Prashant Digambar More

Key Research Contributions Future Directions

"My research portfolio covers a wide range of topics in plant biology, focusing on important issues related to plant health, growth, and stress resistance. I have published several influential articles that have made significant contributions to the field. My research aims to connect basic knowledge with practical applications, and I am dedicated to enhancing plant health, managing diseases, and promoting sustainable crop production."

Awards

· NET (LS): qualified CSIR-UGC NET (National eligibility test for lectureship) in subject of Life Sciences (Dec-2012), India

· NET (LS): qualified ASRB-NET (National eligibility test for lectureship) in the subject of Agricultural Biotechnology (2013), India.

· GATE: qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in the subject Biotechnology (2013)

· DST-INSPIRE fellowship: awarded with DST-INSPIRE, India fellowship for university first-rank holders for pursuing Ph.D.

• Ph.D.: Molecular characterization of geminiviruses infecting Jatropha
• M.Sc.: Genome organization and infectious clone construction of a geminivirus causing yellow vein mosaic in okra

• FR694925: Bhendi yellow vein mosaic virus complete sequence, isolate Himachal
• FR823510: Bhendi yellow vein mosaic virus-associated DNA-beta complete genome, isolate Himachal
• NC_038962: Jatropha leaf curl Gujarat virus, complete genome
• KR349062: Jatropha leaf curl virus isolate Gujarat:IC565731:2014 segment DNA-B, complete sequence

Citation metrics: H-index –6, i-10 index – 4, Total Citations – 121 (February 2024) 

Website: 

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https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Prashant-More-2

Research articles:

• Patel JS, Selvaraj V, More P, Bahmani R, Borza T, Prithiviraj B, A Plant Biostimulant from Ascophyllum nodosum Potentiates Plant Growth Promotion and Stress Protection Activity of Pseudomonas protegens CHA0, Plants, 12 (6), 1208, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-022-03306-z, 2023
• More P, Agarwal P and Agarwal PK, The Jatropha leaf curl Gujarat virus on infection in Jatropha regulates the sugar and tricarboxylic acid cycle metabolic pathways, 3 Biotech, 12, 275, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-022-03306-z, 2022
• More P, Agarwal P, Anand A, Sanan-Mishra N, Agarwal PK, Artificial miRNA mediated resistance in tobacco against Jatropha leaf curl Gujarat virus by targeting RNA silencing suppressors, Scientific Reports, 11, 890, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79134-z, 2021
• Agarwal P, Patel K, More P, Sapara KK, Singh VK, Agarwal PK, The AlRabring7 E3-Ub-ligase mediates AlRab7 ubiquitination and improves ionic and oxidative stress tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 151, 689-704, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.03.030, 2020
• More P, Agarwal P, Joshi PS, Agarwal PK, The JcWRKY tobacco transgenics showed improved photosynthetic efficiency and wax accumulation during salinity, Scientific Reports, 9, 19617, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56087-6, 2019
• Patel R, Zaveri P, Mukherjee A, Agarwal PK, More P, Munshi NS, Development of fluorescent protein-based biosensing strains: A new tool for the detection of aromatic hydrocarbon pollutants in the environment, Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 182, 109450, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109450, 2019
• Agarwal P, Dabi M, More P, Patel K, Jana K, Agarwal PK, Improved shoot regeneration, salinity tolerance and reduced fungal susceptibility in transgenic tobacco constitutively expressing PR-10a gene, Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, 217, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.00217, 2016
• More P, Agarwal P, Mastan SG, Agarwal PK, MSAP marker-based DNA methylation study in Salicornia brachiata DREB2A transgenic tobacco, Plant Gene, 6, 77-81, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plgene.2016.04.001, 2016

Review articles:

• Bahmani R, More P, Babarinde S, Zhou M, Prithiviraj B, Seaweeds for plant disease management: current research advances and future perspectives, Phytoparasitica, 1-20, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-023-01074-x, 2023
• More P, Agarwal P, Agarwal PK, Geminiviruses: Molecular biodiversity and global distribution in Jatropha, Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 25, 101439, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmpp.2019.101439, 2019
• Paidi MK, Agarwal P, More P, and Agarwal P, Chemical derivatization of metabolite mass profiling of the recreto halophyte Aeluropus lagopoides revealing salt stress tolerance mechanism, Marine Biotechnology, 19, 207-218, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10126-017-9745-9, 2017

Book chapters:

• More P, Baraiya BM, Agarwal PK and Agarwal P, Geminiviruses infecting tomato: genetic diversity, distribution, natural and genetically engineered resistance, Geminivirus: Detection, Diagnosis and Management, Elsevier, 611-627, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90587-9.00018-3, 2022

• Workshop/training, Plant Bioinformatics, Decodelife.org, 12/10/2020, 12/15/2020
• Workshop/training, Computers in Computational Biology, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, CSK HPKV, Palampur (H.P.), 03/2009, 03/2009
• Workshop/training, Bioinformatics in Genomics and proteomics, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, New Delhi, 03/2010, 03/2010
• Conference, Current Trends and Challenges in Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Goa, India, 11/20/2020, 11/21/2020
• Conference, Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges (SEEC), Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (CIAB), Mohali, India, 02/26/2017, 02/28/2017, Best Poster Award
• Conference, Biotechnological Research and Innovation for Sustainable Development, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad, India, 11/22/2018, 11/25/2018

• Dr. Balakrishnan Prithiviraj, Associate professor, Plant, Food, and Environmental Science department, Dalhousie University-Agriculture Campus, Truro, NS, Canada, bprithiviraj@dal.ca, +1-9428829342
• Dr. Pradeep K Agarwal, Senior Principal Scientist and Divisional Chair, Plant Omics Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India, pagarwal@csmcri.res.in, +91-9428829342
• Dr. Vipin Hallan, Senior Principal Scientist, Plant Virology Lab, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT), Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India, hallan@ihbt.res.in, +91-9816812300