Publications
Publications since 2020
accepted / preprint
Eskelin K, Mirka L, Coustau C, Imani J, Kogel KH, Poranen MM (accepted) Analysis and Purification of Ssrna and Dsrna Molecules Using Asymmetrical Flow Field Flow Fractionation.
Journal of Chromatography A.
Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4151195 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4151195
2026
2025
doi.org/10.19103/AS.2024.0136.31
Thielmann J, Soleimani B, Matros A, Schikora A, Schäfer P, Kogel KH, Wehner G (2025) Genomic loci for priming-induced powdery mildew resistance and plant biomass in wheat. Current Plant Biology, Volume 45, 2026, 100568, ISSN 2214-6628.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cpb.2025.100568
Kogel K, Barna B, Király L (2025) The progress in plant pathology: Links between HR and small RNA. Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica (published online ahead of print 2025).
doi.org/10.1556/038.2025.00253
Yang Yang, Yan Zhao, Wei Zhao, Yingqi Zhang, Hongmei Wang, Murray Grant, Patrick Schäfer, Yuling Meng, Weixing Shan (2025) Mitochondrial ROS trigger interorganellular signaling and prime ER processes to establish enhanced plant immunity. Sci. Adv.11 eady9234 (2025).
DOI:10.1126/sciadv.ady9234
Alkemade JA, Hawkins NJ, Baraldi E, Buddie AG, Cockerton HM, Corkley I, Fraaije BA, Gaya E, Gifford DR, Hartig F, Kanyuka K, Koch A, Sanchez JN, Preston GM, Seidl MF, Spanu PD, Werner BT, Lyu J, Barraclough TG (2025) Learning from fungicide resistance: Evolutionary insights to guide RNAi-based control of fungal crop pathogens. Fungal Biology Reviews, 2025, 53. Jg., S. 100443.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fbr.2025.100443
Hossain, M., Pfafenrot, C., Nasfi, S., Sede, A., Imani, J., Secic, E., Galli, M., Schäfer, P., Bindereif, A., Heinlein, M., Ladera Carmona, M. & Kogel, K. H. (2025). Designer circRNAGFP reduces GFP-abundance in Arabidopsis protoplasts in a sequence-specific manner, independent of RNAi pathways. Plant Cell Rep 44, 128 (2025).
doi.org/10.1007/s00299-025-03512-y
Liu C, Lei L, Zhu J, Zhang M, Zhang Z, Peng S, Tang T, Chen L, Chen Q, Kong L, Jiang Y, Chen G, Jiang Q, Zhang Y, Xu Q, Zheng Y, Kogel KH, Wei Y, Qi P (2025) ER membrane receptor FgGET2 plays critical roles in hyphal growth, asexual development, stress responses, and pathogenicity of Fusarium graminearum. Phytopathol Res 7, 38 (2025).
doi.org/10.1186/s42483-025-00327-3
Vardanega, I, Maika, JE, Demesa-Arevalo, E, Lan, T, Kirschner, GK, Imani, J, Acosta IF, Makowska, K, Hensel, G, Ranaweera, T, Shiu, SH, Schnurbusch, T, von Korff, M, Simon, Rüdiger (2025) CLAVATA signalling shapes barley inflorescence by controlling activity and determinacy of shoot meristem and rachilla. Nature Communications ( 2025) 16:3937 1
doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59330-z
Furch A, Zimmermann M, Noll G, Scholz S, Buxa-Kleeberg S, Wrobel L, Hafke J, Fliegmann J, Mithöfer A, Ehlers K, Haufschild T, Koch A, Grabe V, Teutemacher F, Maaß, JP, Prüfer D, Oelmüller R, Peiter E, Kogel KH, Aart van Bel (2025) Transformation of flg22 perception into electrical signals decoded in vasculature leads to sieve tube blockage and pathogen resistance. Science Advances ads6417.
doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads6417
Zheng, Y, Moorlach, B, Jakobs-Schönwandt, D, Patel, A, Pastacaldi, C, Jacob, S, Sede, AR, Heinlein, M, Poranen, MM, Kogel, KH, Ladera Carmona, M (2025) Exogenous dsRNA triggers sequence-specific RNAi and fungal stress responses to control Magnaporthe oryzae in Brachypodium distachyon. Commun Biol 8, 121, 2025.
doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-07554-6
Kogel, KH (2025) Lysozyme-coated LDHs boost trait control. Nat. Plants, 2025;
doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-01874-x
Galli, M, Sede, A, Heinlein, M, Kogel KH (2025) A biocontrol perspective on mycoviruses in fungal pathogen management. J Plant Dis Prot 132, 43, 2025.
doi.org/10.1007/s41348-024-01006-9
2024
Luke Richards, Kelsey Cremin, Mary Coates, Finley Vigor, Patrick Schäfer, Orkun S Soyer (2024) Ammonia leakage can underpin nitrogen-sharing among soil microorganisms, The ISME Journal, Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2024.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrae171
Wairich A, Wang Y, Werner BT, Vaziritabar Y, Frei M, Wu LB (2024) The role of ascorbate redox turnover in iron toxicity tolerance. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2024, 215. Jg., S. 109045.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.109045
Liu C, Lei L, Zhu J, Chen L, Peng S, Zhang M, Zhang Z, Tang J, Chen Q, Kong L, Zheng Y, Ladera-Carmona MJ, Kogel KH, Wei Y, Qi P (2024) FgGET3, an ATPase of the GET pathway, is important for the development and virulence of Fusarium graminearum. International Journal of Molecular Sciences;
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms252212172
Thieron, H, Krassini, L, Kwon, S, Fricke, S, Nasfi, S, Oberkofler, L, Ruf, A, Kehr, J, Kogel, KH, Weiberg, A, Feldbrügge, M, Robatzek, S, Panstruga, R (2024) Practical advice for extracellular vesicle isolation in plant–microbe interactions: Concerns, considerations, and conclusions. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, 13, e70022.
doi.org/10.1002/jev2.70022
Nasfi S, Shahbazi S, Bitterlich K, Šečić E, Kogel KH, Steinbrenner J (2024) A pipeline for validation of Serendipita indica effector-like sRNA suggests cross-kingdom communication in the symbiosis with Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2024; erae515
doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae515
Ruf A, Thieron H, Nasfi S, Lederer B, Fricke S, Adeshara T, Postma J, Blumenkamp P, Kwon S, Brinkrolf K, Feldbrügge M, Goesmann A, Kehr J, Steinbrenner J, Šečić E, Göhre V, Weiberg A, Kogel KH, Panstruga R, Robatzek S, & on behalf of the exRNA consortium (2024) Broad-scale phenotyping in Arabidopsis reveals varied involvement of RNA interference across diverse plant-microbe interactions. Plant Direct, 8(11), e70017
doi.org/10.1002/pld3.70017
Kogel KH, Galli M (2024) Hilfe aus der Molekularbiologie: Pflanzen produzieren unter natürlichen Bedingungen RNA-Moleküle, um Schadorganismen abzuwehren. Und solche Moleküle lassen sich auch als biologischer Pflanzenschutz ausbringen. Wie das funktioniert. DLG-Mitteilungen 8/2024
Kamboj A, Thielmann J, Delfan S, Manohr M, Schröder, F, Klessig DF, Kogel KH (2024) The Nematode Signaling Molecule ascr#18 Induces Prehaustorial Defenses in Wheat Against a Leaf Rust Fungus. J Plant Dis Prot;
doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3883983/v1
Zhang Y, Yang Z, Yang Y, Han A, Rehneke L, Ding L, Wie Y, Liu Z, Meng Y, Schäfer P, Shan W (2024) A symbiont fungal effector relocalizes a plastidic oxidoreductase to nuclei to induce resistance to pathogens and salt stress. Current Biology, 2024
doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.05.064
Rehneke L, Schäfer P (2024) Symbiont effector-guided mapping of proteins in plant networks to improve crop climate stress resilience. Symbiont effectors inform highly interconnected plant protein networks and provide an untapped resource for crop climate resilience strategies. BioEssays 46 (4), 2300172
doi.org/10.1002/bies.202300172
Galli M, Feldmann F, Vogler UK Kogel KH (2024) Can biocontrol be the game-changer in integrated pest management? A review of definitions, methods and strategies. J Plant Dis Prot.
doi: 10.1007/s41348-024-00878-1 Shared link: https://rdcu.be/dztI1
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) (2024) RNA Interference in Agriculture:Methods, Applications, and Governance. Issue Paper 72. CAST, Ames, Iowa. Authors: Darlington M, Kogel KH, Rathore KS, Professor, Smagghe G, Whyard S.
doi.org/10.62300/IRNE9191
Liu C, Kogel KH, Ladera-Carmona MJ (2024) Harnessing RNA interference for the control of Fusarium species: A critical review. Molecular Plant Pathology.
doi.org/10.1111/mpp.70011
Liu S, Ke Wang, Geng S, Hossain M, Ye X, Aili Li, Mao L, Kogel KH (2024) Enemies at peace: Recent progress in Agrobacterium-mediated cereal transformation. The Crop Journal
doi.org/10.1016/j.cj.2023.12.009
de Almeida Garrett AT, Figueiredo Filho A, Imani J, Álvaro Figueredo dos Santos, Evandro Vagner Tambarussi, Bueno de Camargo M, Flávio Augusto de Oliveira Garcia, Kogel KH (2024) Pathogenicity and symptomatology of Apoharknessia eucalyptorum on leaves and stems of Eucalyptus andCorymbia. Eur J Plant Pathol
doi:10.1007/s10658-023-02746-4
2023
Sacharow J, Salehi-Mobarakeh E, Ratering S, Imani J, Österreicher Cunh-Dupont A and Schnell S (2023) Control of Blumeria graminis f.sp. hordei on barley leaves by treatment with fungi-consuming protist isolates. Current Microbiology 80:384.
doi.org/10.1007/s00284-023-03497-5
Galli M, Jacob S, Zheng Y, Ghezellou P, Gand M, Albuquerque W, Imani J, Allasia V, Coustau C, Spengler B, Keller H, Thines E, Kogel KH (2023) MIF-like domain containing protein orchestrates cellular differentiation and virulence in the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae. iScience 26, 107565, Open AccessPublished: August 06, 2023;
doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107565
Osborne, R., Rehneke, L., Lehmann, S. ... Schäfer, P. et al. (2023) Symbiont-host interactome mapping reveals effector-targeted modulation of hormone networks and activation of growth promotion. Nat Commun 14, 4065 (2023).
doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39885-5
Lagunas, B., Richards, L., Sergaki, C. ... Schäfer, P. et al. (2023) Rhizobial nitrogen fixation efficiency shapes endosphere bacterial communities and Medicago truncatula host growth. Microbiome 11, 146 (2023).
doi.org/10.1186/s40168-023-01592-0
Giridhar M, Meier B, Imani J, Kogel KH, Peiter E, Vothknecht UC, Chigri F (2023) Comparative analysis of stress-induced calcium signals in the crop species barley and the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Plant Biology (2022) 22:447.
doi.org/10.1186/s12870-022-03820-5
Brambilla A, Lenk M, Ghirardo A, Eccleston L, Knappe C, Weber B, Lange B, Imani J, Schäffner A, Schnitzler JP, Vlot C (2023) Pipecolic acid synthesis is required for systemic acquired resistance and plant-to-plant-induced immunity in barley. Journal of Experimental Botany, erad095, Published: 11 March 2023.
doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad095
2022
Werner BT, Kopp-Schneider A, Kogel KH (2022) Analysis of codon usage and allele frequencies reveal the double-edged nature of cross-kingdom RNAi. bioRxiv, 2022, S. 2022.07. 19.500629.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.19.500629
Üstüner S, Schäfer P, Eichmann R (2022) Development specifies, diversifies and empowers root immunity. EMBO reports 23 (12), e55631.
doi.org/10.15252/embr.202255631
Schang AL, Van Steenwinckel J, Ioannidou ZS, Lipecki J, Rich-Griffin C, Woolley-Allen K, Dyer N, Le Charpentier T, Schäfer P, Fleiss B, Ott S, Sabéran-Djoneidi D, Mezger V, Gressens P (2022) Epigenetic priming of immune/inflammatory pathways activation and abnormal activity of cell cycle pathway in a perinatal model of white matter injury.
