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Gautam Sarath is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within the agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on plant science, molecular biology, and insect science. Their work explores diverse aspects of crop science and bioengineering related to plant-insect interactions and biochemical pathways.

Their research topics include:

  • Bioenergy crop production and management
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance

Gautam Sarath has published across a variety of scientific journals. Frequent venues for their publications are:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Plant Molecular Biology
  • Plants
  • New Phytologist

Notable recent publications include:

  • Plant hemoglobins: a journey from unicellular green algae to vascular plants, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Interplay of phytohormones facilitate sorghum tolerance to aphids, 2020, Plant Molecular Biology
  • Overexpression of ferulate 5-hydroxylase increases syringyl units in Sorghum bicolor, 2020, Plant Molecular Biology
  • Dynamic regulation of phenylpropanoid pathway metabolites in modulating sorghum defense against fall armyworm, 2022, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Aphid-Responsive Defense Networks in Hybrid Switchgrass, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science

The scientist has collaborated frequently with colleagues including Nathan A. Palmer, Scott E. Sattler, Joe Louis, Serge J. Edmé, and Lise Pingault. These collaborations reflect recurring partnerships that contribute to their research outputs.

The main fields of study that frame their research are:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broad fields, their subfields of study cover:

  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Insect Science
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Biomedical Engineering

Best Publications

  • The role of acid phosphatases in plant phosphorus metabolism

    Stephen M. G. Duff;Gautam Sarath;William C. Plaxton

  • The Electronic Plant Gene Register

    Matthias Schmidt;Juergen Feierabend;Ya-Hsuan Hsu;Kin-Ying To

  • Production of butanol (a biofuel) from agricultural residues: Part II – Use of corn stover and switchgrass hydrolysates☆

    Nasib Qureshi;Badal C. Saha;Ronald E. Hector;Bruce Dien

  • Switchgrass as a biofuels feedstock in the USA

    Matt A. Sanderson;Paul R. Adler;Akwasi A. Boateng;Michael D. Casler

  • Improved Sugar Conversion and Ethanol Yield for Forage Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) Lines with Reduced Lignin Contents

    Bruce S Dien;Gautam Sarath;Jeffrey F. Pedersen;Scott E. Sattler

  • Rice Hemoglobins (Gene Cloning, Analysis, and O2-Binding Kinetics of a Recombinant Protein Synthesized in Escherichia coli)

    R Arredondo-Peter;M S Hargrove;G Sarath;J F Moran

  • Crystal structure of a nonsymbiotic plant hemoglobin.

    Mark S Hargrove;Eric Allen Brucker;Boguslaw Stec;Gautam Sarath

  • A nonsense mutation in a cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase gene is responsible for the Sorghum brown midrib6 phenotype.

    Scott E. Sattler;Aaron J. Saathoff;Eric J. Haas;Nathan A. Palmer

  • Managing and enhancing switchgrass as a bioenergy feedstock

    Rob Mitchell;Kenneth P. Vogel;Gautam Sarath

  • Subcellular localization of oxygen defense enzymes in soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) root nodules

    D. A. Dalton;L. M. Baird;L. Langeberg;C. Y. Taugher

  • Soybean glycinin G1 acidic chain shares IgE epitopes with peanut allergen Ara h 3.

    Tom A. Beardslee;Michael G. Zeece;Gautam Sarath;John P. Markwell

  • Reactive oxygen species, ABA and nitric oxide interactions on the germination of warm-season C4-grasses

    Gautam Sarath;Guichuan Hou;Lisa M. Baird;Robert B. Mitchell

  • Opportunities and roadblocks in utilizing forages and small grains for liquid fuels

    Gautam Sarath;Robert B. Mitchell;Scott E. Sattler;Deanna Funnell

  • Modifying crops to increase cell wall digestibility

    Hans Joachim G. Jung;Deborah A. Samac;Gautam Sarath

  • Chitinases from the Plant Disease Biocontrol Agent, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia C3.

    Z. Zhang;Gary Yuen;Gautam Sarath;A. R. Penheiter

  • Downregulation of cinnamyl-alcohol dehydrogenase in switchgrass by RNA silencing results in enhanced glucose release after cellulase treatment.

    Aaron J. Saathoff;Gautam Sarath;Elaine K. Chow;Bruce S. Dien

  • The Arabidopsis homolog of trithorax, ATX1, binds phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate, and the two regulate a common set of target genes

    Raul Alvarez-Venegas;Monther Sadder;Monther Sadder;Andrej Hlavacka;Frantisek Baluska

  • Nitric oxide accelerates seed germination in warm-season grasses.

    Gautam Sarath;Paul C Bethke;Russell L Jones;Lisa M Baird

  • Activation of the Oryza sativa non-symbiotic haemoglobin-2 promoter by the cytokinin-regulated transcription factor, ARR1

    Emily J. H. Ross;Julie M. Stone;Christian G. Elowsky;Raul Arredondo-Peter

  • Oxidative responses of resistant and susceptible cereal leaves to symptomatic and nonsymptomatic cereal aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) feeding.

    Xinzhi Ni;Sharron S. Quisenberry;Tiffany Heng-Moss;John P. Markwell

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott E. Sattler
Scott E. Sattler Agricultural Research Service
Robert B. Mitchell
Robert B. Mitchell US Department of Agriculture
Kenneth P. Vogel
Kenneth P. Vogel Agricultural Research Service
Janos Zempleni
Janos Zempleni University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Bruce S. Dien
Bruce S. Dien National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Raymond Chollet
Raymond Chollet University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Mark S. Hargrove
Mark S. Hargrove Iowa State University
Michael A. Cotta
Michael A. Cotta National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Jeffrey F. Pedersen
Jeffrey F. Pedersen University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Jose F. Moran
Jose F. Moran Spanish National Research Council

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