Plant Functional Genomics Laboratory, IIT Jodhpur
Publications
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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन
34. Marik D, Tajane SV, Kumar R, Dey S, Sadhukhan A* (2025) Genome-wide association study, network analysis, and reverse genetics pinpoint novel genes associated with seedling root growth variation of Arabidopsis thaliana under drought. bioRXIV 10.1101/2025.09.18.676994 *corresponding author (Preprint)
33. Verma D, Sharma P, Kumar R, Jangir N, Prajapat V, Marik D, Mandi R, Raychoudhury T, Chauhan NS, Sadhukhan A* (2025) A desert endophyte, Priestia megaterium SI1-IITJ, improves fluoride stress tolerance by reducing fluoride content of plant tissues and perturbing salt tolerance and defense genes of Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation (in press) Preprint: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.20.660123 (Impact factor 4.4, SJR 2024 0.953 Q1, H-Index 111)*corresponding author
32. Marik D, Sadhukhan A* (2025) Unearthing the hidden organ: vital role of the root in drought tolerance of plants. Plant Molecular Biology https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-025-01646-x *corresponding author (In press) (Impact factor 3.8, SJR 2024 1.192 Q1, H-Index 203)
31. Dey A, Jangir N, Verma D, Shekhawat RS, Yadav P, Sadhukhan A*(2025) Foliar application of nano Urea enhances vegetative growth of Arabidopsis thaliana over equimolar bulk urea through higher induction of biosynthesis genes but suppression of nitrogen uptake and senescence genes. Plant Growth Regulation https://doi.org/10.1007/s10725-025-01314-6 *corresponding author (Impact factor 3.9, SJR 2024 0.874 Q1, H-Index 130)
30. Jangir N, Marik D, Verma D, Dey A, Shekhawat RS, Yadav P, Sankhala K, Sadhukhan A* (2024) Nano urea outperforms equimolar bulk urea in the hydroponic growth of Arabidopsis thaliana by inducing higher levels of nitrogen assimilation and chlorophyll biosynthesis genes. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-024-11581-8. *corresponding author (Impact factor 4.4, SJR 2024 0.953 Q1, H-Index 111)
29. Dey A, Sadhukhan A* (2024) Molecular mechanisms of plant productivity enhancement by nano fertilizers for sustainable agriculture. Plant Molecular Biology 114:128 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-024-01527-9 *corresponding author (Impact factor 3.8, SJR 2024 1.192 Q1, H-Index 203)
28. Dhiman V, Marik D, Amrita, Shekhawat RS, Swain AK, Dey A, Yadav P, Pal A, Dey S, Sadhukhan A* (2024) AP2/ERF Transcription Factor Orthologs of the Desert Tree Prosopis cineraria Show Higher Copy Number and DNA-Binding Affinity than Drought-Sensitive Species. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-024-11532-3 *corresponding author (Impact factor 4.4, SJR 2024 0.953 Q1, H-Index 111)
27. Dhiman V, Biswas S, Swain AK, Sadhukhan A, Yadav P (2024) Deep learning-based method to identify disease-resistance proteins in Oryza sativa and relative species. bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.25.568625 (Preprint)
26. Dhiman V, Biswas S, Shekhawat RS, Sadhukhan A, Yadav P (2024) In silico characterization of five novel disease‑resistance proteins in Oryza sativa sp. japonica against bacterial leaf blight and rice blast diseases. 3 Biotech 14(48) https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-023-03893-5 (Impact Factor 2.9, SJR 2024 0.620 Q1, H-Index 90)
25. Marik D, Sharma P, Chauhan NS, Jangir N, Shekhawat RS, Verma D, Mukherjee M, Abiala M, Roy C, Yadav P, Sadhukhan A* (2024) Peribacillus frigoritolerans T7-IITJ, a potential biofertilizer, induces plant growth-promoting genes of Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Applied Microbiology, lxae066, https://doi.org/10.1093/jambio/lxae066 (5-yr Impact Factor 3.8, SJR 2024 0.779 Q2, H-Index 195) *corresponding author
24. Srivastava R, Marik D, Meher S, Sahoo L, Sadhukhan A* (2023) Understanding the facets of extreme land plant adaptation from transcriptomics. Chapter 3 In Book: Transcriptome Analysis and Why it Matters. Mishra M (Editor) Nova Science Publishers NY https://doi.org/10.52305/WKXY5300 *corresponding author