Cell Death & Disease 13 (12), 1-19.
doi.org/10.1038/s41419-022-05483-4
Kissmann AK, Wolf D, Krämer M, Müller F, Amann V, Xing H, Gottschalk KE, Weil T, Eichmann R, Schäfer P, Rosenau F (2022)
Polyclonal Aptamer Libraries from a FluRoot-SELEX for the Specific Labeling of the Apical and Elongation/Differentiation Zones of Arabidopsis thaliana Roots.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23 (20), 12220.
doi.org/10.3390/ijms232012220
Yang Y, Zhao Y, Zhang Y, Niu L, Li W, Lu W, Li J, Schäfer P, Meng Y, Shan W (2022)
A mitochondrial RNA processing protein mediates plant immunity to a broad spectrum of pathogens by modulating the mitochondrial oxidative burst. The Plant Cell 34 (6), 2343-2363.
doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac082
Nasfi S, Kogel KH (2022) Packaged or unpackaged: appearance and transport of extracellular noncoding RNAs in the plant apoplast. ExRNA.
https://dx.doi.org/10.21037/exrna-22-11
Oluwashina O, Imani J (2022) Inhibitory effect of CUSTOS, a formulated allium-based extract, on the growth of some selected plant pathogens. Accepted in Int. J. Plant Biol. (ISSN 2037-0164) on 11 April 2022.
doi.org/10.3390/ijpb13020006
Galli M, Hochstein S, Iqbal D, Claar M, Imani J, Kogel KH (2022) CRISPR/SpCas9-mediated KO of epigenetically active MORC proteins increases barley resistance to Bipolaris spot blotch and Fusarium root rot. J Plant Dis Prot.
doi.org/10.1007/s41348-022-00574-y
Lotz D, Imani J, Ehler K, Becker A (2022) Towards a genetic model organism: an efficient method for stable genetic transformation of Eschscholzia californica (Ranunculales). Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult.
doi.org/10.1007/s11240-021-02223-y
2021
Baxter L, Roy P, Picot E, Watts J, Jones A, Wilkinson H, Schäfer P, Gifford M, Lagunas B (2021) Comparative Genomics across Three Ensifer Species Using a New Complete Genome Sequence of the Medicago Symbiont Sinorhizobium (Ensifer) meliloti WSM1022.
Microorganisms 9 (12), 2428.
doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9122428
Schäfer P (2021)
microRNAs-Game-changers in plant symbioses.
Journal of Plant Physiology 263, 153459-153459.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2021.153459 PMID: 34198125
Lee M, Dominguez-Ferreras A, Kaliyadasa E, Huang WJ, Antony E, Stevenson T, Lehmann S, Schäfer P, Knight MR, Ntoukakis V, Knight H (2021) Mediator Subunits MED16, MED14, and MED2 Are Required for Activation of ABRE-Dependent Transcription in Arabidopsis. Frontiers in plant science 12, 649720.
doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.649720
Eichmann R, Richards L, Schäfer P (2021) Hormones as go-betweens in plant microbiome assembly. Plant J. 105:518-541.
doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15135
Fusarium graminearum DICER-like-dependent sRNAs are required for the suppression of host immune genes and full virulence. PLoS One. 2021 Aug 5;16(8):e0252365.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252365 eCollection 2021.
Galli M, Martiny E, Imani J, Kumar N, Koch A, Steinbrenner J, Kogel KH (2021) CRISPR/ SpCas9‐mediated double knockout of barley Microrchidia MORC1 and MORC6a reveals their strong involvement in plant immunity, transcriptional gene silencing and plant growth. Plant Biotechnology Journal.
doi:10.1111/pbi.13697
Kirschner GK, Rosignoli S, Guo L, Vardanega I, Imani J, Janine J, Milner SG, Balzano R, Nagel KA, Pflugfelder D, Forestan C, Bovina R, Koller R, Stöcker TG, Mascher M, Simmonds J, Uauy C, Schoof H, Tuberosa R, Salvi S, Hochholdinger F (2021). ENHANCED GRAVITROPISM 2 encodes a STERILE ALPHA MOTIF–containing protein that controls root growth angle in barley and wheatProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Aug 2021, 118 (35) e2101526118;
doi:10.1073/pnas.2101526118
Kumar N, Galli M, Dempsey D, Imani J, Moebus A, Kogel KH (2021) NPR1 is required for root colonization and the establishment of a mutualistic symbiosis between the beneficial bacterium Rhizobium radiobacter and barley. Environmental Microbiology 23(4), 2102–2115; First published: 13 December 2020
doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15356
Zanini S, Šečić E, Busche T, Galli M, Zheng Y, Kalinowski J, Kogel KH (2021) Comparative analysis of transcriptome and sRNAs expression patterns in the Brachypodium distachyon - Magnaporthe oryzae pathosystems. Int J Mol Sci 22(2), 650;
doi:10.3390/ijms22020650
Liu S, Ladera-Carmona MJ, Poranen MM, van Bel AJE, Kogel KH, Imani J (2021) Evaluation of dsRNA delivery methods for targeting macrophage migration inhibitory factor MIF in RNAi-based aphid control. J Plant Dis Prot
doi:10.1007/s41348-021-00464-9
Šečić E, Kogel KH (2021) Requirements for fungal uptake of dsRNA and gene silencing in RNAi-based crop protection strategies. Curr Opin Biotech 70:136-142;
doi:org/10.1016/j.copbio.2021.04.001
Šečić E, Kogel KH, Ladera-Carmona MJ (2021) Biotic stress-associated microRNA families in plants (Invited Humboldt Review). J Plant Physiol;
doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2021.153451
Šečić E, Zanini S, Wibberg D, Jelonek L, Busche T, Kalinowski J, Nasfi S, Imani J, Thielmann J, Steinbrenner J, Kogel K-H (2021) A novel plant-fungal association reveals fundamental sRNA and gene expression reprogramming at the onset of symbiosis. BMC Biol 19, 171.
doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-01104-2
2020
Rich-Griffin C, Eichmann R, Reitz MU, Hermann S, Woolley-Allen K, Brown PE, Wiwatdirekkul K, Esteban E, Pasha A, Kogel KH, Provart NJ, Ott S, Schäfer P (2020) Regulation of cell type-specific immunity networks in Arabidopsis roots. Plant Cell 32:2742-2762.
doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00154
Lehmann S, Dominguez-Ferreras A, Huang WJ, Denby K, Ntoukakis V, Schäfer P (2020)
Novel markers for high-throughput protoplast-based analyses of phytohormone signaling.
Plos one 15 (6), e0234154.
doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234154
Rich-Griffin C, Stechemesser A, Finch J, Lucas E, Ott S, Schäfer P (2020) Single-cell transcriptomics: a high-resolution avenue for plant functional genomics.
Trends in plant science 25 (2), 186-197.
doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2019.10.008
Liu S, Jaouannet M, Dempsey D'M A, Imani J, Coustau C, Kogel KH (2020) RNA-based technologies for pest control in plant production.
Biotechnology Advances 39, 107463
doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.2019.107463
Venneman J, Pawlick JS, Audenaert K, Meyerc E, Demeyere K, Leusd L, Baerte G, Kogel KH, Haesaert G, Vereecke D, Ehlers K (2020) Evaluation of genome size and quantitative features of the dolipore septum as taxonomic predictors for the Serendipita 'williamsii' species complex. Fungal Biology 124 (9), 781-800.
doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2020.06.001
Alabid I, Hardt M, Imani J, Hartmann A, Rothballer M, Li D, Uhl J, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Glaeser S, Kogel KH (2020) The N-acyl homoserine-lactone depleted Rhizobium radiobacter mutant RrF4NM13 shows reduced growth promoting and resistance inducing activities in mono- and dicotyledonous plants. J Plant Dis Prot 127:769-781;
doi.org/10.1007/s41348-020-00360-8
Galli M, Imani J, Kogel KH (2020) Labeling of dsRNA for Fungal Uptake Detection Analysis. In: Heinlein M. (eds) RNA Tagging. Methods Mol Biol. 2020; Vol. 2166:227-238. Humana, New York, NY. PMID: 32710412.
doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0712-1_13