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Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology

Last updated June 1, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

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Rising Stars Papers

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Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Pengfang Yang
Chinese Academy of Sciences
99
2
Zoe Bernasconi
University of Zurich
87
3
Pingping Zhang
Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences
71
4
Claudia Breitkreuz
Julius Kühn-Institut
66
5
Симбо Диаките
Unknown
40
6
Paweł Czembor
Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute - National Research Institute
21
7
Anosha Abdullah
Unknown
6
8
V.V. Lubych
Unknown
5

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Virulence on Pm4 kinase-based resistance is determined by two divergent wheat powdery mildew effectors
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2025
3 cit.
2
Virulence on Pm4 kinase-based resistance is determined by two divergent wheat powdery mildew effectors
Nature Plants|2026
3 cit.
3
Genome-wide association study of seedling leaf rust resistance in European winter wheat cultivars
Journal of Applied Genetics|2025
2 cit.
4
Prevalence, identity and seasonal variation of leaf diseases and selected agronomic traits of spring wheat genotypes under foliar microfertilizer and fungicides
Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences|2025
2 cit.
5
O-GlcNAc and phosphorylation modifications on HtL1/FBA10 regulate wheat vernalization for flowering
Nature Communications|2025
1 cit.
6
Differentiation of European yellow rust subraces within the ‘Warrior(-)’ genetic group
PLoS ONE|2025
0 cit.
7
Effect of 1Bx7null on Soft Wheat Cookie Quality Under Different Nitrogen Inputs and Its CAPS Marker Development
Foods|2025
0 cit.
8
Dynamics of the Population of Sunn Pest in Winter Common Wheat Depending on Fertilization
Collected Works of Uman National University of Horticulture|2025
0 cit.
9
Genetic Diversity among Wheat Advanced Lines Using Different Stress Indices
Haya The Saudi Journal of Life Sciences|2026
0 cit.

All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Eduard Akhunov
Kansas State University
99
2
Nils Stein
Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK)
88
3
Lee T. Hickey
The University of Queensland
88
4
Sébastien Praud
Unknown
85
5
Jan Dvořák
University of California, Davis
83
6
Tzion Fahima
University of Haifa
73
7
Neil Hall
University of Liverpool
72
8
Feng Chen
Henan Agricultural University
70
9
Robbie Waugh
James Hutton Institute
68
10
Sang Gu Kang
Yeungnam University
64

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
Characterization of polyploid wheat genomic diversity using a high‐density 90 000 single nucleotide polymorphism array
Plant Biotechnology Journal|2014
1.9k cit.
2
A chromosome-based draft sequence of the hexaploid bread wheat ( <i>Triticum aestivum</i> ) genome
Science|2014
1.6k cit.
3
A chromosome conformation capture ordered sequence of the barley genome
Nature|2017
1.6k cit.
4
Speed breeding is a powerful tool to accelerate crop research and breeding
Nature Plants|2017
1.2k cit.
5
Analysis of the bread wheat genome using whole-genome shotgun sequencing
Nature|2012
1.1k cit.
6
Aflatoxins: A Global Concern for Food Safety, Human Health and Their Management
Frontiers in Microbiology|2017
814 cit.
7
Genome sequence of the progenitor of the wheat D genome Aegilops tauschii
Nature|2017
715 cit.
8
Cloning of the wheat Yr15 resistance gene sheds light on the plant tandem kinase-pseudokinase family
Nature Communications|2018
377 cit.
9
Exome sequencing of geographically diverse barley landraces and wild relatives gives insights into environmental adaptation
Nature Genetics|2016
341 cit.
10
A haplotype map of allohexaploid wheat reveals distinct patterns of selection on homoeologous genomes
Genome Biology|2015
271 cit.

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