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Venkatesan Sundaresan publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Venkatesan Sundaresan sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 155 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Venkatesan Sundaresan D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Venkatesan Sundaresan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Venkatesan Sundaresan is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The main areas of study encompass Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, with additional interests in Nature and Landscape Conservation and Soil Science.

The scientist's work prominently covers several key topics in plant biology, including:

  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis

Their recent published papers illustrate a focus on plant-microbe interactions and genetic mechanisms in crop species. Selected publications include:

  • Prolonged drought imparts lasting compositional changes to the rice root microbiome, 2021, Nature Plants
  • High-frequency synthetic apomixis in hybrid rice, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Bioactive diterpenoids impact the composition of the root-associated microbiome in maize (Zea mays), 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Comparative Analysis of Root Microbiomes of Rice Cultivars with High and Low Methane Emissions Reveals Differences in Abundance of Methanogenic Archaea and Putative Upstream Fermenters, 2020, mSystems
  • Genome-wide redistribution of 24-nt siRNAs in rice gametes, 2020, Genome Research

Frequent co-authors with whom collaboration has occurred include:

  • Imtiyaz Khanday
  • Christian Santos-Medellín
  • Hengping Xu
  • Scott D. Russell
  • Susanne Brink

Venkatesan Sundaresan's publications have appeared in a range of scientific venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Trends in Plant Science
  • Nature Plants
  • Genome Research
  • New Phytologist

In recognition of contributions to the scientific community, they were awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Structure, variation, and assembly of the root-associated microbiomes of rice.

    Joseph Edwards;Cameron Johnson;Christian Santos-Medellín;Eugene Lurie

  • Patterns of gene action in plant development revealed by enhancer trap and gene trap transposable elements.

    Venkatesan Sundaresan;Patricia Springer;Thomas Volpe;Samuel Haward;Samuel Haward

  • The SPOROCYTELESS gene of Arabidopsis is required for initiation of sporogenesis and encodes a novel nuclear protein.

    Wei-Cai Yang;De Ye;Jian Xu;Venkatesan Sundaresan

  • Genetic and molecular identification of genes required for female gametophyte development and function in Arabidopsis.

    Gabriela C. Pagnussat;Hee-Ju Yu;Quy A. Ngo;Sarojam Rajani

  • VANGUARD1 Encodes a Pectin Methylesterase That Enhances Pollen Tube Growth in the Arabidopsis Style and Transmitting Tract

    Lixi Jiang;Shu Lan Yang;Li Fen Xie;Ching San Puah

  • Computational prediction of miRNAs in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Alex Adai;Cameron Johnson;Sizolwenkosi Mlotshwa;Sarah Archer-Evans

  • Nonredundant Regulation of Rice Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis by Two Members of the PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER1 Gene Family

    Shu-Yi Yang;Mette Grønlund;Iver Jakobsen;Marianne Suter Grotemeyer

  • Arabidopsis CYCD3 D-type cyclins link cell proliferation and endocycles and are rate-limiting for cytokinin responses

    Walter Dewitte;Simon Scofield;Annette A. Alcasabas;Spencer C. Maughan

  • Tapetum determinant1 is required for cell specialization in the Arabidopsis anther.

    Shu Lan Yang;Li Fen Xie;Hui Zhu Mao;Ching San Puah

  • Compositional shifts in root-associated bacterial and archaeal microbiota track the plant life cycle in field-grown rice.

    Joseph A. Edwards;Christian M. Santos-Medellín;Zachary S. Liechty;Bao Nguyen

  • Drought Stress Results in a Compartment-Specific Restructuring of the Rice Root-Associated Microbiomes

    Christian Santos-Medellín;Joseph Edwards;Zachary Liechty;Bao Nguyen

  • Analysis of Flanking Sequences from Dissociation Insertion Lines: A Database for Reverse Genetics in Arabidopsis

    Serguei Parinov;Mayalagu Sevugan;De Ye;Wei-Cai Yang

  • The indeterminate Gene Encodes a Zinc Finger Protein and Regulates a Leaf-Generated Signal Required for the Transition to Flowering in Maize

    Joseph Colasanti;Joseph Colasanti;Zhuang Yuan;Venkatesan Sundaresan;Venkatesan Sundaresan

  • A male-expressed rice embryogenic trigger redirected for asexual propagation through seeds

    Imtiyaz Khanday;Imtiyaz Khanday;Debra Skinner;Bing Yang;Raphael Mercier

  • The Arabidopsis myc/bHLH gene ALCATRAZ enables cell separation in fruit dehiscence

    Sarojam Rajani;Venkatesan Sundaresan;Venkatesan Sundaresan

  • Gene trap tagging of PROLIFERA, an essential MCM2-3-5-like gene in Arabidopsis

    P. S. Springer;W. R. Mccombie;Venkatesan Sundaresan;R. A. Martienssen

  • Auxin-Dependent Patterning and Gamete Specification in the Arabidopsis Female Gametophyte

    Gabriela C Pagnussat;Monica Alandete-Saez;John Lincoln Bowman;John Lincoln Bowman;Venkatesan Sundaresan

  • Clusters and superclusters of phased small RNAs in the developing inflorescence of rice.

    Cameron Johnson;Anna Kasprzewska;Kristin Tennessen;John Fernandes

  • Plant cyclins: a unified nomenclature for plant A-, B- and D-type cyclins based on sequence organization.

    Jean Pierre Renaudin;John H. Doonan;Donna Freeman;Junji Hashimoto

  • Rice Mutant Resources for Gene Discovery

    Hirohiko Hirochika;Emmanuel Guiderdoni;Gynheung An;Yue-ie C. Hsing

Frequent Co-Authors

Wei-Cai Yang
Wei-Cai Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Scott D. Russell
Scott D. Russell University of Oklahoma
Gynheung An
Gynheung An Kyung Hee University
Andy Pereira
Andy Pereira University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Emmanuel Guiderdoni
Emmanuel Guiderdoni Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
John L. Bowman
John L. Bowman Monash University
Luca Comai
Luca Comai University of California, Davis
Ueli Grossniklaus
Ueli Grossniklaus University of Zurich
Robert A. Martienssen
Robert A. Martienssen Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Narayana M. Upadhyaya
Narayana M. Upadhyaya Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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