Dr. Pranab Kumar Mandal

Publication (Last Five Years)

Research article

1. Jayaraman, K., Sevanthi, A. M., Jiwani, G., Solanke, A., & Mandal, P. K. (2023). A novel DUF740 gene family member (OsSRDP) from rice imparts better climate resilience through multiple stress tolerance. Frontiers in Plant Science DOI: 10.22541/au.165005152.29796565/v1
2. Singh, K., Jayanthi M., Chandra, S., Rao, U. & Mandal, P. K (2023). In planta transformation of Polianthes tuberosa for concomitant knockdown of flp-12 and flp-18 genes induced root-knot nematode resistance. Scientia Horticulturae, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2022.111764
3. Kumar, A., Jayaswal, P. K., Mahato, A. K., Arya, A., Mandal, P. K., Singh, N. K., & Sinha, S. K. (2023). Growth stage and nitrate limiting response of NRT2 and NAR2 gene families of bread wheat, and complementation and retrieval of nitrate uptake of atnrt2. 1 mutant by a wheat NRT2 gene. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 105205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot. 2022.105205
4. Saini, M. R., Chandran, L. P., Barbadikar, K. M., Sevanthi, A. M. V., Chawla, G., Kaushik, M., & Mandal, P. K. (2022). Understanding plant–microbe interaction of rice and soybean with two contrasting diazotrophic bacteria through comparative transcriptome analysis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.939395
5. Dharmateja, P., Yadav, R., Kumar, M., Babu, P., Jain, N., Mandal, P. K., & Ranjan, R. (2022). Genome-wide association studies reveal putative QTLs for physiological traits under contrasting phosphorous conditions in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Frontiers in Genetics, 13.  doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.984720
6. Mondal, S., Christopher, S., Chakraborty, D., & Mandal, P. K. (2022). Soil Compaction Affects Root Growth and Gene Expression of Major N-Assimilating Enzymes in Wheat. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 22(3), 3958-3967. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-022-00945-2
7. Kaushik, M., Mulani, E., Mahendru-Singh, A., Makharia, G., Mohan, S., & Mandal, P. K. (2022). Comparative Expression Profile of Genes Encoding Intolerant Proteins in Bread vs. Durum Wheat During Grain Development. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-022-10785-0
8. Amresh Kumar, Sarvendra Kumar, Karnam Venkatesh, Nagendra Kumar Singh, Pranab Kumar Mandal and Subodh Kumar Sinha 2022. Physio-molecular traits of contrasting bread wheat genotypes associated with ¹⁵N influx exhibiting homeolog expression bias in nitrate transporter genes under different external nitrate concentrations. Planta 255, 104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-022-03890-7
9. Bandeppa, S., Phule, A. S., Barbadikar, K. M., Govindannagari, R., Kavuru, V. P. B., Mandal, P. K., ... & Chandran, L. P. (2022). Draft Genome Sequence of Paenibacillus sonchi IIRRBNF1, a Nitrogen-Fixing and Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterium Isolated from Rice Rhizosphere. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 11(5), e00126-22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00126-22
10. Meshram, S., Gogoi, R., Bashyal, B. M., Kumar, A., Mandal, P. K., & Hossain, F. (2022). Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Fungal Pathogen Bipolaris maydis to Understand Pathogenicity Behavior on Resistant and Susceptible Non-CMS Maize Genotypes. Frontiers in microbiology, 13, 837056. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.837056
11. Singh, K., Jayaswal, P., Chandra, S., & Mandal, P. K. (2022). Comparative transcriptome profiling of Polianthes tuberosa during a compatible interaction with root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita. Molecular Biology Reports, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-022-07294-4
12. Rathod, G. R., Pandey, R., Chinnusamy, V., Paul, V., Jain, N., Singh, M. P., & Mandal, P. K. (2022). Deeper root system architecture confers better stability to photosynthesis and yield compared to shallow system under terminal drought stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Plant Physiology Reports, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40502-022-00652-1
13. Gayatri, Roy, P. & Mandal, P.K. Variation in root system architecture in cultivated wheat and their progenitors under nitrogen stress. Plant Physiol. Rep. 27, 329–334 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40502-022-00654-z
14. Karikalan Jayaraman., Amitha Mithra Sevanthi, Venkat Raman K and Pranab Kumar Mandal. 2022. Expression profiling of flavonoid biosynthesis genes in association with accumulation of flavonoid compounds in rice under water deficit stress. Journal of Environmental Biology, 43(2022) http://doi.org/10.22438/jeb/43/4/MRN-2065
15. Bharati, A., Tehlan, G., Nagar, C.K., Sinha, S.K., Venkatesh, K. and Mandal, P.K., 2022. Nitrogen stress-induced TaDof1 expression in diverse wheat genotypes and its relation with nitrogen use efficiency. Cereal Research Communications, pp.1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42976-021-00227-0
16. Dharmateja, P., Kumar, M., Pandey, R., Mandal, P.K., Babu, P., Bainsla, N.K., Gaikwad, K.B., Tomar, V., Kranthi kumar, K., Dhar, N. and Ansari, R., 2021. Deciphering the change in root system architectural traits under limiting and non-limiting phosphorus in Indian bread wheat germplasm. PloS one, 16(10), p.e0255840. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255840
17. Gayatri, Jayaraman, K., Sinha, S. K., Roy, P., & Mandal, P. K. 2021. Molecular Characterization of GS2 and Fd‑GOGAT Homeologues and Their Biased Response to Nitrogen Stress in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-021-10433-z
18. Karikalan, J., Venkat Raman K., Amitha Mithra Sevanthi, Sivakumar S.R., Gayatri, Viswanathan C., Trilochan Mohapatra and Pranab Kumar Mandal. 2021. Stress-inducible expression of chalcone isomerase2 gene improves accumulation of flavonoids and imparts enhanced abiotic stress tolerance to rice. Environmental and Experimental Botany, Volume 190: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2021.104582.
