Publications & Research

Shubhangi Shree, Anjali Chaudhary, Subhash Kumar, Kunal Singh and Namo Dubey (2026). Beneficial Microbes in Plant Salt Stress Tolerance: Mechanisms, Antioxidant Defense, and Multi-Omics Insights. Frontiers in Microbiology, 17. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1965097 (Accepted, in press).

Review examining plant-associated microbial dynamics, antioxidant defense pathways, and multi-omics dimensions conferring salt stress tolerance in crop species.

Tina Roy, Anjali Chaudhary, Anand Mishra, Sweta Arora, Ankita Kumari and Kunal Singh (2025). Advancement in rhizospheric microbial diversity analysis: an updated perspective. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 35(3), 769–796. DOI: 10.1007/s13562-025-01013-3

Evaluates contemporary metagenomic approaches, high-throughput sequencing assays, and bioinformatics frameworks for characterizing rhizospheric microbial diversity.

Anjali Chaudhary, Ruchika Thakur, Tina Roy, Kanchan Yadav, Swati Verma and Kunal Singh (2024). Chronological events unfolding the vegetative and floral phenology of apical bud in Crocus sativus. Protoplasma, 262(2), 313–330. DOI: 10.1007/s00709-024-01995-2

Investigates structural and developmental events of apical bud differentiation in saffron crocus to establish chronological stages for developmental transcriptomics.

Tina Roy, Pooja Yadav, Anjali Chaudhary, Kanchan Yadav and Kunal Singh (2024). Rhizosphere Microbiome-Assisted Approaches for Biotic Stress Management. In: Plant–Microbe Interaction and Stress Management, 135–158. Springer, Singapore. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-4239-4_8

Synthesizes metagenomic and multi-omics strategies for deciphering root microbial interactions that enhance crop resilience against phytopathogens.

Namo Dubey, Anjali Chaudhary and Kunal Singh (2024). TIR-NBS-LRR genes play a role in plant defense against biotic stress in Solanum lycopersicum. Plant Protection Science, 60(3), 229–240. DOI: 10.17221/127/2023-PPS

Genome-wide structural and expression analysis identifying the regulatory contribution of TIR-NBS-LRR resistance genes during pathogen challenge in tomato.

Mehul Kumar, Rhythumwinder Singh and Prerana Mukherjee (June 2024). VTHSC-MIR: Vision Transformer Hashing with Supervised Contrastive learning based medical image retrieval. Pattern Recognition Letters, 184(2). DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2024.06.003

Introduces a deep hashing vision transformer architecture with supervised contrastive learning for scalable and precise content-based medical image retrieval.

Anjali Chaudhary and Kunal Singh (2024). Transcriptome analysis of apical meristem enriched bud samples for size dependent flowering commitment in Crocus sativus reveal role of sugar and auxin signalling. Molecular Biology Reports, 51(1), 605. DOI: 10.1007/s11033-024-09574-7

Comprehensive high-throughput RNA-Seq dissection elucidating how sugar transport and auxin signaling cascades orchestrate corm size-dependent floral transition.

Namo Dubey, Anjali Chaudhary and Kunal Singh (2022). Genome-Wide Analysis of TIR-NBS-LRR Gene Family in Potato Identified StTNLC7G2 Inducing Reactive Oxygen Species in Presence of Alternaria solani. Frontiers in Genetics, 12, 791055. DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.791055

Integrative computational genomics profiling nucleotide-binding site leucine-rich repeat family members in Solanum tuberosum conferring early blight defense.