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Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad

Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad

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Plant Science and Agronomy
India
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
69
Citations
25233
World Ranking
736
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in India Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Enzyme

Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad mainly investigates Phytoremediation, Botany, Environmental chemistry, Biochemistry and Oxidative stress. His Phytoremediation study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Rhizosphere, Soil contamination and Agronomy. His research integrates issues of Biomass and Abiotic stress in his study of Rhizosphere.

The Botany study combines topics in areas such as Biogeochemical cycle and Cadmium. The various areas that Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad examines in his Environmental chemistry study include Bioremediation and Metal. His Oxidative stress study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Reactive oxygen species and Carotenoid.

His most cited work include:

  • Heavy metal stress in plants : from biomolecules to ecosystems (687 citations)
  • Metal hyperaccumulation in plants: Biodiversity prospecting for phytoremediation technology (682 citations)
  • Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and endophytes accelerate phytoremediation of metalliferous soils (663 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Botany, Phytoremediation, Environmental chemistry, Biochemistry and Cadmium are his primary areas of study. His research in the fields of Phytotoxicity and Shoot overlaps with other disciplines such as Elodea canadensis. His studies examine the connections between Phytoremediation and genetics, as well as such issues in Agronomy, with regards to Soil water.

His work carried out in the field of Environmental chemistry brings together such families of science as Nutrient, Bioremediation and Metal. His Biochemistry study is mostly concerned with Oxidative stress, Glutathione, Antioxidant, Catalase and Enzyme. His Cadmium study incorporates themes from Photosynthesis and Toxicity.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (22.09%)
  • Phytoremediation (21.69%)
  • Environmental chemistry (18.47%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Phytoremediation (21.69%)
  • Environmental protection (15.26%)
  • Environmental remediation (11.24%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary scientific interests are in Phytoremediation, Environmental protection, Environmental remediation, Cadmium and Environmental chemistry. His Phytoremediation study deals with the bigger picture of Soil water. His Environmental protection research incorporates elements of Tailings, Energy crop and Agriculture.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Photosynthesis, Shoot, Botany, Food chain and Toxicity in addition to Cadmium. Botany is often connected to Bioaccumulation in his work. His Environmental chemistry research includes themes of Rhizosphere, Contaminated soils, Contamination and Bioenergy.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Plant-lead interactions: Transport, toxicity, tolerance, and detoxification mechanisms. (55 citations)
  • A green synthetic route to phenolics fabricated magnetite nanoparticles from coconut husk extract: Implications to treat metal contaminated water and heavy metal stress in Oryza sativa L. (40 citations)
  • Cadmium and sodium adsorption properties of magnetite nanoparticles synthesized from Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg. bark: Relevance in amelioration of metal stress in rice. (25 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Enzyme

His main research concerns Phytoremediation, Cadmium, Environmental remediation, Environmental protection and Biochemistry. His work deals with themes such as Perennial plant, Woody plant and Botany, which intersect with Phytoremediation. Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad works mostly in the field of Cadmium, limiting it down to topics relating to Food chain and, in certain cases, CADMIUM TOXICITY, Plant growth, Biotechnology, Enzyme assay and Shoot.

His Environmental remediation research incorporates themes from Environmental chemistry, Rhizosphere and Pollutant. His studies deal with areas such as Coal mining, Mycoremediation and Pilot scale as well as Environmental protection. In general Biochemistry, his work in Enzyme and Photosynthesis is often linked to Non enzymatic and Ultraviolet b linking many areas of study.

Best Publications

  • Metal hyperaccumulation in plants: Biodiversity prospecting for phytoremediation technology

    Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad;Helena Maria de Oliveira Freitas

  • Potential of siderophore-producing bacteria for improving heavy metal phytoextraction

    Mani Rajkumar;Noriharu Ae;Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad;Helena Freitas

  • Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and endophytes accelerate phytoremediation of metalliferous soils

    Y. Ma;M.N.V. Prasad;M. Rajkumar;H. Freitas

  • Perspectives of plant-associated microbes in heavy metal phytoremediation.

