Zhensheng Kang

20.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
466 papers, 13.5k citations indexed

About

Zhensheng Kang is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhensheng Kang has authored 466 papers receiving a total of 13.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 424 papers in Plant Science, 200 papers in Molecular Biology and 68 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Zhensheng Kang's work include Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (209 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (194 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (107 papers). Zhensheng Kang is often cited by papers focused on Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (209 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (194 papers) and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (107 papers). Zhensheng Kang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Zhensheng Kang's co-authors include H. Buchenauer, Xiaojie Wang, Lili Huang, Lili Huang, Xianming Chen, Qingmei Han, Jie Zhao, Jun Guo, Dejun Han and Chunlei Tang and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Zhensheng Kang

460 papers receiving 13.3k citations

Hit Papers

Variation in cis-regulation of a NAC transcription factor... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 2022 50 100 150
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.

  1. Variation in cis-regulation of a NAC transcription factor contributes to drought tolerance in wheat
    2021 154 citations Zhensheng Kang et al. profile →
  2. Inactivation of a wheat protein kinase gene confers broad-spectrum resistance to rust fungi
    2022 151 citations Xueling Huang, Zhensheng Kang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhensheng Kang China 62 12.3k 5.2k 2.4k 1.1k 584 466 13.5k
K. E. Hammond‐Kosack United Kingdom 57 14.2k 1.2× 4.9k 1.0× 4.5k 1.9× 527 0.5× 253 0.4× 155 16.1k
Ryohei Terauchi Japan 58 10.9k 0.9× 5.3k 1.0× 1.9k 0.8× 2.3k 2.0× 146 0.3× 193 12.9k
Cyril Zipfel United Kingdom 77 23.2k 1.9× 7.0k 1.4× 1.7k 0.7× 350 0.3× 363 0.6× 166 25.0k
Jian‐Min Zhou China 74 19.2k 1.6× 6.9k 1.3× 1.3k 0.5× 430 0.4× 169 0.3× 167 21.9k
Gregory B. Martin United States 74 18.0k 1.5× 6.4k 1.2× 1.3k 0.5× 1.0k 0.9× 137 0.2× 199 19.8k
Paul J. J. Hooykaas Netherlands 62 10.4k 0.9× 11.0k 2.1× 853 0.3× 784 0.7× 298 0.5× 198 14.7k
Z. A. Pretorius South Africa 31 6.6k 0.5× 2.5k 0.5× 1.9k 0.8× 707 0.6× 539 0.9× 134 7.2k
Ken Shirasu Japan 77 17.6k 1.4× 7.9k 1.5× 1.6k 0.7× 404 0.4× 417 0.7× 219 20.3k
Dario Cantù United States 44 5.3k 0.4× 2.6k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 732 0.6× 142 0.2× 109 6.5k
Zhangjun Fei United States 77 14.2k 1.2× 10.1k 2.0× 608 0.2× 1.9k 1.7× 210 0.4× 320 18.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhensheng Kang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhensheng Kang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhensheng Kang

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jia, Conghui, et al.. (2024). The wheat CC-NBS-LRR protein TaRGA3 confers resistance to stripe rust by suppressing ascorbate peroxidase 6 activity. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 197(1). 2 indexed citations
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Kang, Zhensheng, et al.. (2024). Stripe rust effector Pst03724 modulates host immunity by inhibiting NAD kinase activation by a calmodulin. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 195(2). 1624–1641. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Shuai, et al.. (2024). The Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase TaCDPK7 Positively Regulates Wheat Resistance to Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(2). 1048–1048. 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hong, Yuanming Liu, Xiangyu Zhang, Wanquan Ji, & Zhensheng Kang. (2023). A necessary considering factor for breeding: growth-defense tradeoff in plants. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 6–6. 20 indexed citations
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Chen, Dezhi, Anle Chen, Anfei Fang, et al.. (2023). A chitin deacetylase Ps CDA2 from Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici confers disease pathogenicity by suppressing chitin‐triggered immunity in wheat. Molecular Plant Pathology. 24(12). 1467–1479. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Tian, Yang Zhao, Xiaofei Liang, et al.. (2023). Systemic screening of Fusarium oxysporum candidate effectors reveals FoSSP17 that suppresses plant immunity and contributes to virulence. Phytopathology Research. 5(1). 8 indexed citations
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Peng, Huan, et al.. (2022). A candidate effector protein PstCFEM1 contributes to virulence of stripe rust fungus and impairs wheat immunity. Stress Biology. 2(1). 21–21. 23 indexed citations
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Guo, Jia, et al.. (2022). A serine-rich effector from the stripe rust pathogen targets a Raf-like kinase to suppress host immunity. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 190(1). 762–778. 23 indexed citations
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Li, Min, Feng Zhang, Qiong Zhang, et al.. (2022). A small knottin-like peptide negatively regulates in wheat to stripe rust resistance during early infection of wheat. The Crop Journal. 11(2). 457–467. 8 indexed citations
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Ali, Sajid, Wei Liu, Zedong Zhang, et al.. (2022). Countrywide inter‐epidemic region migration pattern suggests the role of southwestern population in wheat stripe rust epidemics in China. Environmental Microbiology. 24(10). 4684–4701. 13 indexed citations
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Islam, Md Ashraful, Jia Guo, Fuxin He, et al.. (2021). TaAP2-15, An AP2/ERF Transcription Factor, Is Positively Involved in Wheat Resistance to Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(4). 2080–2080. 27 indexed citations
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Yuan, Fengping, Qingdong Zeng, Jianhui Wu, et al.. (2018). QTL Mapping and Validation of Adult Plant Resistance to Stripe Rust in Chinese Wheat Landrace Humai 15. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9. 968–968. 48 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xiaoguo, Tuo Qi, Qian Yang, et al.. (2017). Host-Induced Gene Silencing of the MAPKK Gene PsFUZ7 Confers Stable Resistance to Wheat Stripe Rust. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 175(4). 1853–1863. 65 indexed citations
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Gao, Xiaoning, et al.. (2015). EndophyticBacillus subtilisStrain E1R-J Is a Promising Biocontrol Agent for Wheat Powdery Mildew. BioMed Research International. 2015. 1–8. 32 indexed citations
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Qin, Juan, Fuxin He, Xiaoguo Zhu, et al.. (2014). [Function of a calcium-dependent protein kinase gene Pscamk in Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici].. PubMed. 54(11). 1296–303. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zhibo, et al.. (2013). Identification and characterization of the causal agent of bacterial canker of kiwifruit in the Shaanxi province of China. Journal of Plant Pathology. 95(1). 155–162. 19 indexed citations

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