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Overview

Pushpendra K. Gupta is affiliated with Chaudhary Charan Singh University in India. Their research contributions span several aspects of plant science, genetics, and molecular biology with a significant focus on agricultural and biological sciences.

Gupta's work is primarily concentrated in the following fields of study:

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

Subfields that characterize their research include:

  • Plant Science
  • Genetics
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cancer Research

The main topics covered in Gupta's research comprise:

  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Genetics and Plant Breeding
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Gupta include:

  • Emerging Roles of SWEET Sugar Transporters in Plant Development and Abiotic Stress Responses, 2022, published in Cells
  • WheatQTLdb: a QTL database for wheat, 2021, published in Molecular Genetics and Genomics
  • SWEET genes and TAL effectors for disease resistance in plants: Present status and future prospects, 2021, published in Molecular Plant Pathology
  • WheatQTLdb V2.0: a supplement to the database for wheat QTL, 2022, published in Molecular Breeding
  • Development and use of miRNA-derived SSR markers for the study of genetic diversity, population structure, and characterization of genotypes for breeding heat tolerant wheat varieties, 2021, published in PLoS ONE

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gupta include:

  • H. S. Balyan
  • Pushpendra K. Gupta (self-collaboration)
  • Gautam Saripalli
  • Vijay Gahlaut
  • Ritu Batra

The venues where Gupta frequently publishes include:

  • Molecular Breeding
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Molecular Genetics and Genomics
  • Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology
  • Cells

Best Publications

  • The development and use of microsatellite markers for genetic analysis and plant breeding with emphasis on bread wheat

    P.K. Gupta;R.K. Varshney

  • Molecular markers and their applications in wheat breeding.

    P. K. Gupta;R. K. Varshney;P. C. Sharma;B. Ramesh

  • Linkage disequilibrium and association studies in higher plants: present status and future prospects.

    Pushpendra K. Gupta;Sachin Rustgi;Pawan L. Kulwal

  • Transferable EST-SSR markers for the study of polymorphism and genetic diversity in bread wheat.

    P. K. Gupta;S. Rustgi;S. Sharma;R. Singh

  • Microsatellites in plants: a new class of molecular markers

    P K Gupta;H S Balyan;P C Sharma

  • Genetic mapping of 66 new microsatellite (SSR) loci in bread wheat.

    P. K. Gupta;H. S. Balyan;K. J. Edwards;P. Isaac

  • The use of microsatellites for detecting DNA polymorphism, genotype identification and genetic diversity in wheat

    M. Prasad;R. K. Varshney;J. K. Roy;H. S. Balyan

  • Array-based high-throughput DNA markers for crop improvement.

    P K Gupta;S Rustgi;R R Mir

  • Molecular markers from the transcribed/expressed region of the genome in higher plants

    P. K. Gupta;S. Rustgi

  • QTL mapping for yield and yield contributing traits in two mapping populations of bread wheat

    N. Kumar;P. L. Kulwal;H. S. Balyan;P. K. Gupta

  • Marker-assisted wheat breeding: present status and future possibilities

    P. K. Gupta;Peter Langridge;R. R. Mir

  • Single-molecule DNA sequencing technologies for future genomics research

    Pushpendra K. Gupta

  • Wheat Genomics: Present Status and Future Prospects

    P. K. Gupta;R. R. Mir;A. Mohan;J. Kumar

  • QTL analysis for grain protein content using SSR markers and validation studies using NILs in bread wheat.

    M Prasad;N Kumar;P L Kulwal;M S Röder

  • A microsatellite marker associated with a QTL for grain protein content on chromosome arm 2DL of bread wheat

    M. Prasad;R. K. Varshney;A. Kumar;H. S. Balyan

  • Identification of a microsatellite on chromosomes 6B and a STS on 7D of bread wheat showing an association with preharvest sprouting tolerance

    J. K. Roy;M. Prasad;R. K. Varshney;H. S. Balyan

  • QTL Analysis for Drought Tolerance in Wheat: Present Status and Future Possibilities

    Pushpendra Kumar Gupta;Harindra Singh Balyan;Vijay Gahlaut

  • Genetic and molecular basis of grain size and grain number and its relevance to grain productivity in higher plants.

    Pushpendra K Gupta;Sachin Rustgi;Neeraj Kumar

  • Mapping of a major QTL for pre-harvest sprouting tolerance on chromosome 3A in bread wheat

    P. L. Kulwal;N. Kumar;A. Gaur;P. Khurana

  • Marker‐Assisted Selection as a Component of Conventional Plant Breeding

    P. K. Gupta;Jitendra Kumar;R. R. Mir;Ajay Kumar

Frequent Co-Authors

Reyazul Rouf Mir
Reyazul Rouf Mir Murdoch University
Rajeev K. Varshney
Rajeev K. Varshney Murdoch University
Manoj Prasad
Manoj Prasad University of Hyderabad
Akhilesh K. Tyagi
Akhilesh K. Tyagi University of Delhi
Arun Kumar Joshi
Arun Kumar Joshi International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Jitendra P. Khurana
Jitendra P. Khurana University of Delhi
Parveen Chhuneja
Parveen Chhuneja Punjab Agricultural University
Harcharan S. Dhaliwal
Harcharan S. Dhaliwal Eternal University
Thorsten Schnurbusch
Thorsten Schnurbusch Leibniz Association
Paramjit Khurana
Paramjit Khurana University of Delhi

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