Michael Ayliffe

10.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
79 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Michael Ayliffe is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Ayliffe has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Plant Science, 36 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Michael Ayliffe's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (32 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (30 papers) and Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (29 papers). Michael Ayliffe is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (32 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (30 papers) and Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (29 papers). Michael Ayliffe collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Michael Ayliffe's co-authors include Jeremy N. Timmis, Gregory J. Lawrence, Chun Huang, Peter N. Dodds, William Martin, Jeffrey G. Ellis, Ann‐Maree Catanzariti, E. Jean Finnegan, Jim Ellis and Evans Lagudah and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Ayliffe

77 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Endosymbiotic gene transfer: organelle genomes forge eukaryotic chromosomes

2004 1.1k citations Jeremy N. Timmis, Michael Ayliffe et al. Nature Reviews Genetics profile →
Direct protein interaction underlies gene-for-gene specificity and coevolution of the flax resistance genes and flax rust avirulence genes

2006 572 citations Peter N. Dodds, Gregory J. Lawrence et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
A recently evolved hexose transporter variant confers resistance to multiple pathogens in wheat

2015 500 citations Caixia Lan, Michael Ayliffe et al. profile →
Emergence and Spread of New Races of Wheat Stem Rust Fungus: Continued Threat to Food Security and Prospects of Genetic Control

2015 315 citations Ravi P. Singh, David Hodson et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Ayliffe Australia	38	5.4k	2.9k	706	518	299	79	6.7k
Pete E. Hedley United Kingdom	42	4.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	919 1.3×	432 0.8×	184 0.6×	144	5.4k
Kentaro Yoshida Japan	32	5.9k 1.1×	2.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.9×	1.1k 2.2×	228 0.8×	90	6.8k
André Laroche Canada	37	3.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	479 0.7×	446 0.9×	202 0.7×	150	4.4k
Kevin L. Childs United States	37	4.0k 0.7×	3.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.6×	187 0.4×	418 1.4×	85	5.8k
Michel Delseny France	53	6.6k 1.2×	5.2k 1.8×	759 1.1×	261 0.5×	338 1.1×	176	8.5k
Foo Cheung United States	25	2.9k 0.5×	2.3k 0.8×	579 0.8×	234 0.5×	289 1.0×	33	4.5k
N. F. Weeden United States	42	4.9k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	681 1.0×	726 1.4×	976 3.3×	151	5.9k
Richard D. Hayes United States	9	3.1k 0.6×	2.8k 1.0×	496 0.7×	138 0.3×	268 0.9×	18	4.7k
Zuhua He China	53	9.2k 1.7×	4.1k 1.4×	1.2k 1.7×	462 0.9×	389 1.3×	116	10.4k
Martin Trick United Kingdom	37	4.2k 0.8×	3.4k 1.2×	1.0k 1.5×	121 0.2×	356 1.2×	66	5.5k

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Singh, Ravi Pratap, David Hodson, P. K. Singh, et al.. (2025). Challenges to Wheat Disease Resistance and Current Global Strategies. Annual Review of Phytopathology. 63(1). 201–224.

Chen, Jian, Jana Sperschneider, Narayana M. Upadhyaya, et al.. (2024). Pooled effector library screening in protoplasts rapidly identifies novel Avr genes. Nature Plants. 10(4). 572–580. 18 indexed citations

Li, Hongyu, Peng Zhang, Ming Luo, et al.. (2023). Introgression of the bread wheat D genome encoded Lr34/Yr18/Sr57/Pm38/Ltn1 adult plant resistance gene into Triticum turgidum (durum wheat). Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 136(11). 226–226. 2 indexed citations

Jost, Matthias, Megan A. Outram, Katherine E. Dibley, et al.. (2023). Plant and pathogen genomics: essential approaches for stem rust resistance gene stacks in wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1223504–1223504. 6 indexed citations

