Selected publications
2025
Gupta, D., Regon, P., Mai, H.J., Patel, M., Raje, R.S., Bauer, P. and Panda, S.K., 2025. Transcriptional regulation reveals potent drought tolerance mechanisms in contrasting genotypes of Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh. BMC Plant Biology, 25(1), pp.1-19.
Kocsy, G., Gulyás, Z., Kulman, K., Jobbágy, K., Singh, K. and Panda, S.K., 2025. Redox Regulation of the Response to Abiotic Stresses by MicroRNAs and Transcription Factors in Plants. In Plant Functional Genomics for Abiotic Stress Resilience (pp. 93-110). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
Gupta, D., Khan, M.A., Kumari, R., Kumari, A., Patel, M. and Panda, S.K., 2025. Unveiling Abiotic Stress Sensing and Regulatory Pathways for Enhanced Crop Resilience. In Plant Functional Genomics for Abiotic Stress Resilience (pp. 1-34). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
Khan, M.A., Gupta, D., Siddiqui, Z.H., Alam, P. and Panda, S.K., 2025. Advancing Crop Resilience: Integrating Multi-Omics Approaches for Abiotic Stress Tolerance. In Plant Functional Genomics for Abiotic Stress Resilience (pp. 197-216). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
Jobbágy, K., Singh, K., Kulman, K., Szalai, G., Molnár, I., Panda, S.K., Hamow, K.Á., Gulyás, Z. and Kocsy, G., 2025. Identification of unique osmotic response mechanisms in Aegilops biuncialis Vis. compared to Triticum aestivum L. Mv9kr1. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, p.110477.
Gupta, D., Panda, S.K. and Bauer, P., 2025. Meta‐Analysis of Iron Excess Stress in Rice: Genes and Mechanisms of Tolerance to Acidic Soil. Physiologia Plantarum, 177(5), p.e70473.
Jobbágy, K., Singh, K., Kulman, K., Szalai, G., Pál, M., Molnár, I., Panda, S.K., Kocsy, G. and Gulyás, Z., 2025. Differences in the Metabolic Response to Osmotic Stress Between Triticum aestivum L. and Two Ecologically Disparate Aegilops biuncialis Vis. Genotypes Differing in Drought Tolerance. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 211(5), p.e70110.
Kumari, R., Gupta, D., Regon, P., Gábor, K. and Panda, S.K., 2025. Genome-Wide Analysis for TLDc domain-containing genes in Oryza sativa. Computational Biology and Chemistry, 117, p.108428.
van der Vyver, C., Regon, P., Fulton, K. and Panda, S.K., 2025. Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis of AtBBX29 Transgenic and Wild Type Sugarcane Exposed to Drought Stress. Physiologia Plantarum, 177(3), p.e70306.
2024
Patel, M., Gupta, D., Saini, A., Kumari, A., Priya, R. and Panda, S.K., 2024. Physiological phenotyping and biochemical characterization of mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) genotypes for salt and drought stress. Agriculture, 14(8), p.1337.
Chowra, U.K., Regon, P., Kobayashi, Y., Koyama, H. and Panda, S.K., 2024. Characterization of Al3+-toxicity responses and molecular mechanisms underlying organic acid efflux in Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper. Planta, 260(5), p.116.
Singh, A. K., Panda, S. K., & Pandey, D. M. (2024). Transcriptome analyses revealed differential gene expression patterns in contrasting rice landraces as a response to acidic or proton toxicity stress. Current Plant Biology, 39, 100368.
Panda, S. K., Gupta, D., Patel, M., Vyver, C. V. D., & Koyama, H. (2024). Functionality of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) in Plants: Toxicity and Control in Poaceae Crops Exposed to Abiotic Stress. Plants, 13(15), 2071.
Gene Editing: Paving the Way for Enhancing Plant Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses-Mechanisms, Breakthroughs, and Future Prospects. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 1-17.
Gupta, D., Saini, A., van der Vyver, C., & Panda, S. K. (2024).
