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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
78
Citations
20844
World Ranking
4560
National Ranking
137

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • DNA
  • Enzyme

Zhensheng Kang focuses on Genetics, Gene, Botany, Virulence and Plant disease resistance. His biological study deals with issues like Fungus, which deal with fields such as Basidiomycota. His research in Botany intersects with topics in Haustorium and Rust.

He combines subjects such as Molecular biology and Hypersensitive response with his study of Haustorium. Zhensheng Kang has included themes like Stripe rust, Mutant, Puccinia striiformis and Genotype in his Virulence study. His Gene expression research incorporates themes from Methyl jasmonate, Abiotic stress and Cell biology.

His most cited work include:

  • Functional Analysis of the Kinome of the Wheat Scab Fungus Fusarium graminearum (189 citations)
  • Histochemical studies on the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (O2− and H2O2) in the incompatible and compatible interaction of wheat—Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (158 citations)
  • High genome heterozygosity and endemic genetic recombination in the wheat stripe rust fungus (142 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Zhensheng Kang mainly investigates Genetics, Gene, Botany, Virulence and Pathogen. His work in Genetics tackles topics such as Cultivar which are related to areas like Stripe rust and Seedling. The Gene study combines topics in areas such as Microbiology and Cell biology.

His work deals with themes such as Haustorium and Inoculation, which intersect with Botany. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Plant defense against herbivory and Mutant. His Pathogen study combines topics in areas such as Puccinia striiformis, Genotype and Sexual reproduction.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Genetics (44.03%)
  • Gene (43.71%)
  • Botany (25.79%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2019-2021)?

  • Gene (43.71%)
  • Genetics (44.03%)
  • Stripe rust (10.38%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary scientific interests are in Gene, Genetics, Stripe rust, Arabidopsis and Cell biology. His Gene study frequently draws connections between adjacent fields such as Hypha. Zhensheng Kang combines subjects such as Puccinia striiformis and Resistance with his study of Stripe rust.

His Arabidopsis research integrates issues from Powdery mildew, Rust, Genetically modified crops, Sugar transporter and Drought tolerance. His Cell biology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Haustorium, Regulator and Nicotiana benthamiana. As a part of the same scientific study, Zhensheng Kang usually deals with the Transgene, concentrating on Cell wall and frequently concerns with Microbiology.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Regulatory changes in TaSNAC8-6A are associated with drought tolerance in wheat seedlings. (12 citations)
  • Haustoria – arsenals during the interaction between wheat and Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (8 citations)
  • A stripe rust effector Pst18363 targets and stabilises TaNUDX23 that promotes stripe rust disease (8 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Gene
  • DNA
  • Enzyme

His primary areas of study are Gene, Genetics, Arabidopsis, Genome and Transcriptome. His Gene research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Pathogen and Microbiology. His study in Plant disease resistance, Virulence, Phylogenetic tree, Common wheat and Linkage disequilibrium is carried out as part of his studies in Genetics.

His Arabidopsis research also works with subjects such as

  • Drought tolerance that connect with fields like Abiotic component,
  • Rust that intertwine with fields like Cell biology, Programmed cell death, Gene silencing, Nudix hydrolase and Reactive oxygen species. His Genome research incorporates elements of Cytoplasm, Real-time polymerase chain reaction and Protein family. He studied Transcriptome and Effector that intersect with Wheat leaf rust and Protein domain.

Best Publications

  • WheatOmics: A platform combining multiple omics data to accelerate functional genomics studies in wheat.

    Shengwei Ma;Shengwei Ma;Meng Wang;Jianhui Wu;Weilong Guo

  • Functional Analysis of the Kinome of the Wheat Scab Fungus Fusarium graminearum

    Chenfang Wang;Shijie Zhang;Rui Hou;Zhongtao Zhao

  • Histochemical studies on the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (O2− and H2O2) in the incompatible and compatible interaction of wheat—Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici

    Chen-Fang Wang;Li-Li Huang;Heinrich Buchenauer;Heinrich Buchenauer;Qing-Mei Han

  • High genome heterozygosity and endemic genetic recombination in the wheat stripe rust fungus

