Samwel Muiruri

Kenyatta University — KE

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

8h-index288citations19works1.12yr avg
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Research Topics

Banana Cultivation and Research(9), Plant Virus Research Studies(6), Plant tissue culture and regeneration(4), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering(4), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies(4)

Publications19 total

Overexpression of MusaVicilin Gene for Disease Resistance in Banana
2025Open Access
Loss of function of MusaPUB genes in banana can provide enhanced resistance to bacterial wilt disease
Communications Biology·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Genetic Improvement of Banana for Resistance to Xanthomonas Wilt in East Africa
Food and Energy Security·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Transgenic tomato strategies targeting whitefly eggs from apoplastic or ovary-directed proteins
BMC Plant Biology·2024Open Access
Advancements and challenges in gene editing for improvement of vegetatively propagated crops
Current Opinion in Plant Biology·2024· 5 cited
Transgenic Tomato Strategies Targeting Whitefly Eggs from Apoplastic or Ovary-Directed Proteins
2024Open Access
Cassava Mosaic Virus Vector-Based Delivery of <i>Arabidopsis Thaliana Flowering Locus T (AtFT), Mahihot Esculenta (Cassava) Flowering Locus T1 (MeFT1)</i> Genes into Different Plant Species
SSRN Electronic Journal·2024Open Access
Cassava molecular genetics and genomics for enhanced resistance to diseases and pests
Molecular Plant Pathology·2023· 27 citedOpen Access
Advances in Cassava Trait Improvement and Processing Technologies for Food and Feed
IntechOpen eBooks·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Improvement of Nutraceutical Traits of Banana: New Breeding Techniques
2023
Improvement of Nutraceutical Traits of Banana: New Breeding Techniques
2023· 2 cited
Genome Editing for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa
Frontiers in Genome Editing·2022· 67 citedOpen Access
Cassava (<i>Manihot esculenta</i>) dual use for food and bioenergy: A review
Food and Energy Security·2022· 69 citedOpen Access
Expression and processing of polycistronic artificial microRNAs and <i>trans</i> ‐acting siRNAs from transiently introduced transgenes in <i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> and <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i>
The Plant Journal·2021· 24 citedOpen Access
Expression and processing of polycistronic artificial microRNAs and <i>trans</i> -acting siRNAs in <i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> and <i>Nicotiana benthamiana</i>
2021Open Access
Phloem Exudate Protein Profiles during Drought and Recovery Reveal Abiotic Stress Responses in Tomato Vasculature
International Journal of Molecular Sciences·2020· 24 citedOpen Access
Molecular Basis of Disease Resistance in Banana Progenitor Musa balbisiana against Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum
Scientific Reports·2019· 46 citedOpen Access
Dominant Allele Phylogeny and Constitutive Subgenome Haplotype Inference in Bananas Using Mitochondrial and Nuclear Markers
Genome Biology and Evolution·2017· 5 citedOpen Access
Expressed Centromere Specific Histone 3 (CENH3) Variants in Cultivated Triploid and Wild Diploid Bananas (Musa spp.)
Frontiers in Plant Science·2017· 8 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Leena Tripathi(13), Jaindra Nath Tripathi(7), Valentine Otang Ntui(6), Sairam Rudrabhatla(3), Wayne R. Curtis(3), Anwar Aliya Fathima(2), Trushar Shah(2), Alice Lunardon(2), Michael J. Axtell(2), Anne Britt(2), Nelson O. Amugune(2), Edward K. Nguu(2), Wan Chan(2), Jaindra Nath Tripathi(2), Mathiazhagan Malarvizhi(2), K. V. Ravishankar(2), Natalie S. Thompson(2), Aliya Fathima Anwar(2), David Krum(2), Michael Ream(2)