Interesting conclusions are made out of simple DNA-based evidence; impressive!!

Most plants can`t handle salt, but have evolved strategies to survive in it. How do they do it?🌱 Excited to share some of our first insights using a new cryoelemental imaging technique to answer these questions at the subcellular scale! (1/8) nature nature.com/articles/s4158…

My first interaction with the plant lipid research community! I presented a talk at the Gordon Research Conference #GRC in Pomona, California. Impressive speakers and insightful discussions made it one of the best conferences I've ever attended!

Chalk talk at Biophysics Department of Princeton University, New Jersey! It was exciting to discuss my plant-phosphate-lipids work with the researchers there!

Good beginning of the 2025!! Happy to share our paper "Phosphate deficiency inducible OsGDPD5 affects root growth by regulating sugar‐auxin crosstalk" - Verma - 2025 - The Plant Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tp…

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐏𝐉 🌾Phosphate deficiency inducible OsGDPD5 affects root growth by regulating sugar-auxin crosstalk 👉doi.org/10.1111/tpj.17… by Verma, Pandey et al Jitender Giri BRIC-NIPGR OGDPD5 regulates sugar metabolism, root growth& energy balance via auxin signaling

Tolerance of Oryza sativa to low phosphate is associated with adaptive... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Delivered an invited talk at the Plant Science Department, Penn State University. Connected with old friends and discussed new developments in root phenotyping, especially Laser Ablation Tomography (LAT). I thoroughly enjoyed insightful discussions!!

I met Jonathan Lynch after ~14 years at Penn State University. Though he retires, he is always full of ideas! His enthusiasm, even at this stage, is inspiring!!

अरण्य ते पृथिवी स्योनमस्तु (अथर्ववेद). Forests are the Jewel of Earth. Today is #InternationalDayofForests. 80% of biodiversity on this planet is in forests. Protect & conserve.

#CabinetDecisions Modi Govt approves key decisions to boost agriculture & manufacturing! 🔶 Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) for Kharif 2025. - ₹37,216.15 Cr subsidy for P&K fertilizers to ensure affordability for farmers. - Freight subsidy on SSP extended. 🔶 Electronics

I'm excited to share our newly published article, and my first co-author paper in the PNAS! TCP3 is a substrate of the COP1/SPA ubiquitin ligase to regulate anthocyanin accumulation and flowering time in Arabidopsis 🌿 pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… Congratulations to all the authors!

I got the same message this morning!

My lab will be hosting two Ph.D. candidates this year. Apply for the NIPGR Ph.D. program.

Redox-regulated Aux/IAA multimerization modulates auxin responses | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Precise promoter editing offers better results. Read our latest paper on phosphate uptake!! Editing cis‐elements of OsPHO1;2 improved phosphate transport and yield in rice - Maurya - Plant Biotechnology Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pb…

Dr. Jitender Giri at BRIC BRIC-NIPGR has generated rice lines that demonstrate improved Pi uptake and grain yield, even in soils fertilized with lower phosphate levels. His team has employed an innovative approach by using CRISPR/Cas to eliminate the repressor binding site from

The traditional method of removing the weeds from cotton crops using bullocks is time consuming and very costly. Chemical herbicides are also expensive. We need such technology that can control weeds at low cost. #Biotechnogy

Read our new paper, coming out of my first collaboration with ICAR, IIRR! Roots sacrifice their phosphate demand to support yield in rice! BRIC-NIPGR Indian Council of Agricultural Research. IIRR Department of Biotechnology Phosphate..utilization efficiency in the rice landrace Wazuhophek academic.oup.com/jxb/article-ab…

My PhD paper is out! 🎉 We've uncovered the physiological and genetic basis that makes the rice landrace Wazuhophek incredibly efficient at using phosphate from poor soils.