Regon, P., Saha, B., Jyoti, S. Y., Gupta, D., Kundu, B., Tanti, B., & Panda, S. K. (2024). Transcriptional networks revealed late embryogenesis abundant genes regulating drought mitigation in aromatic Keteki Joha rice. Physiologia Plantarum, 176(3), e14348.
Thounaojam, T.C., Meetei, T.T., Devi, Y.B. et al. Arsenic stress responses in sensitive and tolerant rice of North-East, India. CEREAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42976-023-00488-x
2023
Jarambasa, T., Regon, P., Jyoti, S.Y. et al. Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the Pisum sativum (L.) APETALA2/ethylene-responsive factor (AP2/ERF) gene family reveals functions in drought and cold stresses. Genetica 151, 225–239 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10709-023-00190-0 IF-1.633
Patra, Gupta, G.R. Rout, S.K.Panda Role of long non coding RNA in plants under abiotic and biotic stresses
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.10.030 (2023) Plant physiology and biochemistry. IF-6.5
Sahoo, S., Kusunoki, K., Goswami, K. et al. Differential Transcriptional Regulation of Drought Stress Revealed by Comparative RNA-seq Analysis of Contrasting indica Rice from North East India. J Plant Growth Regul (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-023-10964-7
Shukla, S.S.; Panda, S.K. Nitrogen Use Efficiency Regulates Drought Stress in Pearl Millet Genotypes: Morpho-Physiological Evaluation. Agriculture 2023, 13, 680. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13030680
Manasa, L.S.; Panigrahy, M.; Panigrahi, K.C.; Mishra, G.; Panda, S.K.; Rout, G.R. Cold Tolerance Mechanisms in Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) Genotypes during Germination. Agriculture 2023, 13, 315. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13020315
2022
Shome, S., Tewari, S., Bhattacharya, M.K. et al. Phytofunctionalized ZnO nanoparticles ameliorate water stress and its recovery in Oryza sativa L.. Acta Physiol Plant 44, 137 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-022-03477-5
Iron deficiency in blackgram (Vigna mungo L.): redox status and antioxidant activity
Sangita Dey, Bhaben Chowardhara, Preetom Regon, Saradia Kar, Bedabrata Saha, Sanjib Kumar Panda
Role of long non coding RNA in plants under abiotic and biotic stresses
Gyanendra K Patra, Divya Gupta, Gyana Ranjan Rout, Sanjib Kumar Panda.,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.10.030
Nanoparticles mitigate arsenic stress in plants by modulating defence mechanisms
Thorny Chanu Thounaojam, Zesmin Khan, Thounaojam Thomas Meetei, Sanjib Kumar Panda, Hrishikesh Upadhyaya
Quantitative Analysis of Redox Pool (NAD+, NADH Content) in Plant Samples Under Aluminum Stress
Jay Prakash Awasthi, Bedabrata Saha, Hiroyuki Koyama, Sanjib Kumar Panda
Differential response to acidic pH in rice seedlings
Jay Prakash Awasthi, Bedabrata Saha, Bhaben Chowardhara, Pankaj Borgohain, Smita Sahoo, Bhaben Tanti, Sanjib Kumar Panda
Phytofunctionalized ZnO nanoparticles ameliorate water stress and its recovery in Oryza sativa L.
Soumitra Shome, Sujit Tewari, Mrinal Kanti Bhattacharya, Sanjib Kumar Panda, Hrishikesh Upadhyaya
Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS) based Metabolomic Fingerprinting in Contrasting Rice Varieties for Iron (Fe) excess.
Saradia Kar., Raj Kishan Agrahari., Emiko Yanase., Yuriko Kobayashi., Hiroyuki Koyama., Sanjib Kumar Panda., Plant stress., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stress.2022.100078.
Transcriptomic analysis revealed reactive oxygen species scavenging mechanisms associated with ferrous iron toxicity in aromatic Keteki Joha rice.
Regon, P., Dey, S., Rehman, M., Pradhan, A. K., Tanti, B., Talukdar, A. D., & Panda, S. K. (2022).Frontiers Plant Sciences.,https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.01.070516., IF-5.753
Effect of ethanol, putresciene and acetic acid on cadmium accumulation and toxicity in Indian mustard.
