Evans S. Lagudah

The paper identifies a wheat resistance gene Lr41 that directly recognizes an effector AvrLr41 through its pseudokinase domain, revealing a non-canonical immune mechanism involving kinase-type receptors and helper proteins.

The paper analyzes the genetic composition and history of the bread wheat D genome using a pangenome of its donor species, revealing contributions from discrete subpopulations of Aegilops tauschii.

This study identifies Rph7, a barley resistance gene against leaf rust, as a putative NAC transcription factor involved in basal defence activation.

This paper clones four stem rust resistance genes in wild diploid wheat using association genetics and R gene enrichment sequencing within six months.

This study assesses the functionality of cloned wheat Sr genes in barley, finding that Sr22, Sr33, Sr35, and Sr45 confer effective resistance against stem rust caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici.