| Neglecting legumes has compromised human health and sustainable food production Nature Plants 2, 16112, 2016 | 744* | 2016 |
| Plant cystatins M Benchabane, U Schlüter, J Vorster, MC Goulet, D Michaud Biochimie 92 (11), 1657-1666, 2010 | 227 | 2010 |
| Drought stress responses in soybean roots and nodules KJ Kunert, BJ Vorster, BA Fenta, T Kibido, G Dionisio, CH Foyer Frontiers in plant science 7, 207572, 2016 | 222 | 2016 |
| Recombinant protease inhibitors for herbivore pest control: a multitrophic perspective U Schlüter, M Benchabane, A Munger, A Kiggundu, J Vorster, MC Goulet, ... Journal of experimental botany 61 (15), 4169-4183, 2010 | 137 | 2010 |
| Proteolysis of recombinant proteins in bioengineered plant cells P Pillay, U Schlüter, S Van Wyk, KJ Kunert, BJ Vorster Bioengineered 5 (1), 15-20, 2014 | 83 | 2014 |
| Cysteine protease and cystatin expression and activity during soybean nodule development and senescence SG Van Wyk, M Du Plessis, CA Cullis, KJ Kunert, BJ Vorster BMC plant biology 14, 1-13, 2014 | 76 | 2014 |
| Transfer of genetic material between the chloroplast and nucleus: how is it related to stress in plants? CA Cullis, BJ Vorster, C Van Der Vyver, KJ Kunert Annals of Botany 103 (4), 625-633, 2009 | 67 | 2009 |
| Potential use of phytocystatins in crop improvement, with a particular focus on legumes CHF Karl J Kunert, Stefan G van Wyk, Christopher A Cullis, Barend J Vorster Journal of experimental botany 66 (12), 3559-3570, 2015 | 66 | 2015 |
| Plant vacuolar processing enzymes BJ Vorster, CA Cullis, KJ Kunert Frontiers in Plant Science 10, 453743, 2019 | 61 | 2019 |
| Tubers from potato lines expressing a tomato Kunitz protease inhibitor are substantially equivalent to parental and transgenic controls M Khalf, C Goulet, J Vorster, F Brunelle, R Anguenot, I Fliss, D Michaud Plant biotechnology journal 8 (2), 155-169, 2010 | 49 | 2010 |
| The future of cystatin engineering SG van Wyk, KJ Kunert, CA Cullis, P Pillay, ME Makgopa, U Schlüter, ... Plant Science 246, 119-127, 2016 | 48 | 2016 |
| Deleterious effects of plant cystatins against the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus A Kiggundu, J Muchwezi, C Van der Vyver, A Viljoen, J Vorster, ... Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology: Published in Collaboration …, 2010 | 45 | 2010 |
| Potential for nitrogen fixation in the fungus-growing termite symbiosis P Sapountzis, J De Verges, K Rousk, M Cilliers, BJ Vorster, M Poulsen Frontiers in Microbiology 7, 234760, 2016 | 44 | 2016 |
| Improvement of rhizobium‐soybean symbiosis and nitrogen fixation under drought T Kibido, K Kunert, M Makgopa, M Greve, J Vorster Food and Energy Security, 177, 2019 | 39 | 2019 |
| In search for drought-tolerant soybean: is the slow-wilting phenotype more than just a curiosity? K Kunert, BJ Vorster Journal of Experimental Botany 71 (2), 457-460, 2020 | 35 | 2020 |
| Use of transgenic oryzacystatin-I-expressing plants enhances recombinant protein production P Pillay, T Kibido, M Du Plessis, C Van der Vyver, G Beyene, BJ Vorster, ... Applied biochemistry and biotechnology 168, 1608-1620, 2012 | 32 | 2012 |
| Leaf harvesting severity affects total phenolic and tannin content of fresh and dry leaves of Moringa oleifera Lam. trees growing in Gauteng, South Africa S du Toit, J Sitole, V J. South African Journal of Botany, 2019 | 31 | 2019 |
| Identification and changes of the drought-induced cysteine protease transcriptome in soybean (Glycine max) root nodules M Cilliers, SG van Wyk, PDR van Heerden, KJ Kunert, BJ Vorster Environmental and experimental botany 148, 59-69, 2018 | 31 | 2018 |
| Discrimination of differentially inhibited cysteine proteases by activity-based profiling using cystatin variants with tailored specificities F Sainsbury, AJ Rhéaume, MC Goulet, J Vorster, D Michaud Journal of Proteome Research 11 (12), 5983-5993, 2012 | 29 | 2012 |
| Plant-based production of highly potent anti-HiV antibodies with engineered posttranslational modifications AA Singh, O Pooe, L Kwezi, T Lotter-Stark, SH Stoychev, K Alexandra, ... Scientific reports 10 (1), 1-9, 2020 | 27 | 2020 |
Karl KunertProfessor Plant Science, University of PretoriaVerified email at up.ac.za
