Barbara Valent

Kansas State University — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases(76), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity(59), Fungal and yeast genetics research(45), Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology(38), Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food(37)

Publications161 total

Distinct modes of sequence evolution and epigenetic modifications underpin the origins of <i>Starship</i> -mediated variation in <i>Pyricularia</i> fungal plant pathogens
2026Open Access
Genomic and Pathogenic Insights into the Geographic Range Expansion of Wheat Blast into Uruguay
Plant Disease·2025
Highly dynamic supernumerary mini-chromosomes in a Magnaporthe oryzae strain contributes to cellular variance of genomic content
Fungal Genetics and Biology·2025
Dynamic Gene-for-Gene Interactions Undermine Durable Resistance
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Highly dynamic supernumerary mini-chromosomes in a <i>Magnaporthe oryzae</i> strain
2024Open Access
Using recurrent neural networks to detect supernumerary chromosomes in fungal strains causing blast diseases
NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Rapid mini‐chromosome divergence among fungal isolates causing wheat blast outbreaks in Bangladesh and Zambia
New Phytologist·2023· 19 citedOpen Access
Recent co-evolution of two pandemic plant diseases in a multi-hybrid swarm
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2023· 30 citedOpen Access
Using recurrent neural networks to detect supernumerary chromosomes in fungal strains causing blast diseases
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Natural genomic variation in rice blast genomes is associated with specific heterochromatin modifications
2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Filamentous pathogen effectors enter plant cells via endocytosis
Trends in Plant Science·2023· 25 citedOpen Access
A Reevaluation of Phylogenomic Data Reveals that Current Understanding in Wheat Blast Population Biology and Epidemiology Is Obfuscated by Oversights in Population Sampling
Phytopathology·2023· 2 cited
Clathrin-mediated endocytosis facilitates the internalization of <i>Magnaporthe oryzae</i> effectors into rice cells
The Plant Cell·2023· 78 citedOpen Access
QTL Pyramiding Provides Marginal Improvement in 2N<sup>v</sup>S-Based Wheat Blast Resistance
Plant Disease·2023· 4 cited
A Re-evaluation of Phylogenomic Data Reveals that Current Understanding in Wheat Blast Population Biology and Epidemiology is Obfuscated by Oversights in Population Sampling
2022· 1 citedOpen Access
CRISPR-Cas12a induced DNA double-strand breaks are repaired by multiple pathways with different mutation profiles in Magnaporthe oryzae
Nature Communications·2022· 38 citedOpen Access
Rapid mini-chromosome divergence among fungal isolates causing wheat blast outbreaks in Bangladesh and Zambia
2022· 16 citedOpen Access
Redox‐engineering enhances maize thermotolerance and grain yield in the field
Plant Biotechnology Journal·2022· 23 citedOpen Access
Clathrin-mediated Endocytosis Facilitates Internalization of <i>Magnaporthe oryzae</i> Effectors into Rice Cells
2021· 4 citedOpen Access
Effector Genes in <i>Magnaporthe oryzae Triticum</i> as Potential Targets for Incorporating Blast Resistance in Wheat
Plant Disease·2021· 12 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Forrest G. Chumley(13), Leonard Farrall(9), James A. Sweigard(8), Chang Hyun Khang(6), Peter Albersheim(6), Seogchan Kang(5), Martha C. Giraldo(4), Ryohei Terauchi(4), Nicholas J. Talbot(4), Marc‐Henri Lebrun(4), Mark Farman(4), Yulin Jia(3), Richard J. Howard(3), Prasanna Kankanala(3), Guo‐Liang Wang(3), Mihwa Yi(3), Anne Carroll(3), Didier Tharreau(3), Izumi Chuma(3), Yukio Tosa(3)