K. Kanyuka

National Institute of Agricultural Botany — United Kingdom

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

45h-index11.1kcitations212works6.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology(88), Plant Virus Research Studies(73), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics(71), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity(47), Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food(28)

Publications210 total

Haplotype-phased genomes of the barley leaf rust pathogen reveal evidence of repeat element expansion and somatic hybridization
2026Open Access
A Direct DNA Extraction Workflow for Metabarcoding Fungal Bioaerosols from Adhesive Samplers
2026Open Access
Harnessing primary, secondary and tertiary genepools for durable wheat disease resistance
Theoretical and Applied Genetics·2025Open Access
First Large‐Scale Breakdown of <i>Yr15</i> Resistance to Wheat Yellow Rust ( <i>Puccinia striiformis</i> f. sp. <i>tritici</i> ) Recorded Globally
New Disease Reports·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Haplotype-resolved genomes of diverse oat crown rust isolates reveal both global dispersion of long-lived clonal haplotypes and limited recombination between haplotypes.
2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Learning from fungicide resistance: Evolutionary insights to guide RNAi-based control of fungal crop pathogens
Fungal Biology Reviews·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Differentiation of European yellow rust subraces within the ‘Warrior(-)’ genetic group
PLoS ONE·2025Open Access
A wheat tandem kinase activates an NLR to trigger immunity
Science·2025· 34 cited
An array of <i>Zymoseptoria tritici</i> effectors suppress plant immune responses
Molecular Plant Pathology·2024· 18 citedOpen Access
Genome-wide analysis of MLO genes reveals evolutionary characteristics and patterns favorable for understanding plant-pathogen interactions
Research Square (Research Square)·2024Open Access
<scp>FIGL1</scp> prevents aberrant chromosome associations and fragmentation and limits crossovers in polyploid wheat meiosis
New Phytologist·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Down‐regulation of wheat Rubisco activase isoforms expression by virus‐induced gene silencing
Plant Direct·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
An array of <i>Zymoseptoria tritici</i> effectors suppress plant immune responses
2024· 8 citedOpen Access
Focus on the Effectors at the Interface of Plant–Microbe Interactions
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Comparative Analysis of the Avirulence Effectors Produced by the Fungal Stem Rust Pathogen of Wheat
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions·2024· 12 citedOpen Access
Fungal plant pathogen “mutagenomics” reveals tagged and untagged mutations in Zymoseptoria tritici and identifies SSK2 as key morphogenesis and stress-responsive virulence factor
Frontiers in Plant Science·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Combined pangenomics and transcriptomics reveals core and redundant virulence processes in a rapidly evolving fungal plant pathogen
BMC Biology·2023· 39 citedOpen Access
A large bioassay identifies Stb resistance genes that provide broad resistance against Septoria tritici blotch disease in the UK
Frontiers in Plant Science·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Induction of distinct plant cell death programs by secreted proteins from the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici
Scientific Reports·2022· 6 citedOpen Access
Pectin: a critical component in cell-wall-mediated immunity
Trends in Plant Science·2022· 38 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

K. E. Hammond‐Kosack(17), J. J. Rudd(10), Abdelhafid Bendahmane(8), Cristóbal Uauy(6), David C. Baulcombe(6), Carlos Bayón(5), Wing‐Sham Lee(4), Michael J. Adams(4), Graeme J. Kettles(4), Curtis Pozniak(3), Jaap Bakker(3), Stephen J. Powers(3), Robert C. King(3), С. К. Завриев(3), Bernhard J. Hofinger(3), Philippa Borrill(2), Sophie A. Harrington(2), Jemima Brinton(2), Luca Venturini(2), John Jacobs(2)