Dr Showkat Ganie
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
My long term research interest has been understanding the regulation of abiotic stress responses of crop plants, particularly the regulation of stress-responsive gene expression. My research aims to enhance photosynthesis for higher yield by utilizing the crop natural variation and by developing new genetic resources through cutting edge molecular and physiological approaches. Currently, my research focusses on the application of gene editing technology to modify plant architecture, with a focus on creating dwarf plants for indoor farming systems. We aim to develop proof-of-concept technologies for optimizing plant traits in indoor farms and commercial glasshouses, with broader applications to improve plant phenotypes for innovative growing systems.
Qualifications
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Ph.D National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, (2017)
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M.Sc. University of Burdwan, (2010)
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B.Sc. University of Kashmir, (2008)
Publications
Journal articles (37)
Krasauskas, J., Ganie, SA., Al-Husari, A., Bindschedler, L., Spanu, P., Ito, M. and Devoto, A., (2024). Jasmonates, gibberellins, and powdery mildew modify cell cycle progression and evoke differential spatiotemporal responses along the barley leaf. Journal of Experimental Botany. 75 (1), 180-203
Ganie, SA., McMulkin, N. and Devoto, A., (2024). The role of priming and memory in rice environmental stress adaptation: Current knowledge and perspectives. Plant, Cell & Environment. 47 (5), 1895-1915
(2024). Genetics of Salt Tolerance in Plants. Genetics of Salt Tolerance in Plants: A Central Dogma Perspective and Strategies for Enhancement, 1-175
Rajkumari, N., Chowrasia, S., Nishad, J., Ganie, SA. and Mondal, TK., (2023). Metabolomics-mediated elucidation of rice responses to salt stress. Planta. 258 (6), 111-
Ganie, SA. and Foyer, CH., (2023). Environmental stress in crops: Effects and responses during reproduction. Food and Energy Security. 12 (6)
Sonmez, MC., Ozgur, R., Uzilday, B., Turkan, I. and Ganie, SA., (2023). Redox regulation in
Pandita, D., Bhat, JA., Wani, SH., ElSayed, AI., Nawaz, G., Mukherjee, S., Reyes, VP., Kumar, A., Shen, Q., Ganie, SA. and Siddique, KHM., (2023). Mobile Signaling Peptides: Secret Molecular Messengers with a Mighty Role in Plant Life. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 42 (10), 6801-6834
Kavi Kishor, PB., Ganie, SA., Wani, SH., Guddimalli, R., Karumanchi, AR., Edupuganti, S., Naravula, J., Kumar, V., Polavarapu, R., Suravajhala, P. and Penna, S., (2023). Nuclear Factor-Y (NF-Y): Developmental and Stress-Responsive Roles in the Plant Lineage. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 42 (5), 2711-2735
Uzilday, RO. and Ganie, SA., (2023). Editorial: Extremophiles: tolerance mechanisms and use in crop improvement. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14, 1233202-
Ganie, SA., Bhat, JA. and Devoto, A., (2022). The influence of endophytes on rice fitness under environmental stresses. Plant Molecular Biology. 109 (4-5), 447-467
ElSayed, AI., Rafudeen, MS., Ganie, SA., Hossain, MS. and Gomaa, AM., (2022). Seed priming with cypress leaf extract enhances photosynthesis and antioxidative defense in zucchini seedlings under salt stress. Scientia Horticulturae. 293, 110707-110707
Bhat, JA., Karikari, B., Adeboye, KA., Ganie, SA., Barmukh, R., Hu, D., Varshney, RK. and Yu, D., (2022). Identification of superior haplotypes in a diverse natural population for breeding desirable plant height in soybean. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 135 (7), 2407-2422
Bohra, A., Tiwari, A., Kaur, P., Ganie, SA., Raza, A., Roorkiwal, M., Mir, RR., Fernie, AR., Smýkal, P. and Varshney, RK., (2022). The Key to the Future Lies in the Past: Insights from Grain Legume Domestication and Improvement Should Inform Future Breeding Strategies. Plant and Cell Physiology. 63 (11), 1554-1572
Bhat, JA., Adeboye, KA., Ganie, SA., Barmukh, R., Hu, D., Varshney, RK. and Yu, D., (2022). Genome-wide association study, haplotype analysis, and genomic prediction reveal the genetic basis of yield-related traits in soybean (Glycine max L.). Frontiers in Genetics. 13, 953833-
Farooqi, MQU., Nawaz, G., Wani, SH., Choudhary, JR., Rana, M., Sah, RP., Afzal, M., Zahra, Z., Ganie, SA., Razzaq, A., Reyes, VP., Mahmoud, EA., Elansary, HO., El-Abedin, TKZ. and Siddique, KHM., (2022). Recent developments in multi-omics and breeding strategies for abiotic stress tolerance in maize (Zea mays L.). Frontiers in Plant Science. 13, 965878-
Bhat, JA., Yu, D., Bohra, A., Ganie, SA. and Varshney, RK., (2021). Features and applications of haplotypes in crop breeding. Communications Biology. 4 (1), 1266-
Ganie, SA. and Reddy, ASN., (2021). Stress-Induced Changes in Alternative Splicing Landscape in Rice: Functional Significance of Splice Isoforms in Stress Tolerance. Biology. 10 (4), 309-309
