Dr. Pushpa Lohani

Research Areas/ Areas of Interest

Teaching Experience and Courses Taught

Teaching Experience:   16 years

Courses Taught are as follows

Research Projects

Selected Research Publications

1. Das, D., Bisht, K., Chauhan, A., Gautam, S., Jaiswal, J.P., Salvi, P. and Lohani, P., 2023. Morpho-physiological and Biochemical responses in wheat foliar sprayed with zinc-chitosan-salicylic acid nanoparticles during drought stress. Plant Nano Biology, 4, p.100034. (Impact Factor 9.1)
2. Sahu, S., Gautam, S., Singh, A., Lohani, P., Sharma, C., Pathak, P., Kumar, A. and Singh, H., 2023. Synthesis and characterization of chitosan-zinc-salicylic acid nanoparticles: A plant biostimulant. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 253, p.127602. (Impact Factor 8.7)
3. Bhatt, M., Salvi, P., Chauhan, A., and Lohani, P., 2023. Molecular cloning, expression and Insilco analysis of drought stress inducible MYB transcription factor encoding gene from C4 plant Eleusine coracana. Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 15(4), 1407–1420. (NAAS 5.4)
4. Kajal, Ojha, R., Lohani, P., Deshmukh, R. and Salvi, P., 2024. Engineering the transcriptional regulatory network to improve abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants: Taming the tough time. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 43(1), pp.25–37. (Impact Factor 4.2)
5. Diksha Wahi, Komal Bisht, Sneh Gautam, Prafull Salvi, Pushpa Lohani, 2024. Green synthesis, characterization and application of nano silica for drought endurance in Eleucine coracana. Environmental Science: Nano, 11, 3412–3429. (Impact Factor 5.6)
6. Singh, A., Rawat, T., Govardhan, O., Sharma, C., Lohani, P., Kumar, A., Hassan, S., Singh, H., Kumar, S., Yadav, R.R. and Gautam, S., 2025. Impact of Green Iron Oxide Nanoparticles from Rhododendron arboretum on Wheat (Triticum aestivum): Evaluation of Morpho-physiological, Biochemical and Yield Attributes. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, p.103640. (Impact Factor 3.8)
7. Bisht, K., Pandey, N., Gautam, S., Lohani, P. 2024. Determination of Polyphenols, reducing potential and FT-IR analysis of green tea (Camellia sinensis L.) leaves extract for nanoparticles synthesis. Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology, 27(8), 842–850. (NAAS 5.3)
8. Pandey, N., Sharma, D., Das, A., Singh, T., Pant, A., Gautam, S., Lohani, P. 2026. Benefits, risks, and future prospectives of nanomaterials in sustainable agriculture: a review. Nanotoxicology, Jun 26:1–21. (Impact Factor 3.6)
9. Sharma, S., Varshney, V., Dhankhar, N., Sonowal, K., Mehta, K., Agarrwal, R., Chakarpani, K., Lohani, P., Gahlaut, V., Salvi, P. 2026. Triacylglycerols at the crossroads of lipid remodeling and stress tolerance in plants. Plant Cell Reports, 45(9), 243. (Impact Factor 5.3)
10. Singh, S., Baskheti, D.C., Deo, I., Kumar, A., Lohani, P., Nautiyal, M.K., Sharma, N. 2025. Quantitative Genetic Analysis of Yield and Quality Attributes in Non-Basmati Rice Lines: Implications for Breeding. Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology, 28(12), 691–699. (NAAS 5.3)
11. Baskheti, D.C., Deo, I., Kumar, A., Lohani, P., Singh, S., Tripathi, T., Kumar, A. 2025. Genetic Divergence and Quantitative Trait Analysis of Yield-related Attributes in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) through Mahalanobis D² Analysis. Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology, 28(12), 1054–1063. (NAAS 5.3)
12. Ranga, R. and Lohani, P. 2026. Cinnamon essential oils as natural antifungal agents for food preservation. Food Control, 112030. (Impact Factor 7.0)
13. Arti Bartwal, Pushpa Lohani, R. Mall and Sandeep Arora (2013) Role of secondary metabolites and Brassinosteroids in plant defence against environmental stresses. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 32(1), 216-232
14. Priya Jadav, Prafull Salvi, Megha Bhatt and Pushpa Lohani (2018) Expression of EcMyb transcription factor gene under different abiotic stress conditions in Eleusine coracana. International Jouranal of Agriculture, Environment and Biotechnology 11(5): 799-806
15. Akash Sinha, Megha Bhatt and Pushpa Lohani (2020) Identification of superior allele for drought responsive Myb gene in germplasm of Eleusinecoracana collected from different regions of Uttarakhand. Accepted for publication in Research Journal of Biotechnology
16. Sikha Snehal and Pushpa Lohani (2018) Silica nanoparticles: Its green synthesis and importance in agriculture Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 7(5): 3383-3393
17. Sarita Kumari, Pushpa Lohani and Sumeet Kumar Singh (2020) Insilco gene characterisation and Promoter analysis of drought inducible myb gene from Eleucine coracana. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, SP6: 123-127.
18. Devyani Jogran, Jeetendra Singh Bohra and Pushpa Lohani (2020) CRISPER-CAS System and Its Applications. Bulletin of Environment, Pharmacology and Life Sciences, Vol 9[9]: 172-179
19. N.K. Singh, Pushpa Lohani and J.P. Jaiswal (2008) Determination of Transgene flow and contamination in wild relatives and other non target crops. Biosafety issues related to practicing agriculture biotechnology 48-56
20. Dinesh Yadav, Nidhi Gupta, Anil Kumar, Pushpa Lohani, Munna Singh and U.S. Singh (2009) Role of plant transcription factor-DOF in enhancing nitrogen use efficiency: molecular means for promoting organic farming Ecosystem Diversity and Carbon Sequestration: Climate Change Challenges and A Way Out for Ushering in a Sustainable Future Daya Pub, 2009, xxiv, 386 p
21. Masochon Raingam, Megha Bhatt, Akash Sinha and Pushpa Lohani (2017) Forward and Reverse Genetics in Plant Breading. In: Advanced Molecular Plant Breading: Meeting the challenge of Food security: D. N. Bharadwaj (Ed) pp 49-71 Apple Academic Press, USA.
22. Shradha Shrama and Pushpa Lohani (2018) In Silico Plant Growth Metabolites. In: In Silico Approaches For Sustainable Agriculture: Devendra K. Choudhary, Manoj Kumar, Ram Prasad, and Vivek Kumar (Eds) (In Press) Springer Nature Singapore Pvt. Ltd., Singapore.
23. Prafull Salvi, Sandeep Arora, Pushpa Lohani (2012) Expression of MYB Transcription Factor in Eleusine coracana: towards making of drought tolerant plants LAP Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co KG ISBN 9783848482917

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