring networks with interpretable semi-supervised learning: Reducing exposure misclassification in underrepresented communities
Journal of Hazardous Materials|2025
7 cit.
3
<i>Candida albicans</i> isolates contain frequent heterozygous structural variants and transposable elements within genes and centromeres
Genome Research|2024
3 cit.
4
Publication in BMC Plant Biology (2025) [W4415687157]
BMC Plant Biology|2025
0 cit.
5
Publication in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2026) [W7118085048]
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)|2026
0 cit.
6
Publication in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2026) [W7118096423]
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)|2026
0 cit.
7
Publication in Animals (2026) [W7125699027]
Animals|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Martin Mascher
Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK)
2
Chengzhi Liang
Nanchang University
3
Yann Grosse
Centre international de recherche sur le cancer
4
Carla de Freitas Munhoz
Universidade de São Paulo
5
Silong Sun
Shandong Agricultural University
6
Zhongfan Lyu
Shandong University of Technology
7
Bingqian Hou
Shandong Agricultural University
8
Wenyang Ge
Anhui Agricultural University
9
Simon G. Krattinger
University of Zurich
10
Melania Figueroa
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Papers

1
Einkorn genomics sheds light on history of the oldest domesticated wheat
Nature|2023
143 cit.
2
Origin and evolution of the bread wheat D genome
Nature|2024
88 cit.
3
Prospects of telomere‐to‐telomere assembly in barley: Analysis of sequence gaps in the MorexV3 reference genome
Plant Biotechnology Journal|2022
74 cit.
4
A catalogue of resistance gene homologs and a chromosome‐scale reference sequence support resistance gene mapping in winter wheat
Plant Biotechnology Journal|2022
66 cit.
5
Genome analysis in Avena sativa reveals hidden breeding barriers and opportunities for oat improvement
Communications Biology|2022
50 cit.
6
Nuclear exchange generates population diversity in the wheat leaf rust pathogen Puccinia triticina
Nature Microbiology|2023
40 cit.
7
A chromosome-level, fully phased genome assembly of the oat crown rust fungus <i>Puccinia coronata</i> f. sp. <i>avenae</i> : a resource to enable comparative genomics in the cereal rusts
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics|2022
35 cit.
8
Chromosome-scale assembly of the wild wheat relative Aegilops umbellulata
Scientific Data|2023
27 cit.
9
Genome-Enabled Analysis of Population Dynamics and Virulence-Associated Loci in the Oat Crown Rust Fungus <i>Puccinia coronata</i> f. sp. <i>avenae</i>
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions|2023
25 cit.
10
Augmented wound healing potential of photosensitive GelMA hydrogel incorporating antimicrobial peptides and MXene nanoparticles
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology|2023
24 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Bikram S. Gill
Kansas State University
2
Beat Keller
University of Zurich
3
Nils Stein
Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK)
4
James Hicks
University of California, Los Angeles
5
Robbie Waugh
University of Dundee
6
Jiming Jiang
Michigan State University
7
Jun Wang
Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital
8
Jeffrey L. Bennetzen
University of Georgia
9
R. W. Allard
McGill University Health Centre
10
Gane Ka‐Shu Wong
University of Alberta

Papers

1
A plant DNA minipreparation: Version II
Plant Molecular Biology Reporter|1983
7.6k cit.
2
A metagenome-wide association study of gut microbiota in type 2 diabetes
Nature|2012
7k cit.
3
SOAPdenovo2: an empirically improved memory-efficient short-read <i>de novo</i> assembler
GigaScience|2012
5.6k cit.
4
Ribosomal DNA spacer-length polymorphisms in barley: mendelian inheritance, chromosomal location, and population dynamics.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|1984
5.2k cit.
5
SOAP2: an improved ultrafast tool for short read alignment
Bioinformatics|2009
3.9k cit.
6
SOAP: short oligonucleotide alignment program
Bioinformatics|2008
3.7k cit.
7
Dynamics and Stabilization of the Human Gut Microbiome during the First Year of Life
Cell Host & Microbe|2015
3.4k cit.
8
De novo assembly of human genomes with massively parallel short read sequencing
Genome Research|2009
3k cit.
9
WEGO: a web tool for plotting GO annotations
Nucleic Acids Research|2006
2.8k cit.
10
The oyster genome reveals stress adaptation and complexity of shell formation
Nature|2012
2.3k cit.

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