Publications

Landmark Publications from the Department (IF ≥ 5; Current/Last 5 years)

Mo L., Zohner C. M., Reich P. B., Liang J., ……. Khan M. L.  (et al.). 2023. Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential. Nature 624:92–101. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06723-z, PMID: 37957399, IF=50.5, Q-1.

Delavaux C.S., Crowther T.W., Zohner C. M.,…. Khan M. L. (et al.). 2023. Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions. Nature 621:773–781. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06440-7, PMID: 37612513, IF=50.5, Q-1.

Delavaux C.S., Crowther T.W., Zohner C. M.,. Khan M. L. (et al.). 2023. Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions. Nature 621:773–781. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06440-7, PMID: 37612513, IF=50.5, Q-1.

Ma H., Crowther T. W., Mo L., …. Khan M. L. (et al.). 2023. The global biogeography of tree leaf form and habit. Nature Plants 9:1795–1809. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01543-5, PMID: 37872262, IF=15.8, Q-1.

Zou Y., Constantin M. Zohner C. M. …. Khan M. L. (et al.) 2024. Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types. Nature Communication 15:4658-4673. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48676-5, PMID: 38821957, IF=14.7, Q-1.

Mo L., Crowther T., Maynard D., …… Khan M. L. (et al.) 2024. The global distribution and drivers of wood density across angiosperms and gymnosperms and their impact on forest carbon stocks. Nature Ecology & Evolution 15:1-8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02564-9, PMID: 39406932, IF=14.1, Q-1.

Liang J., … Khan M.L. et al. 2022. Evidence of co-limitation in global forest diversity gradients. Nature Ecology & Evolution 6:1423-1437. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01831-x, PMID: 35941205, IF=14.1, Q-1.

Nam H., Gupta A., Nam H., Lee S., Cho H.S., Park C., Park S., Park S.J., Hwang I. 2022. JULGI-mediated increment in phloem transport capacity relates to fruit yield in tomato. Plant Biotechnology Journal 20: 1533-1545. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13831 PMID: 35478430, IF= 10.1, Q-2.

Gatti R.C. …. Khan M.L.  et al. 2022. The number of tree species on Earth. Proc Natl Acad Sci. USA 119: e2115329119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2115329119, PMID: 35101981, IF=9.4, Q-1.

Zohner C.M. ..………… Khan M.L. (et al.) 2020. Late-spring frost risk between 1959 and 2017 decreased in North America but increased in Europe and Asia. Proc Natl Acad Sci. USA 117: 12192-12200. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.192081611, PMID: 32393624, IF=9.4, Q-1.

Lal P., Kumar A., Kumar S., Kumari S., Saikia P., Dayanandan A., Adhikari D. and Khan M.L. 2020. The dark cloud with a silver lining: Assessing the impact of the SARS COVID-19 pandemic on the global environment. Science of the Total Environment 732:139297-139311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139297, PMID: 3240804, IF=8.2, Q-1.

Chauhan, D. K., Yadav, V., Vaculik, M., Gassmann, W., Pike, S., Arif, N., ... & Tripathi, D. K. 2021. Aluminum toxicity and aluminum stress-induced physiological tolerance responses in higher plants. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 41:715-730. https://doi.org/10.1080/07388551.2021.1874282, PMID: 33866893, IF= 8.1, Q-1.

Dubey A., Malla M.A., Kumar A., Dayanandan S. and Khan M.L. 2020. Plants endophytes: unveiling hidden agenda for bioprospecting toward sustainable agriculture. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 40:1210-1231. https://doi.org/10.1080/07388551.2020.1808584, PMID: 32862700, IF=8.1, Q-1.

Gupta A., Sinha R., Fernandes J.L., Abdelrahman M., Burritt D.J., Tran L.-SP. 2020. Phytohormones regulate convergent and divergent responses between individual and combined drought and pathogen infection. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology. 40:320-340. https://doi.org/10.1080/07388551.2019.1710459,  PMID: 31931629, IF= 8.1, Q-1.

Vyas, D. and Kumar, H.D. 1995. Nitrogen fixation and hydrogen uptake in four Cyanobacteria. Int J Hydrogen Energy. 20:163-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/0360-3199(94)E0008-M, IF=8.1. 

