Stuart D. Desjardins

University of Leicester — United Kingdom

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

9h-index272citations21works7.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Chromosomal and Genetic Variations(7), Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology(5), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases(5), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics(5), Plant chemical constituents analysis(4)

Publications21 total

New insights into the phylogenetic relationships of Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica) and allied taxa in subtribe Reynoutriinae (Polygonaceae)
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Kinetochore and ionomic adaptation to whole-genome duplication in Cochlearia shows evolutionary convergence in three autopolyploids
Cell Reports·2024· 15 citedOpen Access
<scp>FIGL1</scp> prevents aberrant chromosome associations and fragmentation and limits crossovers in polyploid wheat meiosis
New Phytologist·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Kinetochore and ionomic adaptation to whole genome duplication
2023· 5 citedOpen Access
New insights into the phylogenetic relationships of Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica) and allied taxa in subtribe Reynoutriinae (Polygonaceae)
PhytoKeys·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
New insights into the phylogenetic relationships of Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica) and allied taxa in subtribe Reynoutriinae (Polygonaceae)
Global Biodiversity Information Facility·2023Open Access
Unravelling mechanisms that govern meiotic crossover formation in wheat
Biochemical Society Transactions·2022· 18 citedOpen Access
FANCM promotes class I interfering crossovers and suppresses class II non-interfering crossovers in wheat meiosis
Nature Communications·2022· 39 citedOpen Access
A taxonomic, cytological and genetic survey of Japanese knotweed <i>s.l.</i> in New Zealand indicates multiple secondary introductions from Europe and a direct introduction from Japan
New Zealand Journal of Botany·2022· 10 cited
A taxonomic, cytological and genetic survey of Japanese knotweed <i>s.l.</i> in New Zealand indicates multiple secondary introductions from Europe and a direct introduction from Japan
Figshare·2022Open Access
Survey of the nothogenus xElyhordeum, with the description of a new nothospecies
British & Irish Botany·2021· 4 citedOpen Access
<scp>MSH</scp> 2 shapes the meiotic crossover landscape in relation to interhomolog polymorphism in Arabidopsis
The EMBO Journal·2020· 97 citedOpen Access
<i>MutS homologue 4</i> and <i>MutS homologue 5</i> Maintain the Obligate Crossover in Wheat Despite Stepwise Gene Loss following Polyploidization
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY·2020· 35 citedOpen Access
Hybridisation and introgression in British Helosciadium (Apiaceae).
British & Irish Botany·2020· 2 citedOpen Access
A Cytological Analysis of Wheat Meiosis Targeted by Virus-Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS)
Methods in molecular biology·2019· 12 cited
MSH2 is required for obligate crossover formation in wheat
Rothamsted Repository (Rothamsted Repository)·2019Open Access
Knocking down wheat meiotic genes through Virus-induced gene-silencing (VIGS)
Rothamsted Repository (Rothamsted Repository)·2019Open Access
Molecular confirmation of <i>Helosciadium</i> × <i>moorei</i> (<i>H. inundatum</i> × <i>H. nodiflorum</i>; Apiaceae) from County Cork, Ireland
New Journal of Botany·2016· 2 cited
A new natural hybrid in the genus <i>Petasites</i>: <i>P. japonicus</i> × <i>P. pyrenaicus</i> (Asteraceae)
New Journal of Botany·2016· 2 cited
Evolutionary studies in subtribe Reynoutriineae (Polygonaceae). With contributions to the study of hybridisation in Helosciadium and Berula (Apiaceae) included as appendices.
Figshare·2015· 2 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

James D. Higgins(10), Ian R. Henderson(5), K. Kanyuka(5), John P. Bailey(5), Keith J. Edwards(4), James Simmonds(3), F. Chris H. Franklin(3), Cristóbal Uauy(3), C. A. Stace(3), Trude Schwarzacher(3), Andrew J. Tock(2), Amanda Burridge(2), Eugenio Sánchez‐Morán(2), Daisy Ogle(2), Kim Osman(2), Sian Bray(2), Tuomas Hämälä(2), Min Zhou(2), Sílvia Busoms(2), Sina Fischer(2)