Singh, Davinder, Göetz Hensel, Jochen Kumlehn, et al.. (2022). The barley leaf rust resistance gene Rph3 encodes a predicted membrane protein and is induced upon infection by avirulent pathotypes of Puccinia hordei. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2386–2386. 19 indexed citations

Upadhyaya, Narayana M., Rohit Mago, Vinay Panwar, et al.. (2021). Genomics accelerated isolation of a new stem rust avirulence gene–wheat resistance gene pair. Nature Plants. 7(9). 1220–1228. 74 indexed citations

Periyannan, Sambasivam, John Moore, Michael Ayliffe, et al.. (2013). The Gene Sr33, an Ortholog of Barley Mla Genes, Encodes Resistance to Wheat Stem Rust Race Ug99. Science. 341(6147). 786–788. 266 indexed citations

Ayliffe, Michael, Davinder Singh, Robert Park, Matthew Moscou, & Tony Pryor. (2013). Infection of Brachypodium distachyon with Selected Grass Rust Pathogens. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 26(8). 946–957. 37 indexed citations

Rousseau‐Gueutin, Mathieu, Michael Ayliffe, & Jeremy N. Timmis. (2012). Plastid DNA in the nucleus. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 7(2). 269–272. 6 indexed citations

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Ayliffe, Michael & A. Pryor. (2010). Activation Tagging and Insertional Mutagenesis in Barley. Methods in molecular biology. 678. 107–128. 7 indexed citations

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Ayliffe, Michael, Ravi P. Singh, & Evans Lagudah. (2008). Durable resistance to wheat stem rust needed. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 11(2). 187–192. 77 indexed citations

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Sheppard, Anna E., Michael Ayliffe, Anil Day, et al.. (2008). Transfer of Plastid DNA to the Nucleus Is Elevated during Male Gametogenesis in Tobacco. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 148(1). 328–336. 45 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Simon A., Maria Stella Lombardi, Donald M. Gardiner, Michael Ayliffe, & Peter Anderson. (2007). The M flax rust resistance pre-mRNA is alternatively spliced and contains a complex upstream untranslated region. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 115(3). 373–382. 9 indexed citations

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Dodds, Peter N., Gregory J. Lawrence, Ann‐Maree Catanzariti, et al.. (2006). Direct protein interaction underlies gene-for-gene specificity and coevolution of the flax resistance genes and flax rust avirulence genes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(23). 8888–8893. 572 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jacobsen, John V., Ingrid Venables, Ming‐Bo Wang, et al.. (2006). Barley (<i>Hordeum vulgare</i> L.). Humana Press eBooks. 343. 171–184. 149 indexed citations

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Catanzariti, Ann‐Maree, Peter N. Dodds, Gregory J. Lawrence, Michael Ayliffe, & Jeffrey G. Ellis. (2005). Haustorially Expressed Secreted Proteins from Flax Rust Are Highly Enriched for Avirulence Elicitors. The Plant Cell. 18(1). 243–256. 322 indexed citations

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Dodds, Peter N., Gregory J. Lawrence, Ann‐Maree Catanzariti, Michael Ayliffe, & Jeffrey G. Ellis. (2004). The Melampsora lini AvrL567 Avirulence Genes Are Expressed in Haustoria and Their Products Are Recognized inside Plant Cells. The Plant Cell. 16(3). 755–768. 296 indexed citations

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Timmis, Jeremy N., Michael Ayliffe, Chun Huang, & William Martin. (2004). Endosymbiotic gene transfer: organelle genomes forge eukaryotic chromosomes. Nature Reviews Genetics. 5(2). 123–135. 1096 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ayliffe, Michael, Martin Steinau, Robert Park, et al.. (2004). Aberrant mRNA Processing of the Maize Rp1-D Rust Resistance Gene in Wheat and Barley. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 17(8). 853–864. 24 indexed citations

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Ayliffe, Michael. (2004). Molecular Genetics of Disease Resistance in Cereals. Annals of Botany. 94(6). 765–773. 54 indexed citations

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