Behera M.D., Tripathi P., Das P., Srivastava S.K., Roy P.S., Joshi C., Behera P.R., Deka J., Kumar P., Khan M. L., Tripathi O.P., Dash T. and Krishnamurthy Y.V.N. 2018. Remote sensing-based Deforestation analysis in Maha Nadi and Brahmaputra River Basin in India since 1985. Journal of Environmental Management 206: 1192e1203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.10.015, PMID: 29153551, IF=8.0, Q-1.

Dubey A., Kumar A., Allah E.F.A., Hashem A. and Khan M. L. 2019. Growing more with less: Breeding and developing drought resilient soybean to improve food security. Ecological Indicators 105:425-437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.03.003, IF=7.0, Q-1.

Verma S., Dar J. A., Malasiya D., Khare P. K., Selvadurai Dayanandan S. and Khan M. L. 2019. A MODIS-based spatiotemporal assessment of agricultural residue burning in Madhya Pradesh, India. Ecological Indicators 105:496-504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.04.042, IF=7.0, Q-1. 

Panda AK, Rawal HC, Jain P, Mishra V, Nishad J, Chowrasia S, Sarkar AK, Sen P, Naik SK, Mondal TK. 2022. Identification and analysis of miRNAs‐lncRNAs‐mRNAs modules involved in stem‐elongation of deepwater rice (Oryza sativa L.) Physiologia Plantarum 174:13736-13754.  https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13736, PMID: 35716004, IF-6.4, Q-1.

Yadav, V., Gill, R. A., Arif, N., Gill, S. A., Singh, V. P., Ramawat, N., .. & Chauhan, D. K. 2021. Endogenous indole-3-acetic acid and nitric oxide are required for calcium-mediated alleviation of copper oxide nanoparticles toxicity in wheat seedlings. Physiologia Plantarum 173: 2262-2275. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13576, PMID: 34590723, IF= 6.4, Q-1.

Hordijk I., Bialic-Murphy L., Lauber T. … Khan M. L. (et al.). 2024. Dominance and rarity in tree communities across the globe: patterns, predictors and threats. Global Ecology and Biogeography 00:e13889. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13889, IF=6.3, Q-1.

Bouchard E., Searle E. B., Drapeau P., Liang J., …. Khan M. L.  (et al.). 2024. Global patterns and environmental drivers of forest functional composition. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33:303–324. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13790, PMID: 39079989, IF=6.3, Q-1.

Abdelrahman M., Gorafi Y.S.A, Sulieman S., Jogaiah S., Gupta A., Tsujimoto H., Nguyen H.T., Estrella L. H., Tran L.-S.P. 2024. Wild grass-derived alleles represent a genetic architecture for the resilience of modern common wheat to stresses. Plant Journal 119:1685-1702. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.16887, PMID: 38935838, IF= 6.2, Q-1.

Jaiswal D, Agrawal SB 2021. Ultraviolet-B induced changes in physiology, phenylpropanoid pathway, and essential oil composition in two Curcuma species (C. caesia Roxb. and C. longa L.). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 208: 111739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111739, PMID: 33396067, IF= 6.2, Q-1.

Singh S, Yadav S, Singh A, Mahima, Singh A, Gautam V, Sarkar AK. 2019. Auxin signaling modulates LATERAL ROOT PRIMORDIUM1 (LRP1) expression during lateral root development in Arabidopsis. Plant Journal 101:87-100. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14520, PMID: 31483536, IF=6.2, Q-1.

Rahman M.M, Mostofa M.G., Keya S.S, Ghosh P.K., Abdelrahman M., Anik T.R., Gupta A.*, Tran L.-S.P.* 2023. Jasmonic acid priming augments antioxidant defense and photosynthesis in soybean to alleviate combined heat and drought stress effects. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 206:108193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.108193, PMID: 38029615, IF=6.1 (*Corresponding Author), Q-1.

Sharma A., Gupta A.*, Ramakrishnan M., Ha C.V., Zheng B., Bhardwaj M., Tran L.-SP.* 2023. Roles of abscisic acid and auxin in plants during drought: A molecular point of view. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 204:108129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.108129, PMID: 37897894, IF=6.1 (*Corresponding Author), Q-1.

