P. Njau

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

P. Njau is a scholar working on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, P. Njau has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Plant Science, 8 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in P. Njau's work include Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (26 papers), Genetics and Plant Breeding (16 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (11 papers). P. Njau is often cited by papers focused on Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (26 papers), Genetics and Plant Breeding (16 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (11 papers). P. Njau collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, United States and Mexico. P. Njau's co-authors include R. Wanyera, Julio Huerta‐Espino, Ravi P. Singh, Yue Jin, Yue Jin, David Hodson, Sridhar Bhavani, P. K. Singh, S. A. Herrera-Foessel and Velu Govindan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Nutrition, Annual Review of Phytopathology and Theoretical and Applied Genetics.

In The Last Decade

P. Njau

32 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

The Emergence of Ug99 Races of the Stem Rust Fungus is a Threat to World Wheat Production

2011 514 citations Ravi P. Singh, David Hodson et al. Annual Review of Phytopathology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
P. Njau Kenya	13	1.6k	419	374	310	85	34	1.7k
W. J. Raupp United States	18	1.9k 1.2×	407 1.0×	369 1.0×	203 0.7×	39 0.5×	25	2.0k
Amanda Burridge United Kingdom	19	1.3k 0.8×	224 0.5×	596 1.6×	157 0.5×	31 0.4×	43	1.4k
Marie-Noëlle Ndjiondjop Ivory Coast	20	1.2k 0.7×	234 0.6×	619 1.7×	64 0.2×	25 0.3×	59	1.4k
M. L. Carson United States	23	1.4k 0.9×	383 0.9×	489 1.3×	118 0.4×	278 3.3×	54	1.5k
R. M. Hunger United States	22	1.0k 0.6×	123 0.3×	154 0.4×	167 0.5×	158 1.9×	65	1.1k
F. J. Zeller Germany	34	2.9k 1.8×	434 1.0×	379 1.0×	140 0.5×	48 0.6×	89	3.0k
Jesús Moreno‐González Spain	17	975 0.6×	106 0.3×	779 2.1×	147 0.5×	24 0.3×	34	1.1k
Paula Bramel India	16	947 0.6×	141 0.3×	150 0.4×	124 0.4×	25 0.3×	45	1.1k
B.L. Harris New Zealand	22	299 0.2×	103 0.2×	1.4k 3.7×	702 2.3×	39 0.5×	73	1.6k
A. McNab United Kingdom	10	941 0.6×	56 0.1×	112 0.3×	315 1.0×	147 1.7×	21	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P. Njau

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Santoso, Marianne V., Rachel Bezner Kerr, Neema Kassim, et al.. (2021). A Nutrition-Sensitive Agroecology Intervention in Rural Tanzania Increases Children's Dietary Diversity and Household Food Security But Does Not Change Child Anthropometry: Results from a Cluster-Randomized Trial. Journal of Nutrition. 151(7). 2010–2021. 40 indexed citations

Njau, P., et al.. (2017). Evaluation of Stem Rust (Puccinia graminis f.sp tritici) Seedling Resistance in Kenyan Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Mutant Lines. World Journal of Agricultural Research. 5(5). 279–283. 2 indexed citations

Onguso, Justus M., et al.. (2015). Screening of Kenyan Bread Wheat Varieties for Resistance to the Emerging Strains of Stem rust Fungi (Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici) Race Ug99. World Journal of Agricultural Research. 3(1). 5–10. 4 indexed citations

Steffenson, Brian J., et al.. (2014). Association mapping of stem rust race TTKSK resistance in US barley breeding germplasm. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 127(6). 1293–1304. 33 indexed citations

Njau, P., et al.. (2012). MALT QUALITY AND STEM RUST RESISTANCE OF SELECTED BARLEY GENOTYPES IN KENYA. International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research. 2(1). 51–63. 4 indexed citations

Njau, P., Sridhar Bhavani, Julio Huerta‐Espino, Beat Keller, & Ravi P. Singh. (2012). Identification of QTL associated with durable adult plant resistance to stem rust race Ug99 in wheat cultivar ‘Pavon 76’. Euphytica. 190(1). 33–44. 35 indexed citations

Njau, P., et al.. (2012). Effect of Stem Rust on the Quality of Selected Barley Genotypes. 2012. 1–8. 5 indexed citations

Njau, P., et al.. (2012). Effect of Ug99 Race of Stem Rust (Puccinia Graminis F.Sp. Tritici) on Growth and Yield of Barley (Hordeum Vulgare L.) in Kenya. Journal of Agricultural Science. 4(5). 3 indexed citations

Singh, Ravi P., David Hodson, Julio Huerta‐Espino, et al.. (2011). The Emergence of Ug99 Races of the Stem Rust Fungus is a Threat to World Wheat Production. Annual Review of Phytopathology. 49(1). 465–481. 514 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rouse, Matthew N., R. Wanyera, P. Njau, & Yue Jin. (2011). Sources of Resistance to Stem Rust Race Ug99 in Spring Wheat Germplasm. Plant Disease. 95(6). 762–766. 80 indexed citations

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Wanyera, R., Dinesh Singh, P. Njau, et al.. (2010). Surveillance and race analysis of stem rust in Kenya for the years 2008 and 2009. 1 indexed citations

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Njau, P., et al.. (2009). Resistance in Kenyan bread wheat to recent eastern African isolate of stem rust, Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, Ug99. Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science. 1(2). 22–27. 12 indexed citations

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Njau, P., R. Wanyera, Geoffrey N. Kamau, et al.. (2009). Combating stem rust to protect wheat crops in Kenya.. 165–170. 1 indexed citations

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Njau, P., R. Wanyera, Ayele Badebo, et al.. (2009). Screening for stem rust resistance in East Africa.. 111–115. 2 indexed citations

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Singh, R. P., Julio Huerta‐Espino, Sridhar Bhavani, et al.. (2009). Breeding for minor gene-based adult plant resistance to stem rust in wheat.. 131–139. 2 indexed citations

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Singh, Rajender, David Hodson, Yue Jin, et al.. (2007). Current status, likely migration and strategies to mitigate the threat to wheat production from rzace Ug99 (TTKS) of stem rust pathogen.. CABI Reviews. 253 indexed citations

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Jin, Yue, Ravi P. Singh, Richard W. Ward, et al.. (2007). Characterization of Seedling Infection Types and Adult Plant Infection Responses of Monogenic Sr Gene Lines to Race TTKS of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici. Plant Disease. 91(9). 1096–1099. 249 indexed citations

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Njau, P., et al.. (2006). Wheat productivity improvement in the drought prone areas of Kenya. TSpace (University of Toronto). 14(1). 49–57. 6 indexed citations

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Kimurto, Paul, et al.. (2005). Responses of Some Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Germplasm to Varying Drought Stress Conditions under Rainshelter. Asian Journal of Plant Sciences. 4(3). 284–292. 1 indexed citations

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Njau, P., et al.. (1998). The effect of mulching and staking on the development of early and late blights of tomato. 3 indexed citations

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