23. Hiranmayee G, Marik D, Sadhukhan A, Siva Reddy G (2023) Isolation of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria from the agricultural fields of Tattiannaram, Telangana. Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology 21 (1): 159. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43141-023-00615-5 (Impact Factor 3.6, SJR 2024 0.767 Q2, H-Index 57)
22. Abiala M, Sadhukhan A, Muthuvel J, Shekhawat RS, Yadav P, Sahoo L (2023) Rhizosphere Priestia species altered cowpea root transcriptome and enhanced growth under drought and nutrient deficiency. Planta (2023) 257:11 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-022-04047-2 (Impact Factor 3.8, SJR 2024 0.994 Q1, H-Index 194)
21. Srivastava R, Sadhukhan A, Hoyama H (2023) Aluminum stress tolerance in plants: insights from omics approaches. Chapter 4 In Heavy Metal Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants: A Biological, Omics, and Genetic Engineering Approach. Hossain MA, Hossain AKMZ, Bourgerie A, Fujita M, Dhankher OP, Haris P (Editors) Wiley Blackwell Publishers (ISBN: 978-1-119-90646-9) https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119906506.ch4
20. Abiala M, Sadhukhan A, Sahoo L (2023) Isolation and Characterization of Stress‑Tolerant Priestia Species from Cowpea Rhizosphere Under Drought and Nutrient Deficit Conditions. Current Microbiology (2023) 80:140 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-023-03246-8 (Impact Factor 2.6, SJR 2024 0.621 Q2, H-Index 114)
19. Kumar S, Muthuvel J, Sadhukhan A, Kobayashi Y, Koyama H, Sahoo L (2022) Enhanced osmotic adjustment, antioxidant defense, and photosynthesis efficiency under drought and heat stress of transgenic cowpea overexpressing an engineered DREB transcription factor. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 193: 1- 13 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.09.028 (Impact Factor 5.7, SJR 2024 1.322 Q1, H-Index 172)
18. Sadhukhan A*, Prasad S, Mitra J, Siddiqui N, Sahoo L, Kobayashi Y, Koyama H (2022) How do plants remember drought? Planta 256(1):7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-022-03924-0 (Impact Factor 3.8, SJR 2024 0.994 Q1, H-Index 194) *corresponding author
17. Kumar S, Das M, Sadhukhan A, Sahoo L (2022) Identification of differentially expressed mungbean miRNAs and their targets in response to drought stress by small RNA deep sequencing. Current Plant Biology 30: 100246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpb.2022.100246 (Impact Factor 4.5, SJR 2024 1.028 Q1, H-Index 35)
16. Agrahari RK, Enomoto T, Ito H, Nakano Y, Yanase E, Watanabe T, Sadhukhan A, Iuchi S, Kobayashi M, Panda SK, Yamamoto YY, Koyama H, Kobayashi Y (2021) Expression GWAS of PGIP1 Identifies STOP1-Dependent and STOP1-Independent Regulation of PGIP1 in Aluminum Stress Signaling in Arabidopsis. Frontiers in Plant Science 12:774687. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.774687 (Impact Factor 4.8, SJR 2024 1.163 Q1, H-Index 246)
15. Sadhukhan, A., Kobayashi, Y., Iuchi, S., & Koyama, H. (2021). Synergistic and antagonistic pleiotropy of STOP1 in stress tolerance. Trends in Plant Science, 26(10), 1014–1022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2021.06.011 (Impact Factor 20.8, SJR 2024 3.297 Q1, H-Index 325)
14. Sadhukhan A, Agrahari RK, Wu L, Watanabe T, Nakano Y, Panda SK, Koyama H, Kobayashi Y (2020) Expression genome-wide association study identifies that phosphatidylinositol-derived signalling regulates ALUMINIUM SENSITIVE3 expression under aluminium stress in the shoots of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Science 110711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110711 (Impact Factor 4.1, SJR 2024 1.186 Q1, H-Index 191)
13. Sadhukhan A, Huo H. (2020) Improvement of Floriculture Crops Using Genetic Modification and Genome Editing Techniques. In: Bhattacharya A., Parkhi V., Char B. (eds) CRISPR/Cas Genome Editing. Concepts and Strategies in Plant Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42022-2_4. ISBN 978-3-030-42021-5 (Book chapter)