    Wenming Zheng;Wenming Zheng;Lili Huang;Jinqun Huang;Xiaojie Wang

  • Cytology and ultrastructure of the infection of wheat spikes by Fusarium culmorum

    Zhensheng Kang;Heinrich Buchenauer

  • The Stripe Rust Resistance Gene Yr10 Encodes an Evolutionary-Conserved and Unique CC–NBS–LRR Sequence in Wheat

    Wei Liu;Michele Frick;Réné Huel;Cory L. Nykiforuk

  • Characterization of a novel wheat NAC transcription factor gene involved in defense response against stripe rust pathogen infection and abiotic stresses

    Ning Xia;Gang Zhang;Gang Zhang;Xin-Ying Liu;Lin Deng

  • Genome sequence of Valsa canker pathogens uncovers a potential adaptation of colonization of woody bark

    Zhiyuan Yin;Huiquan Liu;Zhengpeng Li;Xiwang Ke

  • A secretory protein of necrotrophic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum that suppresses host resistance.

    Wenjun Zhu;Wei Wei;Yanping Fu;Jiasen Cheng

  • Virulence Characterization of International Collections of the Wheat Stripe Rust Pathogen, Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici.

    D. Sharma-Poudyal;X. M. Chen;A. M. Wan;G. M. Zhan

  • Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici microRNA‐like RNA 1 (Pst‐milR1), an important pathogenicity factor of Pst, impairs wheat resistance to Pst by suppressing the wheat pathogenesis‐related 2 gene

    Bing Wang;Yanfei Sun;Na Song;Mengxin Zhao

  • The target gene of tae-miR164, a novel NAC transcription factor from the NAM subfamily, negatively regulates resistance of wheat to stripe rust.

    Hao Feng;Xiaoyuan Duan;Qiong Zhang;Xiaorui Li

  • An effector protein of the wheat stripe rust fungus targets chloroplasts and suppresses chloroplast function.

    Qiang Xu;Chunlei Tang;Xiaodong Wang;Shutian Sun

  • Biological control of take-all in wheat by endophytic Bacillus subtilis E1R-j and potential mode of action.

    Bing Liu;Hongping Qiao;Lili Huang;Heinrich Buchenauer

  • Identification of Eighteen Berberis Species as Alternate Hosts of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici and Virulence Variation in the Pathogen Isolates from Natural Infection of Barberry Plants in China

    Jie Zhao;Long Wang;Zhiyan Wang;Xianming Chen

  • TaNAC8, a novel NAC transcription factor gene in wheat, responds to stripe rust pathogen infection and abiotic stresses

    Ning Xia;Gang Zhang;Yan-Fei Sun;Lin Zhu

  • MicroRNAs involving in cold, wounding and salt stresses in Triticum aestivum L.

    Bing Wang;Yan-fei Sun;Na Song;Jin-ping Wei

  • Target of tae-miR408, a chemocyanin-like protein gene (TaCLP1), plays positive roles in wheat response to high-salinity, heavy cupric stress and stripe rust

    Hao Feng;Qiong Zhang;Qiuling Wang;Xiaojie Wang

  • Role of Alternate Hosts in Epidemiology and Pathogen Variation of Cereal Rusts.

    Jie Zhao;Meinan Wang;Xianming Chen;Zhensheng Kang

  • Molecular mapping of Yr53, a new gene for stripe rust resistance in durum wheat accession PI 480148 and its transfer to common wheat

    L. S. Xu;L. S. Xu;M. N. Wang;P. Cheng;Z. S. Kang

Frequent Co-Authors

Xianming Chen
Xianming Chen Washington State University
Hao Feng
Hao Feng Northwest A&F University
Jin-Rong Xu
Jin-Rong Xu Purdue University West Lafayette
Ralf T. Voegele
Ralf T. Voegele University of Hohenheim
Chenfang Wang
Chenfang Wang Northwest A&F University
Jorge Dubcovsky
Jorge Dubcovsky University of California, Davis
Sridhar Bhavani
Sridhar Bhavani International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Ravi P. Singh
Ravi P. Singh International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Huiquan Liu
Huiquan Liu Northwest A&F University
Scot H. Hulbert
Scot H. Hulbert Washington State University

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