Z. A. Pretorius

10.3k citations

134 papers · 7.2k · 3 hit papers · h-index 31

Impact in

Plant Science top 0.1%
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
- Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Genetics and Plant Breeding
- Plant Pathogens and Resistance
Cell Biology top 0.5%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

Papers in

Plant Science 131
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology 101
- Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics 63
- Plant Pathogens and Resistance 26
- Genetics and Plant Breeding 20
- Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms 11
Molecular Biology 79
- Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies 73

Co-authors: Jeff Ellis (3 shared papers)Gary D. Foster (3 shared papers)Ralph A. Dean (3 shared papers)J. J. Rudd (3 shared papers)Regine Kahmann (3 shared papers)Antonio Di Pietro (3 shared papers)J.A.L. van Kan (3 shared papers)K. E. Hammond‐Kosack (3 shared papers)
Journals: Plant Disease (29 papers)Euphytica (7 papers)Molecular Plant Pathology (6 papers)Theoretical and Applied Genetics (6 papers)Phytopathology (5 papers)
Partner nations: South Africa United States Australia

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Z. A. Pretorius

130 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Z. A. Pretorius's Hit Papers

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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

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2015 Phytopathology
2012 Molecular Plant Pathology
2000 Plant Disease

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1	The Top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology Molecular Plant Pathology ·Ralph A. Dean, J.A.L. van Kan, Z. A. Pretorius, K. E. Hammond‐Kosack, Antonio Di Pietro, Pietro D. Spanu, J. J. Rudd, MARTY DICKMAN, Regine Kahmann, Jeff Ellis, Gary D. Foster Hit paper breakdown →	2012	3274
2	Detection of Virulence to Wheat Stem Rust Resistance Gene Sr31 in Puccinia graminis. f. sp. tritici in Uganda Plant Disease ·Z. A. Pretorius, Ravi P. Singh, W. W. Wagoire, T. S. Payne Hit paper breakdown →	2000	512
3	Detection of Virulence to Resistance Gene Sr24 Within Race TTKS of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici Plant Disease ·Yue Jin, Les J. Szabo, Z. A. Pretorius, Ravi P. Singh, Richard W. Ward, T. Fetch	2008	337
4	Emergence and Spread of New Races of Wheat Stem Rust Fungus: Continued Threat to Food Security and Prospects of Genetic Control Phytopathology ·Ravi P. Singh, David Hodson, Yue Jin, Evans Lagudah, Michael Ayliffe, Sridhar Bhavani, Matthew N. Rouse, Z. A. Pretorius, Les J. Szabo, Julio Huerta‐Espino, Bhoja R. Basnet, Caixia Lan, Mogens S. Hovmøller Hit paper breakdown →	2015	315
5	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 ·Yue Jin, Ravi P. Singh, Richard W. Ward, R. Wanyera, M. G. Kinyua, P. Njau, T. Fetch, Z. A. Pretorius, A. Yahyaoui	2007	249
6	Emergence of the Ug99 lineage of the wheat stem rust pathogen through somatic hybridisation Nature Communications ·Feng Li, Narayana M. Upadhyaya, Jana Sperschneider, Oadi Matny, Hoa Nguyen‐Phuc, Rohit Mago, Castle Raley, Marisa E. Miller, Kevin A.T. Silverstein, Eva C. Henningsen, Cory D. Hirsch, Botma Visser, Z. A. Pretorius, Brian J. Steffenson, Benjamin Schwessinger, Peter N. Dodds, Melania Figueroa	2019	114
7	A multiple resistance locus on chromosome arm 3BS in wheat confers resistance to stem rust (Sr2), leaf rust (Lr27) and powdery mildew Theoretical and Applied Genetics ·Rohit Mago, L. Tabe, R. A. McIntosh, Z. A. Pretorius, Raja Kota, Etienne Paux, Thomas Wicker, James Breen, Evans Lagudah, Jeff Ellis, Wolfgang Spielmeyer	2011	93
8	The Top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology Molecular Plant Pathology ·Ralph A. Dean, J.A.L. van Kan, Z. A. Pretorius, K. E. Hammond‐Kosack, Antonio Di Pietro, Pietro D. Spanu, J. J. Rudd, Marty Dickman, Regine Kahmann, J. T. Ellis, Gary D. Foster	2012	82