12. Wu L*, Sadhukhan A*, Kobayashi Y, Ogo N, Tokizawa M, Agrahari RK, Ito H, Iuchi S, Kobayashi M, Asai A, Koyama H (2019) Involvement of phosphatidylinositol metabolism in aluminum-induced malate secretion in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany 70:3329–3342. *shared first author. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz179 (Impact Factor 5.7, SJR 2024 1.778 Q1, H-Index 308)
11. Sadhukhan A, Enomoto T, Kobayashi Y, Watanabe T, Iuchi S, Kobayashi M, Sahoo L, Yamamoto YY, Koyama H (2019) Sensitive To Proton Rhizotoxicity1 Regulates Salt and Drought Tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana Through Transcriptional Regulation of CIPK23. Plant and Cell Physiology 60:2113–2126. https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcz120 (Impact Factor 4.0, SJR 2024 1.391 Q1, H-Index 190)
10. Sadhukhan A, Koyama H (2019) Role of Reactive Oxygen Species Homeostasis in Root Development and Rhizotoxicity in Plants. Panda SK and Yamamoto YY (eds.), Redox Homeostasis in Plants. Signaling and Communication in Plants. Springer Nature Switzerland AG. 117–136. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95315-1_6. ISBN-10: 3319953141. (Book chapter)
9. Sadhukhan A, Kobayashi Y, Nakano Y, Iuchi S, Kobayashi M, Sahoo L, Koyama H (2017) Genome-wide association study reveals that the aquaporin NIP1;1 contributes to variation in hydrogen peroxide sensitivity in Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Plant 10:1082–1094. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2017.07.003 (Impact Factor: 24.1, SJR 2024 5.519 Q1, H-Index 178)
8. Daspute AA, Sadhukhan A, Tokizawa M, Kobayashi Y, Panda SK, Koyama H (2017) Transcriptional regulation of aluminum-tolerance genes in higher plants: clarifying the underlying molecular mechanisms. Frontiers in Plant Science 8:1358. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.01358 (Impact Factor 4.8, SJR 2024 1.163 Q1, H-Index 246)
7. Kobayashi Y∞, Sadhukhan A∞, Tazib T, Nakano Y, Kusunoki K, Kamara MM, Chaffai R, Iuchi S, Sahoo L, Kobayashi M, Hoekenga OA, Koyama H (2015) Joint genetic and network analyses identify loci associated with root growth under NaCl stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell and Environment 39(4): 918–934. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.12691 ∞ shared first author (Impact Factor 6.3, SJR 2024 2.150 Q1, H-Index 247)
6. Behura R, Kumar S, Saha B, Panda MK, Dey M, Sadhukhan A, Mishra S, Alam S, Sahoo DP, Sugla T, Panda SK, Sahoo L (2015) Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L Walp) In: Wang K (ed) Methods in Molecular Biology: Agrobacterium protocols. Springer, USA 1223:255-64. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1695-5_20. ISBN 1493916947. (Book chapter)
5. Sadhukhan A, Kobayashi Y, Kobayashi Y, Tokizawa M, Yamamoto YY, Iuchi S, Koyama H, Panda SK, Sahoo L (2014) VuDREB2A, a novel DREB2-type transcription factor in the drought-tolerant legume cowpea mediates DRE-dependent expression of stress-responsive genes and confers enhanced drought resistance in transgenic Arabidopsis. Planta 240(3):645-64. (Impact Factor 3.8, SJR 2024 0.994 Q1, H-Index 194)
4. Sadhukhan A, Panda SK, Sahoo L (2014) The cowpea RING ubiquitin ligase VuDRIP interacts with transcription factor VuDREB2A for regulating abiotic stress responses. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 83:51-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.07.007 (Impact Factor 5.7, SJR 2024 1.322 Q1, H-Index 172)
3. Thapa G, Sadhukhan A, Panda SK, Sahoo L (2012) Molecular mechanistic model of plant heavy metal tolerance. Biometals 25:489–505. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10534-012-9541-y (Impact Factor 3.6, SJR 2024 0.785 Q1, H-Index 122)
2. Sadhukhan A, Sahoo L, Panda SK (2012) Chemical genomics in plant biology. Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics 49(3):143–154. PMID: 22803329. (Impact Factor 1.5, SJR 2024 0.319 Q3, H-Index 51)
1. Bakshi S, Sadhukhan A, Mishra S, Sahoo L (2011) Improved Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of cowpea via sonication and vacuum infiltration. Plant Cell Reports 30:2281–2292. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-011-1133-8 (Impact Factor 4.5, SJR 2024 1.475 Q1, H-Index 135)
