Leena Tripathi

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture — KE

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Banana Cultivation and Research(91), Plant tissue culture and regeneration(49), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies(35), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering(31), Plant Virus Research Studies(16)

Publications166 total

Engineering cassava for smart potassium use
Nature Plants·2025
Overexpression of MusaVicilin Gene for Disease Resistance in Banana
2025Open Access
Enhancing regeneration in white yam (Dioscorea rotundata) through friable embryogenic callus
Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC)·2025
Enhancing Regeneration in White Yam (Dioscorea rotundata) Through Friable Embryogenic Callus
2025Open Access
Loss of function of MusaPUB genes in banana can provide enhanced resistance to bacterial wilt disease
Communications Biology·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Predicting aflatoxin risk in maize using machine learning and satellite data in East and Southern Africa
World Mycotoxin Journal·2025· 2 cited
PlantGENE report on panel discussion: advancing plant biotechnology in Africa
In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Editorial overview: Genome studies and molecular genetics 2024
Current Opinion in Plant Biology·2025Open Access
Genetic Improvement of Banana for Resistance to Xanthomonas Wilt in East Africa
Food and Energy Security·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Agrobacterium tumefaciens–Mediated Genome Editing in Banana
Methods in molecular biology·2025
Advancements and challenges in gene editing for improvement of vegetatively propagated crops
Current Opinion in Plant Biology·2024· 5 cited
Using CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing to enhance disease resistance in banana
CABI Reviews·2024· 1 cited
Application of CRISPR/Cas-based gene-editing for developing better banana
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology·2024· 22 citedOpen Access
Q&A: Methods for estimating genetic gain in sub‐Saharan Africa and achieving improved gains
The Plant Genome·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Broad range plastid genome editing with monomeric <scp>TALE</scp>‐linked cytosine and dual base editors
Plant Biotechnology Journal·2024· 12 citedOpen Access
<i>In Vitro</i> Propagation of Yam as a Medicinal Plant
BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS eBooks·2024
Loss of function of MusaPUB genes in banana can provide enhanced resistance to bacterial wilt disease
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Applications, Benefits, and Challenges of Genome Edited Crops
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Making genome editing a success story in Africa
Nature Biotechnology·2024· 11 citedOpen Access
Cassava Mosaic Virus Vector-Based Delivery of &lt;i&gt;Arabidopsis Thaliana Flowering Locus T (AtFT), Mahihot Esculenta (Cassava) Flowering Locus T1 (MeFT1)&lt;/i&gt; Genes into Different Plant Species
SSRN Electronic Journal·2024Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Jaindra Nath Tripathi(29), Valentine Otang Ntui(12), Wilberforce Tushemereirwe(7), Ranajit Bandyopadhyay(4), Evans N. Nyaboga(3), Samwel Muiruri(3), Hugh Roderick(3), Howard J. Atkinson(3), Samwel K. Muiruri(2), Anne Britt(2), James P. Legg(2), P. Lava Kumar(2), Morag Ferguson(2), Pheneas Ntawuruhunga(2), M. Mwangi(2), Steffen Abele(2), Trushar Shah(2), Guy Blomme(2), Jerome Kubiriba(2), Rajesh Manoharan(2)