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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
13283
World Ranking
13082
National Ranking
5580

Pradeep Kachroo publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 101 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Pradeep Kachroo D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pradeep Kachroo sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 58 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Pradeep Kachroo is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with a significant body of work in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's main subfields of study include plant science, molecular biology, biochemistry, pharmacology, and pathology and forensic medicine. Their research covers a spectrum of topics such as plant-microbe interactions and immunity, legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, plant parasitism and resistance, plant virus research studies, soybean genetics and cultivation, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, and plant molecular biology research.

Pradeep Kachroo has contributed to several publications across notable scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Science Advances
  • BIO-PROTOCOL
  • Nature Plants
  • Current Opinion in Plant Biology
  • Annual Review of Phytopathology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kachroo span from 2020 to 2022, reflecting current research interests. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Mobile signals in systemic acquired resistance," 2020, published in Current Opinion in Plant Biology
  • "The plant cuticle regulates apoplastic transport of salicylic acid during systemic acquired resistance," 2020, published in Science Advances
  • "An Emerging Role for Chloroplasts in Disease and Defense," 2021, published in Annual Review of Phytopathology
  • "Salicylic acid: transport and long-distance immune signaling," 2020, published in Current Opinion in Virology
  • "Phased small RNA-mediated systemic signaling in plants," 2022, published in Science Advances

The scientist collaborates regularly with several other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Huazhen Liu, Aardra Kachroo, Keshun Yu, David F. Hildebrand, and Ruiying Liu.

Best Publications

  • Nitric oxide and salicylic acid signaling in plant defense.

    Daniel F. Klessig;Jörg Durner;Robert Noad;Duroy A. Navarre

  • The plant vascular system: evolution, development and functions

    William J. Lucas;Andrew Groover;Raffael Lichtenberger;Kaori Furuta

  • Fatty Acid-Derived Signals in Plant Defense

    Aardra Kachroo;Pradeep Kachroo

  • A fatty acid desaturase modulates the activation of defense signaling pathways in plants.

    Pradeep Kachroo;John Shanklin;Jyoti Shah;Edward J. Whittle

  • Members of the Arabidopsis HRT/RPP8 Family of Resistance Genes Confer Resistance to Both Viral and Oomycete Pathogens

    Michael B. Cooley;Sudam Pathirana;Hui-Ju Wu;Pradeep Kachroo

  • Fatty Acid- and Lipid-Mediated Signaling in Plant Defense.

    Gah-Hyun Lim;Richa Singhal;Aardra Kachroo;Pradeep Kachroo

  • A Gain-of-Function Mutation in an Arabidopsis Toll Interleukin1 Receptor–Nucleotide Binding Site–Leucine-Rich Repeat Type R Gene Triggers Defense Responses and Results in Enhanced Disease Resistance

    Yumiko Shirano;Yumiko Shirano;Pradeep Kachroo;Pradeep Kachroo;Jyoti Shah;Daniel F. Klessig;Daniel F. Klessig

  • Glycerol-3-phosphate is a critical mobile inducer of systemic immunity in plants

    Bidisha Chanda;Ye Xia;Mihir Kumar Mandal;Keshun Yu

  • The Arabidopsis ssi1 Mutation Restores Pathogenesis-Related Gene Expression in npr1 Plants and Renders Defensin Gene Expression Salicylic Acid Dependent

    Jyoti Shah;Pradeep Kachroo;Daniel F. Klessig

  • Resistance to Turnip Crinkle Virus in Arabidopsis Is Regulated by Two Host Genes and Is Salicylic Acid Dependent but NPR1, Ethylene, and Jasmonate Independent

    Pradeep Kachroo;Keiko Yoshioka;Jyoti Shah;Hugo K. Dooner

  • Plastidial Fatty Acid Signaling Modulates Salicylic Acid– and Jasmonic Acid–Mediated Defense Pathways in the Arabidopsis ssi2 Mutant

    Aardra Kachroo;Ludmila Lapchyk;Hirotada Fukushige;David Hildebrand

  • Signal regulators of systemic acquired resistance.

    Qing-Ming Gao;Shifeng Zhu;Pradeep Kachroo;Aardra Kachroo

  • The Arabidopsis stearoyl-acyl carrier protein-desaturase family and the contribution of leaf isoforms to oleic acid synthesis.

    Aardra Kachroo;John Shanklin;Edward Whittle;Ludmila Lapchyk

  • Pot2, an inverted repeat transposon from the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea

    P. Kachroo;S. A. Leong;S. A. Leong;B. B. Chattoo

  • A recessive mutation in the Arabidopsis SSI2 gene confers SA- and NPR1-independent expression of PR genes and resistance against bacterial and oomycete pathogens.

    Jyoti Shah;Jyoti Shah;Pradeep Kachroo;Ashis Nandi;Daniel F. Klessig

  • Cooperative functioning between phenylalanine ammonia lyase and isochorismate synthase activities contributes to salicylic acid biosynthesis in soybean.

    M. B. Shine;Jung-Wook Yang;Mohamed El-Habbak;Padmaja Nagyabhyru

  • The Chimeric Arabidopsis CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED ION CHANNEL11/12 Activates Multiple Pathogen Resistance Responses

    Keiko Yoshioka;Keiko Yoshioka;Wolfgang Moeder;Wolfgang Moeder;Hong-Gu Kang;Pradeep Kachroo

  • Oleic acid levels regulated by glycerolipid metabolism modulate defense gene expression in Arabidopsis

    Aardra Kachroo;Srivathsa C. Venugopal;Ludmila Lapchyk;Deane Falcone

  • Free radicals mediate systemic acquired resistance.

    Caixia Wang;Caixia Wang;Mohamed El-Shetehy;M.B. Shine;Keshun Yu

  • Invited Expert Review The Plant Vascular System: Evolution, Development and Functions

    William J. Lucas;Andrew Groover;Raffael Lichtenberger;Kaori Furuta

Frequent Co-Authors

Aardra Kachroo
Aardra Kachroo University of Kentucky
Daniel F. Klessig
Daniel F. Klessig Boyce Thompson Institute
Duroy A. Navarre
Duroy A. Navarre Agricultural Research Service
Jyoti Shah
Jyoti Shah Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
David F. Hildebrand
David F. Hildebrand University of Kentucky
Keiko Yoshioka
Keiko Yoshioka University of Toronto
David Wendehenne
David Wendehenne Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Siobhan M. Brady
Siobhan M. Brady University of California, Davis
John W. Patrick
John W. Patrick University of Newcastle Australia
John S. Sperry
John S. Sperry University of Utah

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