Les J. Szabo

7.4k citations

86 papers · 4.1k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 35

Co-authors: Yue Jin Kurt J. Leonard Paul J. Zambino Z. A. Pretorius T. Fetch M. L. Carson Ravi P. Singh Matthew N. Rouse
Topics: Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies (52 papers)Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (42 papers)Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (34 papers)
Cited by: Plant Science Cell Biology Agronomy and Crop Science
Journals: Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nature Communications
Partner nations: United States Russia Canada

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Les J. Szabo

84 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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Emergence and Spread of New Races of Wheat Stem Rust Fungus: Continued Threat to Food Security and Prospects of Genetic Control

2015 315 citations Yue Jin, Matthew N. Rouse et al. Phytopathology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A unique race of the wheat stem rust pathogen with virulence on Sr31 identified in Spain and reaction of wheat and durum cultivars to this race 2022 ·Plant Pathology ·Pablo D. Olivera,Dolors Villegas,Carlos Cantero‐Martínez,Les J. Szabo,Matthew N. Rouse,Douglas G. Luster,(unknown),Marta S. Lopes,Yue Jin	20
2	Barberry plays an active role as an alternate host of Puccinia graminis in Spain 2022 ·Plant Pathology ·Dolors Villegas,(unknown),Carlos Cantero‐Martínez,Douglas G. Luster,Les J. Szabo,Pablo D. Olivera,Anna Berlin,Julián Rodríguez-Algaba,Mogens S. Hovmøller,R. A. McIntosh,Yue Jin	13
3	Population genomics of Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici highlights the role of admixture in the origin of virulent wheat rust races 2022 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown),(unknown),Andrés Salcedo,Fei He,Robert L. Bowden,John P. Fellers,Katherine W. Jordan,Alina Akhunova,(unknown),Les J. Szabo,Eduard Akhunov	16
4	Genotyping-by-Sequencing for the Study of Genetic Diversity inPuccinia triticina 2019 ·Plant Disease ·Meriem Aoun,J. A. Kolmer,(unknown),Jonathan K. Richards,Robert Brueggeman,Les J. Szabo,Maricelis Acevedo	13
5	Variation in the AvrSr35 gene determines Sr35 resistance against wheat stem rust race Ug99 2017 ·Science ·Andrés Salcedo,William B. Rutter,(unknown),Alina Akhunova,Stephen Bolus,Shiaoman Chao,Nickolas Anderson,(unknown),Matthew N. Rouse,Les J. Szabo,Robert L. Bowden,Jorge Dubcovsky,Eduard Akhunov	156
6	Changing the Game: Using Integrative Genomics to Probe Virulence Mechanisms of the Stem Rust Pathogen Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici 2016 ·Frontiers in Plant Science ·Melania Figueroa,Narayana M. Upadhyaya,Jana Sperschneider,Robert Park,Les J. Szabo,Brian J. Steffenson,Jeff Ellis,Peter N. Dodds	35
7	Using Hierarchical Clustering of Secreted Protein Families to Classify and Rank Candidate Effectors of Rust Fungi 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·Diane G. O. Saunders,Joe Win,Liliana M. Cano,Les J. Szabo,Sophien Kamoun,Sylvain Raffaele	178
8	Century-Old Mystery of Puccinia striiformis Life History Solved with the Identification of Berberis as an Alternate Host 2010 ·Phytopathology ·Yue Jin,Les J. Szabo,M. L. Carson	244
9	Molecular variability of a Minnesota population of Phoma medicaginis var. medicaginis , the causal agent of spring black stem and leaf spot of alfalfa 2008 ·Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology ·(unknown),Les J. Szabo,Liane Rosewich Gale,Nichole R. O’Neill,Deborah A. Samac	5
10	A Rapid Method for Detecting and Quantifying Bacterial DNA in Rust Fungal DNA Samples 2007 ·Phytopathology ·Charles W. Barnes,Les J. Szabo	7
11	An overview of the higher level classification of Pucciniomycotina based on combined analyses of nuclear large and small subunit rDNA sequences 2006 ·Mycologia ·M. Catherine Aime,P. Brandon Matheny,Daniel A. Henk,Elizabeth M. Frieders,R. Henrik Nilsson,Meike Piepenbring,David J. McLaughlin,Les J. Szabo,Dominik Begerow,José Paulo Sampaio,Robert Bauer,(unknown),Franz Oberwinkler,David S. Hibbett	127
12	Innate Nonhost Immunity in Barley to Different Heterologous Rust Fungi Is Controlled by Sets of Resistance Genes with Different and Overlapping Specificities 2006 ·Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·Hossein Jafary,Les J. Szabo,R.E. Niks	64
13	Stem rust of small grains and grasses caused by Puccinia graminis 2005 ·Molecular Plant Pathology ·Kurt J. Leonard,Les J. Szabo	224
14	Transient expression and insertional mutagenesis of Puccinia triticina using biolistics 2005 ·Functional & Integrative Genomics ·Craig A. Webb,Les J. Szabo,Guus Bakkeren,(unknown),Richard C. Staples,M. G. Eversmeyer,John P. Fellers	22
15	Characterization and Spatial Distribution of Aphanomyces in Sugarbeet Fields 2004 ·Journal of Sugarbeet Research ·Alan T. Dyer,Les J. Szabo,Carol E. Windels	6
16	Genetic engineering of disease resistance in cereals 1998 ·Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology ·W. R. Bushnell,David A. Somers,(unknown),Les J. Szabo,R.J. Zeyen	18
17	Phylogenetic relationships in auriculariaceous basidiomycetes based on 25S ribosomal DNA sequences 1995 ·Mycologia ·Mark E. Berres,Les J. Szabo,David J. McLaughlin	29
18	Molecules and morphology in basidiomycete phylogeny 1995 ·Canadian Journal of Botany ·David J. McLaughlin,Mark E. Berres,Les J. Szabo	25
19	Phylogenetic Relationships of Selected Cereal and Grass Rusts Based on Rdna Sequence Analysis 1993 ·Mycologia ·Paul J. Zambino,Les J. Szabo	115
20	The tomato Cab-4 and Cab-5 genes encode a second type of CAB polypeptides localized in Photosystem II 1987 ·Plant Molecular Biology ·Eran Pichersky,Norman E. Hoffman,V. S. Malik,Robert Bernatzky,S. D. Tanksley,Les J. Szabo,Anthony R. Cashmore	78

About Les J. Szabo

Les J. Szabo is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology, having authored 86 papers that have together received 4.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies (52 papers), Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (42 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (34 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (3.6k citations), Cell Biology (873 citations) and Agronomy and Crop Science (405 citations). Les J. Szabo has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Russia and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Yue Jin, Kurt J. Leonard, Paul J. Zambino, Z. A. Pretorius, T. Fetch, M. L. Carson, Ravi P. Singh, Matthew N. Rouse, Gillian M. Small and Paul B. Lazarow. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

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