Ganie, SA., Wani, SH., Henry, R. and Hensel, G., (2021). Improving rice salt tolerance by precision breeding in a new era. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 60, 101996-101996
Ganie, SA. and Ahammed, GJ., (2021). Dynamics of cell wall structure and related genomic resources for drought tolerance in rice. Plant Cell Reports. 40 (3), 437-459
Samanta, P., Ganie, SA., Chakraborty, A. and Dey, N., (2021). Study on regulation of carbohydrate usage in a heterogeneous rice population under submergence. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 30 (1), 138-146
Ganie, SA., Mazumder, A., Kiran, K., Hossain, F., Sharma, R. and Mondal, TK., (2020). Transcriptional dynamics of Zn-accumulation in developing kernels of maize reveals important Zn-uptake mechanisms. Genomics. 112 (5), 3435-3447
Ganie, SA., Ahammed, GJ. and Wani, SH., (2020). Vascular plant one zinc-finger (VOZ) transcription factors: novel regulators of abiotic stress tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 67 (4), 799-807
Ganie, SA., (2020). RNA chaperones: Potential candidates for engineering salt tolerance in rice. Crop Science. 60 (2), 530-540
Ganie, SA., Molla, KA., Henry, RJ., Bhat, KV. and Mondal, TK., (2019). Advances in understanding salt tolerance in rice. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 132 (4), 851-870
Tyagi, S., Sharma, S., Ganie, SA., Tahir, M., Mir, RR. and Pandey, R., (2019). Plant microRNAs: biogenesis, gene silencing, web-based analysis tools and their use as molecular markers. 3 Biotech. 9 (11), 413-
Ganie, SA., Debnath, AB., Gumi, AM. and Mondal, TK., (2017). Comprehensive survey and evolutionary analysis of genome-wide miRNA genes from ten diploid Oryza species. BMC Genomics. 18 (1), 711-
Ganie, SA., Pani, DR. and Mondal, TK., (2017). Genome-wide analysis of DUF221 domain-containing gene family in Oryza species and identification of its salinity stress-responsive members in rice. PLOS ONE. 12 (8), e0182469-e0182469
Ganie, SA., Dey, N. and Mondal, TK., (2016). Promoter methylation regulates the abundance of osa-miR393a in contrasting rice genotypes under salinity stress. Functional & Integrative Genomics. 16 (1), 1-11
Ganie, SA., Borgohain, MJ., Kritika, K., Talukdar, A., Pani, DR. and Mondal, TK., (2016). Assessment of genetic diversity of Saltol QTL among the rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. 22 (1), 107-114
Molla, KA., Debnath, AB., Ganie, SA. and Mondal, TK., (2015). Identification and analysis of novel salt responsive candidate gene based SSRs (cgSSRs) from rice (Oryza sativa L.). BMC Plant Biology. 15 (1), 122-
Mondal, TK., Ganie, SA. and Debnath, AB., (2015). Identification of Novel and Conserved miRNAs from Extreme Halophyte, Oryza coarctata, a Wild Relative of Rice. PLOS ONE. 10 (10), e0140675-e0140675
Ganie, SA. and Mondal, TK., (2015). Genome-wide development of novel miRNA-based microsatellite markers of rice (Oryza sativa) for genotyping applications. Molecular Breeding. 35 (1), 1-12
Mondal, TK., Ganie, SA., Rana, MK. and Sharma, TR., (2014). Genome-wide Analysis of Zinc Transporter Genes of Maize (Zea mays). Plant Molecular Biology Reporter. 32 (2), 605-616
Mondal, TK. and Ganie, SA., (2014). Identification and characterization of salt responsive miRNA-SSR markers in rice (Oryza sativa). Gene. 535 (2), 204-209
Mondal, TK., Ganie, SA., Rana, MK. and Sharma, TR., (2014). Erratum to: Genome-wide Analysis of Zinc Transporter Genes of Maize (Zea mays). Plant Molecular Biology Reporter. 32 (3), 779-779
Ganie, SA., Karmakar, J., Roychowdhury, R., Mondal, TK. and Dey, N., (2014). Assessment of genetic diversity in salt-tolerant rice and its wild relatives for ten SSR loci and one allele mining primer of salT gene located on 1st chromosome. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 300 (7), 1741-1747
Mondal, TK., Ganie, SA., Niraj, RRK. and Rana, MK., (2014). Cloning and in silico analysis of a gene encoding a putative β-carbonic anhydrase from cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp). Journal of Plant Interactions. 9 (1), 504-513
Book chapters (3)
Ganie, S., (2021). Amino Acids Other Than Proline and Their Participation in Abiotic Stress Tolerance. In: Compatible Solutes Engineering for Crop Plants Facing Climate Change. Springer Nature. 47- 96. 303080674X. 9783030806743
Bansal, M., Jindal, S., Wani, SH., Ganie, SA. and Singh, R., (2021). Genome Editing and Trait Improvement in Wheat. In: Physiological, Molecular, and Genetic Perspectives of Wheat Improvement. Springer International Publishing. 263- 283. 9783030595760
Choudhary, JR., Ganie, SA., Bansal, M., Goswami, B., Burdak, A., Get, S., Tripathi, A. and Wani, SH., (2021). Emerging Roles of Osmoprotectants in the Abiotic Stress Tolerance of Plants. In: Plant Abiotic Stress Physiology. Apple Academic Press. 263- 287
Conferences (1)
Adeboye, KA., Bhat, JA., Ganie, SA., Varshney, RK. and Yu, D., Genome-Wide Association Analysis of Yield-Related Traits of Soybean Using Haplotype-Based Framework
