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Karam B. Singh is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily spans the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Insect Science.

The main topics of their scholarly work include:

  • Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
  • Botanical Research and Chemistry
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Agricultural pest management studies
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis

Among recent publications, key papers authored or coauthored by Singh include:

  • Transcription factor control of virulence in phytopathogenic fungi, 2021, Molecular Plant Pathology
  • Editorial: Legumes for Global Food Security, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • The stem rust fungus Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici induces centromeric small RNAs during late infection that are associated with genome-wide DNA methylation, 2021, BMC Biology
  • A pan-genome and chromosome-length reference genome of narrow-leafed lupin (Lupinus angustifolius) reveals genomic diversity and insights into key industry and biological traits, 2022, The Plant Journal
  • An RNAi supplemented diet as a reverse genetics tool to control bluegreen aphid, a major pest of legumes, 2020, Scientific Reports

Singh frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Lars G. Kamphuis
  • Richard P. Oliver
  • Silke Jacques
  • Rhonda C. Foley
  • Evan John

Their works are often published in journals such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Molecular Plant Pathology
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • PLoS Pathogens

In addition to journal articles, Singh has contributed to book publications. Notably, they have been involved with Springer International Publishing, with a book titled The Lupin Genome released in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

    Stephen Richards;Richard A. Gibbs;Nicole M. Gerardo;Nancy Moran

  • Transcription factors in plant defense and stress responses.

    Karam B Singh;Rhonda C Foley;Luis Oñate-Sánchez

  • Draft genome sequence of chickpea ( Cicer arietinum ) provides a resource for trait improvement

    Rajeev K Varshney;Rajeev K Varshney;Chi Song;Rachit K Saxena;Sarwar Azam

  • Arabidopsis thaliana ethylene-responsive element binding protein (AtEBP), an ethylene-inducible, GCC box DNA-binding protein interacts with an ocs element binding protein.

    Michael Büttner;Karam B. Singh

  • EffectorP: predicting fungal effector proteins from secretomes using machine learning.

    Jana Sperschneider;Donald M. Gardiner;Peter N. Dodds;Francesco Tini;Francesco Tini

  • LOCALIZER: subcellular localization prediction of both plant and effector proteins in the plant cell

    Jana Sperschneider;Ann Maree Catanzariti;Kathleen Deboer;Benjamin Petre

  • The promoter of a H2O2‐inducible, Arabidopsis glutathione S‐transferase gene contains closely linked OBF‐ and OBP1‐binding sites

    Wenqiong Chen;Gerald Chao;Karam B. Singh

  • Improved prediction of fungal effector proteins from secretomes with EffectorP 2.0.

    Jana Sperschneider;Peter N. Dodds;Donald M. Gardiner;Karam B. Singh;Karam B. Singh

  • Identification of Arabidopsis Ethylene-Responsive Element Binding Factors with Distinct Induction Kinetics after Pathogen Infection,

    Luis Oñate-Sánchez;Karam B. Singh

  • The Arabidopsis glutathione transferase gene family displays complex stress regulation and co-silencing multiple genes results in altered metabolic sensitivity to oxidative stress

    Pia G. Sappl;Adam J. Carroll;Rachael Clifton;Ryan Lister

  • Biotechnology approaches to overcome biotic and abiotic stress constraints in legumes

    Miguel A. Dita;Nicolas Rispail;Elena Prats;Diego Rubiales

  • Transcriptional Regulation in Plants: The Importance of Combinatorial Control

    Karam B. Singh

  • The Medicago truncatula ortholog of Arabidopsis EIN2, sickle, is a negative regulator of symbiotic and pathogenic microbial associations

    R. Varma Penmetsa;Pedro Uribe;Jonathan Anderson;Judith Lichtenzveig;Judith Lichtenzveig

  • The auxin, hydrogen peroxide and salicylic acid induced expression of the Arabidopsis GST6 promoter is mediated in part by an ocs element

    Wenqiong Chen;Karam B. Singh

  • Mitochondrial complex II has a key role in mitochondrial-derived reactive oxygen species influence on plant stress gene regulation and defense

    Cynthia Gleason;Shaobai Huang;Louise F. Thatcher;Rhonda C. Foley

  • Aphid Resistance in Medicago truncatula Involves Antixenosis and Phloem-Specific, Inducible Antibiosis, and Maps to a Single Locus Flanked by NBS-LRR Resistance Gene Analogs

    John Klingler;Robert Creasy;Lingling Gao;Ramakrishnan M. Nair

  • AtERF14, a Member of the ERF Family of Transcription Factors, Plays a Nonredundant Role in Plant Defense

    Luis Oñate-Sánchez;Jonathan P. Anderson;Jodi Young;Karam B. Singh

  • Achievements and Challenges in Legume Breeding for Pest and Disease Resistance

    Diego Rubiales;Sara Fondevilla;Weidong Chen;Laurent Gentzbittel

  • Characterization of salicylic acid‐responsive, Arabidopsis Dof domain proteins: overexpression of OBP3 leads to growth defects

    Hong-Gu Kang;Karam B. Singh;Karam B. Singh

  • A comprehensive draft genome sequence for lupin (Lupinus angustifolius), an emerging health food: insights into plant–microbe interactions and legume evolution

    James K. Hane;Yao Ming;Lars G. Kamphuis;Matthew N. Nelson

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars G. Kamphuis
Lars G. Kamphuis Curtin University
Jana Sperschneider
Jana Sperschneider Australian National University
James K. Hane
James K. Hane Curtin University
Jennifer M. Taylor
Jennifer M. Taylor Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Rajeev K. Varshney
Rajeev K. Varshney Murdoch University
Matthew N. Nelson
Matthew N. Nelson Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Peter N. Dodds
Peter N. Dodds Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Richard P. Oliver
Richard P. Oliver Curtin University
Rachit K. Saxena
Rachit K. Saxena International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Donald M. Gardiner
Donald M. Gardiner Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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