Khalil M.I., Hassan M.M., Samanta S.C., Chowdhury A.K., Hassan M.Z., Ahmed N.U., Somaddar U., Ghosal S., Robin A.H.K., Nath U.K., Mostofa M.G., Burritt D.J., Ha C.V., Gupta A.*, Tran L.-SP.*, Saha G.* 2023. Unraveling the genetic enigma of rice submergence tolerance: Shedding light on the role of ethylene response factor (ERF)-encoding gene SUB1A-1. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 206:108224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.108224, PMID: 38091930, IF= 6.1 (*Corresponding Author), Q-1.

Yadav, V., Arif, N., Kováč, J., Singh, V. P., Tripathi, D. K., Chauhan, D. K., & Vaculík, M. 2021. Structural modifications of plant organs and tissues by metals and metalloids in the environment: A review. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 159:100-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.11.047 ; PMID: 33359959, IF= 6.1, Q-1.

Khan, M. Y., Prakash, V., Yadav, V., Chauhan, D. K., Prasad, S. M., Ramawat, N., ... & Sharma, S. 2019. Regulation of cadmium toxicity in roots of tomato by indole acetic acid with special emphasis on reactive oxygen species production and their scavenging. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 142:193-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.05.006, PMID: 31301530, IF= 6.1, Q-1.

Chowrasia S, Panda AK, Rawal HC, Kaur H, Mondal TK. 2018. Identification of jumonjiC domain containing gene family among the Oryza species and their expression analysis in FL478, a salt tolerant rice genotype. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 130:43-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2018.06.031, PMID: 29960182, IF-6.1, Q-1.

Mehta P., Jajoo A., Mathur S., Bharti S. 2010. Chlorophyll a fluorescence study revealing effects of high salt stress on Photosystem II. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 48: 16-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2009.10.006, PMID: 19932973, IF =6.1, Q-1.

Anik T.R., Mostofa M.G., Rahman M.M., Khan M.A.R., Ghosh P.K., Sultana S., Das A.K., Hossain M.S., Keya S.S., Rahman M.A., Jahan N., Gupta A., Tran L.-SP. 2023. Zn supplementation mitigates drought effects on cotton by improving photosynthetic performance and antioxidant defense mechanisms. Antioxidants 12:854. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox12040854 PMID: 37107228, IF= 6.0, Q-1.

Abdelrahman M., Burritt D.J., Gupta A., Tsujimoto H., Tran L.-SP. 2020. Wheat versus heat: Source-sink relationships and metabolome dynamics. Journal of Experimental Botany 71:543-554. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz296, PMID: 31232445, IF= 5.8, Q-1.

Singh S, Singh A, Singh A*, Mahima, Yadav S, Bajaj I, Kumar S, Jain A, and Sarkar AK. 2019. Role of chromatin modifiers in stem cell regulation and meristem maintenance in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany 14:7:42450. (*Equally Contributed) https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz459, PMID: 31793642, IF=5.8. Q-1.

Santoro M., Cartus O., …… Khan M. L. (et al.) 2024. Design and performance of the Climate Change Initiative Biomass global retrieval algorithm, Science of Remote Sensing https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srs.2024.100169, IF=5.7, Q-1.

Mathur S., Seo B.S., Reddy K.R., Reddy V.R. 2024. Morpho-Phenological Responses of Early and Late Soybean Maturity Groups to Diverse Day Lengths and Temperature Regimes. Industrial Crops and Products 221:119362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2024.119362, IF= 5.6, Q-1.

Singh, Y., Tripathi, S. N., Pandey, P., Tripathi, A., Arif, N., Yadav, V., ... & Chauhan, D. K. 2024. Comparative physiological and anatomical responses of Tagetes erecta L. and Zinnia elegans Jacq. Seedlings to AgNO3 and ZnSO4 metals and their nanoparticles. Industrial Crops and Products 212:118378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2024.118378, IF= 5.6, Q-1. 

Mathur S, Jajoo A. 2020. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi protects maize plants from high temperature stress by regulating photosystem II heterogeneity. Industrial Crops and Products 143:111934. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.111934, IF= 5.6 (last five years), Q-1.

Hordijk I., Maynard D. S. …. Khan M. L. (et al.). 2023. Evenness mediates the global relationship between forest productivity and richness. Journal of Ecology 11:1308-1326. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14176, IF=5.4, Q-1.

Pandey A, Jaiswal D, Agrawal SB. 2021. Ultraviolet-B mediated biochemical and metabolic responses of a medicinal plant Adhatoda vasica Nees. at different growth stages. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 216:112142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2021.112142, PMID: 33592357, IF- 5.3 (last five years), Q-1.