19. Amitha Mithra Sevanthi, Subodh Kumar Sinha, Sureshkumar V, Manju Rani, Manish Ranjan Saini, Sapna Kumari, Megha Kaushik, Chandra Prakash, Venkatesh K, GP Singh, Trilochan Mohapatra and Pranab Kumar Mandal. 2021. Integration of dual stress transcriptomes and major QTLs from a pair of genotypes contrasting for drought and chronic nitrogen starvation identifies key stress responsive genes in rice. Rice. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12284-021-0048-8.
20. Karikalan Jayaraman, Amitha Mithra Sevanthi, Sivakumar SR, Pranab Kumar Mandal. 2021. Efficient and rapid method for the screening of transgenic rice plants. International Journal of Botany Studies, 6 (2): 44-47.
21. Karikalan Jayaraman1, Amitha Mithra Sevanthi1, Sivakumar S.R., Kiran Babu P., Pranab Kumar Mandal. 2021. Morpho-physiological and biochemical evaluation of two indica rice (Oryza sativa L) cultivars under abiotic stresses at the seedling stage. Indian Research Journal of Genetics and Biotechnology, 13(1): 10-27.
22. Naguib, W. B., Divte, P. R., Chandra, A., Sathee, L., Singh, B., Mandal, P. K., & Anand, A. (2021). Raffinose accumulation and preferential allocation of carbon (14C) to developing leaves impart salinity tolerance in sugar beet. Physiologia Plantarum. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13420
23. Móring, A., Hooda, S., Raghuram, N., Adhya, T. K., Ahmad, A., Bandyopadhyay, S. K., Pranab Kumar Mandal & Sutton, M. A. 2021. Nitrogen challenges and opportunities for agricultural and environmental science in India. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.505347.
24. Venkatesh Iddumu, Robin Gogoi, Firoz Hossain, A. Kumar, Rashmi Aggarwal and P. K. Mandal. 2021. Identification and confirmation of physiological race(s) of Bipolaris maydis causing maydis leaf blight disease of maize in India. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 91(4): 613-618. https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v91i4.112706
25. Gayatri, Jayaraman, K., Sinha, S. K., Roy, P., & Mandal, P. K. 2021. Comparative Analysis of GS2 and Fd-GOGAT Genes in Cultivated Wheat and Their Progenitors Under N Stress. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11105-020-01267-2
26. Meshram, S., Gogoi, R., Bashyal, B. M., Kumar, A., Mandal, P. K., & Hossain, F. 2020. Expression analysis of maize genes during Bipolaris maydis infection and assessing their role in disease resistance and symptom development. Indian J. Biotechnology, 19 (April): 82-93.
27. Kanchan B. M. Singh, Jayanthi Madhavan, Raghunath Sadhukhan, Shivani Chandra, Uma Rao and Pranab Kumar Mandal. 2020. Production of nematode free plantlets in Polianthes tuberosa using in vitro culture techniques. Horticulture, Emvironment and Biotechnology. 61(5), 929-937. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13580-020-00263-5
28. Kaushik, M., Rai, S., Venkadesan, S., Sinha, S.K., Mohan, S. and Mandal, P.K., 2020. Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Important Candidate Genes Related to Nutrient Reservoir, Carbohydrate Metabolism, and Defence Proteins during Grain Development of Hexaploid Bread Wheat and Its Diploid Progenitors. Genes, 11(5), p.509. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11050509
29. Nipa Biswas, Sangita Yadav, Shiv Kumar Yadav, Navinder Saini, Anil Dahuja, Pranab Kumar Mandal, Sujata Vasudev, Megha Kaushik and Devendra Kumar Yadava. 2020. Effect of NADPH oxidase inhibitor on seed germination and seedling growth in Brassica juncea. Multilogic in Science., 10 (33): 717-721.
