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Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Danushka S. Tennakoon
Shenzhen University
2
Milan C. Samarakoon
Chiang Mai University
3
Alexandros G. Sotiropoulos
University of Southern Queensland
4
Valentyna Klymiuk
University of Saskatchewan
5
Vasilis Kokkoris
Institute of Ecology and Botany
6
Matteo De Chiara
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
7
Kevin R. Amses
University of Pennsylvania
8
Natascha D. Wagner
University of Göttingen
9
Irene Salotti
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
10
Caoimhe E. O’Brien
University College Dublin

Rising Stars Papers

1
Coordinated function of paired NLRs confers Yr84-mediated stripe rust resistance in wheat
Nature Genetics|2025
25 cit.
2
Mycelial dynamics in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
New Phytologist|2025
12 cit.
3
An overview of Melanommataceae (Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes): Current insight into the host associations and geographical distribution with some interesting novel additions from plant litter
MycoKeys|2024
9 cit.
4
Challenge accepted: Evolutionary lineages versus taxonomic classification of North American shrub willows (<i>Salix</i>)
American Journal of Botany|2024
9 cit.
5
Modeling Temperature Requirements for Growth and Toxin Production of Alternaria spp. Associated with Tomato
Toxins|2025
4 cit.
6
Resistant Grapevine Varieties to Downy Mildew
Plant Health Cases|2024
2 cit.
7
Craspedodidymum hunanense sp. nov. (Chaetosphaeriaceae, Chaetosphaeriales) and a new record of Aquadictyospora clematidis (Dictyosporiaceae, Pleosporales), from Hunan Province, China
Phytotaxa|2024
2 cit.
8
Rapid loss of plastid ndh genes in slipper orchids (Cypripedioideae, Orchidaceae)
Frontiers in Plant Science|2025
2 cit.
9
Ophiocordyceps taiwanensis sp. nov. (Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hypocreales) on Odontotermes formosanus (Termitidae, Blattodea)
Phytotaxa|2024
1 cit.
10
First report of yambean mosaic virus infection in butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea) in Thailand
Journal of General Plant Pathology|2024
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Melania Figueroa
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
2
Riccardo Baroncelli
University of Bologna
3
Ratchadawan Cheewangkoon
Chiang Mai University
4
Xinlei Fan
Beijing Forestry University
5
Mingkwan Doilom
Kunming Institute of Botany
6
Marília Horta Jung
Mendel University in Brno
7
Vinson P. Doyle
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
8
Eric Kuhnert
Leibniz University Hannover
9
Katja Iselin
Luzerner Kantonsspital
10
Alexandre A. R. Martos
University College Dublin

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Worldwide forest surveys reveal forty-three new species in <i> Phytophthora</i> major Clade 2 with fundamental implications for the evolution and biogeography of the genus and global plant biosecurity
Studies in Mycology|2024
43 cit.
2
Nuclear exchange generates population diversity in the wheat leaf rust pathogen Puccinia triticina
Nature Microbiology|2023
40 cit.
3
The coevolution of fungus-ant agriculture
Science|2024
37 cit.
4
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.
5
Mycosphere notes 449–468: saprobic and endophytic fungi in China, Thailand, and Uzbekistan
Mycosphere|2023
34 cit.
6
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.
7
Extensive morphological and behavioural diversity among fourteen new and seven described species in <i> Phytophthora</i> Clade 10 and its evolutionary implications
Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi|2022
24 cit.
8
Studies of Diaporthe (Diaporthaceae, Diaporthales) species associated with plant cankers in Beijing, China, with three new species described
MycoKeys|2023
24 cit.
9
The Potential Fungal Pathogens of Euonymus japonicus in Beijing, China
Journal of Fungi|2023
22 cit.
10
A high-resolution haplotype collection uncovers somatic hybridization, recombination and intercontinental movement in oat crown rust
PLoS Genetics|2024
22 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Thomas D. Bruns
University of California, Berkeley
2
P.W. Crous
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
3
J.Z. Groenewald
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
4
Kevin D. Hyde
Mae Fah Luang University
5
Michael J. Wingfield
University of Pretoria
6
Gavin C. Donaldson
Boehringer Ingelheim (Egypt)
7
John W. Taylor
University of California, Berkeley
8
Joseph Heitman
Duke University
9
B. D. Hall
University of Washington
10
Kenneth H. Wolfe
University College Dublin

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
ITS primers with enhanced specificity for basidiomycetes ‐ application to the identification of mycorrhizae and rusts
Molecular Ecology|1993
10.4k cit.
2
Development of primer sets designed for use with the PCR to amplify conserved genes from filamentous ascomycetes
Applied and Environmental Microbiology|1995
4.6k cit.
3
Phylogenetic relationships among ascomycetes: evidence from an RNA polymerse II subunit
Molecular Biology and Evolution|1999
3.7k cit.
4
Rates of nucleotide substitution vary greatly among plant mitochondrial, chloroplast, and nuclear DNAs.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|1987
2.4k cit.
5
Relationship between exacerbation frequency and lung function decline in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Thorax|2002
2.3k cit.
6
Targets for Cell Cycle Arrest by the Immunosuppressant Rapamycin in Yeast
Science|1991
2k cit.
7
Molecular evidence for an ancient duplication of the entire yeast genome
Nature|1997
1.8k cit.
8
Codon selection in yeast.
Journal of Biological Chemistry|1982
1.6k cit.
9
Widespread Paleopolyploidy in Model Plant Species Inferred from Age Distributions of Duplicate Genes[W]
The Plant Cell|2004
1.3k cit.
10
ITS primers with enhanced specificity for basidiomycetes--application to the identification of mycorrhizae and rusts.
Molecular Oncology|1993
1.2k cit.

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