Mathur S, Sharma MP, Jajoo A. 2018. Improved photosynthetic efficacy of Maize (Zea mays) plants with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) under high temperature stress. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 180:149–154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2018.02.002, PMID: 29425887, IF 5.3 (last five years), Q-1.

Mathur S, Agrawal D, Jajoo A. 2014. Photosynthesis: Response to High Temperature Stress. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 137:116–126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2014.01.010, PMID: 24796250, IF 5.3 (last five years), Q-1.

Singh A, Singh S, Panigrahi KC, Reski R and Sarkar AK. 2014. Balanced activity of microRNA166/165 and its target transcripts from the class III homeodomain leucine- zipper family regulates root growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Reports. 33:945-53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-014-1573-z,  IF=5.2, Q-1.

Menon S., Pontius J.R. Gil, Rose J., Khan M.L. and Bawa K.S. 2001. Identifying conservation priority areas in the tropics: A land-use change modelling approach. Conservation Biology 15:501-512. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1739.2001.015002501.x, IF=5.2, Q-1.

Grant K. R., Davies T. J., Harish S. M., Dar J. A., Kothandaraman S., Ray T., Malasiya D., Dayanandan S., & Khan M. L. 2023. Phylogenetic community patterns suggest Central Indian tropical dry forests are structured by montane climate refuges. Diversity and Distributions 29: 946-958. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13708, IF=5.2 (last five years), Q-1

Apoorva, Jaiswal D, Pandey-Rai S, Agrawal SB. 2021. Untangling the UV-B radiation-induced transcriptional network regulating plant morphogenesis and secondary metabolite production. Environmental and Experimental Botany 192:104655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2021.104655, IF= 5.2 (last five years), Q-1.

Gupta A., Patil M., Qamar A, Muthappa S.K. 2020. ath-miR164c influences plant responses to the combined stress of drought and bacterial infection by regulating proline metabolism. Environmental and Experimental Botany 172:103998. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2020.103998, IF=5.2 (last five years), Q-1.

Jaiswal D, Pandey A, Mukherjee A, Agrawal M, Agrawal SB. 2020. Alterations in growth, antioxidative defense and medicinally important compounds of Curcuma caesia Roxb. under elevated ultraviolet-B radiation. Environmental and Experimental Botany 177:104152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2020.104152, IF= 5.2 (last five years), Q-1.

Dixit S.K.#, Gupta A.#, Fatima U.#, Muthappa S.K. 2019. AtGBF3 confers tolerance to Arabidopsis thaliana against combined drought and Pseudomonas syringae stress. Environmental and Experimental Botany  168:103881. (^#Equally Contributed) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2019.103881, IF= 5.2 (last five years), Q-1.

Choudhary A.#, Gupta A.#, Ramegowda V., Muthappa S.K. 2017. Transcriptomic changes under combined drought and nonhost bacteria reveal novel and robust defenses in Arabidopsis thaliana. Environmental and Experimental Botany 139:152-164. (^#Equally Contributed) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2017.05.005, IF= 5.2 (last five years), Q-1.

Rahman, Z.* and Thomas, L.* 2021. Chemical-assisted microbially mediated chromium (Cr) (VI) reduction under the influence of various electron donors, redox mediators, and other additives: an outlook on enhanced Cr(VI) removal. Frontiers in Microbiology 11: 619766. (^#Equally Contributed) https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.619766, IF=5.1, Q-2.

Mishra V, Singh A*, Gandhi N, Das SS, Yadav S, Kumar A and Sarkar AK. 2022. A unique miR775-GALT9 module regulates leaf senescence in Arabidopsis during post- submergence recovery by modulating ethylene and the abscisic acid pathway. Development  149. (*Equally Contributed) https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.199974, PMID: 35029672, IF=5.0, Q-2.

Gautam V., Singh A., Yadav S., Singh S., Kumar P., Sarkar Das S.., Sarkar A.K. 2021. Conserved LBL1-ta-siRNA and miR165/166-RLD1/2 modules regulate root development in maize. Development 148. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.190033, PMID: 33168582, IF=5.0, Q-2.

Purswani E., Verma S., Jayakumar S., Khan M.L. and Pathak B. 2021. Examining and predicting land use change dynamics in Gandhinagar district, Gujarat, India. Journal of Urban Management 11: 82-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2021.09.003, IF=5.0 (last five years), Q-1.