9	Effects of combinations amongst genes Lr13 , Lr34 and Lr37 on components of resistance in wheat to leaf rust Plant Pathology ·F. J. Kloppers, Z. A. Pretorius	1997	79
10	First Report of a Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici Race Virulent to the Sr24 and Sr31 Wheat Stem Rust Resistance Genes in South Africa Plant Disease ·Z. A. Pretorius, C. M. Bender, Botma Visser, T. Terefe	2010	77
11	Transfer of Leaf Rust and Stripe Rust Resistance Genes Lr62 and Yr42 from Aegilops neglecta Req. ex Bertol. to Common Wheat Crop Science ·Francois Marais, Ansie Marais, Brent McCallum, Z. A. Pretorius	2009	72
12	QTL mapping of stripe, leaf and stem rust resistance genes in a Kariega × Avocet S doubled haploid wheat population Molecular Breeding ·R. Prins, Z. A. Pretorius, C. M. Bender, A. Lehmensiek	2010	71
13	The Top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology Molecular Plant Pathology ·Ralph A. Dean, J.A.L. van Kan, Z. A. Pretorius, K. E. Hammond‐Kosack, Antonio Di Pietro, Pietro D. Spanu, J. J. Rudd, Marty Dickman, Regine Kahmann, Jeff Ellis, Gary D. Foster	2012	70
14	International surveillance of wheat rust pathogens: progress and challenges Euphytica ·Robert Park, T. Fetch, Dave Hodson, Yue Jin, K. Nazari, M. Prashar, Z. A. Pretorius	2011	69
15	Characterization of Sr9h, a wheat stem rust resistance allele effective to Ug99 Theoretical and Applied Genetics ·Matthew N. Rouse, Jayaveeramuthu Nirmala, Yue Jin, Shiaoman Chao, T. G. Fetch, Z. A. Pretorius, Colin W. Hiebert	2014	68
16	Leaf rust and stripe rust resistance genes Lr54 and Yr37 transferred to wheat from Aegilops kotschyi Plant Breeding ·G. F. Marais, Brent McCallum, J. E. Snyman, Z. A. Pretorius, Anna‐Susan Marais	2005	67
17	First Report of a New TTKSF Race of Wheat Stem Rust (Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici) in South Africa and Zimbabwe Plant Disease ·Z. A. Pretorius, Les J. Szabo, Willem H. P. Boshoff, L. Herselman, Botma Visser	2012	59
18	Challenges for sustainable cereal rust control in South Africa Australian Journal of Agricultural Research ·Z. A. Pretorius, K. W. Pakendorf, G. F. Marais, R. Prins, Johannes Komen	2007	57
19	Tackling the re-emergence of wheat stem rust in Western Europe Communications Biology ·Diane G. O. Saunders, Z. A. Pretorius, Mogens S. Hovmøller	2019	56
20	Characterization of two new Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici races within the Ug99 lineage in South Africa Euphytica ·Botma Visser, L. Herselman, Robert Park, Haydar Karaoglu, Cornelia M. Bender, Z. A. Pretorius	2010	55

About Z. A. Pretorius

Z. A. Pretorius is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Cell Biology and Genetics, having authored 134 papers that have together received 7.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (101 papers), Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies (73 papers), Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics (63 papers), Plant Pathogens and Resistance (26 papers), Genetics and Plant Breeding (20 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (15 papers), Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms (11 papers) and Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (6.6k citations), Cell Biology (1.9k citations), Agronomy and Crop Science (539 citations), Molecular Biology (2.5k citations) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (498 citations). Z. A. Pretorius has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Jeff Ellis, Gary D. Foster, Ralph A. Dean, J. J. Rudd, Regine Kahmann, Antonio Di Pietro, J.A.L. van Kan, K. E. Hammond‐Kosack, Pietro D. Spanu and Ravi P. Singh. Their work appears in journals such as Plant Disease, Euphytica, Molecular Plant Pathology, Theoretical and Applied Genetics and Phytopathology.

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