It is possible to use PMML in R, see here: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/pmml/index.html
When using this together with KNIME, you might have to install an older version of the PMML package in R since KNIME still uses PMML 4.2, while R already uses the recently released PMML 4.3.
I have recently read about this package, but what I understand after checking the manual is, that this package is only for exporting models which were built in R in PMML format. It does also not support a general export and provides only specific number of algorithms.
What I am looking for is a way to execute models which were built in KNIME and exportet in PMML format to be executed in R.