Chowardhara, B., Saha, B., Borgohain, P., Awasthi, JP., Kitaniya, S., Panda, SK. (2022).
South African Journal of Botany., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2021.12.019., IF-2.3
2021
Genome-wide association study identifies POLYGALACTURONASE INHIBITING PROTEIN 1 transcriptional regulation under aluminum stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. Agrahari,R.K.,Kobayashi,Y.,Enomoto,T.,Yanase.E.,Nakano,Y.,Ito,H.,Watanabe,T.,Sadhukhan,A.,Panda,S.K., & Koyama, H. (2021) Frontiers Plant Sciences,https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.774687., IF-5.753.
Tissue-dependent variation profiles of tea quality-related metabolites in new shoots of tea accessions.
Yamashita, H., Katai, H., Ohnishi, T., Morita, A., *Panda, S. K., & *Ikka, T. (2021). Frontiers in nutrition.,DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2021.659807., IF-6.576
Expression genome-wide association study identifies that phosphatidylinositol-derived signalling regulates ALUMINIUM SENSITIVE3 expression under aluminium stress in the shoots of Arabidopsis thaliana.
Sadhukhan, A., Agrahari, R. K., Wu, L., Watanabe, T., Nakano, Y., Panda, S. K., ... & Kobayashi, Y. (2021).Plant Science.,DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110711.,F- 4.729
Metal ion toxicity and tolerance mechanisms in plants growing in acidic soil.
Kar, S., Agrahari, R. K., & Panda, S. K. (2021). SAINS TANAH-Journal of Soil Science and Agroclimatology, https://dx.doi.org/10.20961/stjssa.v18i1.51254., IF – 1.16
Transporters: the molecular drivers of arsenic stress tolerance in plants.
Thounaojam, T. C., Khan, Z., Meetei, T. T., Srivastava, S., Panda, S. K., & Upadhyaya, H. (2021). Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology., DOI: 10.1007/s13562-021-00748-z. IF-1.175
Salinity Stress and Plant Secondary Metabolite Enhancement: An Overview. Biotechnological Approaches to Enhance Saha, B., Chowardhara, B., Awasthi, J. P., Panda, S. K., & Panigrahi, K. C. (2021). Plant Secondary Metabolites, 49-60.,DOI:10.1201/9781003034957-3.
Differential amelioration of cadmium toxicity by sodium nitroprusside and citric acid in Brassica juncea (L.) Czern and Coss.
Chowardhara, B., Saha, B., Borgohain, P., Awasthi, J. P., & Panda, S. K. (2021). Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 35, 102091,DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2021.102091 IF- 3.281
Physio-biochemical and molecular assessment of Iron (Fe 2+) toxicity responses in contrasting indigenous aromatic Joha rice cultivars of Assam, India.
Regon, P., Dey, S., Chowardhara, B., Saha, B., Kar, S., Tanti, B., & Panda, S. K. (2021). Protoplasma, 258(2), 289-299. DOI:10.1007/s00709-020-01574-1. IF- 3.356.
Kar, S. Mai, H-J.,Khalouf, H., Haithem.,B.,Kurz,S., Fink-Straube, C.,Brautigam, A., Xiong, JG., Shang, L.Panda, S.K. and Bauer, P.. (2021),Plant Cell Physiology., DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcab018, IF- 4.927.
Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs): a promising nanoparticle in renovating plant science.
Thounaojam, T. C., Meetei, T. T., Devi, Y. B., Panda, S. K., & Upadhyaya, H. (2021).Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 43(10),DOI- 10.1007/s11738-021-03307-0, IF- 2.28.
Genome-wide analysis of fluoride exporter genes in plants.
Agarwal,S., Regon, P.,Rehman, M., Tanti, B. and Panda, S.K. (2021) 3 Biotech. DOI- 10.1007/s13205-021-02677-z IF-2.406
Agrahari, R.K., Kobayashi, Y.,Tanaka, TST, Panda, S.K. and Koyama, H. (2021) Soil Science Plant Nutr. DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2021.1897479, IF-3.573.