    M. Rajkumar;S. Sandhya;M.N.V. Prasad;H. Freitas

  • Cadmium toxicity and tolerance in vascular plants

    M.N.V. Prasad

  • Trace elements in the soil-plant interface: Phytoavailability, translocation, and phytoremediation–A review

    Vasileios Antoniadis;Efi Levizou;Sabry M. Shaheen;Sabry M. Shaheen;Yong Sik Ok;Yong Sik Ok

  • Heavy metal stress in plants : from biomolecules to ecosystems

    M. N. V. Prasad

  • Phytochelatin synthesis and response of antioxidants during cadmium stress in Bacopa monnieri L.

    S. Mishra;S. Srivastava;R.D. Tripathi;R. Govindarajan

  • Heavy metal-induced oxidative damage, defense reactions, and detoxification mechanisms in plants

    Oksana Sytar;Abhay Kumar;Dariusz Latowski;Paulina Kuczynska

  • Responses of glutathione cycle enzymes and glutathione metabolism to copper stress in Scenedesmus bijugatus.

    N Nagalakshmi;M.N.V Prasad

  • Cadmium stress in plants: A critical review of the effects, mechanisms, and tolerance strategies

    Taoufik El Rasafi;Abdallah Oukarroum;Abdelmajid Haddioui;Hocheol Song

  • Potential Use of Halophytes to Remediate Saline Soils

    Mirza Hasanuzzaman;Kamrun Nahar;Md. Mahabub Alam;Prasanta C. Bhowmik

  • Copper toxicity in Ceratophyllum demersum L. (Coontail), a free floating macrophyte: response of antioxidant enzymes and antioxidants

    S Rama Devi;M.N.V Prasad

  • Modulation of glutathione and its related enzymes in plants’ responses to toxic metals and metalloids—A review

    Naser A. Anjum;Iqbal Ahmad;Iram Mohmood;Mário Pacheco

  • Physiological responses of Lemna trisulca L. (duckweed) to cadmium and copper bioaccumulation

    M. N. V. Prasad;Przemysław Malec;Andrzej Waloszek;Monika Bojko

  • Zinc alleviates cadmium-induced oxidative stress in Ceratophyllum demersum L.: a free floating freshwater macrophyte

    Parameswaran Aravind;Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad

  • Heavy Metal Stress in Plants

    M. N. V. Prasad;J. Hagemeyer

  • Modulation of cadmium-induced oxidative stress in Ceratophyllum demersum by zinc involves ascorbate-glutathione cycle and glutathione metabolism.

    Parameswaran Aravind;Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad

  • Environmental Adaptations and Stress Tolerance of Plants in the Era of Climate Change

    Parvaiz Ahmad;M.N.V. Prasad

  • Phytoremediation: green technology for the clean up of toxic metals in the environment

    Priscila Lupino Gratão;Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad;Patrícia Felippe Cardoso;Peter John Lea

  • Ecophysiology and responses of plants under salt stress

    Parvaiz Ahmad;M. M. Azooz;M. N. V. Prasad

  • Abiotic Stress Responses in Plants

    Parvaiz Ahmad;M.N.V. Prasad

  • Impact of Heavy Metals on Photosynthesis

    M. N. V. Prasad;K. Strzałka

  • Phytoremediation of Metal-Polluted Ecosystems: Hype for Commercialization

    M. N. V. Prasad

  • Cadmium minimization in rice. A review

    Abin Sebastian;Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad

  • Climate change driven plant-metal-microbe interactions.

    Mani Rajkumar;Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad;Sandhya Swaminathan;Helena Freitas

  • Zinc protects chloroplasts and associated photochemical functions in cadmium exposed Ceratophyllum demersum L., a freshwater macrophyte

    P Aravind;M.N.V Prasad

Frequent Co-Authors

Helena Freitas
Helena Freitas University of Coimbra
Ashwini Nangia
Ashwini Nangia University of Hyderabad
Ravi Naidu
Ravi Naidu University of Newcastle Australia
Jörg Rinklebe
Jörg Rinklebe University of Wuppertal
Pulugurtha Bharadwaja Kirti
Pulugurtha Bharadwaja Kirti University of Hyderabad
Cristina Nabais
Cristina Nabais University of Coimbra
Filip Tack
Filip Tack Ghent University
Mirza Hasanuzzaman
Mirza Hasanuzzaman Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
Yong Sik Ok
Yong Sik Ok Korea University
Santosh Kumar Sarkar
Santosh Kumar Sarkar University of Calcutta

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