30. Biswas, K.K., Bhattacharyya, U.K., Palchoudhury, S., Balram, N., Kumar, A., Arora, R., Sain, S.K., Kumar, P., Khetarpal, R.K., Sanyal, A. and Mandal, P.K., 2020. Dominance of recombinant cotton leaf curl Multan-Rajasthan virus associated with cotton leaf curl disease outbreak in northwest India. PloS one, 15(4), p.e0231886.
31. Subodh Kumar Sinha, Amresh Kumar, Akanksha Tyagi, Karnam Venkatesh, Debajyoti Paul, Nagendra Kumar Singh and Pranab Kumar Mandal. 2020. Root architecture traits variation and nitrate-influx responses in diverse wheat genotypes under different external nitrogen concentrations. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 148 (2020) 246–259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.01.018
32. Biswas N, Yadav S, Yadav S K, Saini N, Mandal P K, Dahuja A, Vasudev S and Yadava D K (2019). Effect of ROS Inhibitors and Scavengers on Seed Quality Parameters of Indian Mustard.  Seed Research 47(2): 157-163.
33. Bandeppa S., Latha P. C., Amol S. Phule., Rajani. G, Prasad Babu K. V, Kalyani M. Barbadikar, Chandrakala C, M., B. B. Prasad Babu., Mandal P. K., and Sundaram R. M. 2019. Isolation, identification and characterization of efficient free-living nitrogen-fixing bacteria from rice ecosystem. Journal of Rice Research, 12 (2): 38-44.
34. Mandal, P. K., Rai, S., Kaushik, M., Sinha, S. K., Gupta, R. K., & Mahendru, A. (2019). Transcriptome data of cultivated tetraploid and hexaploid wheat variety during grain development. Data in Brief, 22, 551-556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.12.058
35. Gayatri, Manju Rani, Ajay Kumar Mahato, Subodh Kumar Sinha, Monika Dalal, Nagendra Kumar Singh and Pranab Kumar Mandal.  2018. Homeologue Specific Gene Expression Analysis of Two Vital Carbon Metabolizing Enzymes—Citrate Synthase and NADP-Isocitrate Dehydrogenase—from Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Under Nitrogen Stress. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-018-2912-2.
36. Chetan Kumar Nagar, Gayatri, Alka Bharati, Subodh Kumar Sinha, K.Venkatesh and Pranab Kumar Mandal. 2018.  Nitrogen stress induced changes in root system architecture (RSA) in diverse wheat (T. aestivum L.) genotypes at seedling stage. Wheat and Barley Research, 10(2):93-101. doi.org/10.25174/2249- 4065/2018/81209
37. Chetan Kumar Nagar, Gayatri, Alka Bharati, Subodh Kumar Sinha, K. Venkatesh and Pranab Kumar Mandal.  2018. Nitrogen Stress Leads to Induce Change in Expression of Genes for Nitrate Transporter in Wheat Genotypes. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. Volume 7 Number 06. https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2018.706.xx.
38. Subodh Kumar Sinha, Manju Rani, Amresh Kumar, Sarvendra Kumar, K. Venkatesh and Pranab Kumar Mandal.  2018. Natural variation in root system architecture in diverse wheat genotypes grown under different nitrate conditions and root growth media. Theor. Exp. Plant Physiol. 13^th August 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40626-018-0117-2.
39. Subodh K. Sinha, Akanksha Tyagi and Pranab Kumar Mandal. 2018. External Nitrogen and Carbon Source-Mediated Response on Modulation of Root System Architecture and Nitrate Uptake in Wheat Seedlings. External Nitrogen and Carbon Source- Mediated Response on Modulation of Root System Architecture and Nitrate Uptake in Wheat Seedlings. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 9^th August 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-018-9840-9.
40. Subodh K. Sinha, Amitha Mithra S.V., Saurabh Chaudhary¹, Punit Tyagi, Sureshkumar V, Manju Rani and Pranab Kumar Mandal^. 2018. Transcriptome analysis of two rice varieties contrasting for nitrogen use efficiency under chronic N starvation reveals differences in chloroplast and starch metabolism related genes. Genes 2018, 9, 206; doi:10.3390/genes9040206
41. Bageshwar U, Srivastava M, Pardha-Saradhi P, Paul S, Gothandapani S, Jaat R, Shankar P, Yadav R, Biswas D, Kumar PA, Padaria J, Mandal PK, Annapurna K, & Das H. 2017. An environment friendly engineered Azotobacter can replace substantial amount of urea fertilizer and yet sustain same wheat yield. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2017 vol. 83 no. 15 e00590-17 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00590-17