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  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Avtar K. Handa is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research primarily spans Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The main subfields of study include Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, and Systematics.

Their work covers several key topics in plant biology including:

  • Polyamine Metabolism and Applications
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • GABA and Rice Research
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Avtar K. Handa include:

  • "Polyamines and Their Biosynthesis/Catabolism Genes Are Differentially Modulated in Response to Heat Versus Cold Stress in Tomato Leaves (Solanum lycopersicum L.)", 2020, Cells
  • "Plant Transcriptome Reprograming and Bacterial Extracellular Metabolites Underlying Tomato Drought Resistance Triggered by a Beneficial Soil Bacteria", 2021, Metabolites
  • "Differential Association of Free, Conjugated, and Bound Forms of Polyamines and Transcript Abundance of Their Biosynthetic and Catabolic Genes During Drought/Salinity Stress in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Leaves", 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Engineered Ripening-Specific Accumulation of Polyamines Spermidine and Spermine in Tomato Fruit Upregulates Clustered C/D Box snoRNA Gene Transcripts in Concert with Ribosomal RNA Biogenesis in the Red Ripe Fruit", 2020, Plants
  • "A comprehensive endogenous phytohormone metabolite landscape identifies new metabolites associated with tomato fruit", 2024, Plant Growth Regulation

They have published in various scientific journals including Cells, Metabolites, Frontiers in Plant Science, Plants, and Plant Growth Regulation.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Autar K. Mattoo
  • Rakesh K. Upadhyay
  • Tahira Fatima
  • Rafael J. L. Morcillo
  • Juan Ignacio Vílchez

Avtar K. Handa was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Chemistry and uses of pectin--a review.

    B R Thakur;R K Singh;A K Handa

  • Characterization of Osmotin : A Thaumatin-Like Protein Associated with Osmotic Adaptation in Plant Cells

    Narendra K. Singh;Charles A. Bracker;Paul M. Hasegawa;Avtar K. Handa

  • Engineered polyamine accumulation in tomato enhances phytonutrient content, juice quality, and vine life.

    Roshni A. Mehta;Tatiana Cassol;Ning Li;Nasreen Ali

  • Critical roles of DNA demethylation in the activation of ripening-induced genes and inhibition of ripening-repressed genes in tomato fruit

    Zhaobo Lang;Zhaobo Lang;Yihai Wang;Kai Tang;Dengguo Tang

  • Proteins Associated with Adaptation of Cultured Tobacco Cells to NaCl.

    Narendra K. Singh;Avtar K. Handa;Paul M. Hasegawa;Ray A. Bressan

  • Hormonal Regulation of Tomato Fruit Development: A Molecular Perspective

    Alka Srivastava;Avtar K. Handa

  • Proline Accumulation and the Adaptation of Cultured Plant Cells to Water Stress

    Sangita Handa;Avtar K. Handa;Paul M. Hasegawa;Ray A. Bressan

  • An Antisense Pectin Methylesterase Gene Alters Pectin Chemistry and Soluble Solids in Tomato Fruit.

    Denise M. Tieman;Robert W. Harriman;G. Ramamohan;Avtar K. Handa

  • Interaction between the tobacco mosaic virus movement protein and host cell pectin methylesterases is required for viral cell-to-cell movement.

    Min-Huei Chen;Jinsong Sheng;Geoffrey Hind;Avtar K. Handa

  • Solutes Contributing to Osmotic Adjustment in Cultured Plant Cells Adapted to Water Stress

    Sangita Handa;Ray A. Bressan;Avtar K. Handa;Nicholas C. Carpita

  • Cellular mechanisms of salinity tolerance

    P. M. Hasegawa;R. A. Bressan;A. K. Handa

  • Adaptation of Tobacco Cells to NaCl

    Marla L. Binzel;Paul M. Hasegawa;Avtar K. Handa;Ray A. Bressan

  • Solute Accumulation in Tobacco Cells Adapted to NaCl

    Marla L. Binzel;Paul M. Hasegawa;David Rhodes;Sangita Handa

  • Reduction in Pectin Methylesterase Activity Modifies Tissue Integrity and Cation Levels in Ripening Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) Fruits.

    Denise M. Tieman;Avtar K. Handa

  • Polyamines: Bio-Molecules with Diverse Functions in Plant and Human Health and Disease.

    Avtar K. Handa;Tahira Fatima;Autar K. Mattoo

  • Hormonal regulation of protein synthesis associated with salt tolerance in plant cells.

    N K Singh;P C Larosa;A K Handa;P M Hasegawa

  • Postharvest Biology and Technology of Fruits, Vegetables, and Flowers

    Gopinadhan Paliyath;Dennis P. Murr;Avtar K. Handa;S. Lurie

  • Biochemical basis of high‐temperature inhibition of ethylene biosynthesis in ripening tomato fruits

    M. Scott Biggs;William R. Woodson;Avtar K. Handa

  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy-Based Metabolite Profiling of Transgenic Tomato Fruit Engineered to Accumulate Spermidine and Spermine Reveals Enhanced Anabolic and Nitrogen-Carbon Interactions

    Autar K. Mattoo;Anatoli P. Sobolev;Anil Neelam;Ravinder K. Goyal

  • Polyamines and cellular metabolism in plants: transgenic approaches reveal different responses to diamine putrescine versus higher polyamines spermidine and spermine

    Autar K. Mattoo;Subhash C. Minocha;Rakesh Minocha;Avtar K. Handa

Frequent Co-Authors

Autar K. Mattoo
Autar K. Mattoo United States Department of Agriculture
Ray A. Bressan
Ray A. Bressan Purdue University West Lafayette
Paul M. Hasegawa
Paul M. Hasegawa Purdue University West Lafayette
Denise M. Tieman
Denise M. Tieman University of Florida
Rajendra Prasad
Rajendra Prasad Amity University
Jian-Kang Zhu
Jian-Kang Zhu Southern University of Science and Technology
Mario G. Ferruzzi
Mario G. Ferruzzi North Carolina State University
Mark A. Hermodson
Mark A. Hermodson Purdue University West Lafayette
Elizabeth J. Mitcham
Elizabeth J. Mitcham University of California, Davis
Brian A. Larkins
Brian A. Larkins University of Arizona

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