Comparative RNA-Seq analysis of the root revealed transcriptional regulation system for aluminum tolerance in contrasting indica rice of North East India.
Awasthi, J., Kusunoki, K., Saha, B., Kobayashi, Y., Koyama, H. and Panda, S.K. (2021) Protoplasma., DOI: 10.1007/s00709-020-01581-2, IF-3.356.
The SlNAC2 transcription factor from tomato confers tolerance to drought stress in transgenic tobacco plants.
van Beek, C.R., Guzha,T., Kopana,N., van der Westhuizen,C.S., Panda, S.K. and van der Vyver,C.V.D. (2021) Physiol. & Mo.Biol. Plants., DOI: 10.1007/s12298-021-00996-2, IF-2.391.
Iron deficiency in blackgram (Vigna mungo L.): redox status and antioxidant activity.
Sangita Dey, Bhaben Chowardhara, Preetom Regon, Saradia Kar, Bedabrata Saha & Sanjib Kumar Panda (2021)Plant Biosystems., https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2020.1866093, IF-2.838.
2020
Exogenous trehalose ameliorates methyl viologen induced oxidative stress through regulation of stomatal pore opening and glutathione metabolism in tomato seedlings.
P Borgohain, B Chowardhara, B Saha, JP Awasthi, P Regon, S Sahoo, ...
Vegetos, IF – 0.47 DOI: 10.1007/s42535-020-00155-0 .
Aluminum-Specific Upregulation of GmALS3 in the Shoots of Soybeans: A Potential Biomarker for Managing Soybean Production in Acidic Soil Regions.
RK Agrahari, Y Kobayashi, P Borgohain, SK Panda, H Koyama
Agronomy 10 (9)., https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10091228.
Chelators of iron and their role in plant’s iron management.
S Dey, P Regon, S Kar, SK Panda
Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants., https://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2Fs12298-020-00841-y.
Differential oxidative stress responses in Brassica juncea (L.) Czern and Coss cultivars induced by cadmium at germination and early seedling stage.
B Chowardhara, P Borgohain, B Saha, JP Awasthi, SK Panda
Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 42., https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-020-03094-0 .
Enhanced exudation of malate in the rhizosphere due to AtALMT1 overexpression in blackgram (Vigna mungo L.) confers increased aluminium tolerance.
B Saha, D Swain, P Borgohain, GR Rout, H Koyama, SK Panda
Plant Biology.,doi: 10.1111/plb.13112.
2019
P Borgohain, B Saha, R Agrahari, B Chowardhara, S Sahoo,
Protoplasma 256 (4).,doi: 10.1007/s00709-019-01368-0.
Redox balance, metabolic fingerprint and physiological characterization in contrasting North East Indian rice for Aluminum stress tolerance.
JP Awasthi, B Saha, J Panigrahi, E Yanase, H Koyama, SK Panda
Scientific reports 9 (1)., https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45158-3.
Genome-wide analysis of magnesium transporter genes in Solanum lycopersicum.
P Regon, U Chowra, JP Awasthi, P Borgohain, SK Panda
Computational biology and chemistry 80.,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2019.05.014.
Physiological introspection into differential drought tolerance in rice cultivars of North East India.
S Sahoo, B Saha, JP Awasthi, T Omisun, P Borgohain, S Hussain, ...
Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 41 (4), IF-2.28
Identification and characterization of drought responsive miRNAs in a drought tolerant upland rice cultivar KMJ 1-12-3.
JP Awasthi, T Chandra, S Mishra, S Parmar, BP Shaw, PD Nilawe, ..
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 137, 62-74, IF- 4.27
Comparative transcriptome and translatome analysis in contrasting rice genotypes reveals differential mRNA translation in salt-tolerant Pokkali under salt stress.
YF Li, Y Zheng, LR Vemireddy, SK Panda, S Jose, A Ranjan, P Panda.
BMC genomics 19 (10), 935
